Class of 1944 Holds Reunion in Shafter Cafeteria
The Class of 1944 from Shafter High held a 10 year reunion on Saturday May 1 in the school cafeteria with about 40 attendees. Leonard N president introduced attendees. many shared life updates including spouses and children. Principal Jensen spoke on the school’s growth and future expansion while Dudley Steel was elected chairman for future reunions.
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Shafter High
Shafter High School
Eugene Mayer
Utah
Leonard N
Weene
Walter Weithk
Harvey Dahl
Harvey
Stanford University
Corrine Mettler Garrish
Thelma Warden Lamphuer
Dob Gates
Dr. Jensen
Shafter
Dudley Steel
Delano
Junior Olympics Slated Saturday at Griffith Stadium Bakersfield
The Elementary School Junior Olympic Games are set for Saturday May 8 at 9:00 am. Held at Griffith Stadium the Bakersfield high school facility the event showcases Kern County’s top elementary athletes including several Richland Elementary School boys who earned spots by top finishes at the Delano trial meet. Admission is free.
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Griffith Stadium
Bakersfield
Kern County
Richland
Delano
Festival Entries Grow for Kern County Parade
Entries pour in for the gala event with Mrs Ruth B Chesmore the Original Galloping Grandma in the mounted riders class. Clubs like Kern County 40 and 8 Club BASfield Nas and East Bakersfield Progressive Club join float entries along with L A Camp Pump Co American Legion Rough Riders and Centaur Club Bakersfield. Corcoran Chamber of Commerce also fields a float as sponsors pledge trophies for winners.
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Ruth B. Chesmore
Bakersfield
Centaur Club
Chamber of Commerce of
Corcoran
Tip Henderson
Sportsman Cafe
Shafter Press
Wipf Construction Company
King Lumber
Shafter High School
Jack Thompson Trucking Co
San Francisco School Trustees Elected February 21 1848
Election results report the first board of education for San Francisco with a trusteeship chosen on February 21, 1848. The article notes the formation of the local school governance body and initial leadership.
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San Francisco
Radio Signals As Path To Mars Contact
Harvard radio astronomer H I Kowen discusses using hydrogen line signals to probe interplanetary communication. He explains clouds of hydrogen emit at a frequency far above AM and could relay messages across space in minutes, suggesting if other beings exist they might answer via radio.
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Earth
Mars
H. I. Kowen
Harvard University
General Electric Science Forum
WGY
Ewen
Blain names Marine captain as 14th District chair
Al Blain who seeks Congress in the 14th District announces Captain Roy Mead Jr USMCR as chairman of the 14th District Marines for Blain Committee. Both served in World War II with Blain in Carlson's Raiders. Mead is a Bakersfield petroleum geologist and former radio entrepreneur in Taft Visalia and a Kiwanis club president. Mead urges Marines across Kings Kern Tulare to back Blain.
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al Blain
Roy Meed, Jr
USMCR
14Th District
Marines
Blain
Captain Mead
Pacific
Carlson's
Raiders
Mead
Bakersfield
United States Marine Corps
al B
American Legion
Elks and Moose Lodges
Visalia
Alta Frazier
Kern County
Bill Frazier
Frazier
Park
Kings
Kern
Tulare
Kuchel Urges Two Year Extension Of Statute Limits
U S Senator Thomas Kuchel of California joins bipartisan colleagues proposing a two year extension to the statute of limitations for prosecutions tied to investigations of loose handling of federal loans and loan insurance under housing programs. The bill would raise indictments or criminal information deadlines from three to five years, arguing investigations may span weeks or months and actions may have occurred years ago.
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U.S
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Senate
Kuchel
Dorsey Heads San Luis Road Trek
State Senator Jess R. Dorsey of Kern County will lead a Cross Country Highway Caravan to San Luis Obispo on May 14. Midway in Clarissa Plains he will meet Senator A. A. Erhart of San Luis Obispo County to symbolize county cooperation on the new route. Josh Clarke, president of the Cross Country Highway Association, said the caravan will depart Bakersfield at 3 p.m. and pick up a Buttonwillow delegation at 3:30 before proceeding along the new road.
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Jess R. Dorsey
Kern County
San Luis Obispo
Clarissa Plains
Dorsey
A. A. Erhart
San Luiis Obispo County
Josh Clarke
Cross Country Highway Association
Bakersfield
Kern County Tile Erminy
Chester Avenue
California
Kern County Title Company, Ag
Deel of Trust
Vnv
Kern Compay
Hla Bozeman
United States
Hell
Eraries
Saints of
Kern
M.D.E.M
Kern County Land Company
Lot 5
Rinee
Gast
M.d.rm
Wern
State of California
M.d.rm,. Tiled Via the Office of
Theounty Recorder
Recorder of
Said
County, Parcel & A
M.D.B.H
County of
Kern County Title Company
International Festival theme marks Kern District fete
The Kern County Union High School and Junior College District sets May 7 for its annual district picnic at the Stine Road farm lab near Bakersfield. Activities begin at four with games and farm tours, followed by a 6:30 barbecued beef or fish dinner and an evening program in the livestock pavilion featuring skits from member schools. District officials guiding plans include General Chairman John Vann Osdel, with Ben Kellner as program chairman, and many district schools and guests invited.
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Kern County Union High School
Stine Road
Bakersfield
Charley Castro
John Vann Osde
Ben Kellner
Bakersfield College
Arvin
East Bakersfield
Burroughs
Kerry Valley
North
McFarland
Shafter High Schools
Alacante Grapes Move by Rails on Aug 31 1928
Henry Miller shipped two cars while Sam Lachenmaier and Karl Malory each sent one car. Dottie Duehren visited her father A R Duehren after a summer in Oakland attending the California School of Arts. Tom Noel and family settled in Shafter during the week of the Fourth.
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Henry Miller
Sam Lachenmaier
Karl Malory
Dottie Duehren
A. R. Duehren
Oakland
California School of Arts
Tom Noel
Shafter
Bradbury notices date seal listing 1954
A dated seal note credits D. J. Bradbury Vice-President with multiple dates in April and May 1954. The fragment implies a corporate or official notice schedule without further context.
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D. J. Bradbury
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PTA
Kathlene
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Buddy Engle
Teddy New
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New City Hall
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North Shafter
Myricks
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Euclid
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Central Ave
Charlton
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Eter Legal Advertisement
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Shafter Public Utiaty District
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Cross St
Shafter Highway
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Lerdo
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Ernie Hofman
Pixley
Mark Lee
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W. Lerdo
Columbia
Alsoa
Poplar Ave
Baker & Co
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Modesto
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HOT Point Home Appliances
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Chester Ave
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