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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
16
Three month old Pokey, twin brother of a cub that died, was found by Shatter sportsman C. V. Hitchcock in the mountains. Pokey explores the Hitchcock Auto Parts site and home but faces a return to the wild at Peter's Ranch on Breckenbridge Mountain.
Social studies students from Shafter High visited the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield to view the current exhibit under supervisor Gerald Hedden. The group included Maudie Ibb, Crethel Crawford, Norma Durham, J C Gilley, Jessie Tomli, and others, with many names listed.
Darlene Weyand, senior, was crowned Senior Carnival queen amid a Friday program by the Horizon Club. The event featured vaudeville acts, weight-guessing games and concessions run by Future Farmers of America with co-chairs Louise Jenkins and Doris Gilwitz coordinating activities.
Campfire Girls will be promoted in rank at a Council Fire set for 7 30 p m May 22 at the Women's Clubhouse. Each group will present entertainment as described by Mrs. Robert Sturges outgoing president of the Maple Enis Teachers Association.
Nine members of the Shafter High School faculty will take part in a skit at the Kern County Bar-B-Que tomorrow on the district farm. Theme is The Good Old Summertime. Participating teachers include Miss Betty Lund Miss Marjorie Rose Miss Jeanette Schumacher Miss Jeanne Strench Gerald Hedden Joseph Galante Charles Baldwin Elliot Garrison and Robert Ewen. MR AND MRS ROBERT STURGES will move to a ranch near Elko Nevada next month.
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