Shafter Book Fair to Welcome Noted Authors March 3 to 6
The Shafter Book Fair runs March 3 through 6 at the Shafter Fair venue. Leo Politi and Ralph Moody will attend, with the event organized by the Shafter Woman's Club and supported by librarians Harriet Mason and Genevieve Craig. A Tea with Ralph Moody is scheduled March 5 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Richland School Library assisted by T. V. Little and the Little family.
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Leo Politi
Ralph M
Shafter
Shafter Book. Fair
Shafter Woman's Club
Harriet Mason
Shafter Library
Genevieve Craig
Richland School Library
Woman's Club
Shafterites
Ralph Moody
Richland School
T. V. Little
Camp Fire Girls Thank Newspaper For Candy Sale Coverage
Mrs Gene Guenther Camp Fire Girls Candy and Peanut Sale thank the paper for excellent coverage and fine pictures that helped their sales during the event.
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Mrs
Gene Guenther
Camp Fire Girls Candy and Peanut Sale
Moving and Visiting In Shafter Community Notes
Mrs. Erma Channeson and children Gary and Susan return to Shafter to stay with her mother Mrs. Ida Willis while awaiting possession of their Beech Ave home. Daughters Robbie joins later in spring. Numerous local visitors gather at W. L. Wilhite’s home on Curtis Street and other SHafter residents move, visit, and travel, including to Phoenix and Kernville for Whiskey Flats Days.
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Erma Channeson
Gary
Susan
Shafter
Ida Willis
Beech Ave
Robbie
George Nickel
Dinuba
Acacia Street
Nickel
Wasco
George
Mildred Guenther
Riverkern
Floyd Heinlein
Grate Cox
Sidney Crawford
Gene Guenther
Steve Bower
Guenthers
Shatter
Kate Jensen
Washington
Ernie Dean Unruh
California seniors vie for Achievement Awards cash prizes
Interviews of zone candidates and school records decide winners who advance to the area finals for cash awards from 150 to 1000 dollars. Second and third place earn 50 and 25 dollars. Sponsored by the bank, the program honors leadership and civic responsibility in school and community activities. Winners are chosen for scholarship leadership citizenship character and communication.
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Achievement
The
Bank
California
Shafter Group Attends Bakersfield Americanism Program
Seven members of Konoka Council No. 294 attended the annual Americanism program in Bakersfield, hosted by El Tejon Council No. 215. From Shafter: Mrs. Ivan Mettler, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Self, Mrs. Pat Henslee, Mrs. Leon Morgan, Mrs. Willie Burton, and Miss Louise Brooks.
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Konoka Council No
Degree of Pocahontas
Bakersfield
el] Tejon Council No
Shafter
Ivan Mettler
Harvey Self
Pat Henslee
Leon Morgan
Willie Burton
Louise Brooks
Stork Loft Announces Lieutenant's New Baby in Germany
Stork Loft reports Lt. and Mrs. Harry Chandler welcomed a son at the Base hospital in Nuremberg Germany on February 2. The newborn weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces and is the Chandlers first child and first grandchild on both sides.
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Harry Chandler
Nuremberg
Germany
Nightengale Baby Born To Lodi Couple
Miles Alan Nightengale was born to Gary and wife in Lodi on February seventh. He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and is the couple’s first child. He is the son of Andy Nightengale of Maple area and Cheryl Mauch is his mother-in-law’s daughter Alvina Mauch of Lodi.
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Gary Nightengale
Lodi
Andy Nightengale
Maple Area
Cheryl Mauch
Alvina Mauch
Swiss guests join Andersons for weekend visit
Mr and Mrs Al Anderson hosted Mr and Mrs Steve Bloomenthal of San Francisco and their son Gene along with Mrs Bloomenthal's sister and her husband on their first trip to the United States from Anders Switzerland during a past weekend visit.
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al Anderson
Steve Bloomenthal
San Francisco
Gene
Rio Bravo Brevities and Local Visit Notes
Earl Eddings of Caruthers was the houseguest of O. W. Eddings this past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Myatt and Jami of Fresno visited. Mrs. Myatt is the former Lottie Thompson of Rio Bravo. The County Basketball Tournament for elementary schools will be held in the Rio Bravo gym on Saturday February 29.
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Earl Eddings
Caruthers
O. W. Eddings
Gene Myatt
Jami
Fresno
Myatt
Lottie Thompson
Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo Gym
Lions Club Speech Contest Held at Shafter Motel
The Lions Club annual speech contest took place tonight at the Shafter Motel. High school contestant Tan Ryan Jeffries spoke, with John Peterson serving as contest chairman.
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Lions Club
Shafter Motel
Tan- Ryan Jeffries
John Peterson
Hospital Notices From Rio Bravo and Bakersfield
Mrs. Robert Townsend of Rio Bravo says her husband is improving but unsure when he will be discharged from Memorial Hospital where he has been since early February. Mrs. Ann Nancy, Rio Bravo School teacher and nurse, is recovering from surgery at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield.
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Robert Townsend
Rio Bravo
Robert
Memorial Hospital
Ann Nancy
Rio Bravo School
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
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First Southern Baptist Church
Dexter C. Ogan
Weston Futrell
Opt
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B.T.U
Horace Womack
Marvin Mouser
Dale Spohn
Shell Chemical Trademark
Brown & Bryant, Inc
Delano & Wasco
Arvin SP
W. L. Wilhite
Curtis Street
Wilhite
Ruth Hookham
Cortez, Cole
Ken Wilhite
Lompoc
Isaac Wilhite
Bill Bonham
Buttonwillow
Willie Adams
Jack Bonham
Leo Templer
Phoenix
Ariz
Adam's Hardfacing Co
C. G. Horning and
Templars
Elm Street
James Holt
Gonzales
N. C. Holt
McCrumb Lane
Kernville
Whiskey Flats
Grace Cox
Oildale
Bill Hearn
Mrs. Hearn
Lloyd Osborn
Clay Jenkins
Kelly
Lancaster
Clay
Marvin Jenkins
Danny Hetherington
Janeen
Danny
Ben Sande
Dakota City
Iowa
Hetherington
Vernice Jacobson
Eagle Grove
Shafter Group
Stork Loft
Benjamin Peters Chandler
Miles Alan Nightengale
AFL Field Service
John Peters
AFL
Elmer Richards
Shafter Women’s Club
Rotary Club
Marcial Mena
Santiago
Chile
Rosedale
Nathan Williams
Tom Leigh
Shafter Rotary Club
Mr. Williams
Jack D. Groves, D.D
Optometrist
Stringham's
Shafter Drug Store
Central Ave
Gpnk of
America Atrial FL
UEP
SAN Fharcisco
United States
Shafter Press
Tanda Camp Fire Girls
Jan Cutherell
Janet Bongberg
Kris Albright
Lucy Bergman
Nancy Lawson
Carol Snively
Andrea Johnson
Mary Miller
Tricia Anderson
Austria
Australia
Arkansas
Bank of America
Bank OF America National Trust and Savings Association
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Shafter Branch
James Street
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