Winter Harness Racers Prepare for Arcadia Season Start
The 1954 harness racing season nears as over 500 trotters and pacers train in Del Mar and Arcadia. Trainers including Fitzpatrick, O Brien, Rodman, and Butterworth prep horses for Santa Anita and the New York and Midwest circuits. Notable runners such as Knight Abbe and Darn Flashy lead winter conditioning ahead of open racing at Santa Anita Park.
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Arcadia
Santa Anita Park
Santta Anita
del Mar
Hollywood Park
Santa Anita
Harry
Jimmy Fitzpatrick
Big Shively
Joe O'Brien
Jake Rodman
Bill Lowen
Buck Minnicar
Car Scott
Stan Adams
Russell Valles Key
George Butterworth
Paul Ceitleburg
Frerett Osborn
Buck Norris
George Rattenbury
Harry Burright
Leon Canton
Jim Hackler
Clyde Tisher
Ray Gillian
Plarold Wilson
War Chief
Charles Coburn
Knight Abbe
Rodman
Ranning North
Pacific Fleet duty for Robert L. Martin aboard USS Paul
Robert L. Martin son of Mr and Mrs Dick Martin reported for duty with the US Pacific Fleet aboard the heavy cruiser USS Paul last month. The ship is undergoing overhaul and repair at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after returning from a third tour in Korean waters.
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Pacific
Robert L. Martin
Dick Martin
Neereg
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Victory Drive For Hospital Said Success
Construction of the Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is assured, Ralph Smith announced at a Bakersfield report meeting. The 100 bed community hospital will serve Bakersfield Shafter and nearby areas with federal grants totaling over 1 million dollars contingent on local funding. volunteers urged completing solicitations and reporting returns.
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Greater
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Ralph Smith
Victory Campaign For Building Funds
Hotel el Tejon
Bakersfield
Memorial Hospital
Shafter
Smith
Allen E. Osborn Wins Promotion in Service
Mr and Mrs S L Osborn of Shatter Avenue report their son Allen B E Osborn 21 has been promoted to private first class before entering the army.
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Allen E. Osborn
S. L. Osborn
Shatter Avenue
Allen BE. Osborn
Os- Weckine Co
Housing Values and Bank Debits Highlight Shafter Data
The article notes 1953 home values in Shafter at 458 500 with 1 118 915 total building value. Shafter ranks fourth in Kern county with 116 mercantile businesses. Bank debits over seven years show totals from 1947 to 1953 ranging from 107 5 million to 203 6 million, with 1953 at 170 5 million.
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Shafter
Hofman
Kern County
Arizona Family Visits Westbrooks
Visiting recently with Mr and Mrs John Westbrook at 433 Gibson Lane were her sister and family Mr and Mrs Jack Crouch with Jan and Mary formerly of Shafter en route to a new home in L Casa Grande Arizona A third daughter Joy will continue her high school senior year in Atascadero living with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Charlie Crouch Other visitors during the weekend were Mrs Dora Rodgers Mr and Mrs Tay Rodgers Mr and Mrs Fred Gibson and family and family of Bakersfield
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John Westbrook
Gibson Lane
Jack Crouch
Jan
Mary
Shafter
L'Casa Grande
Ariz
Joy
Red Cross Seeks One Dollar Memberships Aboard Calls
Residential Workers Working as volunteers in the Red Cross residential division under Chairman Mrs Whitson list members Alberta Prendergast Mrs Bob Gates Jane McClain Ruth Bann Polly Witcher Helen Ruggenberg Irene Parker Irene Tillman Mrs Leonard Duck Harriet Maston Mrs Arthur Hemingson Mrs Tom Rootes Mrs Wesley Gorsching Mrs Tom Wayhurst Mrs Jack Stepp Mrs Ruth Searcy Mrs H C Freedman Mrs Peter Buller Mrs George Vine Mrs Donald Christensen Mrs W C Northam Mrs Milton Koop Mrs Elmer Eckert Mrs Clarence Heiser Mrs Ray Fast Mrs Earl Wipf Mrs George H Grundy Mrs H C Hight and Bess Leach.
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Red Cross
Whitson
Tellowine
Alberta
Prendergast
Bob Gates
Jane McClain
Ruth Bann
Polly Witcher
Helen Ruggenberg
Irene Parker
Irene Tillman
Leonard Duck
Arthur Hemingson
Tom Rootes
Wesley Gorsching
Tom Wayhurst
Jack Stepp
Ruth Searcy
H. C. Freedman
Peter Buller
George Vine
Donald Christensen
W. C. Northam
Milton Koop
Elmer Eckert
Clarence Heiser
Ray Fast
Earl Wipf
George H. Grundy
H. C. Hight
Bess Leach
Wizard of Oz skit staged by Cub Scout Pack 13
A Den Three skit titled Wizard of Oz was performed at Monday night’s Richland Cafeteria meeting of Cub Scout Pack 13. Packmaster A G Whitson introduced the production directed by Mrs Whitson and Mrs Thomas King with King serving as narrator and a cast including Raydon Fortenberry Michael Crafton Alan Taylor George King Marlen Witcher Steve Owen Charles Schultz and Jimmy Whitson. Awards for achievement were presented to George King Steve Owen Kerbie Jacobson Corkie Parrett Reg Hammond and Sidney Graves.
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den Three
Cub Scout Pack 13
Richland
A. G. Whitson
Whitson
Thomas King
King
Raydon Fortenberry
Michael Crafton
Alan Taylor
George King
Marlen Witcher
Steve Owen
Charles Schultz
Jimmy Whitson
Kerbie Jacobson
Corkie Parrett
Reg Hammond
Sidney Graves
Shafter High Tennis Teams Prep for Three Matches This Week
Fortified by a 4-0 boys win over Taft, Shafter High School tennis faces three games this week. East Bakersfield boys played Shafter here Tuesday, while Shafter girls traveled to Taft yesterday. Tomorrow the girls meet Arvin, the Arvin boys visit Shafter, and Saturday both teams host Tulare raqueteers at Shafter High.
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Shafter High School
East Bakersfield
Shafterites
Shafter
Taft
Arvin
Shafter High
Tulare Raqueteers
E.B
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