Community plans fall festival events and volunteer drive
Grundy outlines rodeo roping booths and activities at Stringham Park Ed Riggle Park Committee coordinates reunions finances auditing publicity and entertainment helpers include Elks Club Wasco Roping Lions Club 20 30 Club A&E Helicopters Atwood Crop Dusters and local volunteers. Public invitations urge help volunteers to join and receive assignments while prep for queen contest proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stringham Park
Ed Riggle Park
Bill Rivers
Lee Thomas
John Sloas
Joe Frizzell
Arty Feil
Pat Kelly
Shafter High School
John Leonard
Millard la Grange
Roy Kerber
Charles Franklin
Hugh Mouser
Tom Bolin
Rex Tudor
Ken Wright
Bob Bann
Jack Frost
Herb Howell
Ed Crane
Jim Albright
Jack Kennath
A&e Helicopters
Bill Putman
Marshall Unruh
Atwood
Bobby Lewis
Wayne Wood
Lions Club
New Members Appointed To Raisin Board
State Director of Agriculture Jerry W. Fielder announced two year terms for California Raisin Advisory Board members and alternates. Appointments span seven raisin districts from producer and processor nominees including Mortimer of Madera and Bedrosian of Fowler with alternates from Fresno Selma Reedley and Sanger. Principal counties listed: Fresno Tulare Madera Kern Merced Stanislaus Kings San Joaquin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry W.fielder
California Raisin Advisory Board
Director of Agriculture
California
Robert H. Mortimer
Madera
Herbert Kezirian
Jake L. Minasian
Dick Markarian
Dick Chooljian
Fresno
Albert H
del Rey
Raymond L. Engell
Berkeley
Ernest Bedrosian
Fowler
Jack Heinrich
Allen F. Mather
Kingsburg
D.R. Hoak
Selma
Bruce B. Higton
Carl Chooljian
Edward H. Peloian
Dinuba
Leo Chooljian
Sanger
Haig A. Sahardjian
Howard R. Staples
Mortimer
Acadian
Bedrosian
Tulare Madera
Kern
Merced
Stanislaus
Kings
San Joaquin
Memorial Day Service Honors Veterans at Avenue of Flags
A crowd gathered at the cemetery for Memorial Day services along a newly established Avenue of Flags. Rev Boardman C. Reed of St. Mark's Episcopal Church delivered the address arguing that Christian service and military duty can coexist and that fighting tyranny may be God’s permissive will. Grady Bartlett offered the Memorial Day prayer as veterans’ families remembered those who gave their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Legion Post
Boardman C. Reed
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Grady Bartlett
Legion Post
Services Held Thursday For John Hendryx
John Thomas Hendryx of Shafter died Monday at home. Funeral held May 27 at 11 a.m. at Shafter Pentecostal Church of God with burial in Shafter Memorial Park. He was born May 24, 1900 in Texas and lived in California for 30 years working in oilfields and later as a Maple Leaf Enterprises farm worker. He married Alma Barnes in 1919. Survived by two sons, three daughters, a brother, 15 great grandchildren, six granddaughters and five grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Pentecostal Church of God
John Thomas Hendryx
West Orange F Ave
Shafter
Lloyd Hastings
Shafter Memorial Park
Hendryx
Texas
California
Maple Leaf Enterprises
Almeda Barnes
Thomas E. Hendryx
Stockton
John J. ““Dude’’ Hendryx
Santa Maria
Marie Lempinen
Lola Arney
Vada Woodard
Alaska
Oran Hendryx
Dallas
Tom Mizell
Modie Cole
W. J. Patrick
Harry Paslay
Albert Carter
Clyde Melllwain
Fuuneral
Private Services Held For Opal Wilfred Fry
Private services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, for Opal Wilfred Fry 77 of Shafter. Born April 24, 1894 in Paso Robles California he lived in Shafter 57 years as a farmer before moving to Bakersfield a year ago. He died in a Palm Springs hospital Friday. He belonged to Wasco Lodge No 583 F and A.M. Scottish Rite Bakersfield York Rite. Survivors include widow Lucile M Fry two sons Jack Fry and Walker C Fry three grandchildren. Agee Family Funeral Home Shafter handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Memorial Park
Opal Wilfred Fry
Mr. Fry
Paso Robles
Calif
Bakersfield
Leslie Sn
Plant Dwarf Citrus for Easy Home Growing
Dwarf citrus varieties offer a quick path to fresh fruit and attractive foliage. They suit containers on porches or patios and can be used as dwarf vanities in landscape layouts, expanding decorative options for small spaces.
Three Thefts Reported in City
Shafter police logged three thefts in the past week. Ann Hunter of 300 Faber reported a lawn mower taken from her yard on May 25. Burt Howze of 30198 Imperial reported boots stolen from a locked pickup at the Shafter Motel. Eddie Turrell of 407 Curtis reported two chrome speakers stolen from his vehicle at General Potato and Onion parking lot on May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Ann Hunter
Faber
Burt Howze
Imperial
Shafter Motel
Eddie Turrell
Curtis
General Potato and Onion
Two Arrested In Disturbing The Peace in Shafter
Two Shafter men faced disturbing the peace charges after police arrested them in the past week. Rickey Templeton of Meyers Trailer Court posted bail in Shafter Justice Court on a May disturbance charge. Jimmy Dale Carter was booked May 30 in Justice Court on disturbing the peace and assault and battery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Rickey Templeton
Meyers Trailer Court
Shafter Justice Court
Jimmy Dale Carter
Justice Court
Police arrest curfew violators in Shafter and surrounding area
Shafter police apprehended several curfew violators over the past week. Two female juveniles were arrested at 1 20 a m May 25 and released to their parents. Three other male juveniles were cited for possessing an alcoholic beverage on May 29. Clarence Wayne Sutton of 1087 Nice Street Grover City was booked on possessing alcoholic beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Clarence Wayne Sutton
Nice St
Grover City
Blue Birds Receive Certificates At Shafter Fly Up
Parents and friends attended the Shafter Blue Bird Fly-up on May 4 at Richland cafetorium. Shanna Camp Fire Girls introduced Camp Fire seven crafts and law. KiWaste Hi Camp Fire Girls explained the hand-sign and meaning. A Pan Denska Blue Bird group lit candles. Certificates were given by leaders. hostesses were Ki Nun Ta Camp Fire Girls. Mrs. Glen Handel welcomed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Richland
Shanna Camp Fire Girls
KiWaste Hi Camp Fire Girls
A-Pan- Denska Blue Bird Group
Ki- Nun- Ta Camp Fire Girls
Glen Handel
Fenderson Receives Scholastic Honor at Pacific Union College
Joanne Fenderson daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Fenderson of 29994 Orange Shafter is among nearly 500 Pacific Union College students honored for above average scholastic achievement Full time students with a 3 0 GPA or higher were included Miss Fenderson a sophomore majoring in math attended the ceremony Speakers included Dr Robert M Hutchins former University of Chicago president and head of the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara His topic was American Education in an Age of Rapid Change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Fenderson
C.J. Fenderson
Orange, Shafter
Pacific Union College
Miss Fenderson
Seventh - Day Adventist Church
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Santa Barbara
BW Serviceman Awarded Army Commendation Medal
Andrew Alvidrez son of Mr and Mrs Frank Alvidrez of Buttonwillow received the Army Commendation Medal in Vietnam for meritorious service while serving as a supply clerk with the 576th ordnance company near Long Binh. He entered the Army in August 1969 and is a 1968 Shafter High School graduate. Two drunken driving arrests were reported in Shafter. Hugh Richard Jones and Pablo Espinosa Aguilar were detained for drunken driving with related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Alvidrez
Frank Alvidrez
Mile St
Buttonwillow
Vietnam
576Th Ordnance Company
3Rd Ordnance Battalion
Long Binh
Army
Ft. Ord
Calif
Shafter High School
Grants to Shafter Cotton Station Aid Research Funds
Grants totaling 368 250 for cotton production research in 1971 72 were approved by the California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors board in Fresno. The package includes 226 000 for the USDA Shafter research station and 134 000 for UC research plus allocations to several committees and a 12 500 capital-improvement allotment for Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
California Planting
USDA
Shafter
University of California
California Cotton Research Council
Agricultural Extension Service
Shafter Station
San Joaquin Valley
Stan
Willis
Bakersfield
Tom Cherry
CPCSD
Oscar Bacon
Davis
Joe Falleano
Madera
John Gilbert
Tipton
Leonard Gomes
Hanford
Peculiar Accident Involving Potato Harvester Boom
Clinton Eugene Ford of 457 Curtis operated a potato harvester when the boom broke loose and struck two parked vehicles on Shafter Ave. A 1967 model passenger car and a pickup were damaged as the boom swung, with the May incident date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Eugene Ford
Curtis
Shafter Ave
Shafter Woman's Club Thanks The Shafter Press
The Shafter Woman's Club expresses gratitude for the publicity provided by The Shafter Press during the year and extends thanks for the exposure and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Press
Shafter Woman’s Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion and
Legion Auxiliary
Donald Jones
Grace Cox
Leona Jones
Elvis Haskins
Buster Oxford
Richard G. (Curley) James
American Legion
Charles Johnson
Grundy
Eric Cramer
John Turner
Hazel Frizzell
Roy Farrell
Pat Neuman
Mary Unruh
Priscilla Barber
Bob Hampton
Raisin Board
Johnson
John Hendryx
Walker
First Southern
Sores
EEKLY
Tulare
Hugh Richard Jones
Monte St
Oildale
Pablo Espinosa Aguilar
Shafter Cotton Station
George Globe
Union Dental
Chester Avenue
Paleview
Habla Espanol
Gh & K Sts
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