Miller’s 15th club costs him the 1976 World Series of Golf
The 29-year-old Johnny Miller discovered his golf bag held 15 clubs at Firestone. He reported the violation under USGA rule 3-1, accepting a four-stroke penalty per round. The extra club was a child's putter, made by Miller for his six-year-old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Aurandt
Johnny Miller
Firestone Country Club
Akron
Ohio
Johnny
USGA
Association Oficial
Miller
Walt Disney Film Festival Comes to Shafter This Summer
The Shafter Recreation and Park District announces a Walt Disney Film Festival at the Shafter Veterans Hall 301 California Ave with four classic Disney films Pete's Dragon The Black Hole Winnie the Pooh and 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea shown on Fridays July 6 July 90 August 13 and August 37 starting at 10 00 am Each film is a separate date with tickets 50 for children and free for adults accompanying a paying child Information at the Recreation District Office 505 Sunset Ave or 746 3303
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Shafter
California Ave
Mike Kelly
Recreation District
Sunset. Ave
Federal agency seeks homes for low cost energy saving campaigns
The Community Energy Project of ACTION invites communities and counties to mobilize residents for low cost and no cost energy conservation in homes. Up to 10000 for communities and 20000 for counties will fund short term campaigns running through September 1983. The project emphasizes workshops, volunteer training, discounts on weatherization, and partnerships with local groups to cut home energy costs.
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Community Energy Project of
National Volunteer Ag
Community Energy Project
Michael Venuto
Venuto
Mass
Fitchburg
Action
CEP
Eye Med
Action As
National Volunteer Agency
Vietnam Veterans
Metro
Washington, DC
Connecticut Ave
N.W
The Way We Were by Jeanette Wheeler
A compact retrospective recalls local events from 1952 to 1977 in Shafter Buttonwillow and Richland. Notable items include university education surveys, DMV site discussions, council bids, Fourth of July funds for a community band, staff changes at Shafter High, a drowning fatality near Buttonwillow, budget deliberations, landfill opening, and summer recreation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd N. Morrisett
University of California At
Los Angeles
Richland School
Department of Motor Vehicles
Shafter
E. Keith Ball
DMV
Tion
Dicco Company
Manuel Avenue
Lerdo
Tulare
Harold Corrie
Shafter High School
Arthur Johnson
South High School
Louis Villanueva
Canoga Park
Tony Rodriguez
Buttonwillow
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Clara Schnidt
Emil
Jack) Frost
Union Oil Company
Interstate 5
Shafter Wasco
Rogers named to Muni Court bench
Attorney Walter D. Rogers has been named to the Mr. Diablo Municipal Court bench. He is married to Mary Ann DeVincenzo of rural Shafter and lives in Concord with his wife and children Ann and Mike. He will be sworn in early July after winding up current cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Rogers
Mary Ann DeVincenzo
John DeVincenzo
Shafter
Diablo
Rogers
Antioch
Rockwell, Rogers and Thomas
Concord
Ann
Mike
University of California
U.C
Boalt Hall
Alameda
Class of 1962 holds reunion at Rodeway Inn
On Saturday June 4 the Shafter High School Class of 1962 gathered for a twentieth anniversary reunion at the Rodeway Inn. About 65 classmates and spouses attended, totaling around 123 people, with organizers noting enhanced aging yet familiar faces and a unique photo name tag swap from Laurion. Mary Schmidt Packard and Pam Nixon organized, with Packard traveling from Wyoming and Nixon sharing memories of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wheeler
Rodeway Inn
Shafter High School
Pam Nixon
East Coast
Mary Schmidt Packard
Mavericks announce events for single adults in Kern County
Mavericks Association invites single adults from Shafter and other Kern County cities to three July events. Dances on July 9 and 23 at Dante Hall Bakersfield run 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission 2.50 members 4.50 guests. Live music. July 17 theatre party at Harvey Auditorium BCLOA Sound of Music. Call 871-4937 for theatre party and 871-6996 for other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kern County
Mavericks Association
Dante Hall
Wilson Road
Bakersfield
Mavericks
BCLOA
Sound of Music
Harvey Auditorium
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ARS
Tovars
Rice
Central Ave
Federal
Jeanette Wheeler
Richland
Board of Trustees
Austin J. Hunter
Migrant Program
USA
Wasco
Shafer Office Supply
Seventh Street
Downtown Plaza
Tronics Marketing Corporation
Wally
Ross
Muni Court
Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association
American and
Contra Costa Bar Associations
California Trial Lawyers Association
Concord Tennis Club
The
Contra Costa Legal Service Foundation
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
Lincoln Law School
San Francisco
Shatter Press
O Bing
Shatter
Shatter Homes
Wyoming
Laurion
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