Five Years Ago in Shafter Press Highlights August 1964
The Colvard Brothers Jack and Tommy announce a new furniture store opening in Shafter with a grand opening planned soon. The Shafter Recreation Commission seeks a cement for Roy Farrell and defines job tasks to hire qualified staff. W R Macdowell becomes the new minister at First Bryan White and a former leader is assigned to Wasco sheriff substation. Local stock car races at eld speedway saw Ray Wise finish eighth in heat three and Bob Rice seventh in heat four. The Luau returns on August 2 with all you can eat, and Miss Mary Dernik from San Diego is hired to teach conversational Spanish to district primary students. Explorer Post 959 in Shafter, led by Riggle, notes eligibility for members over 14 aboard USS Oak Hill LSD-7 repair ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vga Eee Arene
Eld Speedway
Ray Wise
Shafter
Bob Rice
Explorer
Riggle
Oak Hill
The
Explorers
Veterans of Foreign Wars To Convene In Shafter
Twenty years back in August 1949 the Shafter VFW gathering is set for next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Woman's Clubhouse with John Lachenmaier among the organizers. Appointment of Paul Groves as manager of the Shafter Press print shop is announced by Paul Newell publisher. Local trucker Billy Ray Gladden, 21, was treated at a Bakersfield hospital after an accident.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woman’s Clubhouse
Paul Groves
Wasco
Shafter Press
Paul Newell
Billy Ray Gladden
Bakersfield
Psychiatric study ordered for Colvard in homicide case
Robert Eugene Colvard, 48, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in his brother Marcel Colvard's wine jug killing in Bakersfield. Judge Osborn ordered a 90 day diagnostic study at Chino State Prison before sentencing. The slaying followed a day long drinking session. Colvard blood alcohol counted at .214.
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Robert Eugene Colvard
Marcel Colvard
Buttonwillow
Colvard
Bakersfield
Superior Court
Walter Osborn, Jr
Chino State Prison
Osborn
Robert Colvard
Lawson Road
Marcel
Bakersfield Court
Robert J. Cook
Oliver Rostain
Distatto
Elvira Mildred Schmidt
Harris Drive
Helen Ruggenberg
Central Avenue
Rocky Avenue
Colin Pe Pagan
Girl Jockey Tops State Fair Beauty Feature
Tomey Jean Wieburg known as T. J. Wieburg is at 18 Sacramento State Fair as a horse jockey and jackette candidate. She rides under the name Mrs Jim Murphy and has won several races at Los Alamitos while aiming for the All-American Futurity at Ruidoso. She splits her time between Sacramento and southern tracks and has roots in Dinuba California and Oklahoma.
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Sacramento
Ruidoso Downs
N.M
Tomey Jean
T.J
Wieburg
Jim Murphy
Cal Expo
Los Alamitos
Tomey Wieburg
Claremore
Okla
T. J
Est
Arkansas
Oklahoma
California
Dinuba
Fresno
Workshop Promotes Use of Teacher Aides
A conference to promote more effective use of teacher aides will be held September 3 at Efield College from 9 a.m. to noon in the Language Arts Building lecture center. Speaker Betty Neisler of Pasadena will join Kern County educators as a panel after small group sessions. Registration via Charles W. Jones at the county superintendent or Dr Parley Bakersfield College is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E- Field College
Betty Neisler
Pasadena
Charles W. Jones
Kern County
Superintendent of Schools
Jones
Parley
Bakersfield
Colon College
Peculiar Red-Breasted Shorebirds Marked for Study in California
California Fish and Game is color marking shorebirds to study migration and habitat needs. About 10 000 birds will be captured and marked from August through winter, including dunlin dowitchers least and western sandpipers. Breasts dyed Humboldt Bay yellow San Francisco Bay green Sacramento San Joaquin Valley green San Diego Bay blue. leg bands indicate month banded. Reports should note location and colors and be sent to the State Department.
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California Department of Fish and Game
California
Howard Leach
DFG
South America
New Zealand
Australia
Dowitchers
Humboldt Bay
San Francisco Bay
Sacramento
San Joaquin Valley
San Diego Bay
Fish and Game Commission to set waterfowl rules
California's Fish and Game Commission plans to adopt duck and goose hunting regulations at its San Francisco meeting on August 22 in Room 1194 of the State Building. The agenda includes elk census results from Owens Valley and regulations for Joice Island access and freshwater clam and crayfish take. The tule elk census shows 330 animals, slightly down from last year, with a controlled hunt planned for October under a policy to keep Owens Valley herds between 250 and 300.
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California
Fish and Game Commission
Sanremo
James Y. Camp
Shafter
State Building
Golden Gate Avenue
U. S. Department of Interior
Department of Fish and Game
Owens Valley
Joice Island
Grizzly Island
Commission
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter Wrestlers Take Honors at Bakersfield Tourney
Shafter wrestlers earned eight weight class placings at the Bakersfield Recreation Summer Wrestling tournament held at Bakersfield High gym. Manuel Machedo of McFarland High was named outstanding wrestler after winning the 154 pound title, with Joe in the 75 pound class also taking first. Second place went to Wayne Forbes 95 lbs Joe Lopez 103 lbs Robert Stowell 112 lbs Leo Herrera 120 lbs Dave Kadel 175 lbs Tom Hill 191 lbs, while Don Riddle 75 lbs Brian Bingham 103 lbs Sylvis Riddle 145 lbs competed without placing.
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Eester Eee
Bakersfield Recreationatment
Bakersfield High Gymnasium
Shafter
Manue Machedo
McFarland High
Little Joe
Darrell Fletcher
Wayne Forbes
Joe Lopez
Robert Stowell
Leo Herrera
Dave Kadel
Tom Hill
Don Riddle
Lake Nacimiento Fishing Slowed By Hot Weather
Hot weather slows daytime fishing at Lake Nacimiento while night and early morning outings yield better bass and catfish results. Anglers report 1 1/2 pound bass, good catfishing with channel cats and bullheads, and the marina offering a 20 percent sale on fishing tackle and ski gear.
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Nacimiento
Paso Robles
Lake Nacimiento
Ick Kelsey
Kelsey
San Luis Obispo
Lake Nacimiento Park
Ihing
Marina
Savage to Race Indoor Speedway at Los Angeles Spa
Swede Savage, protégé of Dan Gurney, returns to motorcycle racing for three American Legion sponsored indoor events at the Los Angeles Spa starting Aug 30. Class A machines race Sept 7 and 13 at the Sports Arena. Savage turns 23 midweek of the first event after a decade in two wheelers beginning at age 14 in San Bernardino.
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Ope
Santa Ana
Compone
San Bernardino
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Colvard Brothers
Jack
Tommy
Shafter Recreation Commission
Roy Farrell
Recreation Commission
W.R. Macdowell
Bryan White
Mary Dernik
San Diego
American Legion
John Lachenmaier
L.A. Kattenhorns
Justice Court
Bres
House Committee
Special Wildlife Inc
Cache Creek
Colusa County
Tupman
Savage
U. S
Gurney
Hollywood
Gas Company
Los Angeles
Compton
Southern California Gas Company
Pacific Lighting System
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