Pat Lee Tops Harness Race for Neuman Stables
Pat Lee a ten year old trotter for Neuman Stables led a season sweep by rating 2.02 2/10 and earning top money for the year. Scotch Princess placed second with several top finishes. The Neuman string raced at Bay Meadows Vernon Downs and Hollywood Park with two new racers joining next season and more winners including Sherry Lee Parker Speed King Humbert Tass B Star and Carrol Dale contributing to the stable's season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Lee
Robert Neuman
Secon
Neuman Bles
Nener Westeanv Lee
Boardman
Bay Meadows
Vernon Downs
Hollywood Park
Santa
Dic Frost
Sherry Lee
Parker Speed King
Humbert Tass
Phere
Neiman
Carrol Dale
Neiman Stables
Carla Tass
Richland PTA Christmas Program Delights Large Crowd
The Richland School Parent Teachers Association staged its annual Christmas program Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Hall. Fourth graders opened with Jingle Bells and Frosty the Snowman, followed by fifth graders with O Christmas Tree and O Come Little Children, and sixth graders with O Come All Ye Faithful and The First Noel. The finale blended chorus and orchestra singing Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Mrs. Grant Jensen, PTA president, presided, with spiritual thoughts by Mrs. Gordon Baker and Bruce M. Chawford, the school superintendent, presenting the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland School Parent-Teachers Association
Veterans Memorial Hall
Richland Kavaliers
Grant Jensen
PTA
Frosty the Snowman
Herald Angels
Gordon Baker
Bruce M. Chawford
Bann to Take Chamber Presidency in Shafter
Robert Bann, program director of KWSO and manager of the Shafter station, was elected president of the 1954 Shafter Chamber of Commerce. He will succeed Lew Woodard whose term ends in January. Tony Brown becomes vice president, a finner of Central Hardware, resident since 1950 and known for a morning quiz show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bann
KWSO
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce
Ernie Hofman
Bann
L. J
Lew) Woodard
Shafer Chamber
Tony Brown
Central Hardware
Ann
Wisco
California
Bamn
Shafter Churches Plan Week of Christmas Programs
Shafter churches announce a week of Christmas activities including weddings, dramas, and children's programs. A wedding at Assembly of God on Tulare Ave features Don Benson and Violet West at about 9:30 p.m. Rev. Mara will officiate. Other events include drama presentations by Pentecostal Church of God, a children’s play A Light in God’s Window, and Christmas films and carols at Nazarene, First Southern Baptist, and South Shafter Chapel services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Assembly of God
Tulare Ave
Mil T Dred Mara
Don Benson
Violet West
Mara
Church Assembly Hall
Pentecostal Church of God
Cecil Pool
Bethlehem
South Shafter Chapel
Menno H. Schellenberg
Church of the Nazarene
Yale
R. R. Richie
First Southern Baptist Church
Sam Wilcoxon
Ein Jate
School Board Grants Crawford Year Contract
Richland School District superintendent Bruce M. Crawford, 43, will receive a renewed two year contract effective Jan 1 with an annual base salary of 9500 and potential increase to 10000 in the second year if conditions warrant. Crawford is a Buttonwillow native who came to Shafter in 1950 after leading Buttonwillow Union schools. He studied at Wildwood Wasco High Bakersfield College and USC and taught in San Diego County before Buttonwillow. He is survived by his father the late C H Crawford and mother Alpa with wife Illys and son Alke at Oregon State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce M. Crawford
Richland
Buttonwillow
Wildwood
Wasco High
Bakersfield College
University of Southern California
San Diego County
Crawford
C. 3. Crawford
Camdin
Kern County
Alpa
Bakersfield
Lllys
Shafter
Alke
Oregon State College
Griffins Own Oldest Bible Found in Shafter
Owners Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Griffin of 136 Beth Eden hold the oldest known Bible in Shafter, more than 225 years old. The Griffins will receive a new Bible as part of a Pathfinder Club program led by Mrs. Theo Voth. Other Bibles in the area belong to Mrs. Lloyd Wikoff, D. S. Kay, Mrs. Joseph Frizzell, and Mrs. Julia Potter with ages ranging from 100 to 115 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
W.M. Griffin
Beth Eden
Theo Voth
Seventh - Day Adventist Shurch Pathfinder Club
Griffins
Lloyd Wikoff
D. S. Kay
Joseph Frizzell
Julia Potter
Royal Navy
England
Jet Base Is Remote Says Douglas Official
Dod Black a Douglas Aircraft aide said talks with the Navy over using Shafter Minter Field as a jet testing center have stalled in Washington. The former wartime Army base would require runway extensions into Kern County and changes to local leases, with both sides still reportedly interested but unable to finalize terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Shafter-Minter Field
Douglas Aircraft
Dod Black
Aircraft Company
Washington, D.C
Army
Douglas
Minter Field
Northern Water Storage District
Lems
Kern County Cand Co
Bert Neuman and Sons of
Shafter
Kern County
Ridge crash kills youths from Wasco
Two Bakersfield College students from Wasco were killed when the car rear ended tractors and a trailer on the Ridge Route. The victims were John C. Byrd 19 and Larry Joe Moseley 20. Driver Herbert E. Spivey 20 and Jean Ellen Arnold 17 were seriously injured. Police say Spivey appeared to fall asleep at the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield College
Wasco
Pasadena
John C. Byrd
Larry Joe Moseley
Herbert E. Spivey
Lerdo School Project Reaches Halfway Milestone
Construction on Lerdo School now about 70 percent complete under Superintendent Jerry Miller. The new plant will replace Minter Village barracks and house around 401 students with an adm cafetorium and several wings. Ronnie Wells heads the project as work continues toward fall opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lerdo School
Jerry Miller
Es VY Wissprewnwas Sas
W. D. Foote Co
Los Angeles
Minter Village
Miller
Lerdo
Highway 99
Ronnie Wells
Victim Still in Critical Condition after Two-Car Crash
Porter Self, 69, remains in critical condition after being freed from a wrecked car in a two-vehicle collision at the Orange avenue Beech intersection. Nine people were injured in the crash around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Barnhill, 64, suffered serious injuries. Garcia, 32, was largely unhurt as his car rolled several times. Self was rescued after heavy entrapment in the back window area, with at least five people involved in the extrication. Ambulances transported victims to Kern General Hospital, with Armstrong Ambulance of Shafter providing the first aid. Continued details on page 3.
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Porter Self
Orange Avenue
Beech
Self
Kern General Hospital
Armstrong
Shafter
Charles M. Barnhill
Bill Garcia
Barnhill
Garcia
Mother Gets Korea Call From Soldier Brothers
Mrs. Alvin Reich of 209 Euclid Street received a Sunday morning call from her son Pfc. Stanley J. Holman 22 stationed in Japan. He went to Korea last March and was wounded on Heartbreak Ridge. He is a bookkeeper in Yokohama's lumber shipment office and formerly worked at the S. A. Camp refinery. Her other son Pfc. Bernie C. Holman 18 is with the 31st regiment at Casey in Korea as an assistant cook, shipped over last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Reich
Euclid St
Pfc
Stanley
J. Holman
Japan
Holman
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
Yokohama
S. A. Camp
Reich
Bernie C. Holman
31St Regiment
Casey
Cage Squads Schedule Three Holiday Games
Shafter High School teams plan three basketball games during Christmas break. A and B squads will host Tehachapi on December 29 at the high school gym, travel to Taft High on December 30, and face East Bakersfield on January 2 at the E B gym.
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Cage
Shafter High
Shafter High School
Tehachapi
Taft
Taft High School
Shafter
East Bakersfield
E.B. Gymnasium
Christmas shoppers fill stores with late hours and Santa visits
Happy Kids theme lights brighten Shafter area as stores stay open until 9 p m through Dec 23 with usual hours on Dec 24. Santa makes stops during the week while a Thursday night dash ends with a sky ride. Local fire department and 20 30 Club plan toy and food deliveries to needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Shafter Fire Department
Shafter 20-30 Club
Santa
Shafter High names gridiron MVPs Prendez and Bonham
Rudy Prendez and Jack Bonham were named Shafter High School's two most valuable players at the civic football banquet. The event also honored top student athletes Gary Weyand and Bruce Muir, awarded a lifetime athletic pass to William Bradley, with Mel Hein as guest speaker from USC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Prendez
The
Generals
Jack Bonham
Colonels
Shafter High School
Nual Civic
Bangivet
Gary Weyand
Bruce Muir
William Bradley
Weyand
Mel Hein
University of Southern California
Aides Draft Financial Pattern For Celebration
The seventh annual Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival finance committee will meet December 28 to draft a working formula for the 1954 celebration. Secretary Ernie Hofman said the committee will pass its plan to the festival board for final study to map procedures. Members include Nick Johnson, Jack Janzen, Lee Thomas, Jack Stepp, Mrs. Jim Jacobs, and Festival Chairman Jack Fleming. The meeting aims to review the financial schedule and consider changes to benefit the festival, including a community fair booth program for exhibitors and crowd-pleasing gimmicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Shafter
Ernie Hofman
Festival Board
Hofman
Jack Fleming
Nick Johnson
Jack Janzen
Lee Thomas
Jack Stepp
Jim Jacobs
Shafter Post Office Adds Helpers for Christmas Rush
Postmaster George Guenther said today at least five extra helpers will assist the Shafter post office as Christmas mail volume grows. Two were hired this week, three more to be retained later. One helper moved to a carrier route, another to sorting. To aid citizens, windows will stay open all day Saturday for handling Christmas mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
George Guenther
Bartel torepresent UC fraternity at national convention
Merle Bartel Shafter High School graduate and son of Rev and Mrs John Bartel will represent Kappa Psi Fraternity at the University of California Pharmacy School at a national convention in Washington D C December 28 to 30 He will fly East with a stop in New York and be escorted by Ed Kerns after leaving Shafter High School Bartel attended Bakersfield College and entered pharmacy school in 1951 He won the Dr Ames scholarship for outstanding promise He expects to graduate next June and then undertake Army training before returning to Shafter He previously worked at Shafter Drug Store and Shafter Press
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Bartel
Shafter High School
John Bartel
Marengo St
Washington,d.c
Kappa Psi Fraternity
University of California Pharmacy School
Bartel
New York
Ed Kerns
Shafter
Bakersfield College
Dr. Ames
Texas
Shafter Drug Store
Shafter Press
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Neuman
Vac
Rene Uy
Neal Boardman
Rotter
Black
Potato Board
Kern County Potato Growers Association Board of Directors
Ben Peters
Myron J. McFarland
Ed Kirschenmann
Waldo Unruh
Merrill Thomas
Harlin Wilson
Arnold Kirschenmann
Woods Stone
M Hig
Wingridiron
UC Fraternity
National Confab
Washington
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