Vacation programs boost Shafter Buttonwillow youth activities
Cooling Off By Emil (Jack) Frost details summer programs for Shafter and Buttonwillow youths. Stanley Cook directs Shafter recreation with baseball softball swimming wrestling football track tennis crafts and games. Buttonwillow’s program starts June 18 under Larry Antongiovanni Carolyn Romanini Sherryle O'Hara Olivia Barulich and Maria Morales plus crafts games reading and activities at Buttonwillow Park. Parish life notes new Buttonwillow priest Father Constantine Badesen formerly of Lindsay. Newman Club work shifts for Father Paul Devine to Contra Costa College.
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Shafter
Buttonwillow
Stanley Cook
Olivia Barulich
Maria Morales
Badesen
Wasco-Shafter
Paul Devine
St. Mary’s
Newman Club
Contra Costa College
Oakland
Heat breaks as Shafter cools after record week
Temperatures at the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter dropped to 91 on Monday after a stretch of 100s. The week before saw highs in the 100s every day, with Sunday at 98 and two days prior at 106.
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Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Richland 8th Graders Graduate in 59th Commencement
Richland Upper Grade School awarded diplomas to 193 eighth graders in a 59th annual commencement. The program featured the Richland School Band, a pledge, invocation, and speeches by Debbie Wise and Ronda Carroll about education and a brighter future.
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Richland
Sandy Wilson
David S. Woodworth
Tom Velasquez
Debbie Wise
Miss Wise
Richland Girls
Registration of Bikes Begins in Shafter
Shafter Police Chief Hanley Witcher says mandatory bicycle registration starts at the Police Department Monday July 2 under a city ordinance effective July 1. Unregistered bikes will receive citations after a period. A one dollar fee is charged and unregistered bikes will be marked. Bikes must be inoperable to be registered.
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Shafter
Hanley Witcher
Witcher
New Lions Club Officers Installed in Bakersfield
Ron Millard and Mickey Handel head two clubs as new officers are sworn in at a Hilton Inn dinner. The Shafter Lions and Lady Lions install presidents along with a slate including Nixon Reese Johnson Moyer and others. New members Art Davis Ed Cook welcomed. John Hanner returns after a few months away.
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Ron Millard
Shafter Lions Club
Verl Nash
Dale Anderson
Bill Nixon
Mickey Handel
The
Lady Lions
Stockdale
Hilton Inn
Bakersfield
Lion
Millard
Mike Reese
Arleigh Johnson
Daryl Moyer
Glenn Handel
Ed Cook
Roger Joppins
A. J. Smith
Carlos White
Susan Reese
Sue Nash
Luciel Walker
Kay Millwee
Art Davis
John Hanner
Shafter City Council Awards Contracts and Sets Retirement Age
Shafter's City Council approved four contracts from five bids for Sunset and Euclid work, with low bids noted. The council set a mandatory retirement age at 65 effective July 1, 1974 and directed a resolution for action at the next meeting. Discussion on a Turnkey Construction Contract for a new police building continued, favoring a structural steel building with firm pricing.
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Shafter
Richard Larson
Euclid
Griffith Sao
Carl D
Moreland and Sone
Cotati
Councl
A. G. Mortimore
Mortimore
Three-vehicle crash injures two near Shafter
Odie Pruitt of Shafter, 51, was hospitalized in Bakersfield after a Wednesday afternoon crash near the Shafter city limit involving a truck driven by Lyle Pool of Casper, Wyoming, and a pickup driven by Maria Rodriguez of Casco. Rodriguez sustained minor injuries. Pruitt listed in satisfactory condition.
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Odie Pruitt
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
San Joaquin Community Hospital
Bakersfield
Pruitt
Beech
Lerdo
Lyle Pool
Casper
Wyoming
Maria Rodriuez
Third
Asco
Mra. Rodriguez
Buttonwillow Man Killed in Highway Crash
Truman Russell Britt 28 of Buttonwillow died early Saturday when a tire blowout caused loss of control on Interstate 5 near Buttonwillow. His car skidded and rolled, pinning him in the wreckage about 5:45 a.m. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Seventh Day Adventist Church Shafter. Burial at Memorial Cemetery. Burial arranged by Agee Funeral Home. He had worked at Buttonwillow service station and previously at Bill Brannon’s Automotive in Buttonwillow.
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Truman Russell Britt
Buttonwillow
Interstate 5
I-5
Britt
Shafter
Aaron, Wagner
Porterville
Ter Memorial
Agee
Standa
Prius
Bill Brannon
Seniors Graduate in Thursday Ceremony at Shafter High
Shafter High School held its 43rd annual commencement, awarding 156 diplomas in a hour long ceremony. Senior speakers included David Lee Thompson and Catherine Mary Merlo, who reflected on growth, memories, and the lifelong impact of high school.
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Stringham
Shafter High School
Cecelia Wedel
Kim Hyer
Rebecca Parsons
Mark Keinath
George Wise
Ernest W. Larson
First Southern Baptist Church
David Lee Thompson
Thompson
Shafter High
Donald M. Camp, Jr
Valley Forge
Catherine Mary Merlo
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Emil
Jack) Frost
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Constantine
Paddy) Badesen
Sacred Heart Parish
Lindsay
David
America
Republic
Cindy Lane
Miss Lane
Ronda Carroll
New Lions Club
Evron Barber
American Legion
Grady Bartlett
Anita Hoover
Kent Woo
Ricky Friesen
Aere
John Brims Bishop
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