Ceremony Set for 52 Queen at Shafter Potato Festival
The Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival crowns a queen on May 17 with a reception for the royal court from 8 to 9 p.m. May 15 at the women's clubhouse co sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon Club and the Festival committee. Miss Betty Stringer will crown the queen of 1951. The winner will be announced at a press and radio meeting May 16 at Motel Canelo. Dignitaries and hosts include Judge and Mrs FE K Grant, Mr and Mrs Richard A Larson, Mr and Mrs Ernie Hofman, Mr and Mrs A G Mortimore, and Dr and Mrs George Collins with special invitations extended to out of town Lions clubs.
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Shafter
Betty Stringer
Motel Canelo
Paul Newell
Rolf Jacobsen
FE. K. Grant
Richard A. Larson
Ernie Hofman
A. G. Mortimore
George Collins
Lions Clubs
Teachers Honor Opal Day With Garden Shower
Santa Fe School teachers hosted a bridal shower for Opal Day at the Neufeld garden on Central Avenue. The three year Santa Fe teacher will marry Bill Ratzlaff of Shafter in June and will teach next year in the Maple District.
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Santa Fe
Garden of
Louise Neufeld
Central Avenue
Miss Day
Bill Ratzlaff
Shafter
Maple District
Beulah Bartlett
Eleanor Williams
Dfie Camp
J. Long
Idabelle Johnson
Don Christensen
Rachel Rolf
Ora Alexander
Lorretta Stewart
Neufeld
Richland Homemakers Plan Fashion Show
Pupils from Richland School homemaking classes will present a fashion show next Thursday night at the Veterans Memorial Hall. About 150 seventh and eighth grade girls will participate under the supervision of Miss Burnis Morris and Principal Fred Hasty.
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Richland
Veterans Memorial Hall
Fred Hasty
Burnis Morris
Juniors Will Seat Officers Next Tuesday Dinner
The Junior Women’s Club will install Mrs. Harvey Neuman as president at the Bakersfield Inn California Room. A scavenger hunt and weiner roast follow at Manuel Park at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The season ends May 28 at Mrs. James Jacobs’s home.
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California
Bakersfield Inn
George Collins
Harvey Neuman
Manuel Park
James. Jacobs
Maple PTA Final Meeting Prepares Fashion Show
The Maple Parent-Teachers Association hosts its final meeting of the year on Tuesday with Mrs. Walter Nicolas as program chair. A fashion show by girls from sewing classes and the 4-H club, colored slides of vacation trips, music, and Rev. Waldo Wiebe's spiritual thought are planned. Delegates will report on the state convention during a brief business session. all parents are urged to attend.
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MAPLE
Maple Parent-Teachers Association
Walter Nicolas
Waldo Wiebe
Two Children Win PTA Scholarship for Music
Two music scholarships of 75 dollars each were awarded to Jacqueline Bruce and Sally Ann Firkins by the Richland Parent Teachers Association this week. Jacqueline Bruce, a fourth grader who lives with her aunt Mrs. Albert Patterson at 30771 Burbank Ave, won for skill and improvement in piano playing. Sally Ann Firkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Firkins of 30332 Riverside Ave, will use her scholarship for music study.
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Jacqueline Bruce
Sally Ann Firkins
Birthday Greetings Honor Sixth Grader Violinist
Judges A J Hemingson Mrs Arthur Ehrhorn Theo G Heinrichs Rex Thompson and E M Hernandez awarded a birthday greetings event for a sixth grade violin student. Honorable mentions went to Linda Hanson Teddy New Margaret Freedman Sharon Eidsen plus others including Carolyn Siemens Larry Vanatta Rex Tudor Roberta Kimmel Ruby Sanders Sharon Jo Turner and Carol Hooks. PTA scholarship committee included Miss Martha Gloeckler Rex Thompson E M Hernandez Miss Beulah Bartlett and Mrs Harry Thompson.
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Larry Vanatta
Carol Hooks
Fate
PTA
Martha Gloeckler
Rex Thompson
E. M. Hernandez
Beulah, Bartlett
Harry Thompson
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Dick Smith
Sally Firkins
Elizabeth Strauss
Pete Richert
Karen Mae Adamson
George Vannatta
Hulda. Voth
Sam. Becker
Joan Fleming
Clarence Neuman
Dan Kliewer
Wanda Ashmore
Dudley Paslay
Paul Ingraham
Elizabeth Rice
John Lachenmaier
Claremore Fenderson, Jr
Mark. Larson
Juanita Ashmore
Frederick. Mettler
Janice Neumanns
International Roadliners
International Liquid Petroleum Gas
Evin E. Firke
Central Valley
Kessler
Kern County
Indian Wells Valley
Kern River Valley
Delano
McFarland
Wasco
Woody Areas
First District
Bendix
Wizards OF Ease
Wheeler’s
Kook
KWSO
Shaffer
Calif
Central Ave
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