Shafter to Open Season with Arvin at Home Friday
The Shafter High basketball season begins Friday with a home game against Arvin. Seventeen games are on the schedule through February 24, with Wasco hosting a tournament December 9 and 10. Returning lettermen include Ed Ellis and Jess Bradford, new starters include Ken Kroeker Bill Turner and Jim Broom who is sidelined three weeks.
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Shafter High
Qerals
Colonels
Cubs
Arvin
Generals
Shafter
Wasco
Ed Ellis
Jess Bradford
Ken Kroeker
Bill Turner
Jim Broom
Hank Moroski
Ellis
Bradford
Turner
Kroeker
Vaughn Taylor
Larry Mullins
Moraski
Masked Bandits Rob Myrick's Corner in North Shafter
Two Negro men robbed Myrick's Corner grocery Monday night taking $305 from the cash register and wallet of owner Robert Myrick. They wore blue masks, fled in a blue Studebaker car, and an all-points bulletin was issued to Kern County officers. Betty McDonald witnessed the incident.
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Kern County
Sheriff's Office
North Shafter
Myrick’s Corner
Robert Myrick
Bakersfield
Blake Witcher
Shafter
Myrick
Betty McDonald
Shafter Chamber official resigns as secretary manager
Don Knowles 28 resigns as part time secretary manager of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture effective December 31. Outgoing board accepts the resignation while a meeting is set to decide on a successor. Knowles cites conflicting duties with his bookkeeper job and notes he chaired last May’s eighth annual Shafter Pototon Cotton Festival.
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Don Knowce
Chamber
Seater
Chamber of Commerce
Knowles
Sey Sagalle Guttee- Deentes
Don Knowles
Donald E. Knowles
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Tony Brown
Christmas Season Moves to Shafter and Cotton Parity Talks
The Shafter Christmas season begins with 9 p.m. store hours from December 15, decorations downtown, a large Christmas tree arrival, and a Santa program setup led by Bob Bann. Separately, cotton price supports for 1956 are likely to drop from 90 percent parity to about 80 to 82 percent, with USDA officials noting the timing tied to the December 13 grower referendum and Secretary Ezra Taft Benson’s estimates and latitude in setting final levels.
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Shafter
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Bann
Bann
North Pole
Agriculture Department
USDA
Agriculture
Ezra Taft- Benson
Funeral Services Held Sunday for Mrs Edna Camp
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the First Baptist church in Shafter for Mrs Edna Jane Camp 57 of 741 Kern Street who died November 25 after a long illness. The body was shipped to Duncan Oklahoma for burial. Rev Melvin Krug led the service. Mrs Camp a 13 year Shafter resident was wife of Claude Camp. Survivors include three brothers Arnold Stanley Wasco Nick Duncan and Corvin Lawton Oklahoma and three sisters Anna Swigart Oklahoma City Frances Reynolds Duncan and Lovace Jones Wichita Kansas.
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First Baptist Church
Shafter
Edna Jane Camp
Kern Street
Bakersfield
Duncan
Okla
Melvin Krug
Kern County
Arnold Stanley
Wasco
Nick
Corvin
Lawton
Anna Swigart
Oklahoma City
Frances Reynolds
Lovace Jones
Wichita
Kan
Bicycle crash injures 14 year old in front of Safeway
Minor injuries were suffered by Alvin Meyer, 14, of 124 Orange street when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Ival Odus Pressley of Merced and Poplar avenues in front of the Safeway store. An Arm strong ambulance transported the boy to a hospital.
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Alvin Meyer
Orange Street
Ival Odus Pressley
Merced
Poplar Avenues
Safeway
Armstrong
Scouts to Award Bale of Cotton at VMH Night
Scouts will present programs at 8 p.m. Monday at Veterans Memorial to close a drive to pay off Scout Hall debt. A bale of cotton will be awarded, honoring donors and remnants saved by growers and ginners. Master of ceremonies is Bob Bann. uniforms urged for all units.
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Veterans Memorial
John Revell
Bob Bann
Teena Hese
Revell
Scout Hall
Dick Eckmann
C. J. Vignolo
Ed Kirschenmann
Pete Channeson
F. W. Handel Farms
Walter Posnoff
Arnold Koehn
John and
Ike Peters
FE. Anderson
Legion Convenes Here on Sunday in California
The Fifteenth District of the American Legion Department of California will hold a quarterly meeting at Shafter on Sunday. More than 250 visiting Legionaires are expected from Kern and Tulare counties. Sam Gray will be guest speaker as several special awards are presented. Three candidates for state commander are expected: Thomas H. Thompson Porterville district commander and David Bromiley commander of the third area San Joaquin Valley Mono and Inyo counties. The meeting starts at 10 a.m. and runs all day with luncheon by the Shafter American Legion Auxiliary.
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The
American Legion
Department of California
Shafter
Jack Janzen
Shafter Post
Kern County
Tehachapi Mountains
Tulare County
Sam Gray
Legion
Janzen
Thomas H. Thompson
Porterville
David Bromiley
San Joaquin Valley
Mono
Inyo Counties
Shafter American Legion Auxiliary
Vernon Ross Appointed Merchant Group President
Vernon Ross of Shafter was elected president of the merchants division. He succeeds Herbert E. Howell and will serve on the division's board alongside Tony Brown Lowell Webb Earl Johnson and William McCullough.
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Vernon Ross
Merchant Group
Shafter Retailer
Merchants
Shaf
Herbert E. How
Ell
Division
Tony Brown
Lowell Webb
Earl Johnson
William McCullough
SHS Clubs Deliver 3 Baskets of Food to Needy Families
Shirley Moore, Homemaker Advisor, announced that SHS clubs the Key club and F.H.A. distributed three food baskets to needy families. Valera Kirschenmann and Rex Tudor with Joe Borjon assisted, with collections from the homemaking department and a Key Club sponsored drive pooled together.
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SHS
America
The
Key Club
Shirley Moore
Valera Kirschenmann
F.H.A
Rex Tudor
Joe Borjon
Miss Moore
Shafter Chamber Plans Friday Noon Meeting
The Shafter chamber of commerce and agriculture will hold its monthly meeting Friday at noon at Lee's Drive-In. Secretary Don Knowles says the newly elected board of directors will be introduced to members. Board members for 1956 are Mert Wiedmann, Bob Somers, Bill Johnston, Bruce Crawford, Jack Wilcoxon, Don Zachary, George Collins, and outgoing president Tony Brown. The board will elect a new president probably next week.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Lee’s Drive-In
Don Knowles
Chamber
Mert Wiedmann
Bob Somers
Bill Johnston
Bruce Crawford
Jack Wilcoxon
Don Zachary
George Collins
Banquet to Reveal SHS Football Players Next Thursday
The Shafter Civic Football banquet will name four top SHS players based on coaches’ selections. Awards will honor most valuable and highest scholastic record players from the Shafter General and Colonel teams. Mike Pecarovich will deliver the principal address, with Tony Brown on the banquet committee as speaker.
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SHS
Shafter Civic
Shafter General
Mike Pecarovich
California
Tony
Shafter High to Crown Nelda Pearson Coronation Ball Queen
Nelda Pearson, a Shafter High senior, will be queen of the Coronation Ball set for December 16 at the school. Mary Brown announced the queen and court at the Turkey Trot after the Thanksgiving game, with Kay Duerksen as maid of honor and five princesses named. The GAA elected the court and will run the event, funding the ball through student activities and fundraisers.
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Nelda Péierson
Shafter High
Sanger
Girls Athletic Assocition
Mary Brown
Kay Duerksen
Rita Tiberghien
Norma Hooks
Barbara Jobe
Belvi Moor
Norma McBee
Valera Kirschenmann
Valera
G.A.A
Billie Wright
Shafter FFA Wins Cluster of Ribbons At Great Western
Shafter High School FFA members earned four firsts three champions and a grand champion at the Great Western Livestock Show in Pomona this week. Notable wins include Kenneth for five Herefords and Sam Baker taking grand champion pen-of-five steers in the Angus class. Participants Baker Wilson Joe Turner and Buryle Dooley expect to return to Shafter Thursday evening after the sales.
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Aew Baker
FFA
Sam Baker
Better
Wilson
Ag Farm
Joe Turner
Burley Dooley
Shafter
SHS Cups Division Championship Ends Season Honors Banquet Set
The Shafter High Generals clinched the North and South Sequoia League titles after a 25 to 13 playoff win over Sanger. Ed Ellis starred with three touchdowns, lateralling on the fourth to avoid a tackle. The season wraps with the annual civic banquet at SHS on December 8 to honor the players.
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Shafter Highee Generals
Searon
Ed Ellis
Generals
Shafter
Sanger
Ellis
Dick Nieto
Routers
Garcia
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Santa
Merchants Association
Myrick’s
Grant W. Jensen
Robert Somers
Elliott Garrison
Elmer Unruh
Robert Cloud
Hershall Rodgers
Hagen
Edna Camp
VMH
C of C
Lee Ellis
Tackler
Santa Clara
Gonzaga
Washington
Charles BE
Gus) Dorals
Pecarovich
West Virginia
Nelda Pearson
Coronation Ball
Shafter Ffa
Great Western
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