Funeral notices for Mary Lane Annie Johnson and Henry Mettler
Funeral services were held for Mary Velma Lane 76 in Agee Funeral Chapel with burial in Shafter Memorial Park. Survivors include Floyd L Lane three sons two daughters and many grandchildren. Annie Joyce Johnson 82 died June 17 in Wasco hospital with services at Agee Chapel and burial in Shafter Memorial Park. Henry H Mettler 81 died June 15 in Shafter Convalescent Hospital with graveside rites at Shafter Memorial Park. Survivors include two daughters and several siblings.
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Mary Velma Lane
Agee
Mary Lane
Modesto Hospital
Sam Wilcoxon
Shafter Memorial Park
Lane
Parks
Arkansas
Shafter
Floyd L. Lane
Jack [Ane
New Mexico
Eddie Lane
Bill Lane
Vivian Sexton
Modesto
Elnora Inman
Alaska
Earl O’brien
Tommy Sublett
Edward Hall
J. R. Richards
Robert Blair
Don Dooling
Annie Joyce Johnson
Wasco
Eugene Sample
Johnson
Blanco
Tex
Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Kathleen Slack
Pearl McAfee
Ruth Eddleman
Minnie Scott
Christine Evans
John Evans
Texas
Henry. H. Mettler
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Henry H. Mettler
Calvin Stuebbe
Greenlawn
Mr. Mettler
Menno
South Dakota
Lodi
Edison
Ebenezer Church
Norma Wilson
Florence Burchholz
William
Santa Barbara
T. H. Mettler
Bakersfield
Eugene Mettler
Magdaline Schwidt
Albina Kurtz
Burlingame
Lydia Temple
Philip S. Hasty
Mt. Hope
Lansing
Mich
Rodriguez
Hasty
Columbia University
U.S
Joe Fitts
John Davis
Mr. Fitts
Tenn
California
Norwalk
Hattie
Betty Burnett
Washington
John Smils
San Jose
Carl Boyd Fitts
Stanley of-Washington
Rufus
San Francisco
Sadie Adams
Estella Thompson
Oklahoma
Mac Stafford
Earl Stafford
Lewis Fairchild
Bill Harris
Ron Ford
Joe Turner
50 year pin honors Barr of Wasco Eastern Star
Mrs. Barr received a 50 year membership pin and certificate at Wasco Chapter 489 on Monday June 14 1976. Irvin Barr presented the items. Barr was initiated in Bakersfield Chapter in 1926 and later helped founding Wasco Chapter 489 in 1927. Pauline and Perry Copeland chaired the meeting and a bicentennial tribute followed with a chalk history by Mrs. John Nikkel.
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Faye Barr
la Rosa
Order of Eastern Star
Wasco
Irvin Barr
Barr
Bakersfield
Velma Guenther
Funeral services for Olive Lavada Willson in Shafter
Olive Lavada Willson 82 of 501 North Shafter Avenue died June 13 after a long illness. Services were held at Mish Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Harder officiating and burial in Shafter Memorial Park. Survived by two sons, four daughters, twelve grandchildren, twenty seven great grandchildren, eight great great grandchildren. Donations to Kern County Cancer Society requested. Pallbearers were grandsons Eldon, Gary, Jim Venable Delwin Black Richard McMasters.
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Shafter
Olive Lavada Willson
North
Shafter Avenue
Henry Henry Harder
Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter Memorial Park
Church of God
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Atascadero
Gene Willson
Delbert Willson
Grass Valley
Virginia Venable
Bakersfield
Opal Black
Oildale
Dorothy Welton
Ruth Fain
How to protect a piano from dampness and drafts
Keep your piano free from dampness away from steam pipes or stoves and out of drafts. Maintain a stable environment with moderate humidity and avoid sudden temperature changes to preserve tuning and wood condition.
Brothers Baldwin join United States Air Force
Paul P. Baldwin and Wesley D. Baldwin, brothers from Bakersfield, enlisted as jet engine mechanics in the US Air Force on June 8 1976. They graduate Shafter High School in 1976 and will train at Lackland AFB Texas. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lowell G. Baldwin. Recruiting Info at 110 New Stine Road Bakersfield (805) 861-4334.
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Paul P. Baldwin
Wesley D. Baldwin
Bakersfield
United State Air Force
Paul
Wesley
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Texas
Four Shafter High grads win Corti Scholarships
The Corti Scholarship Committee named 85 students to share awards totaling 23,250 dollars administered by Bank of America through the Corti Family Agricultural Trust. Kern County high school graduates enrolled in agriculture were eligible. Shafter High winners include Ann Dawe, Robert Keyberger, Kellie Hayes, and Laurie Horn.
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Corti
Bank of America
Corti Family Agricultural Trust
Kern County
Theresa Corti
Bakersfield
Army Nurse Corps
American Legion
Corti Agricultural Scholarship Fund
Corti Awards
Harry E. Blair
Ralph J. Préjean
G. Arthur Parrott
George L. Sloan
Bank of America Trust
Holger Hansen
Bakersfield College
Shafter High School
Ann Dawe
Robert Keyberger
Kellie Hayes
Laurie Horn
Pinch Flowers Promote Stronger Branching and Bloom
Pinching back annual flowers encourages side branching resulting in sturdier plants and significantly more blooms. Gardeners apply light pressure to tips to stimulate growth and flowering.
Juveniles charged in Shafter school burglaries
Four juveniles aged 15 were charged with up to four burglaries at Shafter High School in April and May. A 24 year old man faced possession of stolen property relating to one break in. A 14 year old was later charged with two burglaries at Richland Junior High. The April 26 and May 11 burglaries caused $5,000 damage to the agriculture wing. A bicycle was recovered from George Howard Lindsey at Fresno Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shafter High School
George Howard Lindsey
Fresno Avenue
Richland
Beet growers to hold Bakersfield meeting June 23
Representatives of sugar beet producers from Kern County and the Antelope Valley will meet in Bakersfield on June 23. The gathering is announced by Charles Fanucchi, Arvin grower and president of District 10 of the California Beet Growers Association. The advisory board will hold a dinner meeting at the Hill House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Antelope Valley
Bakersfield
Charles Fanucchi
Arvin
California Beet Growers Association
Hill House
Fugitive from Tulare Caught in Shafter
Leslie Ray Henry of 509 English Lane Shafter was wanted in Tulare for assault with a deadly weapon and charged with wielding a shotgun. Police traced his call from a phone booth on Central Valley Highway leading to his capture by Shafter police and Kern County deputies. He was jailed in Kern County awaiting transfer.
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Shafter
Tulare
Central Valley Highway
Leslie Ray Henry
English Lane
Henry
Shafter Police
Kern County
Cvh
Fresno Avenue
Beets Include Powdery Mildew Reports At Harvest Preview
Processors will hear harvest reports next month with a Sugar Prices update from the Stockton association office. Powdery mildew, a persistent fungus, has troubled beet growers for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanucchi
Stockton
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Marlon Fry
James Rowton
Ark
George Jackson
Wayne Rowton
Thomas Criner
David Weaver
Rebecca Rowton
Wendy Rowton
Shirley Weaver
Agee Funeral Home
Marlynn. Bangs
Bethel
Bethel~ Choir Gang
Grand Bethel
Della List
Ty Violet Rommel
Genice Johnson
a.Rosa
Richland Chevrolet
Central Valley Hiway
Air Force
Shafter High
Famosa
Calif
National Denturist Association
Denturist Association of
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Pine Street
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Quaker
Shafeo
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