Local lineman Harley Martin garners college scouts attention
Harley Martin, junior tackle at Shaf ter High, stars as the team's primary conversion kicker. In the last three games he has converted 13 of 13 attempts, including 5 of 5 against Lindsay and 4 of 4 against Exeter, drawing statewide notice from football scouts and coaches. He also anchors a stout line on defense and blocks on offense, and local fans watch his rise with high expectations.
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Harley Martin
Shafter High School
Martin
Lindsay
Strathmore
Exeter
Tennis Players Invited to Enter Tournament Shafter
Bakersfield area tennis fans are invited to enter the annual county tennis tournament over Armistice weekend at the Racquet? Tourney. Events include singles doubles and mixed doubles for men women and juniors with entries closing Nov 8 and the tournament running Nov 11 to Nov 13.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Sam Becker
Shafter Chambers of Commerce
Joe Frizzell
Shafter Recreation Commission
Lowell Todd
Shafter High School
Trust Fund Left by Miss Corti for Kern County Agriculture Scholars
The late Miss Theresa Corti of Bakersfield left a one hundred thousand dollar trust fund to provide scholarships for Kern County agricultural students. The fund was established in her will and will support qualified local students pursuing agricultural studies.
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Kern County
Theresa Corti
Bakersfield
Ella Mae Barker Wasco Resident Dies at 72
Ella Mae Barker died after a brief illness last Thursday at age 72. Services were held Friday at Flickinger Janzen Chapel with Rev. Jack McAdoo officiating. Burial followed at Shafter Cemetery. She lived in Wasco for 21 years and resided at 1059 Poso Drive. Survived by three sons Albert Massey Robert Massey and Jessie Barker and two daughters Jeanette Aulston and Lela Grisson.
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Ella Mae Barker
Flickinger-Janzen
Jack McAdoo
Wasco
Shafter Cemetery
Flickinger-Janzen Funeral Home
Albert
Robert Massey
Jessie Barker
Jeanette Aulston
Lela Grisson
Shafter Woman Succumbs at 65
Services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Francis Williamson of Myrick's Corner who died October 22 at age 65. Born October 25, 1884 in Tennessee, she lived in Shafter four years after moving from Benton Harbor Michigan. She leaves two sons Emmett Williamson of Benton Harbor and Roy Williamson of Shafter and a daughter Celestie Sumter of North Shafter. Burial will be in Benton Harbor. arrangements by Flickinger-Janzen Funeral Home.
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Francis Williamson
Myrick’s Corner
Williamson
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Tennessee
Alamo Street
North Shafter
Emmett Williamson
Roy Williamson
Shafter
Celestie Sumter
Flickinger-Janzen Funeral Home
Services Held for Elizabeth Neufeld
Elizabeth F. Neufeld aged 51 died last Friday in a Bakersfield hospital. She resided at 765 Poso Drive Wasco for two years. Services were Sunday at Nazarene Church Wasco with Rev. Orval Seago officiating. Local burial will be in Enid Oklahoma. Survived by husband Ed Neufeld and children Roy Moses Lake WA Robert New Jersey Harold Eddie Wasco Evelyn Schmidt Ventura Mary Ann McGee Enid OK Eva McCaskill Manila P L Esther Neufeld Vinta OK Elizabeth Gloria May Neu feld Wasco.
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Elizabeth F. Neufeld
Bakersfield
Oklahoma
Ed Neufeld
Roy
Moses Lake
Wash
Robert
New Jersey
Harold
Eddie
Wasco
Evelyn Schmidt
Ventura
Mary Ann McGee
Enid Oklahoma
Eva McCaskill
Meer
Manila
P. L
Esther Neufeld
Vinta
Elizabeth
Gloria May Neufeld
Jacob Rub Dies at 85 in California Sanitarium
Jacob Rub, a retired farmer born October 14, 1864, died at age 85 in the Azusa Sanitarium after living in Shafter and Lodi. Local services were held at the Seventh-Day Adventist church with Elder B A Reile officiating. Surviving are a widow Justina Rub and ten children in California, Oregon, and Canada. Funeral arrangements are handled by Flickinger Janzen, with a Lodi service planned this afternoon.
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Jacob Rub
Azusa Sanitarium
Rub
Shafter
Lodi
Innee
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
B. A. Reile
Flickinger-Janzen Funeral Home
Ruth
Justina Rub
David
Ed Rub
John Rub
Medicinehat
Canada
Kate Merkel
Magadalena Neuman
Lydia Merkel
Hillsborough
Oregon
Sarah Beitz
Leah Polk
Auburn
Calif
Rachel White
Mt. View
William Gribble Father of Local School Head Dies
William M. Gribble father of R. E. Gribble principal of Maple School died Saturday in Long Beach at age 90. Surviving are his son and wife, a daughter Mrs. J. J. Jeffrey of Long Beach, and grandson Richard Gribble of Bakersfield. Funeral services were held Monday in Chico, California.
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William M. Gribble
R. E. Gribble
Maple School
Long Beach
Gribble
J. J. Jeffrey
Richard Gribble
Bakersfield
Chico
Calif
Burial Here for 17 Year Old Buttonwillow Girl
Last rites were held Saturday morning for Ygnacia Cadena a 17 year old from Buttonwillow who died last Thursday October 27 at Saint Marys Catholic church Buttonwillow. Burial took place at Shafter Cemetery with Flickinger Janzen Funeral Home in charge. Born February 1 1932 in Berino New Mexico she was a Buttonwillow high school student and had lived in Buttonwillow ten years and in California three years prior. Parents Mr and Mrs Francisco Cadena siblings Amelia Jennie Ophelia and Lupe Cadena and Mrs Espenos and Mrs Furrel are named in the notice.
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Ygnacia Cadena
Buttonwillow
Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
Shafter Cemetery
Flickinger- Janzen
California
Francisco Cadenugine
Raymond
Frank
Jessie
Amelia
Jennie
Ophelia
Lupe Cadena
Gk Espenos
Luz Furel
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Aletha Schaeffer
Clara Shnaidt
Good Housekeeping
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Chambray
Elizabeth Neufeld
William Gribble
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