General Oppose Lindsay In Last Shafter League Clash
Shafter High School faces Lindsay in the final Kern Tulare Kings league game. A win secures third place as Shafter seeks to finish with around ten wins including non league games. Lindsay holds a prior 18 16 victory over Bakersfield earlier this year.
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Generals
Lindsay
Shafter School
Bakersfield
Lindsay Cardinals
Shafter Varsity
Colonels
Cardinels
wuTheir
Kersfield Dirks
Rick Heber
Bucks
Lindsay Cee
CAP Launches Campaign to Recruit New Members
Civil Air Patrol Squadron One at Kern County Airport seeks 42 civilian members including 10 pilots and 10 co pilots or observers. The group meets Tuesday nights behind the main hangar and trains CAP cadets aged 15 to 18 while aiding military radio communications and mobile transport. Existing local members include William Lachenmaier Jim Bobst P V McClure Wallace Loewen and Pierce.
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Civil Air Patrol
Squadron One
Sternon Pierce
Kern County
Air Force
CAP
Pierce
Shafter
William Lachenmaier
Jim Bobst
P. V. McClure
Wallace Loewen
Colonels Top Dinuba Bengals 46 to 25 in League Clash
Shafter Colonels defeated Dinuba Bengals 46 25 on the road with Kenneth Roden scoring 12 and Robert Hamilton and Franklin Bergman adding 11 each. The home team led 25 12 at halftime as the Colonels used strong defense in both halves.
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Shafter Colonels
Dinuba Bengals
Bengal
Colonels
Kenneth Roden
Robert Hamilton
Franklin Bergman
Bengals
Tennis Season Opens Wednesday at Shafter
Eight boys travel to Dinu ba Wednesday to open the 1951 tennis season with a practice match. Coach Robert Gates notes six returning players from last year with Troy Smart and Jay Raney as leaders and Phil Zachary rising to third in the ladder. Ivon Bartel will rejoin Monday as the squad enters Kern County League play against Wasco Bakersfield Taft Delano McFarland and East Bakersfield after finishing second in league last year.
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Dinuba
Robert Gates
Leroy Wiedenbach
Earl Millard
Troy Smart
Jay Raney
Phil Zachary
Shafter
Ivon Bartel
Wasco
Bakersfield
Taft
Delano
McFarland
East Bakersfield
White Shrine Party Attended by Mrs Lilly in Bakersfield
Mrs Lilly, Sr. of Shafter attended a White Shrine party last week at the Bakersfield home of Mrs Paul Sullivan. Mrs Phil Fickert of Bakersfield accompanied her. White Shrine is a social club of Masons and Eastern Star members.
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Emmett Lilly, Sr
Shafter
Bakersfield
Paul Sullivan
Sis
Phil Fickert
Eastern Star
Towns Sparks Shafter Past Dinuba 60 to 50 Upset
David Towns led Shafter as they upset the Dinuba Emperors 60 50 on Friday. Dinuba guard Keith matched Towns with 23 points, while Paul Cato scored 13 and Fouston added 12 for Shafter.
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David Towns
Shafter
Dinuba Emperors
Generals
Emperors
Dinuba
Keith of
Towns
Teen-Agers Feted At Loepp Party
Mrs. Martin Loepp hosted a Sunday School teen-age girls party at the Loepp home in South Shafter. Attendees included Joan Gardner, Jeanette Gilbert, Delpha Holland, La Verne Cummings, Joyce and Opal Kimmel, Ruth and Iva Dell Loepp, Ida Koenig, and Diane Loepp, with Mr. and Mrs. Loepp and their daughters. The Janzens, Herman and wife, were guests, and had previously hosted Loepp parents.
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Martin Loepp
South Shafter Gospel Chapel
Loepp
Joan Gardner
Jeanette Gilbert
Delpha Holland
la Verne Cummings
Joyce
Opal Kimmel
Ruth
Iva Dell
Ida Koenig
Diane Loepp
Loepps
The Couples Club Meeting at Wiechmann Home
The Couples Club of Union Congregational Church will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Wiechmann on Cross Street.
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the Couples. Club. of
Union
Congregational Church
M. L. Wiechmann
Cross Street
Shafter Legionnaires Attend Area Meeting
Jack Hare commander and Earl Wipf adjutant attended the third area American Legion meeting in Hanford. A Sacramento adjutant general's representative urged Legion adjutants to join the Civilian Defense Service Corps.
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Jack Hare
Earl Wipf
American Legion
Hanford
Adjutant General's Office
Sacramento
Legion Adjutants
Civilian Defense Service Corps
Shafter 20-30 Club Hosts Indonesian Cadets at Airport
Members of the Shafter 20-30 Club held a Tuesday night meeting with Indonesian cadets at Shafter Airport. After sharing a special meal designed for the cadets, the group adjourned to view Indonesian displays. Merton Wiedmann, president, led the delegation.
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Shafter 20-30
Shafter Airport
Merton Wiedmann
Shafter Club
Britons Thank Shafter Pair For Gift to Son in Korea
Mrs. George Guenther of 229 California Ave. received a Festival of Britain head scarf from Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Reed of Ketterning Northant, 75 miles from London, after sending a package to Korea. Randy Reed, rescued from a burned Korean barracks, benefited from the gift as a Christmas present. The Reeds expressed gratitude and invited Mrs. Guenther to visit.
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Shafter
Son
Korea
Britain
George Guenther
California Ave
B. P. Reed
Ketterning
Northantro
London
Randy Reed
England
Tal
Estimated $127000 For 15 New Houses In Bakersfield
Building Inspector E K Grant reports completion of a 49 home project in the Kirschenmann tract. A permit to build the 15 final homes, estimated at 8500 each totaling 127500, was issued to Gannon Construction Company of Bakersfield. The tract is managed by Myrtle Stone.
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Kirschenmann
E. K. Grant Re
Gannon Construction Company
Bakersfield
Myrtle Stone
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Lilly
Frank Hornkohl Laboratories
Truxtun
Kwio
KGO
Lincoln
Nebraska
Theodore H. Epp
Shafter Legionnaires
Chrysler
Schneider
Wikoff
James St
MOTEL
Cawelo
Highway
Lerdo
Sie
NEW Yorker
Wedate
Irvine
Fire Motor Port
Central Valley
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