Tennis Team Opens Season Against Taft
Shafter's 1952 spring tennis schedule begins with a road match at Taft tomorrow. Other listed dates include East Bakersfield Mar 6 and Delano Mar 19. The squad features Jack Hughes, Kenneth Handel, Harvey Friedley, Mickey Perry, and several teammates.
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Shafter
Taft
East Bakersfield
Wasco
Delano
Corcoran
Exeter
Coalinga
Lemoore
Coallinga
Bakersfield
Jack Hughes
Kenneth Handel
Harvey Friedley
Mickey Perry
Harold Gaede
Dwight Harvey
Johnnie DeVincenzo
Ronnie Siemens
James Duncan
Ross Adkins
Jackie Wray
Jim Wilson
Stephen Fowler
Leroy Moser
Robbie Reeves
Eric Hansen
Denver Howard
Jerry Mixon
Jim Hosman
New Television Shop Opens in Shafter
Magruder, a local television expert, opened Mac's Television at 528 Central Ave in Shafter this week. The new shop offers sales and service for brands including Packard-Bell and Sylvania.
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Shafter
EF. Magruder
Central Ave
Mac
Packard-Bell
Sylvania
Shafter High School Boxers Scrimmage in Lettermen’s Club Night
Sixteen Shafter High School boxers will contest championship bouts tomorrow night at 8 in the school gym. Coach C C Drffy Rhoads says proceeds go to the athletic fund and winners receive golden gloves while losers get silver gloves. A team tag wrestling match is also planned with referees Jack Manweiler and Bill Es.
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Shafter High School
C.c.drffy Rhoads
Shafter High School Lettermen’s Club
Ratthers
Woody Wilson
John Mito
Marvin Taber
Nelson Harris
Everett Jordan
Jack Anderson
Richard Jones
Jerry Martin
James Roberts
David Towns
John Notley
Glen Hamilton
J. W. Simonson
Andrew Dillard
Rhoads
Jack Manweiler
Bill
Red Cross Campaign Plans Drive At Rio Bravo Community Night
The Red Cross campaign begins with Rio Bravo Community Night led by Frank ONeill. In town captains include Peter Channeson Ray Duerksen Bob Somers L J Woodard Kenny Pipkin Harvey Gaede Mrs J Re Schmidt PR Handel Mrs George Collins and Sam Becker. Bank detail volunteers will enlist members at the lobby bank table with $1 memberships and a Red Cross table in the lobby.
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Red Cross
Peter Channeson
Ray Duerksen
Bob Somers
L. J. Woodard
Kenny Pipkin
Harvey
Gaede
J. Re-Schmidt
Handel
George Collins
Sam Becker
Duerksen
Advance Gifte
Woodard
Central Avenue
Junior High Group To See Magic Show
The Union Congregational Church junior high group will meet March 7 in the fellowship hall to watch a magic show by Bob Neuman of Shafter. The meeting features a Valentine theme with punch and sandwiches and party games planned by Bob Vignolo and Bobby Nepman.
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Union Congregational Church
Fellowship Hall
Bob Neuman
Shafter
Bobby
Vignolo
Nepman
City approves curb and gutter plan with shared costs
The council supports an improvement plan for curbs and gutters. Four property owners may proceed with necessary measurements while costs are levied on other owners if they undertake similar work. Engineer John Reeves is authorized to draft grades for curbs gutters and streets and drainage directions. The second project on South Shafter avenue involves J H Fuller offering to pay for 75 feet of frontage curbs and gutters. Public Works Director Jack
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John Reeves
South Shafter Avenue
J. H. Fuller, G
Jack
Mennonite Youth Trek to Greenhorn Mountain
Fifth and sixth grade boys from the Mennonite Brethren Church Sunday School class visited Greenhorn for a day trip. They ate dunes at a mountain resort and enjoyed the snow while accompanied by William Siemens Leonard Gae and Frank Johnson.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Greenhorn
William Siemens
Leonard Gae
Frank Johnson
Dennis Gaede
Kenneth Gaede
Willard Neufeld
Donald Neufeld
Douglas Heinrichs
Stanley Enns
Roy Becker
Wayne Siemens
Curt Bergman
Jimmy Russell
Micael King
Kenneth Johnson
Council Probes Drainage Fix and Traffic Slowdown in Shafter
Harris urged curbs gutters and cross gutters at key spots to solve drainage at the site and urged council support from the storm drainage angle. The council backed the Shafter Chamber of Commerce effort to curb speeding and decided to request Santa Fe Railway slow trains through town while studying traffic between James Street and Five Points.
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Harris
Shafter
Arthur Hubble Dies at Home in Local Area
Funeral services for Arthur F. E. Subble age 63 were held at Armstrong Mortuary Chapel with Rev. C. E. Ummel officiating. Interment followed in Shafter Cemetery. He is survived by four sons Charlie Oceana Clarence Sh after Newell San Pablo and Leo Crockett. three daughters Florence Van Meter San Pablo Opal Bray Oceana and Imogene Misner Oregon. two brothers Hick Hubble Farmersville and Bill Hubbie Imperial Valley. one sister Bertha McIntosh Arizona.
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Arthur FE. Subble
Armstrong Mortuary
C. E. Ummel
Shafter Cemetery
Ile
Charlie
Oceana
Clarence
Shafter
Newell
San Pablo
Leo
Crockett
Florence van Meter
Opal Bray
Imogene Misner
Oregon
Hick Hubble
Farmersville
Bill
Hubbie
Imperial Valley
Bertha McIntosh
Arizona
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Taft Hearing Service
Kern County
Eastern Ave
Stringham's
Shafter Drug Store
Shafter High
James Hester
Raymond Myers
E. Lerdo Hwy
Dick Smith
Mayo Jennings
Bill Carpenter
Rio Bravo
Frank O'Neill
Max Tudor
Ronnie Morris
Dick Jones
Crawford
Red Cross Avorkers
Red'Cross
Betty Jane Stringer
Cherokee Strip
Linda Gloeckler
Superior Oil Co
Amelia Cornell
Wasco Hardware .Co
Arthur Hubble
Kentucky
Bond Kentucky
Hill and Hill Kentucky
Hill and Hill CO Y
Lou KY
Emile Cote Glee Club
Home Appliance & Furniture Company
Central Market, Shafter
KWSO
San Joaquin
Delores Potts
Kiwanis
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