AAUW Bakersfield Branch Hosts March Neighborhood Coffees
The Bakersfield AAUW invites new and prospective members to a March coffee in Shafter at 650 Sunset Ave on March 28 at 8:00 p.m. Marylee H. King coordinates the events to orient new members and explain AAUW activities, with satellite branches to be discussed.
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Bakersfield
American Association of University Women
Marylee H. King
Sunset Ave
Shafter
Shafter- Wasco Coffee
King
Cunningham Testimonial Luncheon Honors Glenn Cunningham
Kiwanis clubs in Oildale and Division 33 host a March 21 1979 luncheon at Bakersfield Civic Auditorium to honor Olympic champion miler Glenn Cunningham. Known for Americanism and care for troubled youth, he speaks on sports and youth welfare. proceeds aim to cover travel and support homeless children. Tickets are $5.50 lunch included, purchasable via local stores and media contacts.
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Kiwanis Club
Oildale
Kiwanis Clubs
Glenn
Cunningham
Civic Auditorium
Bakersfield
Shafter Service Clubs
Glenn Cunningham
Oildale Veterans’ Hall
Oildale Kiwanis
Floyd's Stores
Fireside Realty
Klyd Radio
Kpwr-Tv
Wattenbarger's Hardware
Stuebbe Named Head Coach At Shafter High
Stuebbe named head football coach at Shafter High School. in his second year as assistant to Merv Huston who left in December. former McFarland head coach for three years, finishing 7-3 in final season. also head track coach and P E instructor with about 14 starters expected next year.
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Jan Stuebbe
Shafter High School
The
Ment
Neal Olsen
Stuebbe
Shafter High
Merv Huston
SHS
McFarland
Shafter
Generals
Hunter's safety class at Shafter Police Department
A hunter's safety class will be held at Shafter Police Department on Wednesday and Thursday, March 28 and 29, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The class is required for obtaining a hunting license and is free. Instructors are John Evans and David Silliman. Prizes awarded to the highest scoring student.
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Shafter Police Department
John Evans
David Silliman
Lions Turkey Shoot Set At Shafter Lions Club
The Shafter Lions Club hosts an annual turkey shoot on Sunday April 8 from 9 a.m. to sundown at Taft Highway three miles south of Shafter. Over 100 turkeys will be given away along with trap shooting, lady luck and other games. An RCA XL-100 color television and prizes from Colvard's Home Furnishings are up for grabs. Tickets cost $1 each or six for $5.
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Shafter Lions Club
Shafter
Taft Highway
Colvard
Fifth annual barbecue to assist hearing impaired
The Sth Annual Chicken Barbecue sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Organization for Deaf and Hard-of Hearing Children, to be held Sunday March 25, 1979 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Norris Road Veterans Hall Bakersfield. Businessmen of Bakersfield donated gifts for auction. Tickets cost 3.50 for adults and 1.25 for children. Proceeds fund the deaf and hard-of hearing scholarship and medical assistance. Call 832-0495 before 5:00 p.m. for information.
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Parent-Teacher Organization For
Norris Road Veterans Hall
Bakersfield
Shafter High Drama Plans Spring Play and Sports Week
Carolyn Novak notes SHS drama rehearsals for The Campbells are Coming to be staged early April with a large cast and in the round. limited seating. Sports week features golf vs Coalinga and Wasco, softball vs Delano and Garces, swimming three way meet, Taft Invitational, baseball vs Garces and Highland, and tennis at Porterville. Junior Miss prep underway with Queen’s contest May 11 and CASC Teen County Government Day coming soon.
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Shafter High
the Campbells
Andrea Neufeld
Ma Brannigan
Denice Young
Catalpa Tapp
Jenny Cole
Betty Brannigan
Laurie Lynch
Dean Florez
Robert Northam
Angelo Falcone
Jeff Baldwin
Coalinga
Buena Vista
Wasco
North Kern
Delano
Garces
East
Taft
Highland
Porterville
Shafter
SHS
CASC
Generals Boys Tennis Open Season 4-1
The Generals boast a 4-1 record after two weeks of non league play with wins over South Arvin Foothill and McFarland by close scores. Kenny Marchman remains undefeated from singles with four wins as Shafter faces Wasco for league title hopes.
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Generals
South
Arvin
Foothill
McFarland
BHS
Drillers
Kenny Marchman
Shafter
Wasco Tigers
Wasco
Paints
Rex Friesen
Ernie Lopez
Tony Primera
Mark Ricardson
Steven Wells
Bill Turk
Daryn Wood
Porterville
Richland Students Lead 1979 Kern County Music Festival
Thirty eight Richland School students prepare for the 31st annual Honor Band Chorus and Orchestra Festival at Bakersfield Civic Auditorium on March 31. Girls Elementary Honor Chorus includes twenty eight Richland students. nine Richland boys join the 97 voice Boys Elementary Honor Chorus. Guest conductors include Larry Curtis Robert Petker Philip Dodson and Lawrence Christianson with Martha Novak as festival chair.
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Richland School
Kern County
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
Richland
April’ Emberson
Gabrielle Falcone
Denise Ferguson
Heather Hamilton
Shelley Hanselman
Billie Isaac
Judy Lopez
Stephanie Lopez
Leah Meeler
Audrey Montoya
Suzette Smith
Ruth Brown
Marti Everett
Launa Ramirez
Mona Rosales
Selina Barnes
Carrie Cotton
Rynell Crow
Kerry Elliott
Elena Espericueta
Patricia Flores
Cindi Floyd
Kristi Hill
Lisha Lewis
Kara Nickelsen
Michelle Prender
Lori Robnett
Shannon Simpson
Eric Cates
Ft County
Claude .W. Richardson
Martha Novak
Larry Curtis
California State University
Long Beach
Robert Petker
Bakersfield
West High School
Philip C. Dodson
First Baptist Church of
Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Christianson
California State College, Northridge
Joye Syers
Delano
la Vone Fletcher
Union School
Cattle theft and car arson arrests in Shafter area
Deputies received a March 12 radio report of cattle theft on Magnolia Avenue near Dresser Avenue. Suspects were linked to a recovered 100 pounds of meat after blood and hair were found in a vehicle trunk. Arrests included Mark Ortiz and Edward Olvera of Wasco, with four Shafter residents later tied to robbery and burning cases.
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Shafter
Magnolia Avenue
Dresser Avenue
Mark Ortiz
Edward Olvera
Wasco
7Th Road
Central Valley
David
Tom Henry to Leave Richland as Assistant Superintendent
Tom Henry resigns as Assistant Superintendent at Richland after board approval. Board President David Carthal praises his caliber and says he has steadying influence. Henry will become Superintendent of the Big Valley Unified School District in Bieber, California, at year end.
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Tom Henry
Richland
David Carthal
Carthal
Henry
Big Valley Bieber
California
Las Joint
Sen County
Fire damages vehicle and trash container in Shafter area
A 1969 Mazda caught fire at a Fastrip Market fueling stop on March 13 causing about 300 dollars in damages. The backfire was ruled the cause and a trash container behind 1147 Weyand Way was saved. The Kern County Fire Department reported a tractor fire four miles east of the city near Phil Jeffries Farms, operated by Bobby Patterson Shafter, with smoke from the dash.
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Fastrip Market
E. Lerdo
Shafter Fire Department
Weyand Way
Kern County Fire Department
Standard
Phil Jeffries
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Scott Peterson
Kevin Richardson
Rick Leal
AAUW
Kern
Shafter Sports
Hunter’s
Lions
Turkey
S.H.S
By Carolyn Novak
Louis Bare
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Robert Wolfersberger
Panama Union School
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Richard Velarde
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Jake Martin Webb
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