Big Entry For Fresno Relays
About 61 colleges and high schools have tentative entries for the West Coast Relays at Ratcliffe Stadium on May 18. Officials expect total entries to reach around 900, surpassing the 850 mark set in 1945, with about $2,000 in pre sales reported by the Fresno Junior Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are reserved seating from $2.75 to $1.20 and available via the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce.
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Ratcliffe Stadium
J. Flint Hanner
West Coast Relays
Fresno
Four-Year-Old San Francisco Zoo Tiger Largest Captive
A four-year-old tiger born at the San Francisco Zoo is reported to be the largest tiger in captivity. The zoo officials confirm its size and status within the exhibit.
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San Francisco Zoo
Campaign Urges Last-Minute Donations to Cancer Society
California campaign chairman A J Gock of the Bank of America calls for final contributions to the American Cancer Society cancer control drive. He notes a California quota of 850000 with the campaign still short of its objective and stresses every resident should give to curb deaths by cancer. Southern California headquarters are 354 South Spring Street Los Angeles.
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American Cancer Society
California
A.J. Gock
Bank of America
Gock
Southern California
South Spring Street
Los Angeles
Auxiliary Meets Next Tuesday
The regular Auxiliary meeting will be held May 21 at 7 30 p m at the Legion Hall. Nomination of officers will be held.
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Legion Hall
Mrs Helen Hall and son Dean visit Shafter for weekend
Mrs. Helen Hall and her son Dean from San Diego traveled to Shafter to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Sly over the weekend.
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Helen Hall
Son Dean
San Diego
Shafter
Oliver Sly
Big Rodeo Weekend Draws Kern County Crowd
San Joaquin Valley gears up for the California Highway Patrolman Association Rodeo with events Saturday night May 18 and Sunday May 19. Tickets at Bakersfield headquarters, 21st and Chester, and by phone 30959. General admission 1.50, children 75 cents. reserved seats 2.50. Proceeds benefit the CHP Widow and Orphans Fund.
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San Joaquin Valley
California Highway Patrolman Association
Kern County
21St and
Chester
Bakersfield
America
Cuff Burrell
21St and Chester
California Highway Patrolman Widow’s and Orphan's Fund
Mineral Society Meeting Hosts May Talks in Bakersfield
Speaker T. V. Little addressed the Little Mineral Society meeting in Bakersfield on May 13. The Kernville Mineral Society attended as special guests along with Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Arnold of Shafter.
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T. V. Little
Mineral Society
Bakersfield
The
Kernville Mineral Society
P. L. Arnold
Shafter
Beverly Drennan Green Born to Harold Green
Beverly Drennan Green arrived April 24 and is welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Green. The mother notes the baby’s assertion of proper recognition by her father in the early morning hours. The note references California’s bear count and flower-cutting tips.
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Shafter
Beverly Drennan Green
Beverly Drennan
Harold Greens
California
Maine
Stillbirth and mother's death in Shafter birth tragedy
Mrs. Elizabeth Prender, 20, of Shafter died May 9 at Kern General Hospital giving birth to a stillborn son. Funeral services for Mrs. Prender and baby John were May 11 at 2 p.m. in Janzen Chapel with Rev. E C Campos officiating. She leaves a husband George and children Joe W and Jannie Esther, plus parents, siblings, and grandmothers.
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Elizabeth Prendez
Shafter
Kern General Hospital
Jannie Esther
E. G. Campos
Emma
Annie
Esther Campos
Alberta Campos
Santa
Rempel Returns Home from Los Angeles Visit
Jack Rempel came home last Thursday to spend the weekend with his parents. He left for Los Angeles Sunday afternoon to complete courses for his Master’s Degree at the University of Southern California.
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Jack Rempel
Los Angeles
Jack
So. Cal. University
Funeral for two year old Ronnie Lafever held in Shafter
Funeral services for Ronnie Lafever, age two, were held May 11 at 3 00 p.m. in the Janzen Chapel with Rev Christ Ummel officiating. Interment followed in Shafter Cemetery. He died May 9 at Kern General Hospital Bakersfield. Survived by parents Dora and Lonzo Lafever, two sisters Robbie Jene and Robbie Dean, two brothers Benford J and Lloyd W, of Shafter, grandparents Mr and Mrs T L Lafever and Mrs Alice King, four aunts and four uncles.
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Ronnie Lafever
Janzen Chapel
Christ Ummel
Shafter Cemetery
Janzens
San Francisco Parks and Squares Count Reaches Forty Nine
A local listing confirms San Francisco contains 49 parks and squares. The figure appears in a civic overview of city green spaces, highlighting breadth of urban recreation sites and neighborhood access.
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San Francisco
Ruhlman Nephew Arrives to Help in Potato Shed
Earl Ruhlman arrives from Portsmouth to assist his Uncle Fred Ruhlman in the potato shed for the season after last Friday's plane trip.
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Earl Ruhlman
Fred Ruhlman
Portsmouth
American Match Production Surpasses Half Trillion Units
Report states five hundred billion matches are manufactured annually in the United States with two hundred billion of these being paper book matches.
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America
Family picnic held at Mooney's Grove
Mr and Mrs G E Sparks and their daughter Barbara along with Mr and Mrs Wray O Phillips and their children Nancy Dee Anna and Wray Emory and Mr Peter Philli spent Sunday picnicking at Mooney's Grove They also visited Mr and Mrs I N Sparks Exeter
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G. E. Sparks
Barbara
Mus
Wray O. Phillips
Nancy
Dee Anna
Wray Emory
Peter Philli
Mooney’s Grove
I. N. Sparks
Exeter
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Fresno Relays
Seventeenth
K — Truxtun
SAN Diegans
Santa Fe Way
Little Mineral Society
Rempel
L. A
Horace Greeley
Greeley
West
Northern
East
Gas and Electric Company
Ruhlman
Gil’s
Chester Avenue
Sea Food
Twenty-first Street
Nucva
Central Ave
Goertzen Goodyear Building
Best
Ss. & W. Market
United Refrigeration
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