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Shafter’s Lucky Seventh Festival Tops 1954 Kern County Event
Shafter’s two day Potato n Cotton Festival earns the title biggest and best since 1948. Pageant kickoff features over 200 students from Shafter High School with Miss Jeanette Wheeler’s English class and a Richland school choir. Queen wins a Las Vegas weekend at the Last Frontier with 90 day use, plus a Nevada style toast and a photo souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Kern County
Jack Fleming
Nick Johnson
Shafter High School
Iriting
Grant Jensen
Ken Fashbender
Jeanette Wheeler
Richland
Last Frontier
Las Vegas
Harvey Diederich
Nevada
Desert