Schedule highlights from Shafter press league results
June games across Pee wee junior and mens leagues featured Shafter Press teams facing Frank Russell Grace Bible Rio Bravo Arrow Furniture and others. Notable matches included Coberly West vs Arrow Furniture and Grace Bible against American Legion with multiple Rio Bravo games and venue at Rio Bravo and Primary School No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Press
Frank Russell
Row Furniture
Grace Bible
Stringham
M. Rio Bravo
Coberly West
Rio Bravo
Arrow Furniture
American Legion
Central Hardware
Fuller Ginning
Maple Leaf
Em. H. Mettler
Fuller
Roots and
Ohanneson
You Can Beat Golf Champions Saturday
Local golfers will challenge Ed Furgol and Patty Berg on National Golf Day, with four years of events supporting golf research and a national service charity. Furgol and Berg play 18 holes at the Olympic Club in San Francisco while others nationwide rival the champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Furgol
Patty Ae
Kern County
Horace J. Moxon
Life Magazine
Professional Golfers’ Association
Medal for beating Ed Furgol and Patty Bergs
A medal inscribed I Beat Ed Furgol will be awarded to male golfers who beat Furgol. Life will award a similar medal to women golfers who surpass Patty Bergs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Furgol
Furgol
Life
Patty Bergs
Record turnout marked first day of Shafter recreation program
More than 600 youngsters attended the opening day in Shafter for the largest recreation program in the area’s history. 180 in swimming at Richland aquatic center plus 200 in organized play and crafts at North Camp and Mannel park. 33 softball teams will form Kern county’s largest schedule under lights.
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Shafter Area
Roy Farrell
Farrell
Kern County
Richland Aquatic Center
North Camp
Mannel Park
Recreation League Scores Show Mixed Results Across Divisions
In Buttonwillow and nearby towns, men’s and juniors leagues posted varied scores. Notable outcomes include Buttonwillow 3 vs North Camp 3, Wasco Bucks and Mettlers teams posting competitive numbers, and Buttonwillow girls defeating Baptist Church with 33 to 35 near upsets. Junior and Pee Wee notices show multiple matchups with local sponsors like Maple Leaf and Fuller Ginning contributing to a crowded local schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Rena North Camp
Wasco Bucks
Mettlers
Central Hardware
Iden Fuller Ginning
Scabiakveeesa Ae Maple Leaf
Hicchlbns
Mettlers Ssh
Tebeadie Abtiteee
Ee Mettlers
Sptierhdndsveien
Rootes
Eagles
Eeatee Cantes Ae Fuller Ginning Aoe Girls League
Kings Are
Jacobsen's
Baptist Church
Buttonwillows
Jacobsen
Cal-Spray
Minter Village
Pee-Wee American Congregational Church
Elecsees SD
Shafter Press
Last Rites for Reyes Carrasco Held in Shafter
Funeral services for Reyes Carrasco aged 37 were held at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday at St. The rese Catholic church in Shafter. Rosary was recited Monday evening at Armstrong Mortuary with Father Breslin officiating and interment followed at Shafter cemetery. Carrasco, born in Grand Falls Texas, had lived in Shafter nine years and is survived by his father Jesse of Shafter four brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Therese’s Catholic
Reyes Carrasco
Prince
Henry
Manuel
Cruse
Shafter
Aberlarda
Wasco
Petra Sanchez
Midland
Texas
Jessie Carrasco
Lupe Herrara
Armstrong Mortuary
Captain Trumble visits family at Turner AFB Georgia
Captain Brint Trumble of 811 Food Service Squadron Turner AFB Georgia stayed overnight with his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Trumble of Faber Street. A Shafter High School graduate he trained as a cadet in 1943 and became a pilot at Williams Field Arizona. After World War II he served three years as food administrator in Puerto Rico before transfer to Turner AFB near Albany Georgia. He visited a number of friends during his brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brint Trumble
Food Service
Turner Air Force Base
George
Thomas Trumble
Faber Street
Trumble
Shafter
Shafter High School
Williams Field
Arizona
Puerto Rico
Albany
Georgia
Nic
Certified Mail Service In Effect At Local Post Office
Gene Guenther announced a new certified mail service at the local post office offering receipts and sign for delivery. The feature to obtain the recipient’s latest address requires an extra fee and aids businesses in tracking debtors. Cost is 15 cents and applies only to nonvalue mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Guenther
Guenther
Buttonwillow Farmer Thomson Honored by Nation With Reception
Jack G. Thomson of Buttonwillow, named one of the nation’s outstanding farmers by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce in Minneapolis, will attend a reception Friday in Bakersfield. Thomson, who started with alkaline land, irrigated and improved soil, now crops cotton, grain, alfalfa, sugar beets, and rice, and doubled his output in six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack G. Thomson
U.S
Thomson
Buttonwillow
Hemorrhoid Treatment Promoted by Dr Baerg
Do you have rectal trouble Such conditions as stomach and bow trouble headache backache or leg aches are often cleared up by proper hemorrhoidal treatment Thousands of hemorrhoid cases have been successfully treated by my painless method Dr J J Baerg DC Free Consultation 158 Central Ave Ph Shafter 835.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Baerg
D.C
Central Ave
Ph. Shafter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shafter Sports
Richland
John Peterson
Richland Teachers Club
Henry Hornege
Orel Elmore
Thurs
Kern Acid
S. A. Camp
Shatter Press
L. A. Camp
No. 3 Congregational Church
Mon
Ingham
Nsurance
Carolina Farms
S. Carolina Farms
Fuller Ginning Co
Channel Or
No. 4 Baptist Church
Minter King’s Jesters
Cal Spray
King's Jesters
Minter
King’s
Mens’ League
FBI
Wasco Barbers
Buttonwillow Legion
Wasco Buckner
Lost Hills
J. C. Penner Real Estate
Notary Public, Insurance
Acme Finance CO
18Th St
Bakersfield
Pat Kirschenman
Kings
Rec
Paul Revere
Prescott
Taylor’s Bakery
Dungans
Justesens Market
Pill Schneider
Parks Air Base
Kessler Air Force Base
Mississippi
William C. Schneider
Captain Trumble
San Francisco
Gethsemane
Holy Land
Seal
Legion
Fom
Dick Scott
Eric Hanson
Edna Crane
Harry Blumein
Cross Street
Malibu
United States
National Automobile Club
California
National Automobile Hub
Truxtun
Mel's Root Beer
Chile
James St
Pontiac
Strato-Strena V-3
Firsta
Tim
Garlatz Motor CO
E. Lerdo ST
Shafter, California
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