Aquacade Lights Boost Shafter Festival Show
Colorful lights will brighten the Shafter Cotton ’n Potato Festival Aquacade at Highland pool. Roy Farrell chairs a program of races stunts and exhibitions by local youth and visiting divers led by Bill Finch and Bill Race from San Jose State. The event features Aquanelles from Bakersfield High and other local schools with MC Bob Bann.
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Righland
Shafter
Roy Farrell
Aquacade
Bill Finch
Bakersfield
San Jose State College
Bill Race
Taft
San Jose
Jack Finch
Kenny Melun
Nelson Harris
Othdr
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield High School
East Bakersfield High School
Aquanelles
Bakersfield High
Bill
Richland
Shafter High
Bob Bann
KWSO
Ben Peters
Glen Putman
Ralph Boel
Five Beeves For Hungry Fiesta Crowd
Five beeves totaling 3000 pounds will slake the appetites of parade watchers at Shafter's Cotton n Potato Festival. American Legion crews hire Chef Charlie Castro of Bakersfield to cook the beef in deep pits at the utility yard for about 4000 people at the county park. Donors include Em. H. Mettler and Sons, Maple Leaf Farms, Kern County Land Company, Coberly-West and S. A. Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
American Legion
Charlie Castro
Bakersfield
Em. H. Mettler, and Sons
Maple Leaf Farms
Kern County Land Company
Coberly-West
S. A. Camp
Bill Banks
Earl Wipf
Elmer Ziemke
Pat Bradshaw
Albert Finkbeiner
Rudy ._ Lopez
Claude Camp
The
Legion Auxiliary
Pete Buller
Jack Hare
Educators Chosen to Judge Santa Fe Railway Essay Contest
Dr Ralph Bush and Ross Harrington of Richland School District along with Margaret Riggs of Shafter High School will judge Santa Fe Railway essay contest entries at the Potato n Cotton Festival May 16. Prizes include United States Defense Bonds of 100, 50 and 25 dollars for first to third, plus 10 Santa Fe enginemen caps for fourth through thirteenth places.
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Shafter
Santa Fe Railway
Ralph Bush
Ross Harrington
Richland
Iss Margaret Riggs
Shafter High School
United States Defense
Santa Fe
Twenty to Thirty Junior Track Show Set for Saturday
The county 20-30 Junior Olympics event is scheduled for Saturday morning at Griffith Stadium. Officials from the Kern County Municipal Athletic Association report strong support from Beardsley, Delano, Greenfield, Bakersfield and Westside area schools including Arvin Mojave Kernville Taft Cuyama and Maricopa elementary and junior high pupils.
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Griffith Stadium
Kern County Municipal Athletic Association
Arvin
Mojave
Kernville
House guests noted including Leona Vanatta and Ingram
Mrs. Leona Vanatta and her mother Mrs. M. S. Ingram were house guests for one week in September 1932. Mrs. W. Palot of Inglewood was also mentioned as part of the social notices.
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Leona Vanatta
M. S. Ingram
W. Palot
Inglewood
Mary Karber
P. J. Karber
The
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Educators Gather for All-County Institute at Richland
Richland School will host an all county special educators institute announced by Superintendent Bruce M. Crawford. Ernest Willenberg will open with remarks, followed by two discussion groups led by Erwin Pearlman and Bill Clanin with consultants Betty Gould and Murray Tendon.
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Richland School
Special ‘Educators Institute
Bruce M. Crawford
Crawford
Ernest Willenberg
Kern County
Erwin Pearlman
Betty Gould
Aetion
Bakersfield
Bill Clanin
Murray Tendon
Youths Win Place For Scholarship At Bakersfield College
The Bakersfield College Records Office announces two former Shafter High School graduates earned Alpha Gamma Sigma membership for high fall semester scholarship. Stanley Buller, son of John Buller, is a sophomore in auto mechanics and previously on the Shafter track team. Doyle Dunham, son of Tom Dunham, is a sophomore in general shop and plans farming after graduation.
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Bakersfield College Records Office
Shafter High School
Alpha Gamma_ Sigma
Stanley Buller
John Buller
Buller
Doyle Dunham
Tom Dunham
W. Marengo
Bakersfield
Dunham
Rival Throttles Shafterites in TB X-Ray Drive
Shafter bowed to Wasco in the tuberculosis X-ray drives. Mrs. Elmer Richards, first vice president of the Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association, reported today that 1534 X-rays were taken in Shafter and Wasco registered 2141. The drives occurred in one week.
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Shafter
Wasco
Elmer Richards
Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Early Registration for Kindergarten and First Grade
Pre-registration for upcoming school year set for May 22 and 23 at Richland primary. Mrs. Letha Brock announced children four years nine months or older may register with parents from 1 to 5 p m Friday and 8 a m to noon Saturday, bring birth certificates. First graders must be five years nine months and accompanied by parents. those who attended kindergarten this year excluded. Nurse Louise Maupin and Parent-Teachers Association assist.
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Richland School
Letha Brock
Brock
Louise Maupin
Parent-Teachers Association
Stiff Competition Seen as More Floats Enter Procession
The Wasco Chamber of Commerce aims to repeat last year by entering a fabulous float in Shafter for the sixth annual Pototo n Cotton Festival Parade. Kyle Austin vows more floats than ever with 28 entries and a queen’s pageant, led by 1st Sgt. Baltazar M. Lopez, a Korea veteran awaiting discharge.
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Austin
Wasco Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter
Delano Chamber of Commerce
Hanford Fair
Kyle Austin
Kern County
Bobette Bentley
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
California
Baltazar M. Lopez
Mrs. Calvin
Billy Willis
John E. Loustalot
Ray Hoskings
Paul Newell
Rio Bravo
Donna Hare
Horizon Club
Fler Group
Nikkel Iron Works
Long Beach
Gillette Razor Blade Co
Shafter City
Gem
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Dick Smith
Civil Air Patrol
Vernon Pierce
Shafter-Minter
Bruce Williams
County Fire Department
A. M. Boese
I. F. Boese
Santa Ana
Owin, Ahogany
Wheeler Furniture Co
Central Ave
Sherman Bobst
Jimmie
Bobst
A. E. Rapp
Korea
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Army Engineer Corps
Cosma
Thomas
Cosma Thomas
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