Six Shafter Boys Assigned to Camp Roberts for Training
Six Shafter youths picture in line entries assigned to Camp Roberts California to begin military training. Bertram Fuller Ivan Bartel Robert Hutchings Oda Wilkins Marcie Cortez Billy Thompson listed with their family addresses and unit assignments in Co C 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion Co A 94th Medium Tank Battalion.
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Shafter Boys
Camp Roberts
Shafter
California
Bertram Fuller
Tulare Ave
Co. C
33Rd Armored Engineer Battalion
Ivan Bartel
Marengo Ave
Robert Hutchings
South Shafter
Oda Wilkins
North Shafter Farm la
Bor
Marcie Cortez
Paseo del Pico
Billy Thompson
Jack Thompson
356 Cross St
Co. A
94Th Medium
Shafter Pageant Heralds Growth Through Old Timers Tales
The Shafter pageant to celebrate community growth stages through tableaux featuring voices of oldtimers. Guests include Glenn O Nay and A W Eckmann among others. The event at Shafter High School stadium includes bands, choruses, narration, and a coronation of the Cotton Festival queen followed by patriotic songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bann
Yesteryear
Glenn O. Nay
A. W. Eckmann
W. B. Camp, Sr
Louise Neufeld
T. V.little
E. B. Stringham
E. V. Kattenhorn
E. K. Grant
Jensen
Dick Larson
Shafter High School
Death Notices: Roy James Card Announced
Word of the death of his step father Roy James, who had been ill for several months, was received on Sunday by Al Pellet. His sister Mrs John Isaac of Bakersfield left for Ohio by train Monday morning to be with their mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy James
al Pellet
John Isaac
Bakersfield
Ohio
Variety Theme Sets Shafter High Spring Concert
Shafter High School presents a 8 pm Thursday concert in the gym with 115 students under Ernest Graf. The program features band Girls Glee Club and mixed chorus with selections from Goldman Darcy Walters Wilhousky and others, closing with His Honor Time Out for Boskerck Semper Paratus and the Shafter Hymn. Tickets cost 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students and rabies shots are offered 2 5 pm at the fire station.
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Larson
Jensen
Ernie Graf
Shafter High School
Ernest Graf
Goldman
Darcy
Walters
Stodola Pumpa
Haworth
Glee Club
Malotte
Fillmore
Novelty Handiov
Boskerck
Shafter
Western Band to Feature Festival Finale in Shafter
Jimmy Thomason and his seven piece western band will headline the final program of the sixth annual Shafter Pot a to N Cotton Festival on May 16. Dance Chairman Elmer Ziemke says the dance runs from 9 p m to 1 a m in the Veterans Memorial Hall. The highlight will be the announcement of the winner of the Pot a N Festival Pontiac Catalina which helps finance the annual show.
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Jimmy Thomason
Elmer Ziemke
The
American Legion
Veterans Memorial Hall
Shafter to Host Sixth Potato n Cotton Festival Parade
Shafter prepares for the sixth annual Potato n Cotton Festival with a historical pageant and a parade under the theme Shafter Salutes. The event replaces the horse show with a pageant produced by Dr. Grant Jensen culminating in the coronation of the festival queen Robette Bentley. Parade boasts over 100 entries and honors veteran Sgt Baltazar Lopez on furlough from Camp Desert Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Oldtimers
Shafter
Jack Fleming
Grant Jensen
Shafter High School
Norma Neuman
Shafter 20-30 Club
Margie Liles
Lions Club
Nancy McDonald
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jeri Vannatta
American Legion
Betty Grundy
Kiwanis Club
Ter
Robette Bentley
California
Sgt
Baltazar Lopez
Korea
Sergeant Lopez
Camp Desert Rock
Nev
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Bertram P. Fuller
Shelia Pres
Kernern County
Marcie T. Cortez
Oda KR. Wilkins
Robert L. Hutchings
Stars and Stripes
Legion Guard
Theo. Heinrich
America
Richland School
Suzannah
Clementine
Betsy
Bobette “Bentley
Abraham Lincoln
Elsk
Central Ave
Shafter's Fire Station
Gaylord Fox
Valley Office Supply
North Kern
James Street
Samsonve “As
S. Ledies’ Venity O'Nite
D. Ladies’ Wardrobe
Mom
Artemis
Kings Department Store
Dandy
Walnut St
Kirschenmann
Elm St
Minter Ave
J.J. Dandy & CO
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