Miss Burke Wins First Prize In Biola Parade
Dawn Burke won first prize as a fancy dress cowgirl in Biola Rai sin Day horsemanship parade. Theresa Dawn 14 of Clovis rode Brandy and practiced weekends from September, after a prior Kerman parade where she placed second on Rosebud.
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Dawn Burke
Brandy
Theresa Dawn
Brant Burke
Clovis
Paul Brooks
Shafter
Richland Junior High School
Fresno
Kerman
Rosebud
Brooks
Dawn
Annual Ham Dinner and Bake Sale at Shafter Church
The Shafter Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship plans a take-out service for the Annual Ham Dinner and Country Bake Sale on November 17. Tickets cost 3.00 for adults and 1.00 for under 12, available from Fellowship members or Mrs. Neal Olsen at 746-6150. Dinner runs 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. with ham menu and sides, plus handmade items and baked goods.
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Shafter Congregational Church
Women’s Fellowship
Neal Olsen
Leland Bell
Gene Stark
Warhoad Rotary speaker recalls WWII ties with German division
Dr. W T Walhood of the USDA Cotton Research Station Shafter spoke at the Rotary Club about a reunion between U S Army 70th Trailblazer veterans and the 6th SS Mountain Division veterans in Europe last month. He described a 1944 Wingen battle and postwar visits to cemeteries and battlefields in France and Germany. The group also noted cordial German hosts and grateful French communities. Walhood and his wife met Kuno Tschumi in Switzerland, a former Shafter exchange student now starting a legal career.
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Jack Frost
6Th
SS Mountain Division
Hitler
70Th
U.S. Trailblazer
France
Europe
W.T. Walhood
Usda Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Loris
United States
Germany
Walhoods
Kuno Tschumi
Switzerland
Kuno
the Warhoads
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Miss Burke
Biola
Shafter Press
Congregational Church
Mead Envelopes
Central Ave
Warhoad Rotary
Walhood
Rotary Club
Wingen
Rhine
Walhead
David Cooke
Bakersfield State College
Richland School
U.S
Cooke
Walhoad
Dale Wiedmann
Shafter Flower Shop
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