County festival art exhibits honor Shafter Wasco and Wasco students
At the 1956 Kern County festival held at Cunningham Art Gallery, blue ribbons went to Al fred Frontes Jesse Plaza and Peg King from Shafter and Wasco unions high school. Honorable mentions included Norma Nicol and Arleigh Johnson. Judges included Mary E. Saint and Betty LaCourse with secretaries Grace Bryson and Virginia Whittaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham Art Gallery
Lydia Rameriz
Wright
Shatter
Alfred Frontes
Jesse Plaza
Shafter High School
Peg King
Wasco Union High School
Norma Nicol
Arleigh Johnson
Cornelius Glass
Shafter
Cruz Sabedra
Shafter High
Jerel Wood
Pat Fuller
Kathleen Revell
Odell Ward
Terry~Frantz
Wasco
Mary Bursey
Patsy Sanders
David Demery
Jane Prueitt
Patricia Johnson
Buttonwillow
Janet Krocket
John James
Ters
Barbara White
Israil Alvarado
Marilyn Tracy
Delores Wood
Sammy Fletcher
Linda Brubaker
Carol Berendson
Carolyn Smith
Guadalupe Martinez
Stanley Loewen
Maple
Winifred Devoe
Sterling Grant
Thelma Waugh
Susan Shellenburger
Jimmy Whitson
Adam and Fallen Man sermon at the Churches of Christ
The lesson sermon Adam and Fallen Man discusses Paul the Apostle and the Christ as the office of the Son with God. It cites Romans 5 17 and I Corinthians 15 22 and II Corinthians 11 3 linking spiritual sense to science and health. The text mentions Mary Baker Eddy and the bird grouse and epilepsy notes about dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Christ
God
Adam
Churches of Christ
Jesus Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Correct Posture Week Observed May 1 7 Aims Health Exams
Dr J J Baere local chairman announces May 1 to 7 as Correct Posture Week with postural and spinal examinations. He notes doctors and beauty experts view posture as essential to health and performance and urges regular school child spinal checks akin to dental exams. He cites surveys showing 76 percent of school children have some postural defects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Baere
J. J. Baerg
J.J
Baerg
How to Care for Roses In Blooming Periods
The guide explains cutting above the five leaflets to trigger new buds and off shoots. It covers using tall wide mouthed containers with warm water, fol lowing pruning, fertilizing after winter and after flowering, and methods for deep watering and mulching to cope with hot weather.
Two Buttonwilow Soldiers Receive Basic Training
Two Buttonwil low Privates Jonnie Albidrez and Israel Gonzales begin basic combat training with the Eighth Infantry division at Fort Carson Colorado. They train with the division's 28th Infantry Regiment as the unit prepares for a move to Europe next fall under Operation Gyroscope. Albidrez is 18, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Albidrez. Gonzales is 19, son of Frank Gonzales and attended Shafter High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Jonnie Albidrez
Israel Gonzales
Eighth Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
Eighth
Europe
Albidrez
Henry Albidrez
Gonzales
Frank Gonzales
Shafter High School
Automatic Cotton Sampler at Work at Local Gins
A new fully automatic cotton sampler operates in several local gins, drawing a composite sample from the lint flue and delivering it in an 18 inch paper tube. The miniature bale is produced as the full bale forms, with core samples and bale tag for quick identification. The method replaces old hand sampling that damaged bales and risked lint loss, weather, and fire.
Candles and Cakes Fete May 1956 Recitals
A series of social notices lists dates in May 1956 for gatherings hosted by Mrs Pete Richert Mitchell Head Coy Snapp Karen Macamsen Willis Mrs Dan Kliewer Ted Young Barbara Boggs Rosie Kliewer Harley Bart Margery Hammond C Neu Wanda Brown Bernice Atkinson June Irvin Micki Beaver Carolyn Bradshaw Esther Slaight and others. The entries note days of week and names connected to the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Richert
Mitchell Head
Coy Snapp
Karen Macamsen Willis
Dan Kliewer
Ted Young
Barbara Boggs
Rosie Kliewer
Harley Bart Margery Hammond
C Neu
Wanda Brown
Bernice Atkinson
June Irvin
Micki Beaver
Carolyn Bradshaw
Esther Slaight
Recruit Training Graduation at San Diego Navy Center
Ronald E Alexander son of Mr and Mrs Fred Alexander Route 1 Shafter is scheduled to complete recruit training on April 28 at the Naval Training Center San Diego California. Graduation includes a full dress parade and review before military officials and civilian dignitaries. In nine weeks the raw recruit becomes a Navy Bluejacket ready for fleet duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald E Alexander
Fred Alexander
Route 1
Shafter
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeff
Richland
Israel Alvarado
Boggust
Kern County
Kern County Recreation Department
Tess Norris
Carolyn
Exhit
Todd Norris
Jane Bogess
Adam and
Fallen Man
Lesson of Scientist Church
Apostle Paul
Eve
J. C. Penner Real Estate
Notary Public
Insurance
Central Ave
Ae Acme. Finance CO
18Th St
Bakersfield
Ker Service
Dorothy Hale
Shafter Paint Store
Pioneer
Tre
Santa Fe & Central
Coden House
Carter
Babylend
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile CO
Pat
Friendly Department Store
Parent's, Ladies’ Home Journal
McCall's
Dot Baerg
Shafter Call
Fisher
Chevrolet
Bel Airs
America’ Sa
Make
Richland Chevrolet Co
Ph. Pioneer
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