Shafter Festival nears with Junior Miss Jill Ryan event
Pat Bryant notes April 4 as 9 1 1 Appreciation Week and highlights Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival on May 16 17 with California Junior Miss Jill Ryan. The piece urges community participation through the Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture as residents plan booths and activities for a busy two day festival.
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Shafter
California
Jill Ryan
Smree
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
City Council Hears Skateboard Ramp Views In Shafter
A full house at Shafter City Council denounced and discussed skateboard ramps within city limits. The meeting honored Pgh employee David Trout for 60 years of service and proclaimed 9 1 1 Appreciation Week.
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Shafter City Council
Johnny Thomas
Marland Hiebert
Don Zachary
Cathy Prout
Verl Nash
Pgh
David Trout
Shafter Public Works Department
Shafter
Zachary
Trout
Rod Tidwell
Kern County Teen Challenge
Tom
Patti Thomas
Kim Ping
Turner
Ryan Gladden
Roman Hernandez
Brian Thomas
Brandon Thomas
Jim Kelley
Jeff Mettler
Garry Nelson
Barbara Gladden
Steve Mann
Jerry Patterson
Patterson
Nash
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Mickey Gladden
SRPD
Virginia Beach
Uplands
Weather Notes From A Wintery Week Petitions
The report lists days from Tuesday March 17 to Monday March 23. It notes last week lacked ice or snow records but weather appeared winterlike in the area.
Shafter May Festival to Expand Two Day Muster
State sanctioned muster in Shafter area 19 Hotton discussed to expand two day festival May 16 17. Event to include parade street fair booths downtown and Stringham Park plus deep pit barbecue and Boy Scout pancake breakfasts in Veterans Hall. Volunteers from local civic groups entertain and organize with parade and carnival details under Shafter Historical Society and American Legion Post 213 guidance.
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Veterans Hall
David Zachary
Shafter
Stringham Park
Lesa Kabrich
Elida Capilla
Kabrich
Capilla
Gloria Boggs
Conley to attend president's dinner in Kern County
The 26th annual Chamber Presidents Dinner, hosted by Kern County Board of Trade and Southern California Gas Co, will showcase nearly two dozen Kern County communities. Dwight Ensor, newly appointed Kern District manager, will host at Stockdale Country Club as leaders from chambers of commerce exchange ideas and promote unity for regional economic growth. See Chamber on page 9A.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
Southern California Gas Company
Chambers of Commerce
Kern
Stockdale Country
Dwight Ensor
100th Birthday Celebration For Friedrich Schnaidt
The article notes Friedrich Schnaidt’s long life ending with his 100th birthday celebration in retirement since 1937. Attending with family were daughter Olive Mettler and relatives including Alvin and Kenneth Mettler, Lena Mettler, and Ammands and Davie Mettler, plus Ben Stoller and Edwin Preszler. The piece mentions Magdelena, his wife of nearly seventy years, who died in 1980.
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Friedrich Schnaidt
Magdelena
Olive Mettler
Mr. Schnaidt
Alvin Shafter
Menos Mettler
la Jolla
Kenneth Mettler
Ammands
Davie Mettler
Walnut Creek
Kenneth
Betty Mettler
Marion Mettler
Olive
Alvin Mettler
Trent
David
Amands Mettler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pat Bryant
Council
Bakersfield
Thomas Imup
Hiebert
Zachary Aged Hernandez
Wade McKinney
Srpdoe Leopold
Southern Company
Western Engine Distributors
Swift
Dennis Atkinson
City Public Works
John Guinn
Mor
John,Sloas
Leon Morgan
American Legion Post 213
Shafter Woman’s Club
Conley
Susan Valdez
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