Lions Win Charter in Ceremony at Shafter High cafeteria
More than 250 Lions and guests attended the Shafter Lions Club charter ceremony in the Shafter High School cafeteria. District Gov. F. A. Batkin presented the charter to Otto D. Handel, new club president, with Albert M. Engler as speaker and Joe MacArthur leading “America.” Wasco Lions Club sponsored Shafter, presenting an American flag and gavel. Prizes were awarded at a ham dinner before dancing, with officers Handel, Howell, Hayhurst, Neuman, Gaede, and Thompson. directors McClain, Rhoads, Pipkin, Somers. charter members listed.
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Lions
Shafter Lion's Club
Shafter High 1
F. A. Batkin
Dinuba
Otto D. Handel
Shafter Club
Albert M. Engler
Los Angeles
Wasco
Wasco Lions Club
Dave Quigley
Shafter Group
Otto B. Handel
Ralph
Kenneth A. Howell
Tom Hayhurst
Secertary
Herbert Neuman
John Gaede
Harry Thompson
Robert McClain
C. C. Rhoads
Kenneth Pipkin
Robert Somers
Maple Orchestra Joins in Festival at Aztec School
The Maple School orchestra with four partner schools, conducted by James Presley, performed in a Friday music festival at Aztec School. Participants included Jimmy Engel Phillip Johnson Roger Buller Harold Mason and Arlene Ehrhorn Helena Loewen who played duo pieces. Attendees from Maple included Ralph Gribble and Mrs Ehrhorn among others.
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MAPLE
Maple School
James Presley
Aztec School
Jimmy Engel
Phillip Johnson
Roger Buller
Harold Mason
My God
Arlene Ehrhorn
Helena Loewen
Norma Nicol
Carol Giesbrecht
Diana Strauss
Lionel Nightengale
Aztec
South Fork Union
Welden
Kernville
Ralph Gribble
Ehrhorn
Elmer Engel
Herber Loewen
Baseball Tourney Set Here Mar. 24
More than 100 boys from eight valley high schools will gather March 24 at Shafter High School for the annual Shafter Baseball Tournament. Teams from Coalinga Alpaugh Tehachapi Shafter Bakersfield East Bakersfield Delano and Taft will participate in an all day event with three diamonds in use. Play begins 8:30 a.m. and the finals are scheduled for 3 p.m. Most games are limited to seven innings or two hours except the final nine inning championship. Trophies will be awarded to the champion runner up and consolation teams.
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Valley
Shafter High School
Shafter
Coalinga
Alpaugh
Tehachupi
Bakersfield
East Bakersfield
Delano
Taft
High School
Jack
Women to Study Use of Potatoes
A home demonstration program on The Wide Use of Potatoes will be led by Miss Lois Lyman at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the home of Mrs. Jack Thompson at 356 Cross St. Dishes include meat with mashed potatoes, meat with dumplings, potato pudding, and potato cake. lunch will follow. Mrs. John Scaroni chairs the Shafter center through which Miss Lyman and Miss Dorothy Wilkinson in the farm adviser’s office are working.
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Lois Lyman
Jack Thompson
Cross St
Miss Lyman
John Scaroni
Shafter Center
Wich Miss Lyman
Dorothy Wilkinson
Vignolo Named Finance Chairman for Scouts
C. J. Ted Vignolo of Shafter, an agriculturalist, is named finance chairman for the North Kern district Boy Scouts of America. Ray Sirman said his duties cover the region including Delano Wasco Maple and Shafter.
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C. J
Ted) Vignolo
Shafter Agriculturalist
North Kern
Boy Scouts of America
Ray Sirman
Vignolo
Delano
Wasco
Maple
Shaftet
Irrigation Partial Distribution Plan Outlined
The article describes water allocation totaling 50 000 acre feet class I 19 000 acre feet class II and 54 000 acre feet pumped across a 37 528 acre district with 32 531 irrigable. Bailey explains a partial distribution system seeks agreement with western property owners to avoid canal water delivery and notes forthcoming survey and director bureau reviews to decide on an acceptable project.
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Bailey
Bureau
S-W
Five More Volunteers Join Disaster Corps
Five more volunteers enrolled with the Shafter defense council. Executive Secretary Frank Shaw announced today the new volunteers are Joseph M. Banks Richard Leslie Thomas A Potts Dr John H Revell and Ina Adkins.
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Shafter Defense Council
Frank Shaw
Joseph M. Banks
Richard Leslie
Thomas A. Potts
John H. Revell
Ina Adkins
Conservation Panel At Richland School Tuesday
An eighth grade panel in the Richland School cafeteria at 2 30 p m will discuss “Conservation, How Is It Taught in Our School” as part of a Richland PTA meeting. Officers will be elected and refreshments served during the gathering. The Salton Sea in Imperial Valley lies 244 feet below sea level.
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Richland School
Richland Parent-Teachers Association
Salton Sea
Imperial Valley
Ray's Cafe Hosts Surprise Birthday for Waitress Elsie Odle
Ray Rose the cafe owner helped arrange a surprise party for waitress Elsie Odle on Central Avenue after noon yesterday. The event included a cake and coffee as friends gathered while Odle was sent to the market for a can opener.
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Ray
Central Avenue
Ray Rose
Elsie Odle
Rose
Red Cross First Aid Classes Held at Maple
Miss Shirley Harris of Shafter High School instructs a Red Cross first aid class at Maple School held each Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Twenty four Maple residents are enrolled. Eighteen hours are required to complete the course and an examination must be passed to receive Red Cross certificates.
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Maple
Shirley. Harris
Shafter High School
Red Cross
Maple School
Cadet Program Advances with New Housing Provisions
Cadets Shafter Airport is nearly secured as a housing plan expands. Trans ocean arranges cadet housing with six weekly intakes, the county moves residents, and Bakersfield American Legion posts offer barracks as a temporary fit. Lerdo School relocates to Minter Village with a new building planned nearby. Kern Homes residents remain unaffected.
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Shafter Airport
Transocean
American Legion
Bakersfield Post 26
Minter Village
Lerdo
Kern Homes
Youths Punished In Cafe Burglary
Three teenage offenders received probation from City Judge Frank Shaw after breaking into Ray's Cafe on Central Avenue and the Richfield Service Station in Shafter last weekend. Police recovered the stolen items, including $60 from the cafe theft. The youths were reprimanded and placed on probation until July 1 with a ban on downtown loitering.
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Frank Shaw
Shafter
Ray
Central Avenue
Richfield
Colonels Lose To Bakersfield In Baseball double setback
East Bakersfield junior varsity beat Shafter Colonels 20-5 in Friday action. The Colonels then lost 6-1 at East Bakersfield on Saturday. Pitcher Robert Hamilton struck out five, while East Bakersfield fanned nine. Friday starter Stevens walked four. Lynch pitched for Shafter.
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Bakersfield
Shafter Colonels
Colonels
East Bakersfield
Shafter
Robert Hamilton
Stevens
Lynch
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Harry C. Blumkin
Elio A. Cordoni
Burley Dooley
Elliott Garrison
Clarence Heiser
James Hodges
Phillip Jeffries
Richard A. Larson
Harold FE. Miller
Gregry Malory
David M. Muir
Marvin Neuman
Paul Pilgrim
J. W. Sanderson
Edward W. Schacht
A. J. Smith
Lowell Todd
David Unruh
George Vine
Vernon Wilson
Maple Orchestra
O. D. Handel
Scouts
Disaster Corps
McClure Drug Store
McMahan
F. St
A . Aa Furniture
Hin
MOTEL
Cawelo
Highway
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