Colonels and Bucks Win Last Two Encounters
Shafter High teams dominated Garces and Wasco foes in the latest contests. The Colonels JV won 41-28 while the Wasco JV lost 42-40, and the C teams defeated Garces 48-33 and Wasco 40-32. Dennis Palla led JV scoring with 19 points as Williams and Allen emerged as midseason contributors for Shafter.
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Scott Larson
Shafter High Colonels
Bucks
Shafter
Garces Amasco
Jv’s
Garces
Wasco
Dennis Palla
Colonels
Palla
Allen
Nikkel
Williams
Robertson
Ee Williams
Cesteat'tasco
Vernon
Cubs
Allen Ee
Dargatzen
Dick Mea
Nikkel Ee Ue
Battling Bucks
Alvin Bryant
Jerry Klassen
Mike Anderson
A. Bryant
Klassen
Creekbaum
B.calhoun
Wherry
T. Calhoun
Anderson
Bryant
Billy Wherry
Tommy Calhoun
Billy Calhoun
Rodney Creekbaum
Wiley To Serve In Vietnam
Tommie Glenn Wiley, son of Mr and Mrs H B Wiley of the Orange and Shafter area, leaves Feb 23 for Ft Lewis to be deployed to Vietnam for one year. He joined the Army in 1968 and served in Germany before a day leave. he has two daughters Laura Ann 5 and Carolyn Sue 3.
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Tommie Glenn Wiley
H. B. Wiley
Orange and
Shafter Ave
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Vietnam
Wiley
Richland Elementary
Shafter High School
Ft. Sill
Okla
Germany
Laura Ann
Carolyn Sue
Special Speaker Set for Wasco Lodge March Meeting
Wasco lodge invites members to a March 4 gathering with a dinner at 6 30 prior to a lecture by Ralph A Herbold Lynwood on What a Mason Can Tell A Non Mason. Herbold, past master of Lynwood Lodge No 602 and former Grand Lodge committee member, brings notable Masonic credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Brown
Wasco
Ralph A. Herbold Lynwood
Herbold
Lynwood Lodge No
Southern California Research Lodge
Grand Lodge Committee On Masonic Education
Long Beach
Scottish Rite
Lynwood Chain of Commerce
Central Kern Elks To Meet in March At Veterans Hall
Plans advance for the proposed Central Kern Elks Lodge with charter members over 2000 paying initiation fees. Meetings are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays in Wasco, while a Turkey Shoot set for March 30 at Kimberlina and Schofield Roads offers prizes including a Browning shotgun and gear. A golf tourney is planned for April 24 at North Kern Golf Course.
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Central Kern
Kimberlina
Schofield Roads
Rustigian’s
Wasco
North Kern Golf Course
Super Jet Port For County Could Develop Here
Kern County may host a distinct possibility for a super jet port as jumbo jets enable same day perishables to eastern markets. Supervisor Vance Webb cites Shafter Airport as ideal and urges rapid development to meet an imminent air traffic boom. SCACI studies aviation facility improvements for faster future air service.
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Kern County
Vance Webb
Board of Supervisors Airports Committee
Webb
Kern
Quinton
Shafter
Shafter Couple Teaches in Cali Colombia Mission School
A Shafter couple Mr and Mrs Gordon Wiens teach in Cali Colombia as part of the Mennonite Brethren Christian youth service program. They work at Jefferson School with an international student body and contribute their wages to Missions Services receiving maintenance and 40 dollars monthly. The school serves children of missionaries and businesspeople and is sponsored by parents seeking English language education.
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Shafter
Gordon Wiens
Cali
Colombia
Jefferson School
Wiens
Christian Youth Service Program
Mennonite Brethren Churches
Harold W. Wiens
Ruben L. Sperling
Board of Missions and Services of
Thomas Jefferson
Two Shafterites to Play in Kern Philharmonic Concert
Two Shafterites Sandra Nicol and Don Wilkinson join the Kern Philharmonic under Carmen Building's guest direction for a March 3 concert. The event features bassoonists Wilkinson and Dragon, pianist Paula Carter, and about 160 Kern County high school students, with proceeds aiding the Philharmonic series. Proceeds fund ongoing concerts. tickets run 1.25 to 4.00.
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Shafterites
Sandra Nicol
Don Wilkinson
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra
Carmen
George Carson
Darrell Cates
Robert Petker
Dragon
Miss Carter
Kern Philharmonic
Mennonite Church Board Meets in Shafter This Friday
Members of the Board of Missions and Services of Mennonite Brethren Churches arrive in Shafter February 27 and meet Friday morning. Attending leaders include Rev. Waldo Hiebert Reedley CA. Rev. J J Toews Winnipeg. Rev. Rudy Boschman. Rev. Herbert Brandt Vancouver. Rev. J A Froese Hillsboro KS. Clarence Hiebert Hillsboro. Dr Roy Just Hillsboro. Rev. Herman Lenzmann Clearbrook BC. Dr G W Peters Dallas. C J Rempel Kitchener. Dr E W Schmidt Saskatoon. Dr J B Toews Fresno. Continuous staff from Hillsboro KS and J Neufeld Fresno will join. Pastor Victor Adrian of Winnipeg will attend. California pastors join Saturday for briefing.
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Board of Missions and Services of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Shafter
Henry H. Dick
Waldo Hiebert
Reedley
California
J. J. Toews
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Rudy Boschman
Umbia
Herbert J. Brandt
Vancouver
British Columbia
J. A
Missions and Services
Hillsboro
Kansas
Vernon R. Wiebe
J. H. Epp
Henry Brucks
Europe
Dwight Wiebe
Christian Service
Marion W. Kliewer
Frank Wiens
J. Neufeld
J. J
School Sports Programs Cut Across Departments
Athletic programs at Bakersfield area schools shrink schedules for many sports. B and C teams reduced. varsity limits to three pre season and twelve league basketball games. baseball cut to five pre season and ten league. track cross country and swimming also trimmed. Some teams may still enter the College tournament. efforts to reduce coaching staff and travel continue.
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Shafter and
Arvin High School
Jv’s
Bakersfield Area High School
Bakersfield College
Shafter and Arvin
Bakersfield High Schools
Shafter
Arvin
Bakersfield
Berra
Chamber Plans Ordinance On Charity Solicitations In Shafter
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce board debated an ordinance to regulate charity solicitations while not blocking local groups. Kerneth Anderson discussed the cotton loan program with government prices falling below 110 percent, as new crop growth appears. President Roy Kerber named LaGra to correspond with Agricultural Hardin and tasked chairmen Gilbert Kirk and La Grange to prepare a Shafter brochure. Secretary Pat Kelly noted 70 paid members.
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Shafter
Chamber of Commerce Board
Chamber
Kerneth Anderson
Roy Kerber
Millard LaGra
Rotary of Agriculture Hardin
Pat Wennihan
Jan Stuebbe
Kern County
Kerber
Bob Gilbert
Joe Kirk
Millard la Grange
Pat Kelly
Traveling Art Exhibit Lands at Shafter Library
Kern County Parks and Recreation Department showcases its 16th annual traveling exhibit at the Shafter Library. Twenty paintings by county artists, chosen from 300 blue ribbon winners across eleven spring festivals, are on view and some works are for sale with artist contact details on the back of each picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Parks and Recreation Department
Shafter Library
Kern County
Cunningham Memorial Art Gallery
Rev Gardner Leads First Southern Baptist Church Shaffer
The Reverend Gardner, new pastor at the First Southern Baptist Church of Shaffer, arrives promising to serve all in need. He has a 1953 B A from Grand Canyon College, a Divinity degree from Golden Gate Theological Seminary in 1962, and prior pastorates in Auburn, Stockton, and Citrus Heights. He notes the church has grown since he arrived in Irvington Fremont California.
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Santa Maria Junior College
Grand Canyon College
Phoenix
Ariz
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
Mill Valley
Calif
Gardner
San Joaquin
Southern Baptist
Auburn
Stockton
Citrus Hights
First Baptist Church
Irvington
Fremont
Rev. Gardner
First Southern Baptist Church
Shaffer
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Fred Lee McClure
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Edmund G
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Los Angeles
Houchin Brothers
Douglas Ranch
Dutch Houchin
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Alton Myhrvold
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Fred O’connor
Norwalk
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Arland Myhrvold
Don Hart
Francis Houchin
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Houchin
John Gerlach
Wayne Hall
Taft Automobile
Wasco Lodge
Wood
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Carl Taffera
Bob Grumbles
David Anderson
Bultman
Mark Raney
Department of Corrections
Ben Grundy
Department
Grundy
Walker Avenue
California Street
Central Avenue
Walker Street
James Street
Bob Nixon
Sgt
Earl O’brien
Police Department
Dolores Robinson
J. D. Rateliff
Public Works
Jerry Schaub
Fire Department
Board of Missions of Mennonite Church
Church of Christ
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Amy
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