Maple School Diploma Day Draws Large Crowd
A large crowd gathered at Maple School auditorium for the graduation of ten girls and two boys as Rev. Bernard E. Andrews delivered the commencement address. He urged the graduates to rely on biblical standards to judge right from wrong. The program featured music by the school band and solo performances, with Sue Tackett delivering the class greeting.
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Bernard E. Andrews
Gordon J. Baker
Robert Given
Luther
Sibeluus
Och Lomond
Holmes
Given
Helena Loewen
Bayley
Haydn
William Loewen
Liszt
Charlene Kroeker
Colby
Sue Tackett
Ralph Gribble
Herbert H. Loewen
Bryant High School awards honor roll with new student body leaders
High School held an awards assembly May 19 to inaugurate next year’s student-body officers. Roy Packard introduced Ernest Hughes as athletic manager and Jerry Johns as new proxy. Coaches presented pennants and letters for basketball, tennis, baseball, and track, naming standout seniors and award winners including Mickey Hair as outstanding senior in football and baseball.
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Roy Packard
Ernest Hughes
Bonnie Bender
Doris Gilwitz
Evelyn Rikard
Betty Stringer
Virginia Frizzell
Keith Burnquist
Robert Merz
Gene Bryant
Jerry Johns
Bryant
Dick Heber
Dan Bledsoe
Bob Gates
Lowell
Todd
Ed Schacht
Bob Nixon
Mickey Perry
Delbert Black
Bob Peterson
Bob Russell
Franklin Bergman
Kenneth Roden
Harold Brewer
Dwayne Freeman
Bob Gaines
Ivan Bartel
Don Absher
Dee Wilson
Jimmie Schmidt
Don Harris
W. L. Prince
Henry Beach
Layton Lynch
Paul Robey
Keith Mixon
Wayne Brablier
Bledsoe
Larry: Royal
Lowell Bergman
Tom Kelly
al Paloma
Ray Heaton
Dale Proctor
Vernon
Willard Stoller
LeRoy Weidenbach
Kay Raney
James Grumbles
Fred Houston
Jim Wroten
Bob Burns
Harold Lynch
Henry Rice
Everett Eyrand
Tom Kélly
Glyn Scales
Clarence Bender
Mickey Hair
Fred Paloma
J. C. Warnéke
Larry Royal
Heber
Schacht
Charles Rice
Floyd Medlock
Jim Youell
Doyle Cole
John Howard
Phillip Bryant
Robert Lamas
Jack Thompson
Harley Martin
Walter Bergen
Jim Calder
Andrew Dillard
Robert Peterson
Chester Neufeld
Bill Leonard
Bert Merz
Wendell Vannatta
LaVar McDonald
Robert Nixon
Charles Upton
George Haworth
Albert Prender
Bobby Gaines
Luther Bagby
James Crabb
Weekend Guests Bring Fresno Visitors to Town
Mr and Mrs Ed Brown hosted weekend guests Mr and Mrs Alden Carey and their children from Fresno, sharing meals and informal gatherings.
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Ed Brown
Mrs
Alden Carey
Fresno
Eighth Grade Graduation Party Notes Held for Richland School
The Richland School eighth grade graduation class and their parents will be feted at a party hosted by the Wednesday Afternoon Club. The event, with folk dancing and games, will take place Thursday evening at the Woman's Club House following graduation.
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Richland School
Woman’s Club
Cautious Hardware Brothers Split On Hose Material
A shopper recalls two brothers who run a hardware store giving mixed advice on a new plastic garden hose versus rubber. He notes their cautious nature and mutual deferment, preferring to seek both viewpoints before deciding. The piece highlights tolerance of differing opinions in everyday choices and discussions.
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Tom
Stanford Honors Shafter Youth Jerry Mathis Wins Navy Award
Stanford University honors Shafter youth Jerry F Mathis for winning the Magnell Bieri Award as outstanding Navy midshipman. Mathis helped the Stanford crew defeat a strong Trojan shell in Long Beach and is noted for general and naval scholarship and leadership. He is the son of Mrs Ida M Mathis of 272 W Lerdo Shafter.
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Shafter
Jerry F. Mathis
Jerry
Stanford University
Long Beach
Navy
NROTC
Ransom K. Davis
USN
Mathis
Ida M. Mathis
W. Lerdo
Stanfor
Shafter High School
Weigand Daughter Visiting From Sunnyvale
Mrs. Darlene Marchana of Sunnyvale arrived in Shafter to visit her parents Mr and Mrs I E Weigand for two weeks at their home.
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Weigand
Darlene Marchana
Sunnyvale
Shafter
Cub Pack No 13 Meeting Set for Tomorrow
Cub Pack No 13 will meet on Wednesday evening May 25 in the Richland School Cafeteria at 7 30 p m Ed Brown cubmaster will preside and urges full attendance.
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Richland
Ed Brown
Certificate of Business Fictitious Firm Name for Frank Russell Manufacturing
Notarized public notice states Frank Russell Manufacturing Company operates a machine shop at 341 Pacific Avenue Shafter Kern County California under a fictitious name. Names and addresses listed include Frank Russell 333 Cross Street Shafter California. Notary J C Penner witnesses the acknowledgment dated May 20 1949 with commission expires March 5 1953.
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Pacific Avenue
City of
Shafter
County of Kern
State of California
Frank Russell Manufacturing Company
Frank Russell
Cross Street
California
Kern
A.D
J. C. Penner
Single Man Seeks Room to Rent
A single man seeks a room to rent with no drinking or smoking. Contact at phone number 5652 anytime.
Richland School Graduation Held on Lawn Evening
The Richland eighth grade graduation takes place Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on the main building lawn. The Richland Second Band directed by Fred Curtion and two Glee clubs directed by Miss Martha Gloeckler perform. Rev. Gordon Baker gives the invocation, Donna Weitz reads the American Legion essay, and Morton Brown speaks as class representative. Diplomas are presented by C. J. Vignolo.
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Richland
Fred Curtion
Martha Gloeckler
Horace Womack
Gordon Baker
Donna Weitz
American Legion
Morton Brown
J. Vignolo
Richland Board of Trustees
Mary Acree
Billy Fae Adkins
Joyce Lee
Helen Anderson
Julia Arreola
Bona Vista Ashmore
Carlos Alvarez
Richard Alvear
Beatrice Bagby
Oren Edward Baker
Wilma Bandy
Raymond Barela
Joyce Bartel
Linda Sue
Billy Devis
Joyce Ann Devis
Tommie Inez Dorhier
Elsie Faye Duncan
Norma Dixie Dunham
Nadine Dunigan
Billy Lensy Dunkin
Jean Elkins
Omega Ellis
Henry Estavilla
Wyona Everett
Reford Ferrell
Floyd Wayne Fenton
Edith Laverne Fisher
Wilma Jean Fowler
Iona Freeman
Ramona Alvarado Franco
Harold Gaede
Claudine Gallagher
Jan Gibson
J. C. Gilley
Helen Ruth Glass
Alta Lavon Grimsley
Glen Hamilton
Leona Francis Hamlin
Bette Hand
Kenneth Handel
Donna Hare
James Kenneth Hester
Otis Hill
Billy Hinsley
Betty Sue Hobbs
Carl Holland
Margarett Darlene Holland
Jerry Lee Holt
Denver Lewellyn Howard
Charles Earl Howell
Roy Clark Hughes
Rolf Jacobsen, Jr
Charles Jame
Reunion of Coalinga High School classmates in San Francisco
Mrs John Walker and daughter Susan returned to Shafter after a five day Berkeley visit at Mrs Walkers parents home. The highlight was a reunion of the Coalinga High School graduating class twenty years ago at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Most classmates now live in the bay area or on the peninsula, with two from Redding. The group plans to meet again every two years.
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Berkeley
John Walker
Susan
Shafter
Redding
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Florence J. Newell
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Shafter Press
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Everett Lloyd Jordan
Irene JoAnn Kern
Rona Kay Kilgore
Opal
Elaine Kimmel
Boyce King
Richard Kirkham
Lloyd Winford Lafevers
Harold Lamas
Kenneth Layer
Helen Lewis
Katherine Mae Lewis
Mildred Arvilla Lewis
Jo Alma Loftin
Mary Lytle
Leon Mahan
Earnestine Mansfield
Rita Marchman
Margarita Reyes Martinez
Dwain Howard Mendenhall
Allen L. Messick
Jimmy W. Middleton
Wanda Millwee
Erma Lou Mitchell
Thurma-Faye Mitchell
Donna Janice Mixon
Harvey Thomas Mizell
Jessie Burl Montgomery
Mildred June Moore
Ronnie Morris
Virginia Lee Mouser
Patricia Myrick
Grace Louise McMillian
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Louella McQuilliams
Varnell Nichols
Angel Nieto
Darrell Eugene Parks
J. C. Patterson
James Pierce
Audie May Pomeroy
Paul Eugene Raley
Clifford Ratzlaff
Donald Reed
Wayne Don Reed
Arthur Rios
Stephanie Rae Roberts
Aretta Robertson
Gavina Rodriguez
Marina Saenz Rodriguez
Billy Joe Russell
Robert Sage
Alfred J. Schmidt
Norma Jean Schmidt
Cloyd Seibel
Roxie Ann Shepard
Harold Sharp
I. R. Simonson
Dan Smart, Jr
Betty Ann Smith
Betty Mae Smith
Wilma Mae Stafford
Clarene Steen
Marva la Verne Steele
Elaine Stoller
Melvin Stratton
Betty Lou States
Edna Mae Sullivan
Eugene Thomas
Mae Thompson
Colleen Tobin
Max Ray Tudor
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Elvin Upton
Marjorie Vannatta
Anna Jo Venable
Gwendle Walker
Gladys Marie Warneke
Winifred West
Betty Ann Wilkerson
Delbert Wayne Willson
Bill Edward Wilson
Gene Wishon
Horace J. Womack, Jr
Jonah Lee Wood
Charles R. Young
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Central Hardware Co
Central Ave
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