Rotary Club Serves 500 at Annual Spaghetti Fundraiser
Rotary Club fed about 500 spaghetti dinners at last week’s fundraiser. Chairman John Hoge called the event a success with August Cakes aiding planning. Proceeds support Shafter High School scholarships and the Rotary Foundation’s polio elimination goal by 2000.
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John Hoge
August Cakes
Norm King
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Shafter High School
Rotary Foundation
Shafter Rotary Club
Shafter Plans Women’s History Week Program
Plans for Shafter Women’s History Week March 3 9 include taping oral histories of local women and displaying pictures at the Depot Museum. A March 8 program will demonstrate interviewing for videotaping by the Shafter Historical Society, with a February 13 meeting at 2 p.m. at the Shafter Branch Library.
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Shafter
Shafter Depot Museum
Depot Museum
Shafter Historical Society
Nita Dean
Cecilia Hildebrand
Susan Neufeld
Laura Hare
Deanna Root
Pat Bryant
Wava Owens
Women’s History Week
Shafter Cast Prepares Lil Abner Debut at High School
Shafter High School prepares for Lil Abner with Daisy Mae Maynard played by Christi Maynard and Bobby De La Rosa as Abner. Daisy Mae is a Sophomore with prior roles in Oklahoma and The King and I. De La Rosa is a senior active in drama club taking his first starring part.
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Lil Abner
Bobby
Stringham
Shafter
Shafter Sports Center
Pauline Ellison
Daisy Moe
Lil Abner - Christ Maynard
Bobby de la Rosa
Shafter High
Daisy Mae” Maynard
Norma
Dewey Maynard
A Kersfield
Maynard
Community Theater
Oklahoma
Daisy Mae
Dogpatch
Lil Abner” de la Rosa
Buttonwillow
Shafter High School
Cil Abmer
Daisy Mac
Christi Maynard
Four Chaplains service honors 42nd anniversary
American Legion Post 213 and Auxiliary joined First Southern Baptist Church to recall the 1943 Andre Doria disaster. Chaplains from Jewish, Catholic, Methodist, and Reformed backgrounds gave life jackets to a serviceman as the ship sank, joining hands in prayer.
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American Legion Post 213
First Southern Baptist Church
Pete Rutledge
Andre Doria
Europe
Reformed Church
American Legion
Leslie L. Robinson
Local dentists to screen students for Dental Health Month
February marks National Children's Dental Health Month as local dentists screen about 110 students at Lerdo Maple Richland and St John’s schools. Dr Lai from Shafter notes the event and a puppet show will illustrate good dental care alongside the screening.
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Lerdo
Maple
Richland
St. John's
Lai
Shafter
la Primera Iglesia Bautista
E. Lerdo
Depot volunteers finish fence and ready freight room
A crew of volunteers at Shafter Depot Museum last Saturday completed the chain-link fence except for a few adjustments and cleared the freight room for new flooring. Bill Bradley Ben Grundy and Rocky Langford helped with the fence while Art Kadel Leon Morgan and Bill Langford moved displays Morgan began removing old flooring for contractor prep. Helen Gaede joined the workday and volunteers can contact Kadel or Stan Wilson for future dates and project details.
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Shafter Depot
Bill Bradley
Ben Grundy
Rocky
Bill Langford
Art Kadel
Leon Morgan
Morgan
Helen Gaede
The
Historical Society
Kadel
Stan Wilson
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Central Ave. Shafter
Beno’s
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