Shafter High honors seniors at assembly with scholarships
Seven Shafter High School seniors received scholarships and cash awards at the senior assembly on May 22 in the school auditorium. Awards came from six community organizations and Bank of America certificates were presented to Alvin Walker and Pat Cornell among others. Additional honors included California Scholarship Federation life memberships and the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship Award. Water project updates and canal allocations for irrigation were announced, with first water expected in the Poplar avenue area and later areas as connections are completed. Opening of the Friant Kern flood gates was delayed about two months due to late prefabricated steel deliveries.
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Shafter High School
Uior
Barbara Webb
Willie Kelley
Ki- Bann
Phyllis Waters
Waters
Energe Eee Association
Vernon Ross
Alvin Webee
Rotary Club
Ed Brown
Pat Cornell
Jim del Rio
Rolf Jacobsen
Bank of America
Phil Clarkin
Alvin Walker
Gary Wilson
Pat Cort
Arthur H. Johnson
Babe Ruth
Jean Thomas
Jesse Bradford
Mary Brown
Charles Mitchell
Dorothy Weitz
Merced Avenue
Merced
Robert Diltz
Poplar Avenue
Kimberlina
Merced Avenues
Shafter Avenue
Calloway Canal
Santa Fe
Asco Irrigation District
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Friant-Kern
Kimberlina Road
John J. Peters, Jr
Warren Carter
E. J. Peters
Loren Voth
Marvin Neuman
Doug Little
Servis Club
Pasi
Kathy Giles
Gloria Broom
Pat
20-30 Club Girds for Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition
The 20-30 Club hosts a wheelchair basketball game at Shafter High School gym between a 20-30 member team and Pacific Flying Wheels, America's only professional wheelchair basketball team. Proceeds support the club's rheumatic fund. tickets are $1 and game time is 8 p.m.
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Shafter
Pacific Flying Wheels
America
Shafter High School
Jim del Rio
del Rio
Bradford to Run for State Meet Glory in Berkeley
Shafter star Jesse Bradford seeks a final chance to break the national 100 record at the California State High School meet in Berkeley. He placed second in both the pole vault and 100 yard dash and earned high point honors, as Shafter sends Bradford as its lone representative in the state finals.
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Shafter
Jesse Bradford
Berkeley
Jesse
Bill Schacht
Cleveland Dunigan
Schacht
Dunigan
Bradford
Central Market Awning Damaged By Fire
Fire damaged the awnings in front of Central Market Sunday afternoon. Fire was believed caused by a discarded cigarette. Damage estimated at 350 dollars with additional water damage. Owner Emil Kirschenmann thanked the volunteer fire department for their prompt response.
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Central Market
Ed Wimpy Bender
Emil Kirschenmann
Kirschenmann
Growers Seek Stability in California Long White Potato Market
Kern county potato growers association members moved to stabilize prices and curb panic selling at a special meeting. The advisory board proposed market tightening and urged railroads Santa Fe and Southern Pacific to cut shipping costs, while USDA Market News in Bakersfield expanded daily cash price coverage and delivery price reports.
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California
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Kern County Potato Advisory Board
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Usda Market News Service
Bakersfield
Honor Court Awards Energize Shafter Scouts
Fifty-two Shafter Scouts earned Court of Honor honors at Shafter High School with seventy merit badges awarded to thirty five boys. Eagle Badges were presented to Philip Siemens Michael Panero Jimmy Woodard and Buddy Engel by Kern County Council President E J Peters.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
E. J. Peters
Kern County Council
Boy Scouts of America
Philip Siemens
Michael Panero
Jimmy Woodard
Buddy Engel
Art Brownell
Pudge Greene
David Hath
Jeff Panero
Frank Ware
Barry Irvin
Larry Fenderson
Jerry Roller
Larry Bartel
Dickie Unruh
Teddy Heinrichs
John Enns
Charles McClain
Teddy Fenderson
Gerald Wesley
Jon Wesley
Bob Enns
Jerry Revel
Bill Hegart
Stanley Loewen
Teddy Garrison
Gary Morse
Tommy Wilson
Gary Frizell
Royce Leonard
Jim Morgan
Dean Anderson
David Skidmore
Gordon Wiens
Ben Laverty
Nick Charves
Tim Revell
Steven Ruggenberg
Dwight Walhoad
Tim Anderson
Steve Roselle
Legion Plans Memorial Day Rites in Shafter
The community of Shafter will observe Memorial Day Thursday with 11 a.m. graveside services at the Shafter cemetery conducted by the American Legion post. Gene Guenther leads the program with Earl Wipf as chaplain, a firing squad salute and taps by a bugler, at the cemetery flagpole.
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Shafter
American Legion
Shafter Cemetery
Gene Guenther
Earl Wipf
Putman Sets New Valley Swim Mark at Chowchilla
Glen Putman led Shafter A and B swimmers to strong finishes in the Valley small schools meet held in Chowchilla. Putman won the 100 yard breaststroke in a Valley record 1 11.2, Bledsoe placed third in the 200 yard A freestyle, Blumkin earned third in the 200 yard B freestyle, fifth in the 100 freestyle, and the A team was fifth in the 200 yard medley while the B team took fourth in the same event.
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Shafter
Glen Putman
Dennis Bledsoe
Ronald Blumkin
Chowchilla
Putman
Bledsoe
Blumkin
Shafter A
Local Horses Win At Washington D C Pace Race
Silk Byrd a three-year-old ace from the William Lachenmaier stable won the $27,300 William E Miller Memorial pace at Rosecroft Raceway near Washington D C driven by Ken Carthal. Sol Camps Razzle Dazzle finished fourth and Lachenmaier took 50 percent of the purse Camp 10 percent.
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Silk Byrd
William Lachenmaier
William E. Miller
Rosecroft Raceway
Washington, D. C
Ken Carthal
Sol Camp
Razzle Dazzle
Lachemaier
Camp
Boy Scout Troop 913 Organized In Richland
The community forms a new Boy Scout Troop 913 sponsored by the Richland Parent-Teacher Association to complement the oldest Cub Scout Pack 913. Charter members include Iry Frizzell Richard Nations Tommy Wilson Michael Baker and Ryan Jeffries on the roster. Garry Frizzell serves as patrol leader and Tommy Wilson as assistant patrol leader for the Eagle patrol. Lewis Sutton a Richland school teacher is the scoutmaster though will not assume active leadership until September, with junior assistant scoutmaster Jim guiding the troop in the interim.
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Richland Parent- Teachers Association
Sutton
Jim
Shafter Graduations Set for Tuesday to Thursday
A total of 347 public school youths will graduate this week in Shafter from Maple Lerdo Richland and Shafter High School. Commencement began last Thursday with 17 Maple seniors. graduations include Richland on Wednesday at 7 30 at Shafter High auditorium and Shafter High on Thursday at 8 o clock. The list of 1957 graduates includes Gerald Wayne Adams Zulema Almanza Christine Alvear and many others.
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Shafter
Maple
Lerdo
Richland
Shafter High School
Thureiya 8
Richland Elementary
Lerdo Konemenae
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SWID
Shafter Agriculture
Legion
New Valley
Boy Scout
Gerald Wayne Adams
Zulema Almanza
Christine Alvear
David Ahr Buhay
Rae Anderson
Don Anderson
James Glen
Emily Apo Hdaca
Johnie del Arnold
Jackie Dale Arnold
Teresa Ceceliawin
Anne Barnes
John Eat
Maryla Jane Barnes
Robert Barnhill
Warren Lewis Barton
Joyce Ann Bass
William Henry Rice
Barbara Ellen Black
Dian Branch
Clarence Bratton
Brenda Bromwell
Pat Darline Brooks
Mary Ellen Brown
Virginia Chavez
Barbara Cherry
Alvis Gail Clark
Carol Lee Cline
Jo Ann Cloud
Darlene Lorena Cole
Charles Coleman
Katherine Collins
Robert___Collins
William
Steven Conard
Fred Dwayne Connell
Henrietta Contreras
Bertha Cota
Emma Eulene Cotton
Ellen Louiel
Betty Jean de Priest
Julius Levene Dunkin
Toni Fowler
Harold Francis
Donna Sue Frazier
Hannah Kay Friedley
Arthur
Froese
Glenda Gallagher
Eloise Gonzales
Novie
Dale Grilliett
Mary Louise Cross
Betty Jean Hamlin
Sandra Kay Hampton
Paulette Hance
Dianne Orina Handel
Jane Ethyl Harrison
Susan Carol Heiser
Jerry Dean Hendricks
Bobby Lee Herring
William Archie Hiler
Dennis Hill
Robert Lee Hopkins
Patsy Lavonne Howard
Barry Eugene Irvin
Bob Irwin
Edward Winfield Isaac
Larry Ray Janzen
Karen Anita Morse
Tommy Alvis
Duane Neely
Christine Allen
Nikoe Robbins
Brent George
Johnny Charles Robinson
Paula Jean Rodney
Amanda Saenz Rodriguez
Dean Charles Roller
Shelton
Alma J. Ray Smith
Charlotte Ann Smith
Joseph Earl Smith
Virgie Lucell Smith
Thelma Smithson
Patricia Sue Spiers
Leon Douglas Standridge
Rodger Dale Steelman
Alma Gene Stewart
Gordon Frank Taylor
Jerry Clinton Taylor
Henry Thomas
Betty Lee Tillman
Joyce Titsworth
Deanna Marie Toews
Ronnie Gene Tuck
Janet Faye Tudor
Rudy Verduzeo
Linda Louise Wadley
Winston
Carolynn Faye Cook
Sandra Marie Cheek
Catherine Lucille Crandall
Judy Carol Forsdick
Josephine Mae Harris
Martha Jean Hatley
Cherry Lovell Helms
Sherry Lynn Maxwell
Barbara Sue Morrow
Charlotte Lin Scott
Janet Marie Tackett
Elizabeth Fern Williford
Mary Loney Ward
Kenneth Wayne Beach
Jerry Dean Carpenter
Richard Allen Crandall
Jimmie James Estrada, Jr
James Lee Forrest
Thomas Wayne Gilbert
Richard Claud
Sapo
Panetey
Ernest Yook
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