Man survives 1974 shooting and testifies in Shafter service
Jim Hartley, a former California police officer who was nearly killed in April 1974, describes being shot four times at close range during an abduction. He woke with partial blindness and memory loss but gradually recovered with faith and ongoing hospital visits. Hartley has moved to Shafter and will share his testimony at a May 18, 1980 church service.
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Jim Hartley
Shafter
Hartley
God
Satan
Hampton General Hospital
Hampton
Virginia
California
Riverside
Clarence
Martha Peters
Agee Funeral Home
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern Ave
Eveene
Lou Frizzell Honored At Japanese Reunion In Los Angeles
Four former Manzanar High School students plan a slide show of Frizzell era photos at the New Otani Hotel on June 21 in Los Angeles. The reunion will feature members of the cast from Loud and Clear, a musical Frizzell wrote and directed at Manzanar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Frizzell Afaer
Fow Angeles
Frizzell
Shafter
Louie Frizzell
300 Ann Avenue
Rosie Kakiuchi
Archie Myatake
Frances
Bruce Kaji
Manzanar High School
New York
California
Ernest Borgnine
Don Rickles
Circle Theater
Anaheim
Barnaby Jones
Lee Harvey Oswald
California State Legislature
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Manzanar
Births in Shafter Nicky Lewis Jr and Francellia Maria
Nicky and Deana Gann announce son Nicky Lewis Jr born April 26 1980 at North Kern Hospital weight ten pounds one ounce length 22 inches. Antonio and Sandra Sandoval announce daughter Francellia Maria born April 28 1980 at North ern Hospital weight eight pounds four ounces length 21 inches. Steven and Michelle Nightengale announce daughter Melanie Joy born April 15 1980 at Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. Grandparents listed include Mack Ada Stafford Harold Dee Taylor Leslie Evelyn Jackson.
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Nicky
Deana Gann
Los Angeles Street
Nicky Lewis, Jr
North Kern Hospital
Francellia Maria
Antonio and
Sandra Sandoval
Prince Lane
Northern Hospital
Steven and
Michelle Nightengale
Shafter
Melanie Joy
Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Mack and
Ada Stafford
Harold and Dee Taylor
Oklahoma
Leslie and
Evelyn Jackson
Olsen to Speak at CBMC Luncheon at Yee's Steak House
Neal Olsen administrative director of Kern High School District will address the Christian Business Men's Committee at 12 Noon Thursday at Yee's Steak House. Last week's speaker was Richard Dixon Wasco and former Shafter officer who entered law enforcement in 1970 after four Highway Patrol officers were killed in Newhall. Upcoming speakers include Kerneth Anderson on May 15 and Dr John Yale on May 22.
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Shafter High School
Neal Olsen
Yee’s
Olsen
Kern
Richard Dixon
Wasco
Shafter
Newhall
Kerneth Anderson
John Yale
CBMC
Suttons Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary in Shafter
Dean and March Sutton marked 25 years of marriage with a April 19 gathering hosted by daughters Cherie and David, Giann and Valerie, and Albert Brown, plus Debbie Allen. Grandchildren attended along with relatives from Shafter Bakersfield Wasco Porterville Fresno Cypress and Bennington Kansas where they wed.
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Dean
March
Sutton
Cherie
David
Giann
Valerie
Albert Brown
Bakersfield
Debbie
Kenneth Allen
Shafter
Brandy
Casey Allen
Nicolas Glann
Doyle Stearman
Ezra Suderman
Donald Mettler
Ronald Mettler
Wallace Ryker
Dolores Escalante
Sandi Siemens
Art Pt
Rowland
Wasco
Jeff Channeson
Jess Ricketts
Porterville
Betty Dervinskas
Fresno
Jerry Mullen
Janice
Cypress
Suttons
Bennington
Kansas
La Rosa Eastern Star Chapter Holds April Meeting
La Rosa chapter meets La Rosa Chapter 146 Order of Eastern Star at Wasco Masonic Temple. Velma Downey and Leonard Duck preside with 22 year matron and organist. Mrs Guenther, joining 1951 and 1957 matron, noted. candles and ribbons decor tables. Past matrons and patrons to be honored May 12.
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Dottie Heber
Nellie Lassiter
Anita Thurmond
Eastern Star
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Lou Frizzell
Old
Germany
Lou
Manzanar High
Rosie
Kakiuchi
Bruce
Kaji
Hazel Frizzell
Frances Kaji
Richland Ave
Sam Hensley
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Mennonite Brethren Church
Church OF the Nazarene
W. Lerdo Kenneth Mitchell
ST. Therese Catholic Church
W. Lerdo
John A. Magr
Delany
Pentecostal Church OF God
S. Shafter. Ave. Sun
P.Y
Fred L. Hanshe Pastor
E. Tulare Ave
Qwen C. Onsum
Shafterites
Cicero
Reformed Church
Sunset
James Maynard Koerner
Jeanette Wheeler
la Rosa
Sun
Central Avenue Shafter
Congress
Shafter Press
Bing Shafter
Frank W. and
Donald L. Reed
Rick Lawler
Publishers News Editor
Methodist
Rev. G
Ted Larson
W. Lorde
Hwy
North Pine Street
Menno Schellenberg
1St
Southern Baptist Church
H.D. Rutledge
Noel Weeks
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