Shafter Festival Parade Sets Aggie Man of the Year Honor
Kern county farmers welcomed as W L Smith named Agricultural Man of the Year at Shafter festival. Wayne Weeks UC extension director to present plaque. Parade includes 27 floats 12 musical groups 11 school bands and 6 draft horses. Marines Army and Korean War veteran First Sgt Baltazar Lopez participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Pat Kelly
Sacramento
W. L. Smith
Buttonwillow
Kern County
Shafter
Lewis A. Burtch
Wayne F. Weeks
University of California
Kyle Austin
Harry West
West
Marines
Army
Baltazar M. Lopez
Shatter
American Legion
Charley Castro
Herb Schirmer
Schirmer
Smith
Shafter Potato N Cotton Festival Climaxes Weekend Plans
Festival committee in Shafter finalizes events for the climactic weekend with an Implement Fair attracting Kern County dealers. Directors emphasize teamwork and outside help to ensure the 1953 celebration ranks No 1 in public minds.
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Shafter
Kern County
Cinder Baseball Stars Compete for Bakersfield College
Two former Shafter High School students compete for Bakersfield College in the spring term. Gene Magus Criner is a sophomore half miler on the Renegade track team majoring in auto mechanics. Harold Lynch, starting pitcher for the Renegade baseball team, hails from Shafter and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B E Lynch.
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Shafter
Bakersfield College
Gene Magus Criner
Ellis Criner
Sullivan Road
Renegade
Harold Lynch
B. E. Lynch
Faber Street
Three Ways New Internationals Prove Worth in Truck Buy
New Internationals are proven in three ways to remove guesswork from truck buying. You know you’ll get more truck for your dollar. The message outlines reliability, value, and performance promises to convince buyers.
Shafter Parade Plans Highlight Local March Event
Wasco expects a prize linked council ride in a Haberfelder Ford sedan and three majorette groups Betties Baton Belles Sears and JTwirlettes from Bakersfield will appear. Ernie Graf leads Shafter High School band with Bakersfield Drillers Delano Union High School and Bakersfield Eagles Drum Corps also set to perform. Judging at 9 00 a m with a 10 00 a m parade start along Central avenues route includes Wall to West Lerdo Five Points Central Valley Highway Lerdo Nikkel Marengo.
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Council
Haberfelder Inc
Austin
Sears
Shafter
Bettie's Baton Belles
Jtwirlettes
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Drillers
Delano Union High School
Ernie Graf
Shafter High School
Bakersfield Eagles
Central Avenue
James Street
Bank
Wall
Lerdo
Central Valley Highway
Nikkel
Marengo
Crawford elected second vice president of California elementary admins
Bruce M Crawford superintendent of Richland School District was chosen as second vice president of the California Elementary School Administrators Association central section at the Merced conference. He previously led the Kern County association and now serves as membership chairman for Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Merced and Madera counties.
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Bruce. M. Crawford
Richland
California
Elementary School Administrators Association
Central Section
Merced
Crawford
Kern County Elementary School Administrators Association
Kern
Kings
Tulare
Fresno
Madera
Land and social notes from Shafter area
The record notes about 65 acres planted in onions in Shafter during spring 1926. Mr and Mrs W S Miller visited family in Fresno in September 1932. In fall 1925 Shafter Business Men's Club formed a committee to promote a Shafter High School.
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Shafter
W. S. Miller
Shafter Business Men's Club
Seniors Map Final Plans For Outdoor Shafter High Graduation
Shafter High School seniors organize an outdoor graduation on June 5 in front of the gym with organ accompaniment and period music. The program features writings on American social history from World War I to today by named students and staff. Additional events include May 26 counselors day, May 29 senior banquet, May 31 baccalaureate service, plus plans for a senior breakfast and a senior swim.
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A.G. Whitson
H. C
Tip) Henderson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roy Farrell
Richland School
American Legion
Jimmy Thomason
Shafter High School
Aland Crabb
Rolf Jacobson
Morton Brown
Betty Smith
Max Tudor
Darrell
Parks
Charlene Krocker
Calander
Shafter Safeway appoints new manager in 1933
The Shafter Safeway Store named H. Weber as the new manager in January 1933, signaling a leadership change at the local grocery outlet.
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Shafter. Safeway
H. Weber
Pvt Voth Serves With Thunderbird in Korea
Pvt Claude L. Voth, son of Mrs Mary H Voth of Shafter Route 1, serves in Korea with the 45th Infantry Division known as the Thunderbird. An aidman in the 120th Medical Battalion a ambulance company he joined the Army last August and arrived in Korea last month after attending Monterey Bay Academy in Watsonville.
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Claude L. Voth
Mary. H. Voth
Route 1
Shafter
Korea
45Th Infantry
Oklahoma National Guard
Thunderbird
Voth
120Th
Monterey Bay Academy
Watsonville
Fresno Hotel Partners With Festival Promotions
Five sacks of potatoes from Shafter were delivered to Fresno to promote the Hotel Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival. Place mats detailing the Friday and Saturday events are in dining rooms and hotels throughout Kern county as well as Fresno San Luis Obispo Visalia and Paso Robles.
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Shafter
Fresno
Kern County
San Luis Obispo
Visalia
Paso Robles
Janet Gray New Voice With A Smile
Janet Gray begins a telephone career with a cohort of young women from schools as the industry expands. They will receive full salaries while in training and expect frequent raises. Advancement opportunities are strong as women take on management roles.
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Janet Gray
Janet
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Cinder
B.C
Gineering Laboratory
Desert
Arizona
America
Comfc-Vision
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Wasco
Kentucky
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Hill and Hill Company
Louisville
Fresno Hotel
P.O. Box
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Pacific West
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