3 Girls Win Honors at Local Talent Show
Three girls Willia Mae Badgett Loretta Becker Leola Engle and Nancy McDonald plus Jerry Sanger won honors at a local talent show. Intermission prizes donated by Shafter merchants were awarded from raffle tickets. Junior class officers led the event with Jerry Johns as president and other officers named. faculty advisors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willia Mae Badgett
Loretta Becker
Leola Engle
Nancy McDonald
Jerry Sanger
Shafter
Jerry Johns
Robert Merz
Vida Useltom
Jean Anderson
Joyce McNew
Yell
Thomas’ Letizia
Ruth Hilbert
Elizabeth 5
Wesley Linda
Tomy
Elliott
Two Deputies Serve Shafter Area
An item in the last issue of the Press notes the appointment of L. Clayton Wikoff as deputy coroner. The Shafter area is now served by two deputy coroners, the other being Rem Bristow, owner and manager of Shafter Funeral Home. Wikoff is the new manager at Flickinger-Janzen Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Clayton Wikoff
Shafter
Rem Bristow
Shafter Funeral Home
Wikoff
Flickinger-Janzen Mortuary
Local Teacher Wins Northwestern University Summer Scholarship
Shafter High School teacher Joe Bruner has earned a six week summer scholarship to Northwestern University funded by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Southern California. The grant covers tuition fees traveling and living costs and allows the Bruner family to travel East living in a house trailer while he takes a course on the marctic problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bruner
Northwestern University
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
Southern California
Bruner
Shafter High School
Ohio
Bruners
Committees Named for Rodeo at Shafter Potato Festival
Ed DeMello announces the selection of 20 30 Club committees to stage a rodeo as part of the Shafter Potato Festival. Members chosen at a recent board meeting include Merwin Schirmer, Robert Mettler, and others overseeing rodeo, tickets, parking, policing, gate, finance, visitation and publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Ed DeMello
DeMello
Rodeo
Merwin Schirmer
Robert Mettler
Marvin Weidenbach
Richard Larsen
Charles Klassen
Harry Thompson
Harry Blumkin
Elmer Anderson
O. D. Handel
Howard Ferguson
Elmer Mettler
Thompson
Merton Weidman
Bennie Peters
Blumkin
Jim Moquist
Tom Hayhurst
Henry Howell
Tom Letizia
Marvin Lane
William Neessen
Lowell Todd
Peters
Dusty
Wiens Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary in Kansas
Mr. and Mrs. John Wiens and daughter Barbara returned from Hillsboro Kansas where they attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Siemens. A 250 guest church reception followed a Mennonite Brethren service with musical performances by the Wiens family and a local quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wiens
Barbara
Hillsboro
Kansas
Siemens
George Hiebert
Shafter
Downey
Calif
Tabor College
California
Bake Sale Planned by Cc E Group at Shafter Church
The Christian Endeavor group of Shafter First Mennonite Church schedules a bake sale for Saturday April 2 in front of the P O Market on James Street starting at 9 30 a m A cake raffle will accompany the sale of baked items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Group
Shafter First Mennonite Church
P. O. Market
James Street
Under the Raised Eyebrow: Bakersfield Talent Show Odds and Ends
A Bakersfield column recaps a Friday high school Talent Show with judges including Horwith and Bill Elliott. Winners listed include The Girls Glee Club and The Can-Can dancers. the piece notes missteps, audience reactions, neon church signs, and local rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Bill Elliott
Teen Age Dance Draws Large Local Crowd
A large crowd of about 127 attended a teen age dance sponsored by Leslie L. Robinson Post 218 American Legion at the Woman's Club House. Glyn Scales won a leather picnic case door prize. cakes were provided by Rem Bristow. the event featured Bill Earley and his orchestra with Betty Barter, and Bill Elliott from KERO performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie L. Robinson
American Legion
Woman's Club
C. G. Ohlsson
Glyn Scales
Rem. Bristow
Shafter Funeral Home
Bill Earley
Betty Barter
Bill Elliott
KERO
Bakersfield
Three Dental Essay Winners Named at Shafter High
Results of a dental essay contest at Shafter High School announced last week awarded top honors to Jerry Mixon Gwen Hall and George Tidwell. Mixon won first prize a carton of toothpaste and a Parker 51 pencil with second prize going to a junior who received a Parker 51 pencil. Tidwell took third prize five boxes of toothpaste with honorable mentions going to Bonnie Bender Robert Merz Mildred Kastner Joan Gardner and Anna Faye Duggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Jerry Mixon
Gwen Hall
George Tidwell
Mixon
J. H. Revell
Shafter
Bonnie Bender
Robert Merz
Mildred Kastner
Joan Gardner
Anna Faye Duggan
Boy Scout Troop 83 Talent Night Lights Up Meeting
Boy Scout Troop No. 83 hosted a talent night after its regular meeting at the Boy Scout Building Tuesday night. Performances included piano by Dave Muir and Larry Jenkins, trumpet solos by Dick Kirkham Max Tudor and Garry Weyand, guitar by Bobby Reeves, a Barber Shop Quartet featuring Jim Youell Rolf Jacobsen Jr Dick Kirkham Ivon Bartel singing An Old Beer Bottle, The Skater's Waltz on clarinet by Russell Hardin, and a comedy act by Muir and Bartel. Scoutmaster Jake Siemens closed with Loch Lomond on harmonica and the Benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Boy Scout Building
Dave Muir
Larry Jenkins
Dick Kirkham
Max Tudor
Garry Weyand
Bobby Reeves
Jim Youell
Rolf Jacobsen
Ivon Bartel
Russell Hardin
Jake Siemens
Jackson Family Returns After Mrs Viola Passes
Mr and Mrs Jim Jackson and family returned to Shafter Sunday from Los Angeles after being called there by the passing of his mother Mrs Viola. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 11 00 am in Santa Monica and burial also took place there. Mrs Mitchell was well known in Shafter having visited here frequently in the home of her son. Jackson is employed at the Dial Cleaners in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Jackson
Shafter
Los Angeles
Viola
Santa Monica
Mitchell
Jackson
Dial Cleaners
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F. A. Ruhlman
Cal Elmer Biloff
Ben Grundy
Cruise
Alaska
Europe
New York
Mexico
South America
Hawaii
Africa
World Wide Airline & Steamship Co
Lambourne Travel Service
Finance & Thrift CO
RY Interest CO
Chester Ave
Bakersfield Ice Moscom—Megr
Dlano
Hanford
Porterville
Tulare
Visalia
Wiens
Cc. E. Group
Bake Sale
Marvair
CIE Gear Works, Inc
California Ave
Loewen Plumbing & Electric Shop
Ethyl, We Trust
Cooper’s Nursery
Rosie McNew
L. A
House of Worship
Horwith
Chester Avenue
Mr. Merwin Schirmer
Cal-Tech
Pasadena
Kern County
Art Hemingson
Herb Schirmer
Brother Bill
Mettler
Boy Scout
Hitchcock’s Auto Parts
Lerdo & Munser
Shafter Potato Festival Committee
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