Seniors Win Interclass Track Meet For Third Straight Year
The class of 1951 captures the Shafter High inter-class meet with 121% points ahead of juniors 70% sophomores 61 and freshmen 56. Senior Curtis Elkins shatters the discus record with 122 feet 11 inches and the 880 relay team of Maxwell Baze Rice Cato sets a new mark at 1 40. The B class sees the juniors win 440 relay in 47 8 and the C division features Beach and Kenny Smith with two records in pole vault and 108 hurdles.
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Shafter High School
Curtis Elkins
Olin Maxwell
Bobby Baze
Henry Rice
Paul Cato
Bill Maupin
Kyle Hill
Franklin Berman
Jim Correll
Dee Wilson
Ken
Ny Smith
Carl Beach
Beach
Longeed Smith
Baze
Catto
Maxwell
Rice
Criner
Thompson
Hamilton
Maupin
Brewer
Crawford
Brown
Vasquez
H. H.—Elkins
Anderson
Towns
L. H.towns
Cato
Crnner
Little Don Harris
Todd
Trackmen Open Season With Taft Field Meet
Shafter High thinclads prepare for a practice meet at Taft Field featuring invited schools. Coach Lowell Todd and Cecil Rhoods assess prospects across A, B, and C divisions with standout athletes like Paul Cato Olin Maxwell Henry Beach and Norman Buller aiming to boost the locals in sprints jumps and throws.
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Taft
Shafter High Regemary Thinclads
Lowell
Todd
Cecil
Dusty) Rhoods
Paul Cato
Cato
Cub Scouts Hold Annual Blue and Gold Dinner in Shafter
More than 150 gathered for Shafter Cub Scout annual Blue and Gold Dinner with Ross Adkins of Shafter High School as principal speaker. Other speakers included Delbert Hensley from Bakersfield Boy Scout HQ and Bruce Crawford of Richland School. Den mothers C. O. Gunnarson, Earl Ditmore, Robert Fleming, and Leonard Duck received awards amid a larger attendance.
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Shafter
Bert Ware
Ralph Boel
William Brown
Ruth Thompson
Annabel Thompson
Red wood stand noted in San Luis Obispo near Salmon Creek
The southernmost stand of red wood trees is located in San Luis Obispo county near Salmon Creek, marking a notable geographic boundary for the species.
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San Luis Obispo County
Salmon Creek
Love Family Finds New Home After Destructive Fire
The Love family and volunteers built a four room home on Shafter avenue after a September fire that claimed the husband and baby daughter. Mrs. Edna Love and her sons Earl and Robert moved in last Saturday with aid from Kiwanis Club members and many local donors. Special thanks extend to the Pentecostal Church of God and several local residents who contributed appliances, furniture, flooring, and services.
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Love
Shafter
Shafter Avenue
Edna Love
Earl
Robert
Knitting Club Gathers at Buttonwillow Home
The Knitting Club met at Nancy Ghilardi til home with attendees Laura Ralls Betty Lewis Patti Lewis Dorothy Montez Margaret and Anna Cauzza enjoying the weekly session.
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Buttonwillow
Nancy _Ghilardntil
Laura Ralls
Betty Lewis
Patti Lewis
Dorothy Montez
Margaret
Anna Cauzza
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Concrete Pipe CO
P. O . Box
Elkins
Maupis
Black
Self
Mixon
H. Beach
Wilson
Hinsley
Hill
Buller
Bergman
Giesbrecht
Olin “Maxwell
Magus Criner
Henry Beach
Norman Buller
Franklin Bergman
Billy Hinsley
MOTEL
Cawelo
Highway
Lerdo
Bakersfield
Buick
Fisher
Iaster
Henry J, Taylor
ABC Network
Ry Ts
D. St
A- L. DeWitte
California
Blaze
Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Monroe
Dorothy Suck
Ruth Loveless
Mr. Crawford
The
Pentecostal Church of God
Mrs. Barling
Wasco
Mr. DeWoody
North Shafter
Nation and
Walker
Schneider and Wykoff
Knitting Club
McMahan
Housek
McMahan's
Duran
Stor
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