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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
6
Shafter reports a busy week as 24 games were played across six softball divisions with 10 teams remaining. Grace Bible School switches to Kruger's Farm Sup and the Girls League sees King's Jesters defeat Baptist 63 to 15. First half clocks ends next week with Pee Wee standings led by pressing results.
At halftime the National and American divisions of the Pee-Wee leagues will be reorganized to improve matchups, Farrell said. The update follows a list of recent scores including Arrow Furniture, Kruger's, Stringham's, Coberly-West, Rio Bravo, Becker's, Carolina, Shafco and Dutch Boy.
Barbara Jaco hosts a birthday party at her Manne Avenue home with swimming at Maple, cake, punch, and decorations in a Happy Birthday motif. Guests include Robin Newman Margaret Stanton Rebecca Forman Nancy Marlatt Valerie Roselle and brothers and friends. A later note extolls potatoes as a superior health food with rich nutrients and fat for balance.
The page lists multiple weekday evening starts from June 17 to June 23 across junior and mens leagues. Matchups include No 4 Fuller Ginning Co. vs Rio Bravo, Becker Ins. vs Rotary, Rotary vs Shafco, Shafco vs Becker Ins., and several Rio Bravo related plays with Maple Leaf No 4 and Eagles. Funeral detail not present.
Henry captured the 40 lap main event last Saturday night to notch his third Jalopy victory of the season at Bakersfield Speedway. Fans enjoyed thrills throughout the evening as jalopys returned to the track for another two and a half hours of racing action.
Kern County promotes the first major water ski meet on Isabella Lake to attract top skiers from California. The event, sponsored by Kern River Chamber of Commerce and Pasadena Speedboat Club, runs 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. with spectators allowed at the main dam and a parking area west of it.
Gardening advice for Father’s Day includes creating a tribute with his old work shoe as a planter, mulching to conserve moisture, proper watering to three feet deep, and using a drip hose or trenches. It covers mulch materials, watering times, plant care, and notes seventeen nutrients found in California Long White Potatoes.
Rocky Valentine challenges Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in a Texas style main event next Thursday at Bakersfield Sports Arena. Promoter Miller books two out of three falls within an hour for the feature. Semi final has Danny McShain vs Jumping Joe Blanchard in a forty five minute donnybrook with Irishman McShain. Juan Humberto faces villain Great Bolo in a one fall 30 minute special. Hatchet Man Jack Terry meets newcomer Skippy Jackson in the 8:30 p.m. opener.
Philip C. Johnson of Shafter is promoted to seaman apprentice in Kern County Naval Reserve. He is among nine reservists who passed competitive exams at the Naval Reserve Surface division on November 26 in Bakersfield.
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