New Books at Kern County Libraries this Week
New titles include Machines That Think and The Best of People Weekly. Fiction features Lissie by Evan Hunter and Mafia Princess by Antoinette Giancana, plus Descent from Canada by Harold Robbins. Guides, aging quest plots, and a Read For The Gold club appear. Buttonwillow and Shafter libraries list hours and locations.
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Kern County
Isaac Asimov
People
People Weekly
Lissie
Evan Hunter
Lizzie Bordon
New England
London
Paris
Riviera
Placid
Fall River
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Antoinette Giancana
Judd Crane
Harold Robbins
Parachute Jump and Races Highlight Shafter Fourth
A Wasco county firefighter Fernando Anaya will parachute to mark the Plymouth DeLuxe Sedan giveaway. Shafter Fire and Police Departments host bike and scooter races for kids, plus a relay, with prizes, medals, and proceeds to the Firemen's and Policemen's Benefit Fund.
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Fernando Anaya
Wasco County
Shafter City
Plymouth
Anaya
Vernon Pierce
Pierce
Clude
Cushmans
Powells
Ed Bender
Golden West Street
Paul Ingraham
Shafter Electric
Shafter Avenue
Plymouth Sedan Won in Shafter Fourth of July Draw
The 1948 Shafter Fourth of July celebration, run by the Police and Fire Department, drew hundreds and featured a Plymouth sedan raffle won by Mrs. Jim Kirby of De Woodys Camp Shafter. Races for bicycles and Cushman scooters entertained attendees as Wayne Woods of Wasco claimed multiple trophies while several minor incidents occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Jim Kirby
Shafter
Police and Fire Department
de Woodys Camp
Kirby
Bertha Kirschenmann
J. B. Honey
Paul Ingraham
Bill Stoller
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Wade Mayday
Deloris Contreras
Wilbur Stocker
Harvey Mizel
al Galando
Charles Carter
John Laughlin
Gerald Bender
Donald Klassen
Oscar Galando
Klassen
Alfonso Galando
Wayne Woods
Wasco
Galando
Laughlin
Lyle Laughlin
Mel Parrett
Parrett
al Finkbeiner
Newborn Corrie Lynn Maggard Born in Bakersfield
Corrie Lynn Maggard, daughter of Kenneth and Pamela Maggard, arrived June 17 at Kern Medical Center Bakersfield weighing seven pounds eight ounces and twenty inches long. She is welcomed by Lisa Garcia, Wallace Maggard, and Martha Jean Hale. Grandparents Marvin Kay Iris Kay Harold Sage and Bessie Jackson listed.
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Corrie Lynn Maggard
Kenneth and
Pamela Maggard
Kern Medical Center
Bakersfield
Corrie
Aga Lisa Garcia Offter
Wallace Maggard
Modesto
Martha Jean Hale
Georgia
Marvin and
Iris Kay
Harold Sage
Reno
Nevada
Bessie Jackson
Shafter
New officers named in Shafter Auxiliary Unit 213
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 213 met June 18 at the Veterans Hall for social hour after installation. Marie Cherry was named president with Georgette Kadel, Faye Tudor, Hazel Graves and others filling officer roles. Installing officers from Bakersfield Unit 26 included Ethel Emory and Genecia Risner. Myrtle McCann is the 15th district president.
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Shafter
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 213
Veteran's Hall
Marie Cherry
Georgette Kadel
Faye Tudor
Hazel Graves
Cathy Morgan
Judy Ashcraft
Barb Hammett
New Earl Witcher
Iva Jo Johnston
Bakersfield American Legion Auxiliary Unit
Ethel Emory
15Th District
Genecia Risner
Joy Ryan
Myrtle McCann
Myrtle
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Olvia Barlich
Buttonwillow Library
Buttonwillow Ave
Shafter Library
James St
Shafter Police and Fire Department
Wade Mayham
Jack Hayes
County Sheriff's Department
American Legion
Asano
Shafter Assembly of God
Elm Street
Calif
Mon
WSS
Yao Off
WESC
Mss Swimwear
Oxford
P.C
Poplin
Brahma
al MU
Eal
Levi
Garan
P.C. Pants
Central Ave
Shafter Mon
P.C. Muscle Shirt
Sundance
Martins
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