Mocker's Dodges Narrow Gap With League Leader
Mocker's won two games to one against Wittenberg's Tuesday night to pull within half a game of the league lead. Wittenberg's swept the series 1515 pins and 857 singles as Glenn Unruh totaled 560 and Harry Mayes 214 to lead individual scorers. Other 500 Club members included Mayes 557 Bennett 509 Pace 526 Holmes 532 Hughes 500 Manis 506 Reeves 532.
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Wittenberg
Mocker
Shafter Press
West
American Legion
Shafter Firemen
Central Hardware
Ing Agriform
Firemen
Teac
Agriform
Legion
Wittenberg’s
Glenn Unruh
Harry Mayes
Mayes
Gordon Bennett
Roy Pace
Tiny Holmes
Jack Hughes
Dick Manis
Les Reeves
Funeral Service for Manuel H. Rios
Funeral services were held Monday for Manuel H. Rios 41 a former deputy constable in the Mexican Colony who died Saturday in Kern General Hospital after battling cancer and tuberculosis. A resident for 12 years he was a farm labor contractor. Armstro ng Mortuary arranged the rites with Rev. Patrick Brestin officiating Survivors include wife Consuelo a son Arthur and four daughters Nattie Cortez Marie Rosie and Geneva Rios
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Manuel H. Rios
Rios
Kern General Hospital
Armstrong Mortuary
Patrick ‘Brestin
Consuelo
Arthur
Nattie Cortez
Marie
Rosie
Geneva Rios
Funeral Rites Held For Buttonwillow Girl Paulette Parish
Funeral services for eight year old Paulette Parish of Buttonwillow were conducted at Green Lawn Funeral Home. Daughter of Claude and Mrs. Parish she is survived by a brother Freddie and five sisters. Interment followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Born September 22 1944 in Tuckerman Arkansas she died March 11 1953. Pallbearers named Melvin Schmidt Marvin Jones Oscar Richards Cleo Brannon Jack Hedrick and Bill Zanola.
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Melvin Schmidt
Marvin Jones
Oscar Richards
Cleo Brannon
Jack Hedrick
Bill Zanola
Girls Glee Club Tops Taft Music Festival
The Girls Glee club won first place at Taft Festival sponsored by the California Music Educators Association. The Boys Glee finished third while judges praised the girls group for superior tone, intonation, diction, and artistic impact.
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Girls Glee Club
Taft
Buttonwillow
California Music Educator's Association
Interior Decorator Will Address S-W Art Fanciers
Robert V. Doyle, Bakersfield interior decorator, will speak at 8 p.m. Monday in Richland Cafeteria at a Shafter-Wasco Art Association meeting. He trains in Los Angeles and Hollywood, teaches courses in Bakersfield and Wasco, and is connected with Barker Brothers. Special guests include Tess Norris and members of local clubs. Public invited, admission is free.
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Robert V. Doyle
Bakersfield
Interior Decorator
Richland
Shafter-Wasco Art Association
Doyle
Barker Brothers
Bakersfield College
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Ora Allender
Lowell. Todd
George Starrh
Vivian McKittrick
Wasco
Tess. Norris
Shafter High School
Shafter High
Smith Smashes Track Record In Shafter High Meet
Kenny Smith set a new B class 70 yard high hurdles mark at 9.7 seconds as Shafter High dominated, seniors winning easily with 151 points to 82 for juniors and 119 for sophomores. Freshmen took 110. Another record fell as the freshmen relay 440 clocked 9 tenths under the 51.6 second standard. Charlie Ellis won the 220 yard dash in a major upset.
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Shafter’ High School
Kenny Smith
Jim Broom
Gene Wishon
Bill Hinsley
John Notley
Charlie Ellis
Spudmen Advocates Promotion as Potato Week Nears
The Kern County potato group moves ahead with plans for California Potato Week in mid May after a one year delay due to price controls. Willoughby urged concentrated advertising to put Kern potatoes on the map while warning of competition from rice and pasta. The group also fixed its annual meeting date for the second Tuesday in December.
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California
Wilkes
Kern County
Idaho
Willoughby
West
Patterson
Don Maupin
Spedmen
Kindergarten Specialist Leads Kern County Parent Conferences
Nina Jorstad a kindergarten consultant for the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office led a county wide meeting at Richland Primary School on Tuesday afternoon. Kindergarten teachers from across Kern County attended to discuss parent conferences.
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Nina Jorstad
Kern County
Superintendent of Schools Office
Richland
Richland School faces crowding with rising student numbers
The article notes population growth at Richland School, predicting overcrowded upper grades on the main campus over the next two years unless new classrooms are found. It also signals a planned future campus on the high school side of the tracks to accommodate community growth.
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Richland School
Buttonwillow Area Personal News and Visits
Local residents report visits and travels among Buttonwillow families. Tom Letizia and Edith Demott spent weekends with relatives in Fresno and Los Angeles. Kay Ringsdorff tours Iowa to visit parents for six weeks. Club and church members host gatherings in Buttonwillow and Shafter, while others attend district events in Fresno and Bakersfield.
Girl Loses Gift as Pup Disappears From New Home
Elaine Jones six, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Jones of Walnut Street, received a two month old golden blonde Cocker Spaniel puppy for her birthday two weeks ago. The dog is missing since Saturday. a reward is offered for its location and the family asks anyone with information to call 9002.
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Elaine Jones
Raymond Jones
Walnut St
Elaine
Pioneer Valley matron Edna Fitzsimons Dies at 64
Edna Fitzsimons 64 longtime San Joaquin Valley pioneer dies at home 243 Pacific St Shafter after a 12 year residency. Services held in Dinuba this afternoon. She is survived by husband Frank two sons Richard of Oxnard and Kenneth of Van Nuys. Armstrong Mortuary handled arrangements.
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Edna Fitzimmons
San Joaquin Valley
Tulare County
Shafter
Fitzimmons
Pacific St
Dinuba
Frank
Richard
Oxnard
Kenneth
Van
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