Seniors Prepare for Final Shafter High Events
With graduation less than two weeks away, Shafter High School seniors begin final events. Bac calaureate services are set for May 30 at the Men on Brethren Church, followed by commencement on June 2 in the high school gym. Principal speakers Opal Evans and Minor Rootes head the program, with the band and girls glee club performing. Class Day and senior prophecy occur June 2, and awards are handed out May 21.
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Shafter High School
Menon Brethren Church of
Shaf
Opal
Evans
Minor Rootes
Robert Gates
Shafter Press
Shafter
Central Avenue
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Old King
Two Shafter Girls Win Highest Campfire Awards
Twenty five parents and friends attended the Grand Council Fire at Griffith Stadium in Bakersfield Tuesday evening to witness Norma Neuman and Caroline Spitzer receive the highest Campfire rank. Five Kern County girls earned the honor, with Donut awards going to Mary Jane Crawford Donna Weitz and Norma Neuman. All Shafter girls also received birthday awards.
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Shafter
Grand Council
Griffith Stadium
Bakersfield
Norma Neuman
Caroline Spitzer
Kern County
Mary Jane Crawford
Donna Weitz
Humbert Family Update From Avenal and Shafter
Mrs. Humbert is recuperating at her sister's home in Avenal after a major operation. Her parents Mr and Mrs Leonard Williams visited over the weekend. Charles Humbert traveled to New York for a brief visit but has returned to Shafter.
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Charles Humbert
Avenal
Shafter Business Men Association Fueling Growth
A May 1926 Shafter report details how merchants united to improve water supply curb fire protection and city services through the Shafter Public Utility District and ongoing association efforts. The piece also notes support from pioneers Boy Scouts and educators for a growing town.
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Shafter Press
Shafter
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Campbell
Shafter Public Utility District
Central Avenue
Business Men’s Association
Herbert Midgley
Midgley
Boy Scouts
Fred W. Herbert
Seni
Fred Foster
Richland School
E. I. Conklin
Kern County Credit Men’s Association
Drunk Arrests Surge Over Week End in Shafter
Arrests for drunkenness rose over the week end in Shafter and surrounding areas. Individuals faced penalties from fines to jail time including Ralph H. Adams sentenced to 60 days suspended with a 50 dollar fine, and Carter Garrett ordered 180 days in a road camp for drunken driving and license revocation.
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Shafter
Ralph H. Adams
Carter Garrett
Jim Farmer
Luther Crane
Grover. Leslie
Charlie Tucker
Lewis Hen
May
Jonah Miulliss
Fred Miller
John Pinnion
John Risenhoover
James E. Risenhoover
Lelon Bryant
Horace Icesnogle
Tommy Noffa
Eugene Neufeld Enlists in the Air Force
Eugene Neufeld age 18 and a 1947 Shafter High School graduate enlisted in the U S Air Force for a three year tour. He signed up at the Delano recruiting station and will report to the Air Force Processing Station in San Antonio for basic training before attending Air Force schooling.
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Eugene Neufeld
Shafter High School
U. S. Air Force
Neufeld
H. H. Neufeld
Poso Street
Shafter
U. S. Army
Air Force
Main Street
Delano
Merlyn Myer
Air Force Processing Station
San Antonio
Texas
Air Force School
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Brock
ROYAL
The
West Royal
On the
Kenwood
Arondac Chatham Magnolia Wool
O’ the West
Chatham
Lamsdown
Famous
North Star
Zephyr
C.O.D
Bakersfield College OF Beauty
Charlotte E. Fay
Chester Ave
Democrat
Congress
Kern
KPMC
Mano Xre
Radio & Appliance CO
Lane Cedar Hope Chest
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