Food Bank Store Slashes Prices In January Sale
Buster Oxford, manager of Shafter Food Bank Store, launches a tax season sale with extreme price cuts and coupon deals. The promotion emphasizes pennies saved per item and a welcoming, home-town atmosphere. Oxford, active in local groups since 1952, highlights community support and the store’s long history in Shafter.
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Two Nations Represented In Shafter Exhibit Event
Marta Nordenfelt a Swedish Shafter student and Mrs Richard Adams wear Philippine style costumes beside dolls from both nations. Philippine student visitors from Fresno State College will come to Shafter Friday February 17 at 8 p m under American Field Service and Business and Professional Women Club sponsorship. Admission includes refreshments and a small donation for the scholarship fund.
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Fresno State College
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World Folk Festival Lights Up Bakersfield Saturday Night
Harvey Auditorium hosts a Saturday folk festival featuring a troupe from the United States Die and Greek and Fol group performances in native costumes. Kern County Parks and Recreation and Circle Eight Dance Club Bakersfield sponsor the event with Ken Croes as emcee.
Dairy Meet Scheduled for Feb 16 in Bakersfield
The California Farm Bureau Federation Dairy Department will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday February 16 1961 at the Hacienda Bakersfield. Donald E Hirch Assistant Director Commodity Division of the American Farm Bureau Federation will discuss national dairy problems. All dairymen are urged to attend this important meeting.
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Farm Bureau Officers Meet Friday at Tagus Ranch
Kern County officers and staff join Tulare Fresno Kings and Madera colleagues for a Regional meeting at Tagus Ranch Restaurant on Friday February 17 at 10:00 a.m. The group will discuss water action plans and coordinate Region II efforts.
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Kings
Madera
Gasoline Syphoners Caught Near Lerdo At Cawelo
Al Ghiglia of S A Camp dispatch watched three youths siphon gasoline at a warehouse 100 yards north of Lerdo at Cawelo. The suspects, two Shafter boys aged 17 and 18 and a Five Points youth, fled over a barbed wire fence after a warning shot. Ghiglia freed and detained them until deputies arrived. they are jailed pending preliminary hearings.
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Traveling Art Exhibit Now at Shafter Branch Library
A 24 piece traveling art show sponsored by Kern County and Recreation displays work by Kern County artists at Shafter Branch Library. The exhibit, part of county finals at Cunningham Memorial Gallery, features mixed media and watercolors with first place awarded to Lillian for her piece Days by Chester Amyx Emer son.
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Kern County
Lody le
Kennath Hace Aie
Oely
Dottie Boyd
Ruth Stover
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Kern County and Recreation
Shaf- Branch
Cunningham Memorial Gallery
Janet Kennath
Ruth Snively
Dulcie Wilson
Lillian
Chester Amyx
Emerson
Rams All-Pro Gene Brito to Speak at Veterans Hall
Gene Brito Falstaff Brewing special sales rep and Rams All-Pro defensive end will give a Sports Talk for American Legion Post 213 at Shafter Veterans Hall on Monday Feb 20 at 8 00 p m. The event is free for service clubs and football fans with showings of a 1960 Ram highlight film and a Q A session. Brito, five time All-Pro and 1958 Most Valuable Lineman, helped the Rams acquire him after years of effort. He is a Loyola of Los Angeles product, former Washington Redskin star, and lives in West Covina with his wife and two daughters.
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Falstaff Brewing Corporation
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Loyola of Los Angeles
Washington Redskins
Washington
Sammy Baugh
Chamber of Commerce Installation Honors Early Shafter Pioneers
The annual Chamber of Commerce installation in Shafter will honor a group of early settlers and pioneers rather than a single Man of the Year. A tribute will be paid to representatives still residing in Shafter, with tickets for a chicken dinner available and reservations encouraged. Lew Woodard is noted for solving a recent Press puzzle, winning five dollars.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Lincoln High School
Los Angeles
West Covina
Crannay
Key West
Florida
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Hawaii
Maurice Chevalier
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