Summer Craft Program Ends With Prize Day in Shafter
The summer craft program wraps up tomorrow with a party and prize presentation for 35 participants. Projects will be displayed at Shafter Drug Store this week. Prizes will be awarded after judging. Read about the crafts including wishing wells and copper plaques and learn of five local youths joining Fort Ord’s 20th Infantry Regiment.
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Alice Stuber
Shafter Drug Store
Shafter
20Th Infantry
Fort Ord
Arvas Helton Talbert
LeRoy Everett Paslay
Lawrence Roy Packard
Pastor Torres Vazquez
Charles Earnest Womack
Sixth Infantry Division
Riddle's Answer Costs Riddle $75
J. D. Riddle of El Segundo paid $75 after being nabbed by highway patrol between Seventh Standard Road and Cawelo for speeding at 100 mph on Highway 97. The ticket was issued by Justice of the Peace E. K. Grant, per the Highway 99 speedway regulation.
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J. D. Riddle
el Segundo
Highway 997
Riddle
Seventh Standard Road
Cawelo
Justice of the Peace
E. K. Grant
Highway 99 Speedway
Beautiful Humboldt Bay and Gifts from the Sea
A brief mix of features highlighting Alfred Ames key to summer glamour and Helen Weill on summer style. John Lo Buono contributes Beautiful Humboldt Bay while Slack Gi presents Gifts from the Sea.
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Alfred Ames
Helen. Weill
Humboldt Bay
John Lo Buono
Airport Plunge Busy with Youth From 8 Districts
The Shafter Airport pool, sponsored by Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission, serves eight communities including Beardsley Standards, Buttonwillow, Rosedale, Fruitvale, Wasco, McFarland, and Lerdo-Minter. Hours are weekdays 10:30 4:30 and 6:30 8 with Sunday 1 5. Sessions split by community with free swimming for Wasco and Beardsley ages eight to 18 10:30 12. Standard and McFarland share 2:30 4. Lerdo Minter holds 12:30 2 daily, sharing Monday Friday with Rosedale, and others evenings open to adults and groups unless accompanied by a guardian.
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Shafter Airport
Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission
Hollis Shannon
Lerdo-Minter
Beardsley and Standards
Buttonwillow
Rosedale
Fruitvale
Wasco
McFarland
Lerdo- Minter
Wasco and
Beardsley
Standard and McFarland
Richland Board Names Kirschenmann President
Richland School board enters a new term with Edward Kirschenmann re elected as president Leonard Gaede newly elected member began his term and the former member who did not seek re election left office.
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Richland School Board
Edward Kirschenmann
Leonard Gaede
Sen
Major Road Upgrades Planned for Shafter Area
Two highway projects Lerdo from Shafter to 99 and Central Valley from Shafter to Rosedale advance from planning to work. Lerdo resurfacing starts next week to connect 99 with 33 with a two phase half sections, while Central Valley work begins in September with grading in winter and surfacing in summer. Complete Lerdo stretch from 99 to 33 expected within a year for smoother travel.
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Shafter
Lerdo
Central Valley
Highway 99
Vernon Smith
Rosedale
Smith
35 Boy Scouts Head for Camp At Huntington
Thirty five Shafter Scouts depart at dawn for a 10 day outing at Huntington Lake 64 miles west of Fresno. Kiwanis Troop 59 supplies five scouts and Rotary Troop 53 provides 30 with Scoutmaster Kenneth Pipkin. Return is set for July 13.
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Shafter
Huntington Lake
Fresno
Kiwanis Troop
Kenneth Pipkin
Rotary Troop 53
Kiwanis
Gary Wilson
Harvey Stone
Rex Tudor
Roger Tatum
Wayne Bradshaw
Wilson
Tatum
Bradshaw
Ace
Harold Zimmerman
Donnie Richardson
Stuart Magnuson
Larry Mullens
Terry Robey
Gary Weyand
Carrol Crabb
Bruce Epp
Charles Glenn
David L. Cunningham
Gerald Bender
Carl Duerksen
Bruce Muir
David Muir
Jimmy Nixon
Jack Brown
Kenneth Dalke
Wayne Kirschenmann
Dennis Kirby
John Johnston
Derrick Steele
Bobby Vignolo
Glen Stoller
Gordon Pipkin
Larry
Arvin Shafter Twelve Innings Inning Tie At Sam Lynn
The Shafter and Arvin Mer chants battled 12 innings at Sam Lynn Park last night ending in a 9-9 tie at midnight. Shafter faces Kern Lake on July 10 and Lamont Merchants on July 12. Porterville defeated them 14 to 7 in a recent game.
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Arvin-Shafter
the Shafter
Arvin
Merchants
Sam Lynn Park
Shafter Club
Kern Lake
Lamont Merchants
Porterville
City Kiddies Flock To Fairy Tale Hour
Young Shafter readers attend tale time at the library each morning with Mrs. Hanley Witcher narrating adventures from Cinderella and Robin Hood to Pecos Bill. Children react with wide eyes and smiles as heroes rescue heroines and triumph ends.
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Mrs. Witcher
Robin Hood
Low Pee Wees Battle For League Crown Tonight
Central Hardware and the Lions Club meet at 7 p.m. at the high school diamond to decide the champion of the Low Pee Wee league as both teams seek a first place tie break.
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Central Hardware
Lions Club
Lions
Park Bandstand Dedication Set in Shafter
The dedication of the new five thousand dollar Shafter park bandstand will highlight summer recreation on July 11 with the all county band giving a program. Richard Heber, acting recreational director, says county dignitaries will attend and H W Pat Kelly Kern county assemblyman from Shafter is expected to speak. The bandstand was built by the county in May and first used during the Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival. Allen Lambourne of Bakersfield leads the all county band, sponsored by the recreation commission and the musicians union.
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Shafter Park
Richard Heber
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Kern County
Shafter
Allen Lambourne
Bakersfield
Recreation Commission
Musician’s Union
Safe and Sane Fourth of July Home Life
A humorous domestic chronicle of a quiet July fourth at home. Mrs. Prudence recounts avoiding outings, cooking mishaps, a ruined husband’s trousers, a broken hammock, a nosebleed, and a sunlit siesta interrupted by birds overhead as she plans a peaceful holiday.
Shafter Summer Recreation Sees Busy Swim Season So Far
The Shafter summer recreation program reports strong activity at Richland Aquatic Center with 6813 attendees excluding season ticket holders. Pupils enroll in beginner Patsy Kelly and Joe Galante. intermediate John Kelly. advanced life saving training led by Richard Heber, with plans for a late August water show and certificates. The pool closes for cleaning July 16 and 17, then resumes daily recreational swimming 2 to 7, with instructional swimming 11 to noon and family hours 6 to 8 30 p.m.
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Shafter
Richland Aquatic Center
Patsy Kelly
Joe Galante
John Kelly
Heber
Darwin Howe
Excess Land Not Tough Problem for S W Board
Excess land concerns in the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District were seen as solvable after a meeting with Bureau of Reclamation officials. J H Stramler outlined 7200 acres of excess land mainly held by Kern County Land Company, with 160 acre per person allowances under the reclamation act shaping the plan for a 9 million dollar distribution system.
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Shafter-Wasco
S-W District Board of Directors
Bureau of Reclamation
J. H. Stramler
Bureau
Stramler
Shafter
West-Lowe
Chansler-Canfield Midway Oil Company
Christian Handel
Otto and Ruth Handel
Kern County Land Company
Emil Kirschman
Robert and Magdalena Neuman
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Company
Sill Properties, Inc
S-W
Neumans
Sara Sanderson Services Held
Funeral services for Sara L. Sanderson 74 died at her home on State Street from a heart attack were held Tuesday at Armstrong Mortuary. Interment followed at Shafter Cemetery. She lived in Shafter 17 years and is survived by husband Rolf G. Sanderson son Glenn Stockton daughters Mrs. Harry Davis Oakland and Mrs. George Gaede Shafter seven grandchildren and a nephew Ira Weeks Michi- Dr. Glen Tudor of Bakersfield.
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Sarah L. Sanderson
State St
Armstrong Mortuary
Shafter Cemetery
Shafter
Rolf G. Sanderson
Glenn
Stockton
Harry Davis
Oakland
George Gaede
Allen
Frederick
Edward
Janice
Gaede
Barbara Ann Sanderson
Michigan
Judith’ Sanderson
Robert Davis
Ira Weeks
Glen Tudor
Bakersfield
Park Backers Back Calloway Site For Recreation
Herndon Hitchcock proposed a North Kern recreation site at the Calloway Canal. The Shafter Chamber of Commerce formed a committee to study feasibility before approaching Kern County Land Company or supervisors, aiming to start local groundwork and keep costs down.
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Herndon Hitchcock
Shafter
Calloway Canal
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Hitchock
Chamber
Kern County Land Company
P. C. Clarkin
Kern
Hitchcock
North Kern
Central Local
Hart Memorial Park
Lerdo
Northern
Gay Ride Ends In Accidentas Joyriders Held
Gerardo Santos Avilo a 21 year old Fresnan and two companions including a 14 year old boy and an unidentified soldier are accused of grand theft autos. A car driven by Avilo wrecked on the Shafter Wasco road near the Mexican Colony as they escaped serious injuries. The trio allegedly stole a second car from a garage and abandoned a first vehicle near the colony. Constable Blake Witcher said Avilo will be charged with two counts of grand theft auto and handed to juvenile authorities.
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Gerardo Santos Avilo
Fresnan
Avilo
Shafter
Wasco
Blake Witcher
Avila
Juan Prendez
Witcher
J. E
Prendez
New Signboard Set For Service Clubs
Shafter civic organizations will be proudly designated on a new signboard at Central Valley Highway and Lerdo today. The sign will be constructed of redwood at a cost of about $40, a boon which GA is shared to the different clubs he added.
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Shafter
Central Valley Highway
Lerdo
Ernest Hofman
Kern County to Run About 48 Cotton Gins This Fall
O L Frost of the San Joaquin Cotton Oil Co says Kern County will have around 48 cotton gins in operation next September as the 325000 acre crop begins to be harvested. He notes California will likely shift to mechanical picking with about 32 percent last year, and expects a similar share this year with 3000 pickers starting the season. The industry emphasizes handling wet cotton with drying and cleaning units as gins adopt new practices.
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Kern County
O. L. Frost
San Joaquin
California
Frost
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Maria T. Vazquez
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Verna L. Jones
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North Labor Camp
Boy Scouts
Huntington
Cinderella
Desiarden
Cece
Low Pee Wees
Frank Russell
Wasco Power Club
Rio Bravo
Se Buttenwillow
Reuben
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Bryant
Shafter Warehouse
Reuben's
Reed
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Safe and Sane
Prudence
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San Jose State College
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Calloway
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