Christmas Spirit Shatterites Plan Yuletide Celebration
The Shafter area readies for Christmas with lights along Central and James avenues and busy downtown shoppers. Schools close Friday as holiday parties begin. churches host programs as families plan feasts and open houses while workers stock gifts and cards for a quiet sacred day.
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Rust
Star of Bethlehem
Central
James Avenues
Korea
Shafter Area
Yule Wanderers
Football notes honor local players and season milestones
The piece highlights Henry Eliades and Heber receiving trophies for the Colonels 21st straight win and two league titles in the new Southern Sequoia division. Dillard is named most valuable player by Dan Bledsoe, praising the Generals' season and noting upcoming player losses. Also mentions Dusty Rhoads stressing early football participation and family ties at a Will iam Lowe home event and a birthday chicken dinner for Mrs. Dan Wendland with attendees from Bakersfield and Shafter.
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Ades
Carl
Henry
Shafter High School
Eliades
Heber
Colonels
Southern Sequoia
C.C
Dusty) Rhoads
Generals
Dan Bledsoe
Dillard
Postoffice Faces Jam In Yale
The Shafter Postoffice, under Postmaster George Guenther, handles a flood of packages and greeting cards this week. Extra helpers assist a busy crew as mail volume rises with promise of a very large Christmas season. The office will stay open until 6 p.m. and close Sunday, Christmas Day, with special hours from 9 to 11 a.m. for distant-package recipients.
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Shafter
George Guenther
Guenther
Sunday School Children To Stage Christmas Pageant
Sunday School youngsters of Union Congregational Church present an original Christmas pageant written and directed by Rev Gordon Baker. The event features Norma Craig and Jack Robbins in lead roles and a radio style tape segment produced by the Young Adult Fellowship.
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Union Congregational ‘Church
Gordon
Baker
Bob
Martha Smith
Norma Craig
Jack Robbins
Young Adult Fellowship
Clarice
Immel
Wayne
Hart
Betty Stringer
Marion Kattenhorn
Fred Starrh
Wendell Vannatta Ane
Iyermbth Andiers
Korea
Jean Thomas
Thurston Anderson
Glen Putman
J Austin
Robert Bliesner
Bill Carter
Phil Channeson
Fred Stafrh
Mesdames Gordon Baker
Homer Craig
Lee Thomas
Ervin Toews
Hanley Witcher
Librarian to Feature "Meet the Faculty" Series on Radio
Dr. Grant Jensen and Mrs. Theodora W Richards will present a Shafter High School program on KWSO at 10 30 a m tomorrow. The event promotes the Meet the Faculty series by the station. Jim Hodges Birthday observed at 236 Faber Street with Mrs Hodges and Mrs Anna Steinmeier attending. Mr and Mrs Ford Williams of Buttonwillow visited with their son and family in Pasadena including Mike and Glenn Dibble.
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Grant. Jensen
Theodora W. Richards
Shafter High School
KWSO
Jim Hodges
Faber St
Hodges
Anna Steinmeier
Ford Williams
Buttonwillow
Robert Dibble
Mike and
Glenn
Pasadena
Shafter Clubhouse Era Ends With Earthquake Damage
Donations from county residents built Shafter’s Women’s Clubhouse at James and Sunset across from the Santa Fe campus, serving as a meeting place since 1915. The $7500 building later faced costly upkeep, a new hardwood floor costing $1600, and earthquake tremors that halted its life, with the old City Hall site chosen for the future City Hall as planning progresses.
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Shafter
Santa Fe
Sudden Hall
Central Valley Highway
Pacific Street
Shafter Planning Commission
Legion Proposes Christmas Plan to Fairly Distribute Baskets
American Legion members propose a coordinated plan to prevent duplicate Christmas baskets for needy families. Commander Earl Wipf notes past overlaps where some families received excess while others were overlooked. Katie Ziemke will maintain a master list and coordinate clubs churches and organizations to verify names. Contact Shafter 897 for the committee.
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American Legion Today
Earl Wipf
Katie Ziemke
Ziemke
Shafter
CVHA Plans Route Extension to Highway 99 Corridor
Central Valley Highway Association outlines extending route from Rosedale to south of Bakersfield on Highway 99. Vice president Irvin E. Fike says the plan fits the valley access aim and notes completion efforts on Shafter to Rosedale and Corcoran by-pass projects. A spring banquet is planned to celebrate progress.
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Central Valley Highway Association
Rosedale
Bakersfield
Irvin E. Fike
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
CVH
Middle Valley
Shafter
Wasco
Corcoran
Hanford
Fike
Shafter-to-Rosedale
Madonna Construction Co
Ernie Hofman
Shafter Industries
Generals Stop Drillers In Rio Bravo Dedication Game
Shafter Generals walloped the Bakersfield Drillers 58 to 40 in the Rio Bravo Gym dedication. Leroy Thompson scored 12 and Lefty Dale Scales with Harold Gaede each had 15 to lead the Generals, while Jim Broom sparked play and John Notley fouled out.
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Generals
Rio Bravo
Shafter Generals
Bakersfield Drillers
Wasco Tigers
Bakersfield
Drillers
Jim Broom
Leroy Thompson
Lefty
Dale Scales
Harold Gaede
Shafter
Brown
Carl Holland
John Notley
John
Thompson
Broom
Lowel Todd
TP Thompson
Unrah Et Notley
F Brown
Gaede
Holland
C Cargill
Womack
Seales
Prender
Infant Al len Gene Bailey Graveside Service
Graveside services for infant Al len Gene Bailey son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bailey will be held at 10 a m Saturday at Shafter Cemetery with Rev Cecil Pool officiating Survivors include sisters Linda and Marion Arrangements by Armstrong Mortuary
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Allen Gene Bailey
Joseph Bailey
Shafter
Shafter Cemetery
Cecil Pool
Linda
Marion
Armstrong Mortuary
Rio Bravo gym hosts district basketball events and youth league
The Rio Bravo Union School gym resonates with daily drills and home games for the Drill team. Bakersfield wins the Class B offensive trophy while East Bakersfield claims the defensive award after the Dec 6 tournament. The gym opens Tuesday and Thursday evenings for organized Wasco League scrimmages. Fourth through eighth graders dress in gym clothes daily to reinforce physical education and shower routines. Superintendent Frank O Neill notes long term health benefits and smoother high school transition.
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Rio. Bravo
Rio Bravo Union School
Pam
Sandabs
Bakersfield
East Bakersfield
Shafter
Arvin
Taft
Gyov
Wasco
Frank O’neill
Tilton Tracy Couple Attends California Cattlemen’s Meet
Mr and Mrs Tilton Tracy of Buttonwillows spent three days in San Diego for the state convention of the cattlemen Association.
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William Lowe
Grant St
C. C. Allen
Los Angeles
Thomas Hughes
Nellis Air Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Dan Wendland
Wendland
Lerdo Avenue
William Bestwater
Ene Gaede
J.P. McCoy
Yale
del Kern Drive-In
Linda Darnell Fair
Hunter
Island OF Desire
Tim Holt
Gail Davis
Overland Telegraph
Abbott & Costello
Allan Lane
Edith Riley
Leadville
Eoter Eads
Jean Peters
Jeffrey Hunter
Scotland
Drive-ly Theatre
Dick Smith
Women's Clubhouse
Legion
CVHA
A. J.hemingson
Hofman
Australia
Sid Ottman
Arden Butter
Baxter
Vienna Sausage
Sunbright Cleanser
Wieners
Swift
Bell's Poultry Dressing
Briardale
Smarsh
Reynold
Betty Crocker
Sauane
General Mills, Inc
Central Avenue
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