Shafter and Buttonwillow Students Earn Cal Poly Shafter Degrees
Seven students from Shafter and two from Buttonwillow received degrees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo during the 64th commencement. Nadine K. Emerald and others earned B S and B A degrees in fields like crops production and architecture. Dr. S Hayakawa of San Francisco State College delivered the commencement address as 2,305 students were honored.
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Buttonwillow
Cal Fone
San Luis
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Armudl
Nadine K. Emerald
Re Education
Lerdo
Arthur Buegene Froese
Fresno Ave
Laurence Handel
Michael David Hopkins
Robert Allen K
Calcot to Hold Annual Meet in Bakersfield
Calcot Ltd will host its 43rd Annual Meeting at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium on Tuesday June 23 starting 6 30 pm with a social hour and dinner. Board Chairman William F McFarlane of Clovis will preside and reports from Cabot President J Russell Kennedy and McFarlane will review the year’s marketing season. A documentary presentation on western cotton marketing will be shown.
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Calcot, Ltd
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
Worldwide Cotton Marketing Association
William F. McFarlane
Clovis
San Joaquin Valley
Welp Wanted for High School Yard and Pet Care
Help wanted listing seeks a trustworthy student to water yards feed pets while families are away. Contact Dave Barber at 746 4741. Post dates 6 17 to 6 21.
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Dave Barber
Funeral rites for prominent Shafter farmer Harley Barling Sr
Harley Barling Sr 53 of 29914 Orange Avenue Shafter died in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held June 9 at 11 a.m. in Shafter Mennonite Brothers Church with Elder Armen J Johnson officiating. Burial followed at Shafter Memorial Park. Barling born May 8 1917 in Tolstoy SD moved to Lodi 1919 then Shafter 1926. He married Beulah Grose clos Oct 13 1937. He led various farms and coops, helped found a cotton gin, led a Goleta shopping center project, and served the Central Coast Laryngectomee Society. Survivors include wife Beulah son Harley Barley Jr Bakersfield daughter Nancy Roberts Grover City mother Mary Barling Wasco two brothers Dan Sam six sisters Mildred Honea Helen Garner Lilly Shell Florence Kirschenmann Ellen Evans Vernice Smith and five grandchildren. Pallbearers Carlo Botteini Ray Pollard Roger Corrin Cecil Calloway Dick Wizener Alvin Kirschenman honorary bearers listed. Family requests cancer research donations. Agee Funeral Home Shafter arranged.
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Harley Barling
Orange Avenue
Shafter
Los Angeles
Armen J. Johnson
Seventh-day Adventist Church of
la Cresenta
Calif
Shafter Memorial Park
Mr. Barlings
Tolstoy
South Dakota
Lodi
Maple
Wasco Union High School
Beulah Groseclos
Barling
Shafters
Lilly Shell
Wasco
Florence Kirschenmann
Bakersfield
Ellen Evans
McFarland
Vernice Smith
Cottonwood
California
Carlo Botteini
Ray Pollard
Roger Corrin
Cecil Calloway
Dick Wizener
Alvin Kirschenman
John Revell
Bob McClain
Clarence Johnson
Harry Roscoe
Bill Mazzie
Henry Hoffman
al Haddad
Lloyd McConnell
Mert Wiedmann
John Stickler
Richard Finear
Agee
Harvey Columbus Wilson dies at 78 in Shafter
Harvey Columbus Wilson 78 of 464 Prince Lane Shafter died Sunday in a Bakersfield hospital. Services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at Agee Funeral Home chapel with burial in Union cemetery. He was born February 22, 1892 in Barber Arkansas and lived in Shafter 24 years. He worked as a farm worker, served in World War I in France, and was a member of American Legion Post 213. He is survived by his widow Alice, two sons William and T. J. Wilson, a daughter Elizabeth Dollar, four grandchildren, four granddaughters, and 10 great grandchildren.
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Harvey
Columbus Wilson
Prince Lane
Bakersfield
H. A. Thomas
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion of
Infant Son Robert Conrad Funeral Held in Shafter
Infant son Robert Patrick Conrad, born April 23 1970 in Wasco, died Monday at home in Shafter. Funeral held June 10 at Agee Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Bob O Neal officiating. Burial followed at Shafter Memorial Park. Survived by parents Pamela and Roy H Conrad Jr and brother Roy H Conrad III. Grandparents Roy H Conrad Oakland Harold Talbert Shafter Julie Kielty Pleasanton H Kielty San Leandro.
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Roy H. Conrad III
Roy H. Conrad
Oakland
Harold Talbert
Shafter
Julie Kielty
Pleasanton
H. R. Kielty
San Leandro
Man Held on Burglary Charge After AWOL Status
Albie Lee Bennett of 101 S Shafter Ave was taken into custody and charged with burglary of the Sea side Station at Five Points. Officers said stolen items were found in Bennett s car and that he was AWOL when arrested and turned over to military authorities.
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Albie Lee Bennett
S. Shafter Ave
Bennett
Gardener’s Checklist for Chrysanthemum Pruning
This month mums bought in bloom can be cut back when flowering finishes for a second bloom in fall.
Mary Ackman 100 Funeral Held in Shafter
Mary Ackman aged 100 died Monday in a Shafter convalescent hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Agee Family Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Gardner officiating. She was born March 13, 1870 in Tennessee and lived in Oklahoma before moving to Shafter in 1935. Survivors include two sons Bill and Dan Akman of Shafter, daughter Florence Thompson of Oakdale, 28 grandchildren, 59 great grandchildren, and 24 great great grandchildren. Her husband Charlie preceded her in death in 1943. Burial followed at Shafter Memorial Park.
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Mary Jane Aktman
Pacific Ave
Shafter
Ralph Gardner
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter Memorial Park
Altman
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Charlie
Bill Akman
Dan Akman
Florence Thompson
Oakdale
Shafter High First Grads Gather for Reunion
Shafter High School’s classes of 1931 and 1932 held a reunion at the Ranch Inn near Shafter. Over fifty alumni and guests attended with James Camp as master of ceremonies. Speakers included Elmer J. Peery, first principal, and Helen Habicht Menkin.
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Ranch Inn
Shafter
James Camp
Elmer J. Peery
F. A Menkin
Helen Habicht
Eddie Friesen
San Jose
John Kliewer
Fresno
Evelyn Jumper Gustlin
Peter Koehn
Lompoc
Herbert Ley
Corona
Hettie Person Jenkinson
Santa Barbara
Leona Mettler Heinrichs
Lorena Voth Ross
Bakersfield
Fern Wendland Gaede
Sam Becker
Gertrude Maner Mullin
San Francisco
Ed Hein
E.B. Stringham
Post Office Receipts Rise to All-Time Kern County Total
Kern County post office receipts hit a record 5 839 218 for fiscal year 1969, up 544 059 from 1968. Bakersfield led with 3 852 646, up 382 552, followed by Shorter 128 328 and Buttonwillow 25 161 as county totals climbed.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
U. S. Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Bakersfield
Clothing Stolen From Clothesline Reported
Mrs Mary Baker reports theft of clothing from a clothesline at 351 East Marengo on June 13. A local police note records the incident as a daytime property theft with no further details given.
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Mary Baker
E.marengo
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