Shafter Generals Face Wasco in Crucial End of Season Clash
California reports note the Wasco and Shafter football teams set for a decisive late season game. Wasco aims to halt a slipping string of losses while Shafter seeks a significant win to balance a tough schedule. Key matchup features Jin Schmidt at right half and the Wasco line, averaging 163 pounds, eager to prove themselves on the road at Shafter.
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Shafter Schisol
Generals
Tigers
Shafter
Yeat
Wasco
Shatter
Seee
Wasi Year Inc
Sharte
Jin Schmidt
Jas
Sopping
Edison
Bakerstein
Blues
Egan
Taft
East Pakerfield
Visalia
Tulare
Delano
Porterville
Generals Hope For Victory In Final Weekend Showdown
The article notes the Generals face Dinuba this weekend with a bid to secure the final game victory after a cautious season. Coach Bledsoe emphasizes staying focused despite tough tests and last year’s close call as Corcoran nearly tied with Shafter in a prior match.
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Tigers
Generals
Dinuba
Corcoran
Bledsoe
George
Indonesian cadets to begin year long pilot training at Shafter
J C Hennessy says arrival timing for 60 Indonesian cadets to Wake Island is not fixed yet but later this week is likely. Cadets will land at Shafter Airport in a DC-4 and enter a strict six day week schedule from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with ground and basic flight training.
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J. C. Hennessy
Shafter
Wake Island
Shafter Airport
J. 8. Hennessy
J. S. Hennessy
Transocean Airy Lines
WAC
Wacs
Minter Field
Hennessy
Robert Butler
Death Takes Rev Harper In Southland
The Rev. William S. Harper former pastor of the Union Congregational Church in Shafter died suddenly after a two day illness at his Lakeside home. He served in Shafter from 1943 to 1948 and was noted for Salvation Army work civic service and church fundraising including a $17 000 building fund and the Hammond organ purchased during his tenure.
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Williams. Harper
Union Congregational Church
Shafter
Lakeside
Harper
Gordon Baker
South Dakota
Masonic Lodge
Salvation Army
Chamber to Name Seven New Directors Friday
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce will elect seven new directors this Friday from a slate of 14 candidates. Ballots have been arriving to Secretary Ernie Hofmain, with results announced at a Friday meeting in Lee's Dining Room.
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Fromm
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Ernie. Hofmain
Lee
P.C. Clarkin
William Stoller
Bert Ware
Merton Wiedmann
John Gaede
Harlin Wilson
Russell Stickler
L. G. Woodard
Irvin Fike
Jack Hill
Harvey Gaede
Sam Becker
Jack Fleming
Shafter High School Generals
Clarkin
Shafter Chamber
Doyle Hammond First Winner in Shafter Pot of Gold Game
About 2000 Shafter residents gathered at the county park Saturday night for the Pot of Gold drawing Armistice Day events. Doyle Hammond was named first prize winner earning $50, with Mat tie Sattlebury second earning $30 after the discard, and E B Eichman third receiving $20 then $40 next week if not present. The next drawing offers a $120 total prize pool and a new $60 third prize.
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Doyle Hammond
Shafter
Vernon Pierce
John “Gaede
E. D
Boots) Perry
Doyle Hammand
Hammond
Perry
Mattie Sattlebury
E. B. Eichman
Ted Steelman
Christmas Subscription Drive Aims To Put Bicycles In Kids Hands
The Shafter Press launches a Christmas subscription drive inviting children from Shafter, Buttonwillow, Lerdo, Mexican Colony, Wasco, to sign up at 169 Central Ave. The first signer earns one free point toward a Shelby Hiawatha bicycle. Prizes include air rifle, horn, headlight, and seat cover, with 35 points needed to win.
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Buttonwillow
Lerdo
Wasco
Shafter Press
Central Ave
Ray Warren
Shafterite Seeks $13100 Damages in July Collision
Paul Edward Smith of Shafter seeks 13100 in damages in a superior court suit against Jesse Edward Murphy of Riverview. The action concerns a traffic collision near Shafter on July 28 and involves Smith and his family as plaintiffs.
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Paul Edward Smith
Shafter
Jessie Edward Murphy
Riverview
Smith
City probes rummage sale after downtown ban
The Shafter city council faces its first test on rummage sales as the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary seeks to hold a Christmas bazaar with a $10 city license. An alternative is to hold the event outside downtown or at the VFW hall where no license is needed. The measure followed merchants' complaints that downtown bazaars hurt business.
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Veterans Wars Auxiliary
Shafter
VFW
Wanda Fowl
Council
Business and Professional Women's Club
Goldie Gipson Crowned Queen for Coronation Ball
Shafter High School senior Goldie Gipson was chosen queen of the Coronation Ball on December 16. Vivian Handel was maid of honor and four princesses named are Margie Liles Jimmie Fay Witcher Sybil Nelms Joyce Bell. Star Dust theme set by the Girls Letter Club.
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Goldie Gipson
Shafter High Schol
Vivian Handel
Margie Liles
Jimmie Fay Witcher
Sybil Nelms
Joyce Bell
Girls Letter Club
Atkinson Replaces Jenner On Police Force
C Atkinson a 26 year old Army veteran has been appointed by the city council to fill the vacancy on the Shafter Police force He will replace Sgt Ned Jennner an officer with five years service who has taken a position as a fingerprint expert with the Arabian American Oil Company in Arabia.
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C. Atkinson
Shafter
Sgt
Ned Jennner
Arabia
Harrison Tells Club of Tests at Shafter Farm
George Harrison agronomist at the U S Experimental Farm in Shafter outlined ongoing studies the farm conducts beyond cotton including potatoes with fertilizer and disease work since 1936 root stock disease resistance since 1924 and other crops such as sugar beet sweet sorghum and castor bean where noted. The report also covers police staffing changes in Shafter with temporary officer Blake Witcher filling a vacancy and discussions to raise starting pay for new officers from 235 to offset living costs.
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George Harrison
United States
Shafter
California
Harrison
Blake
Witcher
John Reily
Atkinson
Dogs Get First Bite at Council in Shafter
Shafter residents debate a new dog ordinance as City Attorney Mortimore asks if it is unlawful for dogs to run loose and who will pursue strays. Police Chief Reily refuses to chase dogs while council weighs licensing versus abandonment and the impact of licensed versus unlicensed canines on homeowners.
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E. J. Peters
Ma‘ale Leaf Farms
Shafter and
Wasco
National Potato Council
Clarence Neumann
Shafter
A. G. Mortimore
John C. Reily
Reily
Shafter-Rosedale Link Budgeted In CVH Route
Kern county official Chester A. James announced 295800 dollars in federal aid for the lower half of the Shafter to Rosedale segment of the Central Valley Highway. The project may go to bid soon with plans for a two lane road and by pass around Hanford. The remaining Kern county stretch from Shafter to Wasco faces sharp turns and a railroad crossing.
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Shafter-Rosedale
CVH
Chester A. James
Kern County
Public Works
Shafter
Rosedale
James
Hanford
Board of Supervisors of
Kings County
Wasco
Here
Fresno
Gourmets Plan Kern County Cook Book From Home Recipes
The Shafter Press will publish Favorite Recipes from all nations and regions a Kern county cook book. Citizens are invited to submit cherished recipes with brief family histories crediting contributors. Proceeds support home cooks and gift buyers with a one dollar book due in time for Christmas.
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Kern County
Shafter Press
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