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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
8
Shafter wins a South Sequoia League game 7 6 after a seventh inning rally. Benny West pitched a four hit gem for the victory. Wasco led 2 0 and 6 3 before Shafter's final two frames produced the decisive run and the winner.
The Shafter High Generals defeated McFarland 11 9 in a non league baseball game. Vaughn Taylor went 3 for 4, Richard Warneke scored once, and Roy Flores earned the win with 6 1 3 innings pitched. Donnie Campbell led McFarland with a 3 for 4 line and four stolen bases. The Generals rise to 5 3 while McFarland falls to 3 6. They host Garces at 3 30 p m Saturday.
The first annual inter class meet at Shafter High School featured standout performances. Whicker and Taylor tied for 100 and 75 yard dashes, Contreras claimed the 440 in 1 09, Radford won the broad jump at 17 feet 1 inch and joined the winning 880 relay squad.
Wasco junior varsity defeated Shafter 10 to 7 after a five run third inning. Carpenter hit a grand slam and Gentry added two singles while Windel Heck took the loss. Shafter had led 5-2 early before Wasco rallied to take control and drop the Colonels to 3-5 on the season.
Delano swept Shafter in three classes. Class A Delano 56 29. Class B Delano 70 15. Girls 39 29. Standouts included Hall Sprague Proctor and Re gan for Delano with Peters leading Shafter in the girls medley and backstroke.
The Sanger track team led a 17 team Wasco Relay meet with top finishes across classes A B and C. Shafter Lemoore and Fowler set nine new records including Shafter in C 360 low hurdles and 225 yard relay. Bradford led pole vault with 12 feet.
Shafter defeated Delano 3-2 with singles wins by Gary Wilson Leonard Duck and Leroy Simpson. Wasco won both doubles as Shafter moved to 1-1 in South Yosemite League play and was set to face Taft next.
Lou Bridges of Buttonwillow purchased McClure’s Drug Store in Shafter and will rename it Central Pharmacy. McClure plans to remain in Shafter and run other stores in Wasco and Bakersfield as Bridges expands the Shafter location and enlarges the prescription department.
The Shafter tennis team fought to a 2-2 draw with McFarland on Shafter courts. Leroy Simpson beat Stanley Scott 6-1 6-4, and Leonard Duck won over Floyd Reynolds 6-4 8-6. Shafter next faces Taft in a South Yosemite League match.
Don Ruggenberg announces relocation of his public accounting offices from James street to the O and R building at 560 Central Avenue. The building will also house the offices of Phil John Dave Peter and Greg Channeson. Open house will be Sunday afternoon.
Home with his parents at 575 Tulare avenue Bert P Fuller son of Mr and Mrs John H Fuller graduates from Stanford University with a bachelor of science in business administration He is a 1950 Shafter high school graduate whose education was interrupted for two years by service in the armed forces.
Bank of America in Shafter will install a new air conditioning system before the hot season. Manager P C Clarkin said a contract was awarded, with completion in about six weeks and an estimated cost near 16000 dollars. The system includes attic condensing unit duct heater supply ducts and fans with a roof mounted cooling tower. Return air will exit through the rear wall and a reduction in cooling load will be added. Temperature aims are a 20 degree drop on hot days and a 70 to 72 degree winter setting.
More than 24,000 U.S. towns and cities receive and deliver all mail by motor truck, reflecting a nationwide shift in postal logistics and service delivery methods.
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