Two Teams Tie for Top in Recreation Basketball League
In mens league action Nick's Drive Inn beat Mobile Station 45 to 34 as Dale Scales scored 14 for Nick's. T. of Wasco defeated Shafter High Faculty 47 to 34 with Gene Hogan scoring 19 for T. B. Mobile downed DeLuxe Barber Shop 37 to 28 with Gene Lytle adding 14. Faculty beat Pacific Yeast 55 to 47 as Dick Fulcher scored 34. Dick Fulcher leads with 76 points and a 19.0 scoring average.
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Nick's Drive Inn
Mobile Station
Dale Scales
Nick
Sophomore Club Promotes School Spirit in Shafter
Shafter High and South High hosted a basketball game on Friday January 10 where the Sophomores with Spirit club rallied crowds to cheer the teams to victory. Organizers include Kien Donald Blumkin Brandy Boel Sandy Jacobsen Marilyn Thomas Rodney Weins Jerry Garner Becky Nelson Lorin Neufeld Norma Neufeld Vickee Davis Shirley Kendrick Ralph Wood Carol Becker Nadine Mouser.
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Shafter School
South High School
Shafter High
Mis’ Kien
Donald
Blumkin
Brandy Boel
Sandy Jacobsen
Marilyn Thomas
Rodney Weins
Jerry Garner
Becky Nelson
Lorin Neufeld
Norma Neufeld
Vickee Davis
Shirley Kendrick
Ralph Wood
Carol Becker
Nadine Mouser
55 Boys Working Out in Basketball Every Saturday
An average of 55 boys participate each Saturday morning in the Shafter Recreation Commission basketball clinic at Shafter High School gym. Coaches Gaye Pare and Don Martin run three age based groups for one hour each session. They practice ball handling, dribbling, passing, shooting and basic plays. some intercommunity games are planned. sessions run through January and February. elementary boys from Rio Bravo Maple and Richland areas are invited.
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Shafter Recreation Commission
Shafter High School
Gaye Pare
Don Martin
Rio Bravo, Maple and Richland
Wind helps golfer Thomas ace hole for a hole in one
At Buena Vista Golf Course on Sunday H A Dutch Thomas teed off with Ben Laverty Tommy Tucker and Jack Catherell. A gust altered the 120 yard sixth tee shot sending the ball to the green where it dropped in for a hole in one. Friends urge a new career for the would be golfer after the remarkable wind aided shot.
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H. A
Thomas
Thomas Butane
Buena Vista
Ben Laverty
Tommy Tucker
Jack Catherell
Shafter Airman Earns Letter of Appreciation for 78 Sorties
Airman Second Class Jack Curry of the 435th Fighter Day Squadron received a letter of appreciation from Major Landis D. Henderson. Curry, a crew chief, kept Lt. Jack Pinard’s F-100 Super Sabre airborne for 78 consecutive sorties without an abort, a record praised within the wing. Additional notes include Curry’s 15 months with the squadron, his Amarillo tech school, Bakersfield ties, engagement to La Donna Penner, and background on the unit’s history with the 479th Fighter Day Group and Wing.
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Jack Curry
435Th
Landis D. Henderson
Curry
Jack Pinard
Shafter
Tech School
Amarillo
Texas
Air Force
479Th Fighter Day Group
479Th Fighter Day Wing
Low Attractive Federal Land Bank Loans for SWID Farmers
W L Smith president of Kern County National Farm Loan association announces new studies by the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley and Kern County association. Loans are available within the Shafter Wasco Irrigation district for up to 15 years with features of no appraisal fees no prepayment penalties reamortization and refinancing privileges. Appraisals based on 1946 agricultural value may yield favorable terms for highly developed properties. Information at 2724 L Street Bakersfield California.
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W. L. Smith
Kern County National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank of Berkeley
Shafter-Wasco
Smith
Federal Land Bank
L Street
Bakersfield
California
Shafter Receives 1417 in Calif Gas Tax Revenue
Shafter was apportioned 1417.13 in motor vehicle license fee revenue for the six months ending November 30, 1957. State controller Robert C. Kirkwood announced the distribution, with 350 California cities sharing in the total 10,742,096.
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Shafter
Robert C. Kirkwood
Department of Motor
Atom Amenity At SHS Jan 27 Program
An all school assembly at Shafter High School on January 27 will feature a representative of the American Museum of Atomic Energy presenting This Atomic World. Students will tour exhibits and learn how atomic energy is produced and used with demonstrations, followed by class sessions in the afternoon.
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SHS
Shafter High School
American Museum of Atomic Energy
Arthur Johnson
Nounced
Burglars Strike At Minter Market For Second Time
Deputy sheriffs seek suspects after a second break in at the Minter Village market and Cafe. Last week burglars entered by a broken window and stole about 350 dollars worth of merchandise including a table model TV set 30 cartons of cigarettes leather gloves beer meat and canned goods.
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Minter Village
PFC Bill Milam Serving in Korea
PFC Bill A Milam of Shafter California serves in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division. He drives a light truck in Company A of the division s 8th Engineer Battalion. Milam entered the Army in 1955 and arrived in the Far East in May 1957. He is a 1955 graduate of Shafter High School.
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Bill A. Milam
W. D. Milam
Shafter
1St Cavalry Division
Korea
Milam
8Th Engineer Battallion
Fort Riley
Kan
Far East
Shafter High School
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Recreation Basketball League
T&b
DeLuxe
Yeast
Nick’s Drive Inn
Barbers
Nick’s
Faculty
Yeast Mobile
Reeson
Garlatz Motor Co
E. Lerdo
Shafter, Calif
Taft
Bakersfield Evry
Volunter
Velma Guenther
CAL Poly
Charles Harm Craig
Future Farmers of America
Arts and Science Council
California State Polytechnic College
Charles
Maurine Williams
Rt. 1
Box 114
United States
Calif
Brazil
Minter Market
PFC
Bill Milan
Grace
Kona
Farmer John Large
Duncan Hines
Angel Food
Tastewell
Chase & Sanborn
Ardee
T WY
Nestle’s
Jor
Ich Fries
Central Ave
Floneer
Will
Reed
Shafter Press
Shatter, California
Lou Days
Pharmacy
Central Avenue
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