Urner Will Seat Harlin Wilson as Kiwanis Chief
Lt Gov Phil Urner of Bakersfield will install Harlin Wilson as president of the Shafter Kiwanis Club at Mate Cawelo tonight. Wilson, a grower, succeeds Jack Manweiler and will be joined by officers Leslie Williams and others with a nine member board. The program includes Bakersfield Kiwanis entertainers and a badge awards ceremony recognizing long service.
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Urner
Harlin Wilson
Kiwanis
Phil Urner
Bakersfield
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Mate Cawelo
Wilson
Jack Manweiler
Kiwanis Club
Rolland Henderson
Tulare
Leslie Williams
Robert Townsend
Ralph Gribble
Manweiler
Robert ‘T. Bann
Albert Finkbeiner
Joe Frizzell
Art Hemingson
Grant Jensen
Bill Lowe
Bert Ware
Frizzell
Melvin Parrett
Lee Thomas
H. P. Wilson
Jack Mahweiler
Edwin Wilson
Arras Wilson
Kir Wanians
Calvin Wilson
Ivan ‘Tarr
Dr. E. G. Nimmer
Phylis Vyner
Hazel Frizzell
John l
Mary DeVincenzo
Contest Endgame Promises Winning Subscriptions and Votes
The piece urges leaders to increase efforts in the final hours to secure votes and subscriptions for top honors. It warns against complacency and calls for relentless activity to outpace rivals and claim the capital prize before the race ends.
Shafter High plans new auditorium library center and classrooms
The district outlines a three part building plan including an auditorium with library storage and an audio visual center, plus music quarters and 16 more classrooms for the Shafter campus. Architects Metcalfe Wright and Parsons work on sketches as summer construction looms. Dr. Grant Jensen says the auditorium will be open to the community under education code provisions. District voters in the Shafter area will cast ballots at the
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Metcalfe, Wright and
Parsons
Bender
Shafter
Grant Jensen
Shafter High School
Banquet for Buttonwillow Co op Workers
Fifty employees of the Farmers Cooperative Gin at Buttonwillow held their annual Christmas Dinner on December 23. Decorations by Bernice Olsen and Grace Brandt featured a Christmas motif. Santa and reindeer themed table decor. carols played. Hal Smalstig read a Christmas piece. Local orchestra provided music. gifts given to R. L. Adams and F. C. Hunter. Dolls given to preschool children. a home movie shown by Mr. and Mrs. Adams from their trip to Alaska.
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Buttonwillow
Farmers Cooperative Gin
Community Rentists Church
Bernice Olsen
Grace Brandt
Santa Claus
Hal Smalstig
Adams
Alaska
Hospital tatives debate on hospital service policies
August W Koenig hospital consultant told the committee he would act in good faith listening to both sides before any medical policy decision. Representatives from both groups will speak separately. Mr and Mrs Robert Daly of Buttonwillow hosted Christmas guests from Corvallis Oregon and cousins from Oregon including Mr and Mrs Gerald Gibbons Mr and Mrs Ernest Reese Mr and Mrs Homer Hollingsworth Mr and Mrs Tom Corwin and Mr and Mrs Donald Daly
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August W. Koenig
Robert Daly
Buttonwillow
Gerald Gibbons
Corvallis
Ore
Mr. Daly
Ernest Reese
Oregon
Homer Hollingsworth
Glendale
Tom Corwin
Newhall
Donald Daly
Bakersfield
Chest Plans for 1953 Drive by Community Chest Directors
The 1953 Community Chest board meets later this month with 1952 officers to map plans for the coming year. They will review the 6048 dollar target and confirm new directors including William Siemens. Bruce Crawford oversees the 1952 campaign which topped its goal with the Red Cross as the initial drive.
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William Siemens
Bruce Crawford
Rintenden
Richland Se
American Red Cross
Siemens
Jack Wilcoxon
George Collins
A. G. Whitson
Grant
Smoke Eaters Battle First Fire In Kern County 1953
Kern county firefighters at Shafz er station fought the area’s first rural blaze of 1953 on New Year’s Day, a small fire in a cabin living room caused by an overheated stove with light damage. A second blaze on January 2 at Roy Blake’s Park Lane home caused greater wall damage from an electrical short. Insurance covered $3,000. losses totaled about $1,000.
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Shafzer
Kern County
A. Gard
Searoni
Burwank Avenues
Roy Blake
Park Lane
Fresno Avenue
Bill Searcy
Isabella
Retiring Directors Named at Shafter Group Clinton Scene
Jensen notes retiring directors O. D. Handel Clara Schnaudt L. J. Woodard and Edwin Wilson as chair. Red Feather agencies in Shafter include Boy Scouts of America Campfire Girls YMCA Henrietta Weill clinic and the Shafter Recreation Commission.
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Red Feather Agencies
Shafter
Boy Scouts of America, Campfire Girls
Ymca Henrietta Weill Clinic
The
Mr and Mrs Richard Hurlburt Visit Golden West Avenue
Mr and Mrs Richard Hurl Burt of Los Angeles were weekend visitors in the home of her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Burley Dooley on Golden West Avenue.
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Richard Hurlburt
Los Angeles
Mrs. Burley Dooley
Golden West Avenue
Woollomes Reinstated to Kern County Board of Supervisors
W R Roy Woollomes returns to the Kern County Board of Supervisors after a 20 year career and a 1948 defeat. He defeats Ardis M Walker in the November General Election to regain the supervisorial post.
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W.R
Roy) Woollomes
Delano
Kern County Board of Supervisors
Woollomes
Ardis M. Walker
Families Spend Day Near Ocean in Santa Monica
Several families spent the New Year holiday in Santa Monica staying at an oceanfront motel with television access. Avoiding Pasadena crowds they watched Tournament of Roses events and football broadcasts while children played on the beach. The group included Harvey Gaede Leonard Gaede Ruben Siemens Roger Frantz Lee Bergman Art Penner Ed Nikkel and Frank Russell. On their return the Siemens visited the planetarium at Griffith Park.
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Maple
Santa Monica
Pasadena
Harvey’Gaede
Leonard Gaede
Ruben Siemens
Roger Frantz
Lee Bergman
Art Penner
Ed Nikkel
Frank Russell
Siemens
Griffith Park
UC Students Return to Campus After Holiday Break
Four University of California students resume college life after Christmas in Shafter. Merle Bartel a junior pharmaceutical major joins Lloyd Handel Micky Perry freshmen and Joyce Bender a graduate student who also teaches in San Francisco.
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Harlin P
Wach
Pyrenees Cafe
Sumner Street
S Co-op
MUNI
Frank Shaw
E. K. Grant
Shafter Judicial Township
Chest
Kern
DT A
Chevrolet
H.p
Richland Chevrolet Co
Central Ave
Sonal
Swift's
Bisquick
Farina
Carnation Milk
van Camp
Dennison
Central Avenue
Dungan’s Bakery
Central
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