Rio Bravo crafts and summer band entertain at park events
Recreation notes report ongoing Rio Bravo crafts including metal work lanyards leather and raffia weaving with weekly sessions at Rio Bravo School. The Summer Band concerts at County Park Veterans Memorial Hall draw crowds with free 8 p.m. shows including a July 4th fireworks event. North Camp program mirrors Shafter activities under Reverend Ummel, while Homer Ellis shines in baseball with three positions and Legion Junior status. Miss Liles vacations in northern California with Joyce McDonald at the Middleton home and will return next week.
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Rio Bravo
Veterans Memorial Hall
Homer
American Legion
Hal Williams
New Operator at Union Oil Station
Charles Carlton of Wasco takes over the Union Station at 701 Central Valley Highway from Irvin Nickel. Carlton, a former Wasco Pipe employee with prior service station experience, comes from Stigler Oklahoma and has spent 15 years in the Shafter Wasco district. He is married to Willie Mae Few with two children, Kenneth and Charlene. His team includes Earl Few, his wife, and attendants Ted Smith and Dwayne Banks. Carlson underwent intensive training in Los Angeles by Union Oil this week.
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Union Station
Central Valley Highway
Charles Carlton
Wasco
Irvin Nickel
Carlton
Wasco Pipe Company
Stigler
Okla
Shafter-Wasco
Willie Mae Few
Kenneth
Charlene
Earl Few
Ted Smith
Dwayne Banks
Los Angeles
Union Oil Company
Shafter High School reports strong attendance and health service use
Art Johnson notes Shafter High School saw 5 270 student visits to the health service in a year marked by a severe virus season. An attendance counselor helped boost attendance and parent contact, while faculty activity and low injury rates reflected solid teaching and safety efforts.
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California
Shafter High Health Service
Health Service
New Music and Drama Facility Opens at School
Principal Johnson hails the opening of a new music and drama facility. He says it will strengthen instruction and bring the school and community closer together, marking a historic improvement in the arts program.
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O' Drum and’ Music Z
Johnson
Webb Family Returns From Western Vacation
Mr and Mrs Lowell Webb and daughter Janice returned to Shafter after a vacation through Nevada Utah and northern California. They visited Salt Lake City Ogden and spent time at Lake Tahoe.
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Lowell Webb
Janice
Shafter
Nevada
Utah
California
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Lake ‘Tahoe
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MIA Gas Company
Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store
Central Avenue
Phone Pioneer
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Tire Sale
W. C. Turner
Texaco
Central Valley Hwy
Slee Po
Kern County
Pioneer
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