Disaster Strikes Shafter Store Noose of the Spud Season
H F Knight and wife Katherine take over Shafter Warehouse Co after Miss Hitchcock death and Herndon Shafter pioneer. They endure floods typhoons and an July 21 earthquake that forces temporary setup in Hitchcock packing shed. Their condemned home at 350 Central Ave is razed for new building.
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H. F. Knight
Katherine
Shafter
Shafter Warehouse Co
Marian Hitchcock
Miss Hitchcock
Herndon
San Joaquin Valley
Bryant and Hitchcock
Knights
Laurion Yearbook Scores 788 in FSC Judging Contest
The Laurion yearbook from Shafter High School earned 788 points from FSC Journalism Department and San Joaquin Valley Scholastic Press Association in a rating of 32 annuals. Judges evaluated coverage of school life, appearance, and writing. John H. Duke of FSC spoke on the scoring purpose and a spring Valley conference at Fresno State College was announced.
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Laurion
FSC
Shafter High School
Fresno State College Journalism Department
San Joaquin Alley Scholastic Press Association
Waludgese
Fresno State
John H. Duke
Valley Press Group
Duke
Valley
Fresno State College
Valley Press Association
Voters Approve 700000 Bond for Richland School District
Voters in the Richland School District approve a 700000 bond to fund an 18 room classroom unit on the Primary campus and a four room kindergarten facility. The plan also covers future needs including a cafeteria, a multi purpose building, and library space while phasing tax impacts over five years. Superior Oil will bear the largest share of the assessed valuation.
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Richland
Santa Fe
Bruce Crawford
Crawford
Superior Oil Co
Rio Bravo
Superior Oil
Central Valley Highway
California
Ag Students Head South to Great Western Show
Six Shafter High School Future Farmers of America members head to the Great Western Livestock Show in Los Angeles with 15 head of cattle including Herefords Angus and Shorthorns. They will compete in showmanship and the department will auction the stock after the fair circuit through California State Fair Kern County Fair. Burley Dooley and three other students accompany them.
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Glenn O. Nay
Shafter High School
Los Angeles
Dick Smith
Glen Hamilton
Leroy, Moser
Bobby Ray
Donald Neuman
James Wilson
Leroy Kirschenmann
Burley Dooley
Ffaers
Shafter High School Agricultural
Great Western Livestock Show
Kern County
Future Farmers of America
Southland
High School Agricultural Department
Leroy Moser
Hereford
Angus
le An
Richard Neuman
Ben Prender
Kenneth Kroeker
Ed Wagner Leads Richfield to 3 0 Victory in Major League Bowling
Ed Wagner sparked Richfield Bowlers to a 3 0 win over Barnett s as Richfield climbs to 18 6 atop the league. Bennett s Cafe also shut out Sportsman s 3 0. Wagner totaled 628 points across three games with a 223 best in a single game.
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Ed Wagner
Richfield Oil Co
Sportsman’s Alley
Richfield
Barnett’s
Bennett's Cafe
Wagner
Conversion Drives Carry Wasco Tigers To League Crown
Wasco High School Tigers upset Sanger Apaches 14 to 13 to capture the Sequoia Division title. Captain Gerald Penner's late conversion and a key punt block sealed the win as Wasco overcame a tough first half, aided by a sharp aerial attack and stout defense.
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Ala
Gerald Penner
Wasco High School Tigers
Sanger Apaches
Tigers
Hollywood
Penner
Sanger
Wasco
Apache
Pat Mills
Jim Niles
Walt Napier
Henry Webb
Cody Preston
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Shafter. Press
Eilmer Evans
Central Ave
Baby Brownie
Hawkeye
Duaflex
Pony
Signet
Retina
Ila
Kodak Reflex
Rolleicord
Rolleiflex
Exacta Biotar
Eastman and Bell & Howell
Bausch & Lomb
Stringham’'S
Shafter Drug Store
Great Western
Name International
International
America
Irvin E. Pike
Central Valley Shafter
Calif
Glenn Unruh
Ed Gaede
Gene Stewart
Floyd Trent
Sam Mettler
LaVerne Kliewer
Harry Mayes
Ralph Hadlock
Dan Barling
Sam Barling
Mills
Cleo Brannon
Applecart
California‘ State and Game Commission
Vche
Woman's Home Companion
Kate Greenaway
DuPont
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile
the Friendly Department Store
301 Central Ae
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