Marine Private Max Newboles Finishes Supply School
Max Newboles a 20 year old Marine who recently completed supply school at Camp LeJeune N C will be stationed near home at the Barstow supply center. A Shafter High School 1951 graduate he is son of Mr and Mrs A I Newboles of 354 Terra Vista Lane and attends Richland School. He worked for Pacific Gas and Electric Co before joining the Marines.
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Max Newboles
Barstow
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Newboles
Marine Corps
Shafter High School
A. I. Newboles
Terra Vista Lane
Richland School
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Banquet Details Highlight Local Civic Groups and Honorees
Banquet plans continue with clubs and leaders including Harlin Wilson Lions Club Jack Stepp 20-30 Club Al Suckut Shafter Chamber of Commerce Lew Woodard and Commander Bill Banks of the American Legion. Coaches will present teams announce MVP and top scholastic achiever as explained by Dr. Grant Jensen. Arrangement committee members are Clarkin Herb Howes Lee Thomas Harvey Neuman Marvin Neuman Bob Somers and Bill Banks. The Girls Athletic Association will decorate under Shirley Harris and Future Homemakers of America led by Mrs. Ethel Teves will provide waitress service.
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Harlin Wilson
Lions Club
Jack Stepp
al Suckut
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Lew) Woodard
Bill Banks
American Legion
Grant Jensen
Clarkin
Herb Howes
Lee Thomas
Harvey Neuman
Marvin Neuman
Bob Somers
Girls’ Athletic Association
Shirley Harris
Future
Homemakers of America
Ethel Teves
McQuilliams Rites Held for Automobile Victim
Funeral services were held for William McQuilliams 23 a former Shafter resident killed in an auto accident near a chapel. He worked as a fruit inspector for the California Department of Agriculture. Survivors include his mother Mrs W T Willott father William E McQuilliams and three sisters Alma Kliewer Bernice Guthrie and Luwellen Blankenship Interment was in Shafter Cemetery.
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William McQuilliams
Shafter
Chapi
California Department of Agriculture
W. T. Wiliott
William E. McQuilliams
Alma ‘Kliewer
Bernice Guthrie
Lu‘ellen Blankenship
Shafter Cemetery
Youth Injures Foot Servicing Cotton Picker Detail
Buttonwillow youth Julie Fallon son of Mr and Mrs Rene Fallon injured last week while servicing a cotton picker. His foot came in contact with the rotary blade as the machine idled. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment and returned home Saturday.
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Julie Fallot
Rene. Fallot
Mercy Hospital
Notice of Property Sale for Delinquent Taxes in Kern County
Public notice announces sale by Kern County Tax Collector on December 18, 1953 at 10 AM in Bakersfield. Properties listed span townships in Diablo Range, Meridian, and San Bernardino Base, with numerous last assessees and minimum prices. redemption or installment plans required by law. Information for redemption payments available from County Tax Collector, Redemption Division, Kern County Jury Administration Building.
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Board of Supervisors
Kern County
California
United States
Cheater Avenue
Bakersfield
Kern
Diablo Bane
Meridian
Allips
San Bernardino Base
J. Perry
Kern County Jury Administration
M. Patton
Mane Royve
Emma
Holmquist
W. W. Pease
Charles BE. Bowlsky
Sem
Security First National Bank of Los
Anna H
Mary H. O'Brien
C.A.R.M
Pacific Union College to Lead Friday Youth Crusade Program
Pacific Union College guest musicians join the Youth Crusade for Christ event at 7 15 p m in the State Theater. Violinist Prof John J Haffner and college students perform and sing as Elder Stanley Huten notes this is the final weekend of the crusade with Saturday night’s closing.
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Pacific Union College
Youth Crusade For Christ
John J. Haffner
Napa County
Stanley Huten
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Shafter
Pacing records mark season for California horses
Ronaldo year trainer Carthal set pacing mark at 2 01 for new horses. Freeman Hanover won 11 firsts including seven straight at Bay Meadows with seven seconds in 23 starts. Judy Tass, a pacer at 2 07, showed trot potential at 2 63 2/5 and won California bred trot title though her 24 starts yielded 12 wins and seven seconds. Other Lachenmaier runners: Casabianca 2 03 pacer, Scotch Mack 2 04 35 trotter, Atomic Lee 2 08 trotter.
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Carthal
Freeman Hanover
Bay Meadows
Judy Tass
Lachenmaier
Casabianca
Scotch Mack
Trotter
Atomic Lee
Herman Janzen III In Daughter's Care
Herman Janzen III, former resident of Shafter, is ill and very weak at his Reedley home where his daughters care for him. Mrs. Martin Loepp visits weekly from the Maple area to help. He has been under a doctor's care for some time and underwent surgery in a Fresno hospital a few weeks ago.
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Herman Janzen
Shafter
Reedley
Martin Loepp
Maple
Fresno
Mrs Art Dirksen Honored By Friends On Birthday
A birthday party honored Mrs. Art Dirksen when friends and neighbors visited at the home of her daughter Mrs Kenneth Pitts. Guests played games and enjoyed cookies and punch. Prizes went to Erza Schneider and Gideon Richert. Mrs Dirksen received a clothes hamper and other gifts.
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Art Dirksen
Kenneth Pitts
Dirksen
Erza Schneider
Gideon Richert
Rev. Douglas Bushby to Deliver Message at Mennonite Brethren Church
Australian minister Rev. Douglas Bushby, 29, will deliver a guest message next Wednesday evening at the Mennonite Brethren Church at 7 p.m. Pastor Rev. Waldo Wiebe cites the talk titled Revival of Communism. Bushby recently completed sermons at the First Baptist Church and has spoken to service clubs.
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Douglas Bushby
Mennonite Brethren Church
Waldo Wiebe
Bushby
First Baptist Church
Intersection Collision Brings Pair to Court
A Cen tral avenue and Kern streets collision last week caused auto damage and minor fines. Police identify a 15-year-old high school boy fined 25 dollars for speeding and John Edward Potts, 65, fined 10 dollars for running a stop sign.
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Central Avenue
Kern Streets
John Reily
John Edward Potts
Helicopters Deliver Mail to GIs in Japan
Pfc. Bob Nixon of the third Marine Division says helicopters are delivering mail in Japan to American GIs. He reports mail delays due to a Japanese strike, while stationed in Gifu City and contacting his parents last Thursday night.
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Japan
Pfc
Bob Nixon
Third Marine Divsion
Gifu City
Bob
Migrant Aid From Union Church Women’s Fellowship
The Union Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship collected canned foods for migrant families at a Monday meeting. They also prepared Christmas stockings for migrant children and will forward items through Betty Whittaker of Kern County Council of Churches. A Christmas reading, carols, devotions, and refreshments followed.
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Women’s Fellowship
Union Congregational Church
Betty Whittaker
Kern County Council of Churches
John Turner
Thanksgiving Guests Reported by Local Residents
Thanksgiving guests of Mr and Mrs Burl Brim at 509 Gibson Lane included Mr and Mrs John Hendricks and Mr and Mrs Walter Boggs, all residents of Shafter.
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Burl Brim
Gibson Lane
John Hendricks
Walter Boggs
Shafter
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