Shafter High to Present Bye Bye Birdie Musical
SHS faculty and students perform the mid-50s rock and roll musical Bye Bye Birdie in the high school auditorium on May 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. Tom Stockton stars as Conrad Birdie with Elizabeth Merlo as Rose Alvarez. Tickets are available through the school office at 746-4961 Extension 32.
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Shafter High School
Jeff Roberts
Tom Stockton
Elizabeth Merlo
Blane Hitchcock
Elvis Presle
Conrad Birdie
Rose Alvarez
Secre
Tary
Birdie
Conrad
Kim MacAfee
Sweet Apple
Ohio
Miss Alvarez
Susan Franklin
MacAfee
Kim
Ed Sullivan
Albert
Rose
Shriner
Hugo
Peabody
Dwayne Kerber
Rosie
Wendy Walter
Neal Olsen
Karen Cain
Mae Peterson
Eastern Star observes Public Schools Week at La Rosa Chapter
Beverly Copeland and Perry Copeland presided at the La Rosa Chapter 146 meeting honoring Public Schools Week. The program featured Joan McConnell with two piano solos and announced a May 11 friendship night with guest officers.
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Beverly Copeland
Perry Copeland
la Rosa
Order of Eastern Star
Studio Band Ties for 2nd at Wasco Jazz Festival
Richland seventh and eighth graders from Richland School directed by Michael Hutchinson represented Shafter at the Wasco Jazz Festival and tied for first in the junior division with Haven Drive School Bakersfield. The group performed at Wasco High School with solos by Joe Gardado and others in a program of pieces including More Blues This End Up Once Loved and LA Darling.
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Richland Studio
Michael Hutchinson
Shafter
Haven Drive School
Bakersfield
Richland School
Wasco High School
Breakers Field
Kingsbury
Wasco High
North High School
Yea Lowe
Pla
Cute
Senior Class Spaghetti Dinner Set for May 10
The Shafter High School senior class will host a spaghetti dinner May 10 at the Shafter Congregational Church fellowship hall. Serving from 5 to 8 p.m. with proceeds aiding the Disneyland grad night. advance tickets available via Mrs. Don Camp or Mrs. Jack Kennath at 746-4944.
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Shafter High School
Shafter Congregational Church Fellowship Hall
Iale
Don Camp
Jack Kennath
Luncheon Meet Hosts Mexican American Community Speaker
The Rev. David Castillo of the Mexican Baptist Church in Shafter spoke at the Shafter Methodist Women's luncheon on April 24 at Golden West. He urged greater inclusion of Mexican Americans in schools and local leadership roles. A going away gift was given to Mrs. Ted Hansen as she and her husband set off on a year of travel.
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David Castillo
Marvin Hoover
Ray McElroy
John Miller
H. B. Cooper
Glenn Edwards
Avid Castillo
Eva Rodriguez
Tana Roque
Betty Pinkham
Blanchard
Idaho
United Methodist Church
Golden West
Mennonite Brethren
Bazaar Work to Highlight Women's Meet
Plans for the annual bazaar of the Women’s Fellowship at Union Congregational Church emphasize first work day May 3 at 9 30 a m in the church parlor with monthly sessions on the first and third Thursdays. Members unable to attend can donate craft materials. luncheon hostesses and a guest speaker from Tehachapi Mountain Bible Church attended a recent meeting. A mother daughter dessert is planned, with prizes for the mother with the most daughters oldest and youngest, and a gift awarded to Mary Woodworth to feather their nest.
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Women
Union Congregational Church
Women’s Fellowship
Gladys Thomas
Clara Notley
Merle Mettler
Rita Jacobsen
Catherine Weyand
Marvin Slifer
Tehachapi Mountain
Mary Woodworth
Conn ie Jean McCoy to Wed Michael Wilkins in November
Mr and Mrs James J McCoy of Bakersfield announce the engagement of their daughter Connie Jean to Michael D Wilkins son of Mr and Mrs James A Wilkins of Shafter. Connie Jean is a 1971 South High School graduate active in Girls League R B L and attends Bakersfield College. Michael is a 1971 Shafter High School graduate involved in track cross country and member of Block S now attending Bakersfield College majoring in police science. He is employed by Weidenbach.
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James J. McCoy
Bakersfield
Connie Jean
Michael D. Wilkins
James A. Wilkins
Shafter
Miss McCoy
South High School
Girls League
R. B.L
Bakersfield College
Shafter High
Block “S
Weidenbach
Head Start Center Seeks Applicants May 9 10
Shafter Head Start Center invites parents to apply for the 1973 74 school year on May 9 and 10. Applicants may visit 452 Los Angeles Ave or await on site recruitment. 1972 income must be verified with 1040 or W 2 forms. Call 746 6477 for details.
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Shafter
Los Angeles Ave
Skating Party Draws Smith’s Corner Church Group
More than 40 from Smith’s Corner Church of God gathered at a Bakersfield rink for their monthly skating party. Ashmore took second in the boys race on April 23 as families enjoyed the event and planned the next gathering amid bruised ankles. SHAFTER VISITORS Mr and Mrs W K Tuttle left for Arlington Texas after spending a week with the Keith Watsons. They visited Sequoia Park during their stay.
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Marlin
Ashmore
Smith’s Corner
W. K. Tuttle
Arlington
Texas
Shafter
Keith Watsons
Tuttles
Watsons
Sequoia Park
Two Shafter High Students Chosen for European Summer
Louis Velasquez and Mark Kennath of Shafter High School were selected among 200 Southern California students for the Youth for Understanding exchange. Velasquez receives a scholarship to Sweden for two months. Kennath will study in Germany for two months. Both depart late June and return in August and will report back on their experiences.
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Louis Velasquez
Center
Sweden
Velasquez
Shafter High School
Shafter
Mark Kennath
Kern County High School
Youth For Understanding
California
International
Ann Arbor
Michigan
International Relations Club
Kennath
Germany
American Field Service Committee
U.S. Department of State
Europe
South America
Japan
Philippines
United States
Rachel J. Andresen
U.S
Y.F.U
YFU
Ray Wiley Wins National Science Foundation Study Grant
A NSF grant selected Ray Wiley, Richland School science instructor, from over 400 applications to join 35 instructors from around the world in an eight week oceanography and Earth science course at Western Washington State College in Bellingham. The program covers ocean currents glaciers river erosion structural geology and shoreline formations taught by prominent west coast scientists to upgrade classroom science instruction.
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National Science Foundation
Richland School
Ray Wiley
Taiwan
New York
Western Washington State College
Washington State College
Bellingham
Cancer Fund Drive Sets Vision for Shafter Area
Mrs. William Prout, chairwoman of the American Cancer Society Shafter Branch, promotes a 3-6-5 giving plan aligned with 365 days. She notes rising costs and workloads as cancer control programs expand, asking for steady local and statewide tightening to improve organization and efficiency. Captains named to assist include the Mines, Rudy Palomo Jr, George Wise, Gene Guenthner, Clifford Ratzlaff, Jon Johnston and Charles Wright.
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William Prout
American Cancer Society
Shafter
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SHS
By Mike Schroeder
Eastern Star
Joan McConnell
Miss McConnell
Job’s Daughters
Wasco
Robert McConnel
Burt Hebel
Bonnie Rogers
Sr. High & Jr. High
Pilgrim Fellowship
Tulare Ave
Rev
Owen C. Onsum
SUS
Bazaar
Billy Morris
Garzoli St
McFarland
First Southern
Ernest Larson
Connie McCoy
Brothers Shafter
Two Shafter High
North Pine Street
Edward M. Rhoades
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