Aunt Uncle Honor Boy Harry Vannatta Birthday Surprise
A surprise party Saturday afternoon honored Harry Vannatta on his 15th birthday at the home of his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs John Branner 616 State Ave He is visiting from Los Angeles during potato season Guests included former classmates Glen Stoller Kenneth Krocker Billy Joe Nixon Larry Vannatta Raymond Vannatta Brice Branner who served cake ice cream and punch
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Harry Vannatta
Shafter
John Branner
State Ave
Harry
Los Angeles
Larry Vannatta
Raymond Vannatta
Brice Branner
Tracy Ranch Barbecue Draws 250 for Annual Servance
Approximately 250 friends and neighbors gathered at Tracy Ranch barbecue on Sunday for the annual affair. The day featured barbecue beef chili beans coffee punch cakes and pies folk dancing Johnny Blanco’s orchestra swimming with two lifeguards and a large rodeo with calf scrambles won by Nancy Frey. Visitors came from Delano Wasco Shafter Fresno Long Beach Los Angeles Bakersfield Pasadena and Hollywood.
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Buttonwillow
Tracy Ranch
Johnny Blanco
Delano
Wasco
Merritt Holloway
Frank Gaffiner
Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival Aquacade Winds Down
The sixth annual Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival aquacade was affected by windy weather but proceeded Saturday night. Winners include seven to eight year olds John Putman first Sherril McClure second Sharon Peters third Timmy Anderson fourth and Mary Barry Wipf Perkins Roberts Froese Crafton. Ten-year-olds Philip Anderson first Ronnie Schmidt second Don Blumpkin third John Arnold fourth Israel Alvarado fifth. Eleven-year-old girls Carol Witcher first Brenda Boel second Bonnie Johnson third Linda Fosdick fourth. Eleven-year-old boys Bill Nixon first Mike Gibson second Ronnie Truex third Frank Ware fourth Warren Thompson fifth. Diving exhibitions featured local and outside youths. Richland School pattern swimming led by Mrs Putman Mrs Beel and Mrs Peters. Shafter High School Hawaiian numbers by Norma Mixon Donna Jenkins Joyce McDonald Eileen Bradshaw Carolyn Wilson Carol Irvin Donna Hare Donna Weitz. Bakersfield High aqua nettes presented a musical number. Aquacade closed with Jack and Bill Finch diving show.
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Roy Farrell
John Putman
Sherril McClure
Sharon Peters
Timmy Anderson
Mary
Barry ‘Wipf
Bobby Perkins
Brent Roberts
Arty Froese
Mike Crafton
Philip Anderson
Ronnie
Justesen's Market Unveils 1953 Automatic Gas Range
Justesen's Market at 325 Central Avenue Shafter announces a new automatic gas range in collaboration with Shafter Maytag Shop. The Wedgewood gas range is on display with a May 29 prize drawing for patrons issuing free tickets from the market or dealer.
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Justesen
Central Avenue
Shafter
30 Youngsters Will Graduate In Lerdo Class
Lerdo announces graduation for 30 students 17 boys and 13 girls next Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Minter Village Gymnasium. Valedictorian Raymond Nolen will give the speech. Class President Donald McClure will welcome the audience. Dr. Fredannon, Kern County Schools education director, will speak on The Road to a Better Education. District Superintendent Gerald E. Miller will award honors. class song by Marcella Jabs and Carol Young. Rev. Bernard Niekerk to give invocation and benediction. A reception follows in the gym with graduates listed including John Akin and Raymon d Nolen.
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Lerdo
Minter Village
Raymond Nolen
Donald McClure
Fredannon
Kern County
Gerald E. Miller
Marcella Jabns
Carol Young
Bernard Niekerk
John Akin
Novella Faye Anderson
Edward Berry
Bobby Chaider
Walter Franklin Duncan
Emma Kathleen Giles
Edna’ Mae Hanson
Harold Howard
Marcella Johns
Mary Christine Jones
Harold N. Kelly
Shirlene Belle
Lawrence
Andrew Daniel Lewin
Hall Dewain Martin
Truman Dale Middleton
Delores Anne Mitchell
Johnnie Ben Moseley
Donald Gene McClure
Raymond Dewain Nolen
Orville Gene Pearson
Darlene C. Rawlins
Herbert C. Romine
Barbara Louise Self
Patricia Anh Sherrill
Mary Anne St. Mary
Henry Lee -True
John Watts
Barbara Coleen Webb
Wallace,c. C. William
Carol Joyce Young
Four Eighth Grade Graduates Set Richland Commencement
Four eighth grade graduates of Richland School will highlight commencement on June 4. Principal Fred Hasty announced the event with speakers Mike Steele upper grade president on Impossible Is Unamerican Patricia Cornell Opportunities in America Rosella Mettler This Is Democracy and Dorothy Weitz Advantages of Going to School in California Jerry Lauderdale to be master of ceremonies. The top students were chosen from 27 competitors of the grade by a panel including Ross Harrington Frank Bortz and Letha Brock. Nineteen thirty eighth graders will graduate this spring.
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Richland School
Fred Hasty
Mike Steele
Patricia Cornell
America
Rosella Mettler
Dorothy Weitz
California
Jerry Lauderdale
Ross Harrington
Frank Bortz
Letha Brock
Hasty
Swimming Party Honors Girl Nine in Richland
A swimming party for 9 year old Annette Dooley at her Richland home followed by a birthday celebration. Guests listed include Cheryl Mc Clure Dana Bledsoe Mary Thompson Julie Todd Linda Wilson Becky Warren Vicky Laverty Janice Handel Cindy Sill Paula Thomas Bonnie Muir Susan Vignolo Art Brownell Ray Warren Louis Barnett Ronnier Baker and Joey Thompson.
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Richland Pool
Annette Dooley
Burley Dooley
Golden West Ave
Cheryl McClure
Dana Bledsoe
Mary Thompson
Julie Todd
Linda Wilson
Becky Warren
Vicky Laverty
Janice Handel
Cindy Sill
Paula Thomas
Bonnie Muir
Susan Vignolo
Art Brownell
Ray Warren
Louis Barnett
Ronnier Baker
Joey Thompson
Family Dinner Celebrates Buster Ellis Birthday
The third birthday party for Buster Ellis was held at his parents home on Scaroni Avenue. Present were his brother Donny, uncle and aunt Melvin and Joyce Foeltz, and grandmother Binonia Tolbert.
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Buster
Buster Ellis
Clifton Ellis
Scaroni Avenue
Donny
Melvin Foeltz
Joyce
Binonia Tolbert
Picnic Guests At Hart Memorial Park
Picnic attendees at Hart Memorial Park included Mr and Mrs Harvey Funk and family and Mr and Mrs Adolph Goertzen and family during a Sunday gathering.
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Hart Memorial
Harvey Funk
Adolph Goertzen
Shafter Tops East Bakersfield In Tennis Rivalry
Shafter defeated East Bakersfield 4 games to 2 in a Valley championship tennis match. Johnny DeVincenzo Harold Gaede and Ronnie Siemens led Shafter in singles. Coach Bob Gates plans a team supper next Tuesday at his home.
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East Bakersfield
Shafter
Bob Gates
Johnny DeVincenzo
Harold Gaede
Ronnie Siemens
Coach Gates
North to Deliver Guest Sermon in Shafter Sunday
Dr. Stanley A. North general secretary of the division of church extension and evangelism of Congregational Churches will preach at Union Congregational Church in Shafter at 11 a.m. and speak Monday to the church couples Club. He and his wife visit Shafter for three days and he now serves as West Coast director of the church building loan fund.
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Stanley
A. North
Division of Church Extension and Evangelism
Congregational Churches
Shafter
Union Congregational Church
North
Congregational Church
Couples Club
West Coast
Church Building Loan Fund
Birth of Henry Gerome Stuart in Los Angeles
A boy named Henry Gerome Stuart was born March 24 at California Hospital Los Angeles to Mr. and Mrs J G Stuart.
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California Hospital, Los Angeles
J. G. Stuart
Henry Gerome
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