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Fifty years of Shafter sports and building updates noted
Fifty years ago Shafter sports opened with a bang as Reed Bell junior league knocked out Brown Bryant 20 to 17 and Rio Bravo beat Shafter Warehouse 10 to 4. Pee Wee Stringham’s beat Red Sox 15 to 11 while Maple Club topped Police Dept 17 to 2. Building in May totaled 14 750 with S E Wilcoxon 7350 County of Kern 5000 Olllis Prickett 1500 Hugo Reich 400 Bes Williams 500. The State Theater showed Inside Straight with Arlene Dahl and Shafter Theater Adventure’s End with John Wayne. Forty years ago North Kern Golf Course planned a second nine. May building permits were 53 000 for Shafter. total year 547 417.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed and Bell
Brown
Bryant
Rio Bravo
Shafter Warehouse
Stringham’s
Red Sox
Maple Club
Police Dept
Shafter
Rueben
E.K. Grant
S.E. Wilcoxon
County of
Kern
Olllis Prickett
Hugo Reich
Bes Williams
State Theater
Arlene Dahl
Shafter Theater
John Wayne
North Ker
H.J. Evans
Evans
North Kern County
James Haggerty
North Kern
Kermit Stieber
Leo Herrera
Curt Carter
West Ash
T. French
H.W. Putman
McMahons