Shafter column notes upcoming golf tourney and community hopes
The piece highlights the Shafter Inter-Service Club Golf Tournament set for September 18 at Bakersfield Country Club with about 60 players and a $3.50 green fee plus a $4 dinner for 75 to 80 attendees. It lists committeemen from local service clubs and invites all Shafter service clubs to participate or attend the dinner. It also weaves in light, humorous banter about gossip and family plans around a due date, with references to local police officers visiting the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Front Row
Dick Zenk
American Legion
Tommy Tucker
Exchange Club
Bakersfield Country Club
Elmer Unruh
Bob Somers
O. D. Handel
The
Lions Club
Pre Registration Dates Announced for Richland Primary Grades
Bruce M. Crawford, superintendent, Richland School District, set pre registration for kindergarten to third grade for August 25 to 27 at the Primary school on Wall Street. Registration runs 10:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:00 daily. Students must meet age and birth certificate requirements. first day of school is September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce M. Crawford
Richland School
Richland
Wall Street
Crawford
George Tucker Bags Deer on Sunday Hunt
George Tucker of Shafter bagged a forked horn buck deer weighing 140 lbs on the San Emidio Ranch south of here. The Kern County Land Company ranch near Grapevine is open for a limited 20 per day on a special hunt. Tucker’s deer dressed at 97 lbs with companion Dick Biden of Bakersfield.
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George Tucker
Shafter
San Emidio
Kern County Land Company
State Department of Fish and Games
Fairgrounds
Tucker
Dick Biden
Bakersfield
The
Shafter Press
Shafter Players Report for Senior Bowl Practice in Kern County
Shafter High’s 1957 General football team alums Herman Jones C L Howell Jim Nixon and Glen Putman joined 50 players for ten days of practice this week for the inaugural South versus North All Star at Bakersfield College Memorial Stadium on August 28. The Kern County event draws 21 players from Tehachapi Taft Arvin Mojave Bakersfield Ed Maricopa to compete for starting spots. Jones is a South back with listed rest of backfield weight around 171 pounds while the South line averages 189 and a halfback unit averages 173 pounds for the backfield. Nixon Putman Howell occupy end guard roles in the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Kern County Firemen’s Welfare and Benefit Association
Jones
Nixon
Putman
Howell
All Star Tickets On Sale For Local Football Game
Tickets are available for the football game at Kern County Fire Station on Central Valley Highway. Local purchasers sit with other Shafter fans who have bought tickets. Deadline for local sales is August 25.
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Kern County
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Driver Tests in Shafter Move to Local Office
The State allows DMV driving tests in Shafter. Every Tuesday the DMV accepts license applicants from 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 4:30 at City Hall desk, helping busy residents obtain licenses without traveling to Bakersfield.
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Bakersfield
Shafter
Department of Motor Vehicles
Ambulance Responds After Lerdo Road Crash
On Friday August 15 Mrs. Wilma R Mann of 219 E Lerdo Rd was injured in a non collision accident on Lerdo Highway. A rear tire blew causing the 1955 Ford to overturn. She was taken to Mercy Hospital Bakersfield with a broken shoulder and leg injuries. Her husband Everett Mann said she will be confined about six weeks and is progressing satisfactorily.
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Wilma R. Mann
E. Lerdo Rd
California Highway Patrol
Everett G. Mann
Wilma
Club Postpones Picnic in Park
Vacations and illness within the organization force postponement of the Business and Professional Women's supper in Manne Park. The event originally set for Thursday evening August 21 is rescheduled for a later date, announced by Mrs Stoller.
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Manne Park
Stoller
Second Vice Press
Maple Library Reading Program Sets Enrollment Record
Maple library reports record summer enrollment for Rockets to Adventure with 29 participants and 22 completing ten books for certificates. School district involvement rises with about 160 students, while the Play Center opens September 8 with orientation the week of September 2 directed by Mrs. Frank Roselle and Ms. Leland Bell.
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Maple
Shafter
Frank Roselle
Leland Bell
Oscar Bergman
Linda Davis
Rita Davis
Leela Kliewer
Dorothy Kliewer
Regina Kliewer
Maple Branch
Kern County Free Library
Paintings by Local Artist Gladys Smith Displayed at Shafter Drug
Four landscape oil paintings by Mrs. Gladys Smith, a Shafter area artist and former resident, are on display at Shafter Drug. Smith, widowed after the death of Mr. Smith about four years ago, moved to Bakersfield and now lives at 1313 Terrace Way. Despite a heart attack that left her partially paralyzed, she continues painting in oils and water colors, studying with local artists including Harry Smith and Ellis Howlen of Bakersfield.
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Shafter
Gladys Smith
Shafter Drug
Smith
Harry Smith
Ellis Howlen
Bakersfield
Services Held for Albert Kattenhorn
Funeral services were held in Covina for Albert E. Kattenhorn 46 who died while vacationing near Bishop. Born in Oregon he moved to Shafter in 1914. He taught 23 years including 12 years at Cal Poly High School San Dimas. Survivors include wife LaRue Livers Kattenhorn two children and several relatives. Interment was in Escondido.
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Covina
Albert E. Kattenhorn
Bishop
Kattenhorn
Oregon
Shafter
Shafter High School
University of California, Davis
Cal. Polytechnic High School
San Dimas
LaRue Livers Kattenhorn
Jana
Glenn
Jessie C. Kattenhorn
Margaret Hutto
Lawrence
Clarence O
Marion R
Shandon
Escondido
Shafter High Names Campus Sports Reporter for Press
Wayne Hamilton, sports editor of The Commander, will serve as campus sports reporter for the Press. Richard Inklebarger will provide photography for fall sports coverage at Shafter High, promising strong action shots.
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Wayne Hamilton
Shafter High School
Shafter High
Richard Inklebarger
Merchants Announce Back to School Savings in Shafter
The Shafter Merchants highlight top values with Back to School ads in this week's Press. Shop at home for convenience and savings as merchants plan another big dollar days. Look for details in the August 27 issue.
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Shafter
Utility Property Assessments Rise in California Cities
State Board of Equalization reports 423 318 000 dollars in city property taxes for 1958 with 8.2 percent rise over 1957. James H Quinn notes the increase while Shafter lists utility property assessments at 852 630 dollars.
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California
State Board of Equalization
James H. Quinn
Shafter
Bakersfield Groups Vie for County Award and Prizes
The Bakersfield Junior Chamber of Commerce supports the Bakersfield Bears in a county delight with Miss Kern County runner up Betty Marie Woolley assisting. An automobile will be awarded to a ticket holder along with other prizes. Dave Rosenfield, GM of the Bakersfield Bears, is assisted by Tom Kelly, field Jaycee.
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Bakersfield Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bakersfield Bears
Betty Marie Woolley
Kern County
Bakersfield Jaycees
Dave Rosenfield
Tom Kelly
Kay Duerksen to Open Dance Studio in Shafter
Kay Duerksen daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Duer of Shafter announces the opening of dance classes starting September 8 at the Shafter Play Center. She studied twelve years with Johnnie McEuen at Stage Door Bakersfield and completed a teacher's course. Registration runs August 25 through September 8. contact Miss Duerksen at 272 Cross Street or PI 6-2002.
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Kay Duerksen
Ray Duen
Shafter
Miss Duerksen
Johnnie McEuen
Stage Door
Bakersfield
YWCA
Kay
Long Beach
Dance Masters of America Normal School
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Shafter Play Center
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Kiwanis
Christian Business Men’s Committee
John Revell
Rotary
Gene Wilcoxon
Jack Catherell
Exchange
Lions
Dave Anderson
Dan Gloeckler
Connor
Tor R. Robert Evans
Peg
Blake Witcher
Glenn Holt
U.S
Shafter Rotary
Cawelo
Ralph Boel
Richard Hause
Earl Johnson
Phil Channeson
Pat Kelly
Play Center
Carolyn Reimer
Douglas Reimer
Dwight Reimer
Marjorie Franz
Sally Franz
Mark Franz
Debbie Goertzen
Jane Chernabaeff
Nancy Bergman
Bobby Klingenberg
Janet Klingenberg
Donna Hester
Stanley Hester
Susan Dobrenen
Paul Unruh
Barbara Wiebe
Patsy Y
Linda Crigger
Sharon Crigger
Anna Dobrenen
Albert Kattenhorn
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