Car Crash Injures Five in Kern County Canal
A car driven by Ronnie Eugene Mack veered into a canal near Kimberlina, injuring four passengers Brinda Neeley Jimmy Phillips Jerry Ballard and Belle Whitman. Mack was treated at Kern General and cited for excessive speed while four others were hospitalized at North Kern and one released after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturda
Ronnie Eugene Mack
Fort Ord
Kimberlina
Brinda Neeley
Fresno Avenue
Kern General Hospital
North Kern Hospital
Wasco
Miss Whitman
Mack
Highway Patrol
South Olive
Bakersfield
Belle Whitman
Los Angeles
Trade Board To Meet Here April 12th
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce announced a meeting with the Shafter Kiwanis to be held April 12 with the Board of Trade also present. George Jones made the announcement at Tuesday morning’s breakfast. Bruce Crawford praised the Richland Orchestra trip to Las Vegas noting strong community support and no student problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Shafter Kiwan
Board of Trade
Kiwanis
George Jones
Bruce Crawford
Chamber Board
Richland Orchestra
Las Vegas
Pat Kelly
Chamber
Richland Music Department
Crawford
Violet Hemingson
Shafter Memorial Hall
Pril
Wedding Plans Revealed for Sandra McDaniel
A June wedding is planned for Miss Sandra McMichael of Berkeley and Stephen J. Garland of Pittsburgh. Sandra is the daughter of Dr and Mrs Scott McMichael and a UC Berkeley English major pursuing a linguistics master’s at SF State. Garland, a Dartmouth BA in mathematics, earns a Berkeley PhD in June and will join Dartmouth as assistant professor and work at the computation center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra McMichael
Berkeley
Stephen J. Garland
Daniel Garland
Pittsburgh
Scott McMichael
United States Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Shafter High School
Miss McMichael
Bakersfield College
University of California At Berkeley
International House
San Francisco State College
Garland
Dartmouth
National Science Awards
NSF
Richland Orchestra Director Acknowledges Appreciation
The Richland School Orchestra thanks the community for supporting their Las Vegas trip to perform at the Music Educators National Convention. The group’s good conduct impressed staff at Howard Johnsons Barstow and Travelodge accommodated all 70 travelers after a reservation issue. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Larry Sthellender and Mrs Agnes Theuer, plus dedicated mothers who supplied cookies. two students missed the trip due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland School
Las Vegas
Howard Johnson
Barstow
Bob Snively
Shafter
Cub Pack 953 Plans April Activities
Cub Pack 953 outlines two April events per outing chair Bob Diltz. On Saturday April 1 at 9 30 a.m. the group travels to Bakersfield College Planetarium for a lecture by Panadides director of the Planetarium.Meet at 9 20 a.m. for seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Diltz
Bakersfield College Planetarium
Panadides
Plantarium
Planetarium
Kern County
Wrays Welcome Twin Boy and Girl at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jack Wray of 4503 Randy Avenue Bakersfield welcomed twins on March 27 at Memorial Hospital Bakersfield The boy John Michael weighed six pounds and the girl Susan Kathleen five and a half pounds The Wrays have two older children Jeffrey eight and Deborah five Grandparents are J W Wray Shafter and Francis Michael Santa Rosa Great grandmothers include Mrs W S Fincher Mrs Minnie Wray Shafter and Mrs Georgia Rippy Bakersfield The family also notes a recent visit by Vernon Searcy and sons Randy and Russell to Corona and San Clemente including a day of deep sea fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wray
Randy Avenue
Bakersfield
Memorial Hospital
John Michael
Susan Kathleen
Wrays
Jeffrey
Deborah
J. W. Wray
Shafter
Francis Michael
Santa Rosa
Michaels
W. S. Fincher
Minnie Wray
Georgia Rippy
Vernon Searcy
Randy
Russell
Corona
San Clemente
Karen Willis Weds James C. Bishop Jr in Goleta
Karen Willis and James C. Bishop Jr. were married at St. Mark's Episcopal church in a small ceremony Monday evening March 20. The couple plans a five day honeymoon to Reno and Lake Tahoe before returning to Goleta where Jim studies geology and physics at UC Santa Barbara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Bishop Jr
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
John D. Spear
Goleta
Jim
University of California At
Gene Tillman
Gene Tillmann
Raymond
John Bishop
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Woman's Club Luncheon Featuring Art Theme Speaker
The Shafter Woman's Club meets at noon in the American Legion Hall on April Sth with lunch committee leaders listed. Dr Margarite Walker will speak on the Creative Universe as the theme, while the afternoon centers on art with club members displaying works and paintings owned by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Womans Club
American Legion Hall
John Notley
A. Peter Channeson
G.L. Starrh
Robert Irwin
Elmer Richards
William Bender
Bill Gladden
Margarite Walker
Creative Universe
Art
Dr Walker
Womans Club
Missionaries from Africa to Visit St. Mark’s
Rev. and Mrs. Peter Bloomfield missionaries from Botswana will visit St. Mark's Diocese of the Southern San Joaquin on Thursday March 30. A 6 p.m. pot luck supper precedes Evensong and a sermon by Father Bloomfield. attendees may come at 7 for the service. The guest’s work spans Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ with ties between Coalinga and Francistown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bloomfield
Botswana
Africa
Father Bloomfield
Body of Christ
Coalinga
United States
Francistown
San Joaquin
Joan D. Spear
St. Mark’s
Kern Cities Meet Thursday in Tehachapi
The Association of Kern County Cities schedules a March 30 meeting at Thusty's Restaurant in Tehachapi. City council members and their families will attend as the group explores reducing overlapping government services and forming mutual problem solving committees. A recent Stanford Research Institute cost benefit study is being reviewed by the 11-city coalition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of
Kern County Cities
Thusty’s
Tehachapi
Stanford Research Institute
Notable Masonic Leader Thomas Kelly Laid To Rest
Thomas Kelly, active in Masonic affairs since 1909, life member of Amador Lodge 65 and Liberty Lodge Santa Clara, and holder of numerous Masonic honors. Funeral services were held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Shafter with Masonic graveside rites in Santa Clara Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Phillipa Wallach and son H W Pat Kelly, plus ten grandchildren and other relatives. Memorials urged to St. Mark’s Memorial Fund or Kern Crest Manor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kelly
Amador Masonic Lodge
Liberty Masonic Lodge
Santa Clara
Royal Arch Masons
Sutter Creek
Knight Templars Commandery
San Jose
Order of Eastern Star
Knights of Pythias
Jackson
Jackson Boy Scouts
Jackson Episcopal Church
Hiram Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Tully Knowles
College of Pacific
Kern Crest Manor
Mennonite Brethren Home For
Shafter
Phillipa Wallach
San Francisco
H. W
Robert Somers
Richard Rice
John Kelly
Paul Hoffmann
David Balzer
Bill Siemens
Henry Dick
E. C. Eckmann
Frank Wisner
Steve Furman
George Collins
St. Mark’s
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Sandra McDaniel
First Southern Baptist Church
Buel Mouser
Mersing
Pastor
C. Cogan
Dick and
Margaret Southwick
David Agee
Joe Agee
Debra Sharp
James Sharp
Jack Wrays
Karen Willis
Woman’s Club
Kern
Sr. High & Jr. High
Pilgrim Fellowship
Bible Fellowship
Congregational Church
Tulare Ave
Owen C. Onsum
Oklahoma Territory
Shelley
Jacob
Mary Krouse Nightingale
Long Beach
Escondido
Signal Hill
Shafter Area
Andy
Maple
Southland
Texas
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Superior Oil Co
Nightengale
Shafter Press
Joyce Huskins
California School For the Deaf
Masonic Lodge 15 F& AM
Casper Wyoming
Marie Nightengale
James K. Nightengale
Fresno
Lila Ricketts
San Lorenzo
Calif
Rosie Lane
Vicki Hess
Georgia
Annie Wertz
Frazier Park
Florence Fritz
Loma Linda
Roger Fenderson
Bob Wall
Dennis Heinz
Roy Pitts
Olin Fenderson
Justin Weishaar
Agee Family Funeral Home
George Globe
Chester Avenue
Leeds
Fairview
Habla Espanol
18Th & K Sts
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