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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
9
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce lauds officers and discussion at a Wasco Drive-In meeting while announcing no Potato and Cotton Festival this year. They urge late year planning with outside help for a bigger town wide celebration next year and extend thanks to members.
Kiwanis beat Bennett’s Cafe and Mel’s Root Beer led with top team marks. Star Club posted the highest team game of 866 while Mel’s Root Beer claimed the top team series at 2367. Roger Plante led men with 202 high game and 515 high series. Cappy Chilla led women with 174 high game and 468 series. Kay Plante aided Mel’s Root Beer with a 3 10 split.
Jim Sadler of Team No 2 rolled 160 for high game and 453 series to lead the Pacific Yeast League men. June McDonald of Team No 1 posted 123 for high women game and Ofelia Rosales of Team No 2 had 321 series for high.
Friday Mixed League results show Dee's Bar- team Modern Barber Shop posting a high series of 1515. Ray Meyer led men with 189 and Pat Meyer topped women with 167. Bill Waits 469 for men and Pat Meyer 432 for women were noted. Ow Taxi Boys and Schneider Wikoff had team and individual marks with highs for Al Urranqui 202 and Harry Mayes 559. Bea Adamson led women with 460. Birthday notes mention Tamas and Gene in a dinner event.
A fragmentary line reads like a money note and cent figure with stray letters and symbols. The readable bits hint at a pricing anomaly or crowd memory of a coin’s value though the full context remains unclear. The snippet preserves a dated newspaper flavor and small economic cue.
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