Achievers Honored at Kern County 4-H Achievement Night
About 900 members leaders and friends from 34 Kern County 4-H clubs gathered in Oildale for Achievement Night. Nancy Ashford and Keith Axtell were named incoming All Stars while Lily Co. earned a Health Program sponsor trip to Chicago for outstanding hen project work. Awards covered dairy, leadership, home economics, and record keeping with many clubs and leaders receiving seals and service pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Oildale
Margaret Williams
Nancy Ashford
McFarland
Keith Axtell
Rosedale
Chicago
Lily Co
Ray Nelson
Denis Axtell
Earline Coats
Judy Hervey
Cheryl
Paula Nobles
Panama
Donald Dow
Bob Schultz
Keith
Axtell
Bill Araujo
Kay Dale
Skinner Hardy
4H Club Council
Chester Ashford
Ray Ansolabehere
Jay Dow
Glenn Maddux
Eugene Shaffer
Muriel Swan
Nate Williams
B. E. Bayer
4-H Guide Dog Club
Magunden Ag
Central Valley
Panama Home Ec
Maple
Greenfield Home Ec
Wasco Ag
Wasco Pins & Pans
Cawelo
Panama Ag
Greenfield
Sierra Min
Mr. Skinner Hardy
McFartland
Farm City Week and Democracy in Action Across North America
The piece touts Farm City Week as a democratic effort across the United States Canada and Mexico to foster farm city understanding. It notes border treaties and peaceful dispute resolution and calls for cooperation to raise living standards through shared knowledge of farming and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
The
Shapter Press
U. S
Canadlian
Civic Aid Seeks Exchange Student Sponsors
The International Relations Club at Shafter High School seeks to sponsor a foreign exchange student next year. A community committee is invited to help decide related issues and a meeting is set for November 19 at 7 30 P M in the SHS Principal's conference room.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
Turkey Shoot Promises Prizes and Scholarships
Signs direct a 20-30 Club Turkey Shoot next Sunday from 9 am to sundown on the Taft highway south of Shafter. Over 100 twelve pound hens awarded for top shooters. Remington shotgun drawing will cap the day. Proceeds fund scholarships for Shafter High senior Frank Ware and rheumatic fever relief, with tickets at the event or from club members.
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Shafter
Taft Highway
Bob Gaines
Jack Thompson
Frank Ware
Shafter High
Thompson
Dave Anderson
Bob Baze
Phil Zachary
Harley Marin
Jim Youell to Manage Youell Sheet Metal Works
James Youell, a Shafter High School and Fresno State graduate, returns from Alaska to take over Youell Sheet Metal Works at 570 East Lerdo. He brings years of shop experience in stainless steel, copper work, kitchen ventilators, and cotton gin metal fabrication.
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Jim
Shafter High School
Fresno Stateollege
Alaska
Hornkoehl Speaks at Rotary Club
Frank Hornkoehl of Hornkoehl Laboratory addressed Bakersfield Rotary Club at the Shafter Motel noon meeting. He described Rotary Foundation aims, scholarships for graduate study abroad, and the foundation’s role in fostering international understanding and postwar educational aid. Special guests included Mr. Arbel of Israel and Mr. Becher of Israel’s Cotton Board.
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Frank Hernkoehl
Hornkoehl Laboratory
Bakersfield
Rotary Club
Shafter Motel
Rotary Foundation
Rotary
California
Frank Hornkoehl
Rotary International
Arbel
Jordan Valley
Israel
Becher
Cotton Production and Marketing Board
Lonnie Woods Completes Combat Training at Pendleton
Marine Pvt. Lonnie W. Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Woods of Shafter California, will finish four weeks of individual combat training on November 24 at Camp Pendleton California. The course covers infantry tactics first aid demolitions field fortifications and advanced weapons schooling. Trainees learn all Marines are infantrymen whether they serve as cooks typists drivers or in aviation units.
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Lonnie W. Woods
John Woods
Shafter
Calif
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Card Party to Benefit Clinic Held by Shafter Juniors
Shafter Junior Women announce a card party to aid the Henrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic. The event will take place Tuesday November 24. Tickets cost $1 with reservations via chair Betty Brown at PI 6-6180.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic
Shafter
Metiba Peters
Betty Brown
Generals Lose Game and Win Sportsmanship Trophy
Shafter's weary Generals and Colonels prep for their final 1959 home stand against Corcoran after a tough week. Wasco defeated the Colonels 40-0 and edged the Generals 13-9 in a rough, penalty-filled game that saw Wasco take first in the league.
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Shafter
Corcoran
Wasco
Colonels
Generals
Tigers
Gutty Generals
Shafter Boys
Shafter Police Team Up With School On Bicycle Safety
Richland School conducts fall bicycle safety program directed by Roy Farrell with strong Shafter Police Department cooperation. Demonstrations at Intermediate and Upper Grade sites use chalk streets and a built downtown scene to teach safe riding and pedestrian safety, with students like Bobby Ogle chosen to model correct rules.
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Richland School
Roy Farrell
P. T. A. Committee of Safety & Civil Defense
Shafter Police Department
Bobby Ogle
Jeanne joins Shafter Press staff adds local flavor
The Shafter Press announces Jeanne You a graduate of Shafter High School has joined the staff to contribute to the news column. The piece notes her Alaska Scar dough background and promises a stronger paper in the coming year with reader input. The column then shifts to the steel strike's impact on the economy and consumer shortages, predicting tougher times ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne You
Shafter Press
Ree
Miny
California
Jeanne
Missionary Conference at South Shafter Mennonite Church
A Harvest Thanksgiving service at 11:00 November 22 kicks off a Missionary Conference running November 22 25 at the South Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church 30349 Orange St two miles south of Shafter Guest speaker Dr Arthur G Willems registrar of the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary of Fresno Banquet at 430 pm featuring Rev J B Toews who will discuss needs in missions Japan will be represented on Monday by Rev and Mrs Sam Krause South America needs highlighted Tuesday by Mr K Warkentin a special prayer session Wednesday 730 pm focusing on Home and Foreign Missions Conference Evangelism and Christian Education attendees are invited
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South Shafter Mennonite
Foreign Mission Board
Mennonite Brethren Churches of
K. Warkentin
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4-H
Howard Ellison
Bakersfield Carnation Company
Claudine Mathis
Sharon Cave
Terry Maddux
Casa Ioma
Jeanne Garcia
Diane Howard
Judy Clark
Joanne Arbura
Je Blien Brambier
Jan Gillett
Nancy Bergman
Sandra Egland
Jeannette Arbura
Donna Lehman
Cheryl Bauer
Earlene Coats
Carnation Company
Ecea
Civic Aid
Jim Youell
Metal Mfg
James Youell
Hornkoehl
Bob Dixon
Lonnie Woods
Bill Schacht
Jess Ricketts
Schacht
Long
Jim Ebling
Sterling
Lowell Woodman
Underwood
Ricketts
Tiger
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