Lions Plan Hollywood Radio Party at Vet Hall
Shafter Lions Club schedules a Hollywood Radio Party for April 15 at Welscie Memorial Hall. The two and a half hour show includes audience participation, stunts, and comedy directed by Lars Webster Pierce with involvement of Art Linkletter’s transcribed opening. Prizes include items from Queen For A Day and Bride and Groom.
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Hollywood
Vet Hall
Shafter Lions Club
Welscaie Memorial Hall
Jack Stepp
Lars Webster Pierce
Memorial Hall
Tom Breneman
Swami
Carl
Houdini
John Nelson
Art Linkletter
Jack Bailey
Difficult Year Seen for Culex Mosquitoes in 1953
A local official predicts a difficult season for the Culex mosquitoes in 1953 due to an unusually mild winter. The report notes many overwintering females survive and lay early eggs, but cites a new larvicide improving control. Residents are urged to remove standing water to aid efforts and prevent outbreaks.
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Central
California
Epn
Scouts from Shafter area plan National Jamboree attendance
The Shafter area rosters 23 Boy Scouts headed to the National Jamboree at Irvine Ranch near Balboa in summer. Leaders Leonard Johnson Fred Mason Bill Siemens and Dr Leonard Duck will join. Maple Troop Six scouts Rex Tudor Jerry Heiser Harvey Stone Lions Troop 903 with seven scouts Donald Trout Leonard Duck Mike Steele Larry Mullins Bonner Beel Mike Brown Glen Putman Rotary Troop 53 seven scouts Gordon Pipkin Gerald Bender David Cunningham Mike Panero Clarence Neufeld Arleigh Johnson Howard Duck will also attend. A 25 member audience watched Valley Forge Jamboree film at Scout Hall. Nearby events include an overnight campout Mar 14 at Richland diamond and trips to California Hot Springs Mar 28 29 and a spring campout Apr 18 19 at Jim Beard ranch Glennville.
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Shafter Area
Irvine Ranch
Balboa
Leonard Johnson
Fred Mason
Bill Siemens
Leonard Duck
Maple
Billy
Wayne Siemens
Don
Willard Neufeld
Larry Balzer
Don Isaac
Kiwanis
Rex Tudor
Jerry Heiser
Harvey Stone
Lions Troop 903
Donald Trout
Mike Steele
Larry Mullins
Bonner Beel
Mike Brown
Glen Putman
Gordon Pipkin
Gerald Bender
David Cunningham
Mike Panero
Clarence Neufeld
Arleigh Johnson
Howard Duck
Rotary Troop 53
Valley Forge
Bakersfield
Shafter
Rex Cunningham
E. F. Bender
Fred Hasty
T. N. Anderson
Green Bar Patrol
Richland
California Hot Springs
Jim Beard Ranch
Glennville
Wildwood Group Plans New Square Dance Club
A new square dance club forms in Wildwood community at the school house on Jerry Slough. The first dance occurred Friday evening with a potluck supper. Mrs. Frances Selvidge leads the folk dancing and invites teens and young people to join.
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Buttonwillow
Wildwood
Jerry Slough
Frances Selvidge
Sixth Grade Talent Show Features Music and Comedy
Sixth graders at Richland School held a talent show at Veterans Memorial Hall last Monday, with acts from rooms 15 through 21. Performances included singing, tumbling, musical selections, tap dance, duets, original songs, pantomime, and various group musical numbers directed by Jaye Hamlin as announcer and with Doris Grainger and Eldon Riddle serving as masters of ceremonies.
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Richland School
Veterans Memorial Hall
Ross Harrington
Donna Morris
Beverly Tatum
Angie Robinson
Karen Vannatta
Darrell Barnes
Kenny Burch
Verlin Misener
Lloyd Nanney
James Sephus
Roger Becker
Charles Young
Bill Thompson
Carl Castell
Michael Panero
Bruce Branner
Bonnie Higgins
Bonnie Johnson
Dolly
Noel Wilson
Oscar Little
Danny Ballard
Tommy Colvard
Jaye Hamlin
Dorsey
Ronnie Truex
Michael Gibson
Billy Pressley
Harlan Rees
Teddy New
Mary Helen Vasquez
Dwaine Mahan
Cecil Walton
Frankie Wicker
Doris Grainger
Wasco A Squad Wins Buttonwillow Lions Club Tournament
Buttonwillow Lions Club hosts fifth annual elementary tournament with Wasco A beating Taft B for the title Wasco A coached by Ingwer Kettelsen Taft B led by Wendell Zabel Trophies awarded by Lions Club president Howard Jeffries Lunch served in school cafeteria with helpers Hazel Lake Ann Garner Zada Parker Nellie Ralls George Parker chaired by first VP and assisted by Allen Bottorff Nelson Lewis Marty Becker Officials Kenny Ringsdorf Bill Murphy guest officials Joseph Norris John L Peterson Richland School District event held at Buttonwillow Elementary
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Buttonwillow
Lions Club
Taft A
Wasco
Rio Bravo
Belridge
Rosedale
Lost Hills
Howard Jeffries
Ingwer Kettelsen
Wendell Zabel
Lincoln School
Hazel Lake
Ann Garner
Zada Parker
Nellie Ralls
George
Thompson to Hold Spring Barbecue at Shafter High
Jack Thompson will serve as general chairman for the spring barbecue on Apr. 9 in connection with the Shafter High School Parent Teachers Association. The executive board says Jack Siemens will handle food and Grant Jensen the arrangements. Mrs. John Hanson will oversee potholder sales.
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Jack Thompson
Parent-Teachers Association
Shafter High School
Jack Siemens
Grant Jensen
John Hanson
Junior Ball Carnival Set At Lakeside
Kernby Municipal Athletic Association announces the second annual junior ball carnival at Lakeside School. Rulon Keetch president and Don Driggs Recreation chief lead planning. Event runs Saturday from 9 am with American League A and B finals, National League 12 30 to 4 pm, box lunches available at 11 and 1. Thirteen schools send A and B teams across American and National leagues.
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Kernby Municipal Athletic Association
Lakeside School
Rulon Keetch
Don Driggs
Bakersfield Recreation Department
Buttonwillow
Develo
Arvin Standard
Beardsley
Wasco
Bakersfield
Belridge
Fairfax
Lost Hills
Fruitvale
Kernville
Teshachapi
Richland School PE Program Praised by State Officials
The Richland School physical education program received statewide praise as the site for a county-wide conference. Genevieve Dexter, state PE consultant, directed the event with Louis Leon from the county office assisting. Roy Farrell outlined program practices at the Shafter school.
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Richland School
State Department of Education
Genevieve Dexter
Louis Leon
Moorhead Planetarium Owned by UNC Stands Alone
The Moorhead planetarium at Chapel Hill North Carolina is the only planetarium in the United States owned by a university the University of North Carolina.
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Moorhead Planetarium
Chapel Hill
N.C
University
The
University of North Carolina
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