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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1947
Page
6
The Mayor of Shafter proclaims Saturday December 13 1947 as Shafter Football Day at 2 P M on the Shafter High School Field to support the Valley Championship teams. Citizens are urged to show interest and moral support for local school football.
Bakersfield High School Drillers wrap up the 1947 football season with a 6 2 record. Coached by D M Griffith and Homer Beatty, the team ends play and unofficially contends for a share of the San Joaquin Valley championship.
Shafter High School enters Kern County League this season in a Friday night county cage carnival at East Bakersfield High School. Participating teams include Shafter East Bakersfield Taft Wasco with each team playing one quarter against the others. Coach Lowell Todd notes several stars are out for football and may not reflect the team’s strength.
Season summary shows Visalia Riverdale and Exeter games with scores and totals. Coach Carl Elder led the team through a 9 0 1 record in practice games including playoff Coalinga while Christmas Seal funds support TB case finding health education rehabilitation and research through tuberculosis associations.
East Bakersfield High School hosts a five-team cage carnival to preview the 1947-48 Kern County League. East Bakersfield, Bakersfield, Shafter, Taft and Wasco each play one quarter against every other, with last year’s offensive trophy winner Blades aiming to extend their unbeaten run. Probable starters include Jim Riley, Walter Schmidt, Adrian Pasquini, George Poulos, and Bill May.
Emily P Bissell a Wilmington Delaware social worker organized the first Seal Sale in 1907 the annual national charity drive has continued since 1908.
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