Cub Scouts Hold Cake Contest in Shafter
The Friday Shafter Cub Scouts meeting featured a cake judging contest. First prize went to Alphonse and Phillip Prender, second to Howard Duck, with multiple awards announced for Wolf and Bear ranks. The session planned future activities in Minnesota Pa.
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Shafter
Alphonse
Phillip Prender
Howard Duck
Wolf
Bobby Crewell
Glad
Silver Arrow
Terry Hill
David Northam
Michael Panero
Billy Brown
Bear
Howard Koehn
Lion Charles Gunrison
Gary Wilson
Harvey Stone
Tae Sason
Shafter Dance Club Members Attend May Dinner
Shafter Dance Club members joined the annual May dinner of the Los Alegres Dance Club held at the Palm Room in Bakersfield. Attendees included H. W. Kelly, Wes Linda, Ed Schacht, Lowell Todd, Burley Dooley, Kenneth Pipkin, Jack Hill and Tom Letizia.
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Shafter Dance Club
Shafter
Los Alegres
Palm Room
Bakersfield
N .Ere
Judges Eye Potatofest Window DisplayDeadline
Bill Stoller announces the third annual Shafter Potato Festival window decorations must be finished by tomorrow for judges to view. Wasco residents Ray Sirmary Frye and Cliff Clemens serve on the ann See mittee.
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Bill Stoller
Ann
Lieutenant Mathis Graduation At Tyndall Air Base
Lt J I Mathis the son of Mrs Ida M Mathis of Shafter recently graduated from the air tactical school at Tyndall Air Force Base on November 27. The event marked a milestone in his early aviation career.
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J. I. Mathis
Ida M. Mathis, Shafter
Air Tactical Doo
Tyndall Air Force Base
Learend
Honor Roll Lists Shine At Shafter High School
Seventy-eight students at Shafter High School were named to the honor roll in the latest period. Seniors led with 25 honorees, followed by juniors with 18, sophomores 15, and freshmen 20. notable names include Bonnie Bender Betty Boyd Frances Butcher and many others across all grades.
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Shafter High School
Bonnie Bender
Betty Boyd
Frances Butcher
Jesse Crain
Dorris Gilwitz
Lloyd Handel
Roy Heaton
Ernest Holland
Jerry Johns
Tom Kelly
Hollis Killen
Roy Koenig
Dorothy Kroeker
Bill Leonard
Doris Loewen
Harold Lynch
Dolly Mixon
Jesse Mouser
AW Dale Proctor
Hige
Akersfield
Ja Steele
Shafter Poschenmann
Charfes
Paul Middleton
Barbara Neeley
Esther Neufeld
Ilene Schaeffer
Wilma Shaw
Anna Duggan
Donna Frieson
Joan Gardner
Betty Grundy
Norma Harrison
Melba Hayworth
Betty Howard
Don Lequier
Layton Lynch
Harley Martin
Erma Milwee
Learon McTomlinson
Merlene Turner
Helene Warkentine
Charles Welch
San Joaquin Valley Beef Cattle Field Day Planned
Valley cattlemen unite for the 1st Annual San Joaquin Valley Beef Cattle Field Day at Farm Bureau Stockyards in Ashland California. Speakers include Stanley Marr James Hartnell Ken Wagnon Horace Strong and Ralph Worrell with J Edgar Dick aiding the effort led by Bob Anderson Tulare county farm adviser.
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San Joaquin
Bob Anderson
Tulare County
Stanley Marr
Federal Meat Grading Service
James Hartnell
Federal Market News Service
Ken Wagnon
University of California
Anderson
J. Edgar Dick
The
California Cattlemen’s Association
Psychology Talk at Shafter High School on Williams Visit
Senior problems class students heard Ardmore Williams of the University of Southern California discuss criminal psychology research in Los Angeles. He demonstrated the word association test and ink blot tests as part of his rehab aims for juvenile delinquents.
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Shafter High School
Ardmore Williams
University of Southern California
Wiliams
University In
Los Angeles
Williams
Mrs Matilda Dirksen Returns From Modesto Visit
Mrs Matilda Dirksen has returned home from a visit in Modesto with her daughter Mrs Laura Tanksley.
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Matilda Dirksen
Modesto
Mrs
Laura Tanksley
Guests at the Brownells' Home Hosts Reid Couple
Guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Art Brownell 521 Seamore Street over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Victor Reid of Los Angeles.
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Art Brownell
Seamore St
Tast
Victor Reid
Los Angeles
Table Tops Refinishing Session at Kern County
Kern County Homes of the Farm Bureau will host a table tops refinishing session at 10 a.m. on May 12 in the home of Mrs. Jack Hare.
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Kern County
Farm Bureau
Jack Hare
Rotarian Hofman Elected to Shafter Club Board
Ernie Hofman, secretary of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce, was elected to the Rotary Club board of directors on Tuesday. The vote came after Cecil Jones, Kern County Chamber of Commerce president, spoke against moving the California Institute for Women at Tehachapi from its current site.
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Ernie Hofman
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Cecil Jones
Kern County
Chamber of Commerce
Jones
California Institute For Women At
Tehachapi
South Camp Boy Saves Youngster From Drowning
Danny Ramirez 12 of South Labor Camp is recommended for a bravery medal after saving a nearly drowning boy in Kern canyon. Scoutmaster Charles Baldwin of Boy Scout Troop 59, Shafter, endorses the honor. Ramirez attends Richland school in seventh grade. The rescued boy’s identity is not known.
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Danny Ramirez
South Labor Camp
Kern Canyon
Ramirez
Charles Baldwin
Boy Scout Troop 59
Shafter
Richland School
John Kelly May Replace Twin Brother on Job
John Kelly will get a chance to succeed his twin brother, Tom, as student body president at Shafter High School. The high school executive board nominated John and J. C. Warneke for the post.
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John Kelly
Tom
Shafter High School
John
J. C. Warneke
Henry Beach
Jack Thompson
Jimmie Witcher
Barbara Becker
Margie Liles
Barbara Stone
Horizon Club Canasta Party to Fund Santa Barbara Trip
The Horizon Club hosts a canasta party at Veterans Memorial Hall to raise funds for delegates attending a Santa Barbara conference. Prizes will be awarded for highest and lowest points, and refreshments will be served. The event starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold by Bobby Liles, Marjorie Liles, Jimmie Witcher, and Betty Grundy.
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Horizon Club
Santa Barbara
Veterans Memorial Hall
Bobby Liles
Bobby
Marjorie Liles
Jimmie W*tcher
Betty Grundy
Visitors from Riverbank stage at Shafter visit
Among visitors to Shafter last week were Mrs. John Kingston and Mrs. John Houston of Riverbank, mother and sister respectively of Mrs. Ed Brown.
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Shafter
John Kingston
John Houston
Riverbank
Ed Brown
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Scouts In Action
Rotary
Dick Heber
Bruce Muir
Gordon Pigkin
Gary Weyand
Rolf Jacobsen
Ieaders
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Mary Acree
Billie Adkins
Morton Brown
Ray Colvard
Maudie Crabb
Coleen Daniels
Norma Dunham
Harold Gaede
Kenneth Handel
Carl Holland
Ida Koenig
Donna Mixon
Darrell Parks
Barney Perkins
Stephanie Roberts
Edwina Rueb
Sue Tackett
Jessie Tomlinson
Donna Weitz
San’ Joa
Judge
Mito
I& Oregon
Leauier
Mticultural
Ashland
California
James Street
7Th Street
Shafter and
Wasco Area
E. J. Peters
Theo “Spud” Heinrichs
Maple Leaf BroAdcasting Co
Wasco
James St
Hofman
South Camp
Elsie
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