Delano Parade Winners Highlight Potato Festival
The Delano Chamber of Commerce Wine and Harvest Festival entry led Division A with harvest themed floats. Taft Chamber of Commerce and Shafter City entries also earned top prizes as over 15,000 spectators watched the eight major divisions of the San Joaquin Valley Potato Festival parade. The Golden Crust Bakery won in Division C for a giant Cultured Potato Bread display, with other district and merchant entries earning high honors.
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San Joaquin Valley
Delano Chamber of Commerce - Wine and Harvest Festival
Shafter Chamber of Commerce— Merchants Division
Golden Crust Bakery
Bakersfield
Jack Hare, Inc
Dalke Brothers
Taft Chamber
Delano
Delano Chamber of Commerce and Wine & Harvest Festival
Taft Chamber of Commerce
Taft
Heart of California Oil Fields
City of Shafter
Shafter
Corrine Mettler
Johnnie Westbrook
Helen Branner
Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
Merchants
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Lee Kane
Pat Neuman
Maxine Mettler
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Delano Rotary Club
Revolv
Shafter Potato Festival earns widespread praise and support
The Shafter festival drew broad acclaim with a successful parade and swimming events in Richland. Community leaders Dr Revell and committee members earned thanks for organizing a celebrated celebration that boosted local unity and attracted extensive press and radio coverage.
Arts and Crafts Class Makes Notable Progress
The arts and crafts class in the music room under director Bernie Morris shows steady progress. This week activities include ceramics, lanyard work, belt making, and rug projects.
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Direcor
Bernie Morris
Uch
Paper man era begins in 1850 with wood processing invention
The modern era of paper making starts in 1850 when a wood processing method revolutionizes production. This turning point accelerates textile and printing advances, shaping industry and commerce and marking a shift in materials technology.
Lifquist Stars as Kern Swimmers Perform in Festival Swim Meet
Kenny Lifquist led a Kern festival swim meet featuring Bakersfield College Bakersfield High School and East Bakersfield High School. Lifquist won the 440 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke while guiding the junior college medley relay. Bakersfield College topped team scoring with top honors, followed by Bakersfield High and East Bakersfield. The event included diving exhibitions and local youth display providing a lively day of competition.
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Lifquist
Kern
Politan
Valley Junior College Conference
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield High School
East Bakersfield High School
East Bakersfield
Mary Revell
Kyle Hill
Kenneth Handel
Gary Weyand
Othes Bakersfield
Tommy Houser
George Young
Jim Riley
Houser
Young
Riley
Donald Abbott
Bakersfield
J.C
East High
Beardsley
Russell
Shannon
Tomerlin
Ballard
Smith
Stanton
Hinderliter
Revell
Greene
Adams
Handel & Weyand
Steve Smith
Ken Lifquist
Jensen
Hill
Ray Colvard
Handel
Ard
J. C
Bakersfield High
Rus
Wife killed by husband’s truck in California city
Peggy Lou Stringfellow 21 died when her husband Larince Stringfellow backed a truck after she ran to tell him something in Garrison City. She was dragged under the wheels and died at the scene. They had lived in Stockton and were in Garrison City three weeks as farm laborers. Coroner’s case pending at Flickinger Janzen mortuary in Shafter. Born November 10, 1926, she is survived by her husband, her mother and father Clyde and Henderson, and several Henderson siblings.
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Larince
Peggy
Stringfellows
Section Ave
Stockton
Calif
Garrison City
Flickinger- Janzen
Shafter
Stringfellow
Shafter Police Receive Praise for Festival Crowd Control
Shafter City Police earned compliments for handling traffic and huge crowds at the Shafter Potato Festival. About 15 000 visitors filled streets with thousands of cars, yet no crashes or injuries reported and arrests were minimal under Chief John C. Reily and Assistant Chief Hanley Witcher, with Wasco Police and California Highway Patrol assistance.
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Shafter City
Shafter
Wasco City
California
Highway Patrol
John C. Reily
Hanley Witcher
Minter Village Pool Opens For Summer
The Minter Village pool starts operation on June 14 with a daily schedule for Wasco Lerdo Min ter and McFarland youths. Bus transport for Wasco and McFarland children, weekday sessions, evening adult hours, Sunday family hours, and Saturday youth and adult slots are planned.
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Minter Village
McFarland
Wasco
Lerdo-Minter
Shafter Art Group Drafts Constitution At Meeting
The Shafter Community Art Association executive board met at the Legion Hall to discuss a draft constitution and by laws. A committee led by Harry Sturm Dr O G Ohlsson and Al Mortimore will work with President John Jacobsen on the documents for the next meeting.
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Shafter Community Art Association
al Howen
Legion Hall
Harry Sturm
O. G. Ohlsson
al Mortimore
John Jacobsen
O G. Ohlsson
Ohlsson
Races Tight Across Four Softball Leagues With Two No-Hitters
After week two, 31 teams remain active across four leagues in tight races. Five teams stand undefeated at noon, including Mati unde feated in the Pee-Wee and Junior Leagues Rio Bravo. Notable no-hitters came from Joe Brown against 20-30 Club and Jack Dial for Hitchcock's Auto Parts versus Lawson Lowe. Adamson Trucking beat Food Town Juniors 3 2 in eight after Hinsley homered to break a 2 2 tie.
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Mati
Willow
Brown & Bryant
Central Market
Rio Bravo
McClure Drug
Joe Brown
Jack Dial
Hitchcock’s Auto Parts
Lawson Lowe
Ao Hitchcock
Aquacade Stars Shine at Shafter Potato Festival
An overflow crowd watched the Aquanettes from Bakersfield High and college teams perform precision swimming acts. Ex-champion divers Bill and Jack Finch opened with a comic routine, then Loren Giggy, Bill Finch, Jack Finch, and Jim Ryan gave a dramatic diving show before the Aquanettes concluded with synchronized water dances. The event closed with underwater lighting as Dr. J. H. Revell presented the Royal Courts of the Potato Festival.
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Bakersfield
Loren Giggy
San Joaquin Valley
Bill Finch
Jack Finch
Jim Ryan
University of Illinois
Aoun
J. H. Revell
Potato Festival Committee
Mary Montgomery
Donna Dalke
Joyce Bender
Inez Wright
Two Car Fires Strike Local Area Weekend
Interior upholstery burned in a car owned by R. E. Clemt at Banks Store Friday at 1:29 a.m. It followed a prior fire at Smith's corner. no serious losses reported for owner Mr. Risenhoover. A Saturday fire alarm due to trash smoldering on a city truck was a false alarm.
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R. E. Clemt
Banks Store
Smith’s Corner
Risenhoover
Shaffer Potato Yield and Grade Surpass Previous Records
The report notes a record potato yield in Shafter with 95 percent US No. 1 grading. Large, smooth tubers with low disease and tuber moth injury are highlighted. Harvest employs about 113 people at peak, with 3,500 workers seasonally and 5,000 farm laborers overall.
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U.S
Shafter
Washington
United States
Charles Wright Wins Prize For Biggest Spud
At the Potato Festival, Charles Wright won $5 for presenting a 2 pound 12 ounce mam moth long-white Shafter spud in the under-12 contest. Second prize went to Michael Stoddard with a 2 pound 10½ ounce potato, while Betty Stoddard won $1 for the oddest shaped entry resembling a human hand.
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Charles Wright
Michael Stoddard
Little Betty Stoddard
Family Nite Brings Hollywood Cowboy To High School
Gian Catena en Recreational Association hosts Family Nite at 7:30 tonight at the high school featuring the film Hollywood Cowboy. Geo. O'Brien and Cecilia Parker star in a Western tale of racketeers menacing cattle shipments with movie cowboys opposing them and an aviation twist.
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Gian Catena En Recreational Association
Hollywood Cowboy
Hero
Geo. O’brien
Cecilia Parker
Local Summer Recreation Program Booming
The Summer Recreation Program in its third week draws strong turnout at North Shafter Labor Camp with 80 to 90 daily attendees. Activities include Arts and Crafts, Story Hour, and organized games at County Park. noon lunch, Story Hour, and quiet games follow. Bernie Morris and Dana Baughman lead crafts 2 to 4 pm for older youths. 28 softball teams participate across four leagues with good spectator interest.
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North Shafter
Chris Ummel
Zolerzak
Legion Hall
Sylvia Baughman
Bernie Morris
Dana Baughman
David A Brown Highlighted in Richland Aquatic Center Story
In a recent press piece about the Richland Aquatic Center David A Brown is identified as a pool contractor with the Se eeuae Peal Company a detail that anchors his role in the project and links him to the local development.
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Richland Aquatic Center
David Brown
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