New Hospital to Be Dedicated in Oildale Saturday
Dr. O G Ohlsson announces a new public hospital in Oildale to be dedicated Saturday May 7. The 15938 square foot facility includes 30 beds with 22 for medical surgical care and 8 for maternity use. The building will house two major surgeries, a delivery room, kitchen, dining, and administrative areas plus adjunct facilities.
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Airport Drive
Olive Avenue
Oildale
Physicians’ Hospital
O. G. Ohisson
O. G. Ohlsson
Ohlsson
Ohigson
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Bank
Small Business Administration
Armstrong Tire Rejects Kern County Site For Million Dollar Plant
Local notes regret Armstrong Tire and Rubber declined the Kern County Shafter area for its new million dollar manufacturing plant. Hanford receives congratulations on a potential future industrial location. Also announced are the upcoming dedication and open house for Kern County's new Physicians Hospital on May 7 with a project cost near 600000 dollars and extensive facilities.
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Armstrong Tire and Rubber
Kern County
Shafter Area
Milllion Dollar
Ohlsson
Physicians Hospital
Ohisson
Murder's the Theme of High School Play
The spring SHS production Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie runs Saturday May 14 at 8 p m in the Shafter High School auditorium. Tickets are 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for students. The plot centers on ten little Indian statuettes in a Devon island country house as guests arrive for a weekend with a mysterious host. A disembodied voice accuses all present of murder and a statuette topple foreshadows further deaths. The cast features SHS students in key roles and the mysterious voice is Charlie McClain.
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Agatha Christie
Shafter High School
Devon
SHS
Jack Stieber
Butler
Christine Neuman
Rogers
Richard Inkelbarger
Fred Narracott
Boatman
Phyllis Smith
Vera Claythorne
Tom Richards
Philip Lombard
Danny Simpson
Anthony Marston
Vernon Fuller
William Blore
CLD
Neal Janzen
General Mackensie
Judy Forsd
Three Gooks and a Goof Stump Shafter Club
Members of the Shafter Junior Women's Club staged a pantomime titled Three Gooks and a Goof at the Bakersfield district meeting on Saturday April 23. The performance drew guest laughter as Carol Jansen Maudie Handel Jimmie Thompson and Marjorie Haworth played the comedic trio. The local group earned nine award presentations at the event.
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Shafter
Carol Janzen
Maudie Handel
Jimmie Thompson
Marjorie Haworth
Bakersfield
Christine Mattson Named for Girl's State Honor
Christine Mattson daughter of Mr and Mrs DeWitt Mattson Buttonwillow will represent Shafter High School at the 17th Annual Girls State Session at UC Davis June 20 to 28. A junior sponsored by Leslie Robinson American Legion Auxiliary Post of Shafter she has led in school affairs since freshman year and has held offices in the California Scholarship Federation Future Teachers Association and her church youth group.
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Christine Mattson
DeWitt Mattson
Buttonwillow
Shafter High School
Davis
University of California
Leslie Robinson American Legion Auxiliary Post
Shafter
Christine
California Scholarship Federation
Future
Free Spring Concert by Shafter High School Orches tra and Choir
The Shafter High School orchestra and chorus present their annual spring concert on Thursday May 5 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. The program features both string and full orchestra offerings plus girl and mixed choruses. Highlights include Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger and selections from My Fair Lady. The event is free and open to the public.
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Shafter High School
Chers
John Battaglia
Leroy Anderson
Mrs Wilder Receives Book for Service in Bakersfield
Bakersfield dinner honors Mrs Wilder for untiring devotion as chairman over the past year. Attendees include Mrs Bill Hildebrand Mrs Peart McBride Mrs Maynard Wilder Mrs Cecil Loveless and Mrs Vernie Parrott. Shares in the gift were given by Mrs Jake Schmidt and Mrs Don Lewis.
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Bill Hildebrand
Peart McBride
Maynard Wilder
Cecil Loveless
Vernie Parrott
Jake Schmidt
Don Lewis
Scholarship Banquet Plans for Shafter Area
A May 12 scholarship banquet in Shafter honors top middle and high school students from Rio Bravo Maple Richland Lerdo and Shafter High Schools. Jack Thomson the featured speaker is a Buttonwillow area farmer and former Navy fighter pilot with a long record in FFA and livestock work.
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Shafter Area
Rio Bravo
Maple
Richland
Lerdo
Shafter
P.ta
Dave Cooke
Lions
Mr. Babbitt
Ministerial Association
Clyde Johnson
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Beverly Walker
Marilyn Amos
Micky Krug
Richland School
Elmer Unruh
Susan Walker
Jack Thomson
Buttonwillow
Thomson
Bakersfield
Bakersfield High
Jack
Future Farmers of America
Washington, D.C
California
Minter Field Loses Tire Plant Location to Hanford
Kern County officials reported Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co would locate its 10,000 daily tire plant in Hanford instead of Minter Field. The project promised 1,600 jobs and relied on already established utilities and housing in the Minter Field area. Shafter firms eyed potential benefits but the decision ended a key local industrial push.
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Kern County
Shafter
Hanford
Minter Field
Roy Woollames
Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co
Armstrong Tire Company Offifina Econ
Woollames
Jas Kern County
The
Tire Company
Board of Supervisors
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington, D.C
Tire
Shafter Students Earn Zone Awards in Bakersfield
Four top seniors were named in the Bank of America Achievement Award zone competition in Bakersfield on April 26 to advance to finals in Fresno in May. Winners include Anna Elkins and runners up Curtis Barnes Jess Thoene Marilee Nicoll Judith Mills Marilyn Shafter Janie Quarnstrom.
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Bank of America
Bakersfield
Fresno
Incudenlent Atin of
Thes
Anna Elkins
South HS
Curtis Barnes
Taft Vhs
Jess Thoene
North HS
Marilee Nicoll
Kern Valley HS
Lake Isabella
Judith Mills
Marilyn Shafter
Janie Quarnstrom
East Bakersfield
California
Philip Anderson
Field of Liberal Arts
April Building Permits Drop in Shafter City
City of Shafter issued only one new building permit in April, Tidewater Oil Co. for E Lerdo at 29000. Other permits included remodeling at Dalke on Main, Marcus Absher on Rodriguez for 2500, and a garage for Jordan Evans on Willow for 650.40, totaling 33150.00.
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Shafter
Charlés Pope
Tidewater Oil Company
E. Lerdo
Dalke
Manne
Marcus Absher
Rodriguez
Jordan Evans
Willow
SHS To Host South Sequoia Track Meet
Shafter High School will host the South Sequoia Track Meet at SHS football track field on May 7. Guest schools Garces Wasco Corcoran Lemoore and Coalinga compete with preliminaries at 1 30 p m and finals at 6 p m. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Shafter High School
South Sequoia
Garces
Wasco
Corcoran
Lemoore
Coalinga
SHS
Twilight League Set for Third Game of Season
The Shafter Recreation Commission service club golf league begins at 5 p.m. Monday May 9 with Kiwanis Brassies facing Rotary Walter at 5 10 Kiwanis Sam Sneads meeting Rotary Hole Highs and Lions Niblicks meeting Rotary Hogan Team captains must notify players and arrange substitutes to ensure on time tee offs each Monday.
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Service Club Golf League
Shafter Recreation Commission
Kiwanis Club “Brassies
Rotary Club
Walter
Kiwanis Club
Sam Sneads
Lions Club
Niblicks
Rotary
Hogan
Richland PTA Final Meeting at Richland Cafeteria
The Richland PTA will hold its final meeting of the school year in the Richland cafeteria at 7 30 pm with recreation director Roy Farrell as chairman. He will present colored slides of local recreation facilities and their use. Mrs John Turner and Mrs John Miller will report on the State PTA Convention held May 3 and 4 in San Scholarship winners will provide music. Hostesses include Kiarten and First grade room natives. Baby sitters arranged by Shafter Player.
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Richland
Roy Farrell
Farrell
Shafter
John Turner
John Miller
PTA
San
Kiarten
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