Shafter Motel and Restaurant under Kroeker family ownership
Ken and Betty Kroeker, Shafter residents since October, have owned the Shafter Motel Restaurant Coffee Shop and Cocktail Lounge at 337 E. Lerdo Highway for three years. The property, built in 1940 by Mr. Powell, has 29 motel rooms, a 65-seat restaurant, and a 45-seat coffee shop. New cook Sanford Spaulding started June 21, with past work at Wasco Inn and a Bakersfield restaurant. Restaurant hours 6 AM to 9:30 PM Mon–Sat, Sunday closed. lounge 10 AM to 2 AM daily. Future plans include a Sunday champagne brunch with salad bar. The Kroekers have two sons, Bruce and Brian, and a grandson Dustin.
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Shafter
Ken
Betty Kroeker
E. Lerdo Highway
Kroekers
Powell
Ralph Beel
Sanford Spaulding
Bakersfield
Betty
Bruce
Brian
Sandy
Dustin
Obituary for Los Angeles actor Lou Frizzell
Los Angeles actor Lou Frizzell, noted Broadway, TV and film veteran, died after a long illness. Funeral services were held June 21 with interment June 22 in Los Angeles. Frizzell, who played himself in Return to Manzanar, also served as musical director at Manzanar during World War II and appeared in Capricorn One The Summer of 42 Roots II Alice Bonanza Barnaby Jones and The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. He leaves a family including father Louis Frizzell Sr and relatives in Shafter Bakersfield and Fresno.
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Los Angeles
Lou Frizzell
Mr. Frizzell
Manzanar
California
Louis Frizzell
Shafter
J.W Frizzell
Virginia Hitchcock
Brett Hitchcock
Gail Hitchcock
Bakersfield
Blaine and
Channing Hitchcock
Fresno
Lee Harvey
Oswald
Mary E. Schacht Rites Held in Chico California
Mary E. Schacht 70 of Paradise died June 1 in a Paradise hospital. Services conducted at 7:00 p.m. Monday June 4 in Brusie Funeral Home chapel Chico. She and husband Edward Schacht lived in Shafter from 1947 to 1976. The Rev Leonard Brown led the service. Family requests donations in lieu of flowers.
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Chapel of Brusie Funeral Home
Chico
California
Mary E. Schacht
Paradise
Paradise Hospital
Edward
Shafter High School
Shafter
USA USSR Junior Track Meet to Highlight Kern County Event
Competitors from the United States and Soviet Union will compete at Bakersfield Memorial Stadium on June 29 and 30 in the 1979 USA USSR Junior Track and Field Meet. The meet features medals for top four finishers, a silver engraved platter for the winner, Seiko wrist watches for outstanding performers, and post event tours to local sites including Sequoia National Park. Opening ceremonies begin at 5 30 PM with a forecast for a large crowd and pre meeting ticket sales urged.
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Bakersfield
Memorial Stadium
Kern County
California
Sequoia National Park
Bob Elias
Kern County Hall of Fame
Zachary Leads Pepperdine Students on Dean's List
Jane Zachary of Shafter is named among 174 Seaver College students honored for the winter trimester Dean's List at Pepperdine University. The honorees posted 3.5 or higher GPAs on a 4.0 scale and had no grades below C, marking top 10 percent achievers in their class.
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Seaver College
Pepper
Register
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Wasco Valle
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Schaefer's
Shafter Ambulance Service
Rade Lane
Carl’s
Wasco Art Gallery
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Stringham’s Drug Store
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State St
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Yamaha
Black Oak Nursery
Pete Ore
Mary's Fish World
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