Shafter Generals Close 1967 68 Season with 10 10 Mark
Shafter High School basketball ends 1967 68 with a 10 10 record after wins over Delano Redwood West Lindsay South and Garces and losses to East High Blades and Garces. Key players include Kurt Berger Jan Stuebbe Jack Ramay and Jewel Willard Rose Jr with seniors Frances Jenkins Helen Holt and a wide roster. Memorials note Rose family longtime church work and a memorial fund for Pentecostal Bible College.
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Laird Parker
Shafter High School
Generals
Delano
East High Blades
Redwood
West
Lindsay
South
Page Ranch
Buttonwillow
Magunden- Edison
Crome
Rose
7Th Standard
Central Valley Highway
Northrup King
Orginal Ranch
Illinois
Shafter Pentecostal Church of God
Full Gospel Business Men’s Feship of
Los Antes
International Irector
International
C.bm.c of
F.G.B.M.F
H. Tadlick
B.G. Lawrence
D. McMahon
Agee Family Funeral Home
Shafter
Pentecostal Bible College
Bank of America
Jewel
Florence Rose
MioTex
Garces
Kurt Berger
Lewis
Jan Stuebbe
Jack Ramay
Farewell Birthday Party for Dora Gallaway
Mrs. Dora Gallaway of Shafter, living there ten years, left Saturday for Santa Maria to live near her son Bob Gallaway. A combination farewell and birthday party was held at Mrs. John Sloas’s home on Shafter Avenue Tuesday evening February 13. Attendees included Lorna and Pauline Goehring, Edna Bender, Alitha Taylor, Marie Stuebbe, Elma Wilson, Anna Mettler and Irma Harrek. a large pink rose cake and an electric toaster were given in honor of her 80th birthday on February 22.
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Dora Gallaway
Shafter
Santa Maria
Bob Gallaway
Gallaway
Ebenzer Reformed Church
Ladies Aid
John Sloas
Shafter Avenue
Scouts Plea for Scrap Metal Donation Drive
Scouts of Troop 953 urge donations of scrap metal call Jack McMeans at 746 2524 by March 2. They will arrange pickup and can cut metal to movable sizes. Metal pickup by the troop is scheduled for March 9. John Bingham leads the troop as scoutmaster.
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Jack McMeans
John Bingham
Board approves new half time teacher aides and requests funding
The board hires Esther Prender Evelyn Rodriguez and Loren e Hill as half time teacher aides and approves a 13774 33 grant for the National Defense Act kindergarten program for 1968 69. A 500 bill for service is paid. The article also details Wasco and Shafter basketball results with Kl assen and Berger leading Wasco to a 58 56 win over Shafter and lists seniors and other team members.
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Esther Prender
Evelyn Rodriguez
Lorene Hill
Ernest McCoy
John and Helen Hanner Crowned King and Queen at Lady Lions Dinner
John and Helen Hanner crowned King and Queen at the Lady Lions annual Sweetheart Dinner held February 17 at the Ranch Inn. Decorations were Valentine themed and gifts were drawn by husbands after wives read playful quotations, with attendees including Mickey Handel and Marjorie Nixon. The piece also Highlights Red Cross community service and local appeals, praising ongoing support for service members and families.
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John and
Helen Hanner
Lady Lions
John
Shafter Lions Club
Lady Lions Group
Ranch Inn
Valentine
Mickey Handel
Marjorie Nixon
Bread and roll tray presented at Lady Lions dinner
Eley Larson Jodi Olsen King John and Queen Helen Hanner received a bread and roll tray from the Lady Lions. Dinner guests included numerous couples such as Dick and Larson, John and Hanner, Bill and Nixon, Glenn and Handel, Roy and Kerber, Carl and Kelley, Bob and Millwee, and others. Pete Gonzales Jr reported a theft from his car in downtown Shafter, a camera and bag taken.
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Eley Larson
Jodi Olsen
King John
Helen Hanner
Lady Lions Group
Dick Larson
John Hanner
Bill Nixon
Glenn Handel
Roy Kerber
Carl Kelley
Bob Millwee
John Dobbs
A. J. Smith
Bob Somers
Lowell Todd
Roland Grisham
Stan Cook
Henry Voth
John Dalke
Joe Ivan Meyers
Pete Gonzales, Jr
Shafter
CFBF Directors Back Reagan Cabinet Reorganization
The California Farm Bureau Federation board endorses Governor Reagan's plan to create a Secretary of Agriculture and Services in the state cabinet. They argue it would improve economy and efficiency, and provide agriculture with direct access to the governor through cabinet inclusion.
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California Farm Bureau Federation
Reagan
Secretary of Agriculture and Services
Farm Bureau
Annual Fire Department Report Totals 65 Calls and 400 Inspections
The Shafter Fire Department submitted its annual activities to the City Council. It answered 65 calls, with 33 fire related and 32 for other help, including 16 dwelling and 12 vehicle calls. Total losses were modest with one dwelling fire and several smaller losses. major prevention included 400 inspections and 331 violation notices. Volunteers logged 620.8 training hours. 22 volunteers and 3 paid firefighters served.
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Shafter Fire Department
Clifford Ratzlaff
O'Brien Inducted Into Bob Elias Hall of Fame
Joe O'Brien of Shafter inducted at Bakersfield Elks Hall into the Bob Elias Hall of Fame. He has earned 8 160 000 in harness racing purses from 1939 to 1967 and is a Canadian Hall of Fame member. Born on Prince Edward Island, he trained and, from 1952 to 1962, ran L A Camps stables, winning 3 500 000 in that period.
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Joe O’brien
Shafter
Bo Elias Hall of Fame
Bakersfield
Elks’ Hall
O’brien
Hall of Fame
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Canada
Ireland
L. A. Camp
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Arvin
John Snively
David Torigianni
Larry Wells
Phil Klassen
Wasco Tigers
LeRoy Stowe
Odis Hailey
Hailey
Stowe
Ron Koop
Tim Haag
Tom Stepp
Tom Alvidrez
Tim Powell
David Dobrenon
Allen Neuman
John Sill
Robbie Smith
Mike Bender
Bucks
Ken Allen
Dan Allen
Sidney Unruh
Alvin Bryant
Mike Pyle
Ken Carrasco
Lynn Warnock
Rodney Rutledge
Don Nikkel
Randy Penner
Bill McKinley
Fred Herkimer
Dennis Palla
Mitchell Jones
Larry Antoniovanni
Harold Heiler
C’s
Colonels
Sidney Jhe
Lynn Ward
Harold Helter
The
Carl Camp
Vernon Allen
Jim
Harold Heller
Robert Schellenberg
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Allan Zenk
Ronnie Billington
Jerry Schaub
Homer Hendricks
LeRoy Rice
Billington
Red Cross
American Red Cross
America
CFBF
Walker Fairview
Shafter, Calif
Pioneer
Sr. High
Jr. High
Pilgrim Fellowship
Bible Fellowship
Congregational Church
E. Tulare Ave
Owen Owen C. Onsum
Fire Department
Bob Elias Hall of
First Sc. Baptist Cerch
Buel Mouser
Horace Womack
Pastor Prayer Service
Dexter C. Ogan
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Pacific Gas and Electric Compan
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