Festival plans announced for Richland district show
Superintendent Bruce Crawford proposes a Richland cafeteria venue for the festival with a half hour show on Friday May 27 and a hour long band concert plus a 45 minute fashion segment by home ec students. Ross Harrington will oversee the events as the 1955 festival opens with a crowning on Wednesday May 25.
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Bruce Crawford
Richland Swe
Crawford
Richland
Richland School
Fter
Ross Harrington
Volunteers Sign Up for Local Service Week Efforts
Dozens of volunteers from Ex scouts Pentecostal groups and various clubs have pledged to help with a community service week. Banks notes more volunteers are needed and coordinators expect support from Rotary Kiwanis and 20 30 Club. Post cards were sent to parents inviting two hour weekly donations, with contact at 9980 9782.
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Pentecostal
Rotary
Kiwanis
Shafter
Reto
Banks
Ton Women Veterans Lead Local Unit in Game
The Ton Women continue leading the local unit as veterans participate in the game.
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the Game Veterans
Poppy Pays Proclaimed by Shafter Mayor
Mayor Adolf Kirschenman declares May 27 and 28 in Shafter as Poppy Pays to honor war dead and aid disabled veterans and needy children. Citizens urged to wear poppies and contribute to the fundraiser.
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Shafter
New Beauty Salon Opens in Shafter
Mrs. Sam Morse announces a new hair styling shop in Shafter. She from New York City lives at 417 Marengo street and has been in Shafter since September and in California since July. Morse, a widow with four children, trained at Doyl's Beauty College in Buffalo and ran her own New York salon for four years before moving to Shafter to live with a brother.
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Shafter
Sam Morse
Morse
New York City
Marengo Street
California
Kenneth
Wayne
Gary
Shirley
Doyl's College of Beauty
Buffalo
New York
Local Personal Notices Highlight Ross Cunningham Visit and Wilcoxon Family Gatherings
Mrs Vernon Ross and brother J E Cunningham with spouses left to visit parents in Norfolk and relatives in Fresno. Queen for A Day Sam Wilcoxon hosts family gathering with children and relatives from Porterville Santa Paula Shafter. Wilcoxons plan West Coast Relays in Fresno and Betty Wilcoxon's Santa Paula teaching duties noted. Suzette Fuller recovered from virus pneumonia after Mercy Hospital stay. Dinner guests at Wally Reimer home include C C Reimer and Harold Reimer families. Travel to Reedley and Dinuba by H R Peters and J C Reimer.
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Vernon Ross
J. E. Cunningham
Academy
Sam Wilcoxon
Jack Wilcoxon
Mack Wilcoxon
Porterville
Betty
Santa Paula
Gene Wilcoxon
Everett Bakers
Shafter
Everett Baker
Fresno
Suzette Fuller
J. H. Fuller
Tulare Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Wally Reimer
Reimers
C. C. Reimer
Harold Reimer
Willis Reimer
Shafter High Grad Garry Weyand Eyes 1955 Olympic Trials
Garry Weyand, 1954 SHS graduate, is a first string UC freshman rower who may compete in the 1955 Olympic trials for the United States in Australia. He rows at number three in the first boat and will race UCLA USC Stanford and Washington this May and June under coaches who praise his potential for both freshman and varsity levels. Weyand lettered in football and track at Shafter High.
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Garry Weyand
Shafter High School
University of California
Garry
California
United States
Australia
UCLA
USC
Stanford
Washington
Crew
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Ion W Ton
Adolf Kirschenman
Reedley
Dinuba
H. R. Peters
J. C. Reimer
Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival
Montest Headquarters
Chamber of Commerce
James St
Moremennaenrn
GE Weathertron
Weathertron
General Electric
Weathertron Pepe Amereree
Schneider & Wikoff Marlo Contracting Corp
JAMES
SHS
J. W
Sandy” Sanderson
Vera
Bridgeport
Crowley Lake
Sanderson
Lions Club
Tucker
Frank Russell Mfg. CO
Pacific Ave
Shafter, Calif
C O.E
Chevrolet
C.O.E
L.C.F
Taskmaster
Task Force
America
Richland Chevrolet Co
E. Central Ave
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