Pvt Zachary to Attend OCS Wins Coon Skin Cap in Gunfire
Nineteen year old Phillip Zachary of Lerdo highway is set to attend officer candidate school after serving with the paratroopers at Fort Campbell. He earned a coonskin cap for outstanding use of arms in a gunfire contest firing an M 1 rifle scoring 228 of 254 over 100 to 500 yards and was promoted to squad leader in week one. He is a Shafter High School graduate who attended San Jose State and Bakersfield College and played tennis and was in Hi Y. He is expected to take two days leave in August before OCS. Kyle Hill, another Shafter youth, trains at Fort Campbell with Zachary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Zachary
Clyde Zachary
Lerdo Highway
Ft. Campbell
Zachary
Shafter High School
San Jose State
Bakersfield College
San Jose
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
OCS
Shafter
Kyle Hill
J. L. Hill
Lerdo Bid Continued Details on Postwar Housing Plan
The article recalls postwar changes at Lerdo School after Minter Field became a housing center. Minter Village offered Army facilities as a short term solution for crowded conditions. Miller plans included classrooms and homemaking and shop rooms but state budget cuts forced improvisation using surplus wartime buildings.
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Minter Field
Lerdo
Highway 99
Minter Village
Miller
Swimmers Take Blue Ribbons in Jefferson Meet
Three Shafter swimmers won events at Jefferson Pool Bakersfield with Philip Anderson taking boys 10 and under freestyle Verna Peters claiming girls 14 and under backstroke and Margaret Freedman finishing 12 and under backstroke. Second place finishers include Connie Benton 10 and under freestyle Bill Benton and Verna Peters 14 and under freestyle and Margaret in freestyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Jefferson Pool
Bakersfield
Philip Anderson
Verna Peters
Margaret Freedman
Connie Benton
Bill Benton
Shafter Merchants Beat DiGiorgio Farms 6–2 to Take Lead
Harold Lynch pitched a six hitter as the Shafter Merchants defeated DiGiorgio Farms 6 to 2. QO West and Riley Harvey led the offense with West driving in three runs while West, Harvey and Lynch starred on the mound and in the field. DiGiorgio drops to second as Wasco Dons seize first place in county league standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lynch
Shafter Merchants
DiGiorgio Farms
Shafter
DiGiorgio
Wasco Dons
Lynch
QO. C. West
Riley Harvey
Shafter Club
West
Potato Growers Urged to Vote on California Marketing Order
Long White potato growers across the San Joaquin Valley are urged to vote on a marketing order for the crop. Kern County Potato Growers Association president Arnold Kirschenmann says every eligible producer should cast assent forms as nonvoting counts as a negative. Community reps in Shafter Wasco Delano McFarland and Arvin assist with forms. If 51 percent of producers representing 65 percent of total production vote yes, the order would set a maturity standard for shipments and fund advertising and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
California
Arnold Kirschenmann
Kern County
Harold Miller
Ed Kirschenmann
Shafter
Woods Stone
Waldo Unruh
Wasco
E. B. Antonell
Delano
M. B. McFarland, Jr
McFarland
Joe Trino
Arvin
Kirschenmann
Membership hits 91 mark in city
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce membership rose to 91 this week as secretary Ernie Hofman announced. The sole new member signed up was John H. Turner of the Shafter Experiment Station, while renewing members included Brown and Bryant, Irvin Fike Motor Port, Southern California Gas Co., H. Fuller and Son, Ginning Co, Freedman and Jacobus, and McWhorter's Jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Ernie Hofman
John H. Turner
Shafter Experiment Station
Brown and Bryant
Irvin Fike Motor Port
Southern California Gas Co
Legion to Buy Play Equipment for Shafter City Park
Shafter American Legion plans to donate 500 dollars of playground equipment for the new city park. Funds come from the Legion carnival, with Wesley Gorsching, Claude Camp, and J. P. McCoy on the carnival fund committee. The city council will be asked to take and maintain the equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
American Legion
Softball Playoff Dates For Men’s League Expected Aug 6
Wasco and Buttonwillow merchants face North Camp at Buttonwillow and Rio Bravo at Rio Bravo in softball action. Acting Recreational Director Dwayne Brimhall says playoffs likely start August 6.
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Wasco
Buttonwillow Merchants
North Camp
Buttonwillow
Rio Bravo
Dwayne Brimhall
Chamber and electrical firm expands with five regular workers
Wiens runs a two year old plumbing and commercial electrical business with five regular employees besides himself. The team includes Helen Branner as bookkeeper J C Atkinson as store manager Bill Fairbanks as plumber Ben Steele as electrician and Kenny Strauss as apprentice. Wiens and his family attend the Mennonite Brethren Church.
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Shafto
Wiens
Helen Branner
J. C. Atkinson
Bill Fairbanks
Ben Steele
Kenny Strauss
The
Mennonite Brethren Church
Coast Weekend With Brown Family and Miss Sharon
Mr. and Mrs. E A Brown and their family with Miss Sharon spent last weekend at the coast enjoying time away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Brown
Sharon
Nust
Coast
Flame Cultivation Field Day Showcases Mechanization
San Joaquin Valley cotton growers will see flame cultivation in action on August 5 at the Shafter Experiment Station Kern County Farm Adviser George Ferry says the annual mechanization field day will feature late cultivating flame equipment ground gear for applying pesticides soil fumigants and weed control oils desolitation and topping rank growing cotton Demonstrations include sub-soiling web control nematode control and plant spacing with events starting at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter Experiment Station
Kern County
George Ferry
Ferry
Youth Escapes Death in Kern Canyon Mishap
Donald Loewen son of Mr and Mrs Frank Loewen of Maple area escaped death after a motorcycle mishap near Democrat Hot Springs two weeks ago. He swerved to avoid a head on collision with an unhit car, was left unconscious for hours until a ranger found him, and suffered a fractured jaw and head bruises. He was revived and taken to safety then returned to work at Union service station Five Corners. He graduated Wasco High, attended Pacific Bible Institute, and enrolled at Fresno State College last year.
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Donald Loewen
Young Loewen
Frank Loewen
Maple
Kern Canyon
Democrat Hot Springs
Loewen
Union
Five Corners
Wasco High School
Pacific Bible Institute
Fresno State College
Mr and Mrs Bob Bann Plan Lake Arrowhead Vacation
Mr and Mrs Bob Bann with Christina and Bill departed Sunday for a week long trip to Lake Arrowhead, stopping at 236 Cross Street before leaving.
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Bob Bann
Christina
Bill
Cross St
Lake Arrowhead
Weekend Guests at Shafter Avenue Home
Weekend guests at the Shafter avenue home of Mr and Mrs Mac Mayo included Mr and Mrs Doyle Wright and family and Mr and Mrs Clyde Hamilton and son from Wichita Falls Texas Rev and Mrs ack Gibbs and family from Gulfport Missouri and Mr and Harold Brodie and family from San Gabriel Texas.
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Shafter Avenue
Mac Mayo
Doyle Wright
Clyde.Hamilton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ack Gibbs
Gulfport
Harold Brodie
San Gabriel
Fire alert as boys rescued by nightwatchman
Father M. S. Duncan, the nightwatchman, alerted the fire department. By the time firemen arrived, both boys were wrapped in blankets and revived. Firemen used the inhalator for five minutes as a precaution. Parents now secure gates to the fence around the property to prevent escapes to the reservoir.
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M. S. Duncan
Shafter Horses Compete At Santa Barbara Fair
Shafter residents shine at the Santa Barbara Fair and Horse Show with entries from Vignolo Farms including Heavy Daze Star Reward Five Minutes to Midnight Edgetown King and Top Secret. Coberly-West Co. enters its Clydesdale team.
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Shafter
Santa Barbara
Vignolo Farms
Edgetown
King
Top Secret
Coberly-West Co
Clydesdale
Dinner Guests at W R Staudacher Home
Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs W R Staudacher 277 Walnut St included Mr. and Mrs John Jacobsen and Janet and Herbie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. ‘Staudacher
Walnut St
John Jacobsen
Janet
Herbie
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Coonskin
Jefferson
Kelly & Somers
Shafter Insurance
Ernie Hofman General Insurance
James Ph. Shafter
YOU. Real Estate and Insurance
St. Aene
Louis J. Brandt
J. C. Penner Real Estate, Notary Public
Inee Eeaw Ave
Shaf
Herbert G. Tovey
Melvin Krug
Sequoia National Park
Merchants
DiGiorgio Club
Legion
sDe giEn
Giraight
Kentucky
Hill and Hill Company
Louisville, KY
David
Jerry Thomas
Bruce
Harold Wiens
O. K
M. L. Howe
E. Lerdo
Vacation Bible School
First Baptist Church
First Southern Baptist Church
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
Ee A.M
Leonard Jordon
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pool
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