Generation Gap at Shafter Farm Bureau event noted
Fred Starrh received a Quota Buster plaque from Kern County Farm Bureau President Robert Smith at the Shafter Center annual meeting where Starrh and other Center officers were reelected. Mike Allen of 300 Pine was selected for AFL Americans Abroad in Guayaquil Ecuador. Eagle Scout awards were conferred to Andy Anderson Paul Unruh and Mike Cooke at the Shafter Boy Scout Court of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Starrh
Shafter Farm Bureau Center
Robert Smith
Kern County Farm Bureau
Starrh
Center
Mike Allen
LeeRoy Allen
300
Pine
American Field Service
AFL
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Andy Anderson
Paul Unruh
Mike Cooke
Shafter Boy Scout Court of Honor
Andy
Elmer Anderson
Paul
Waldo Unruh
Mike
David Cooke
Court House Dedication Plans For Sunday Ceremony
Shafter Press reports plans for a 2 p.m. dedication ceremony at the court house this Sunday June 21. The feature notes Nikkel Iron Works to sponsor a tractor driving contest as part of the event and includes a police warning alongside detail on the community observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Nikkel Iron Works
Wasco Eastern Star Chapter 489 meets in Monday evening
Wasco hosts Mrs Wilma Bell Mrs Mary Starrh Mrs Ruth Hooks Mrs Davie Bailey and Mrs Maude Arnold as an Eastern Star chapter 489 meeting organizer duties.
Fire destroys stores and damages others in Shafter blaze
Twenty years ago in Shafter a $150,000 fire roared through the main business district on Saturday. More than six fire companies from Kern counties and Bakersfield fought the rapidly spreading blaze that gutted Justensen's and Rouse Reitz stores and damaged three others on Central Avenue. Also noted were a baby shower for Mrs Hershell Rodgers and a Mennonite Brethren Church wedding as Irene Kroeker wed Oliver Unurd of Wasco.
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Shafter Main
Kern
Bakersfield
Central Avenue
Justensen’s
rouse-Reitz
Mennonite Brethren Church
Irene Kroeker
Jake Kroeker
Oliver Unurd
Wasco
Teacher of 20 Years Honored by Former Student
Max R. Tudor now associate superintendent and principal at Calle Sur High School recalls Roy Farrell, who organized Shafter's recreation program and built a pool. Tudor reports an 18 month fundraising drive for a Calle Sur pool nearing completion, to be dedicated in June by Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty. Tudor is Shafter High School alumnus. his mother Mrs. Faye Tudor resides in Shafter.
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Max R. Tudor
Calle Sur
Mexico
Roy Farrell
Richland
Farrell
Tudor
Shafter
Calle
Lansing, Mich
Max
Shafter High School
Faye Tudor
E. Orange
Wrestling Program Is Started At Shafter High
The 1969 Shafter summer wrestling program began this week under Shafter High School coach Darrell Fletcher. Classes run Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 to 10 PM and are open to all junior high and high school boys.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Darrell Fletcher
Fletcher
California Tomato Harvest Tops U.S. Crops
California last year produced over 5 million tons of tomatoes valued at more than 275 million dollars forming the nation’s leading crop. Cotton trailed by nearly 60 million, with about two thirds of the harvest devoted to canning varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Decline in Fishing at Nacimiento
Lake Nacimiento pool reports a down week for bass with small fish common and crappie fishing slow. Two Salinas anglers, Lloyd McQueen and Frank Pettigrew, posted the best catch a double limit of bronze backs from Las Tablas area weighing two to six pounds. Water temps near 76 degrees and summer activity rise as skiers return. Campground repairs are finished and 180 sites now have sink drains plus nightly movies and dancing for campers.
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Paso Robles
Lake Nacimiento Park
Dick Kelsey
Salinas
Lloyd McQueen
Frank Pettigrew
McQueen
Pettigrew
Las Tablas
Lake Nacimiento
Lucille Hammond
Pine Slope
Devil’s Gorge
Hawks Nest
Swimming Club Formed in Shafter Seeks Members
A new swimming club organized in Shafter under Coach Bob Smith invites interested parents and swimmers. The club held its first meet defeating Park Stockdale 298 to 238 at Shafter. Officers include President Mrs. Kenneth Hand and Secretary Mrs. Elmer Anderson. Ten practice hours are scheduled daily with admission and concessions planned to fund equipment.
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Bob Smith
Shafter
Park Stockdale
Smith
Shafter High School
Kenneth Hand
Elmer Anderson
John Nicholson
Estella Arthington
Jack Thompson
Phil Zachary
Kenneth Handel
Teachers Beat Eighth Graders in Annual Tilt
The Richland teachers defeated the eighth grade Stars 11 to 9 in the annual All Stars game held during Richland Upper Grade Activity Day. About 600 students and staff watched the 16th straight contest, featuring for the first time in 16 years a father versus son matchup. Ray Wiley and Eyron Barber homered for the teachers, David Gaeta for the Stars, while the teachers outhit 16 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldsters
Richnd
Richland
Gary Farrell
Roy
Richland School
Ray Wiley
Eyron Barber
David Gaeta
California cooperatives market a third of farm products
One third of California farm products are marketed via farmer owned processing and marketing cooperatives. Last year the net value of these marketings reached 1.5 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Shafterman Joins Space Program as Apollo 10 Crew Member
Shafter High School graduate S/Sgt. David D. Bellows, son of Mrs. Don Bellows, contributes to U S armed services space projects. He helped film the Apollo 10 liftoff using the airborne ALLOTS 70mm motion picture system aboard a high altitude aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Outer Space
U. S. Armed Services
Shafter High School
David D. Bellows
Don Bellows
Bellows
Pee Wee Softball Team Slogs In State Farm Reds
The 1969 Shafter recreation Pee Wee softball squad in red and white uniforms prepares for action in the city program. Roster shows Jenny Kirk and Julie Kirk mascots in front, with Kevin Poplin batboy and players Richard Poplin Robert Brown Eddie Kirk Jeffrey Poplin David Reimer among those listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter City
State Farm Insurance
Jenny Kirk
Kevin Poplin
Batboy
Julie Kirk
Richard Poplin
Robert Brown
Eddie Kirk
Jeffrey Poplin
David Reimer
Philip Reimer
Mike Sellers
Donald Cook
Tommy Owens
Alan O'Brien
Manuel Cruz
Joe Non
Paul Poplin
Eldoe Owens
Coac
Epidemic Spurs Need for Deaf Education in Kern County
A German measles outbreak in the 1960s highlighted the need for trained teachers of the deaf. Kern County's Regional Center for Privately Exceptional Children seeks two instructors to reduce waiting lists as classes expand at 1315 So. P St. Bakersfield. Ellery Adams and Hazel Hobba urge interested teachers to apply, noting small class sizes and the pathway through summer sessions at California State College to gain provisional teaching credentials.
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United States
Kern County
So. P St
Bakersfield
Harry E. Blair
Ellery Adams
Hazel Hobba
County Schools Office
Adams
California State College
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Hobba
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Shafter Press
Hershell Rodgers
W. C. Handel
Faber Street
O. D. Handel
Pauline Handel
Miss Shafter
Lions Club
Bob Gilbert
E. Lerdo
Bob Somers
James
Nacimiento
Mike McMeans
David Dooley
Kim Hyer
Lonnie Hyer
David
Lonnie
Kim
Duane Kerber
Keith Perkins
Brenda Gardner
Becky Lynd
Becky Kliewer
Pam Miller
Tammy Cross
Becky Lynch
H Gaeta
Lopez
Nash
Walker
Calif
Shafterman
Space
First Baptist Church
North Pine Street
Edward M. Rhoades
Family Bible Hour
Pone
United States Brewers Association, Inc
Fifth Avenue
New York
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