Pontiacs Dominate City Basketball. Clip pers Fall
Harvey Gaede's Pontiacs beat Tip's Clippers 30-21 in a high school gym game as Ray Mettler sparked the Clippers late. Pontiacs, led by Lloyd Wattenbarger and Durward Annis with nine and nine respectively, showed strength and retained their unbeaten city league status by routing Lakewood 34-12 with Annis scoring 12.
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Harvey Gaede
Pontiacs
Tip
Clippers
Ray Mettler
Tipmen
Lloyd Wattenbarger
Durward Annis
Ernie Ellington
Lakewood
Wattenbarger
Elington
Potter
Annis
Voth
Squire
Lakewood’s
Handel
Northam
Merkel
Unruh
Mettler
Kirschenmann
Cae
Central Market Tops Lakewood in City Basketball Opener
Central Market defeated Lakewood 25 to 17 in the city league opener at the high school gym. Bob Wardwell led Central Market with 8 points while Leon Gaede added 7. Walt Kirschenman scored 8 for Lakewood and Mettler, Merkel, and Northam added scoring for their teams.
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Central Market
Lakewood
Central Market defeats Shafter Volunteer Firemen in city league
Central Market won its second straight city league game by beating the Shafter Volunteer Firemen 29 to 23 in the high school gym. Lancaster top scorer Lurd Gaede had 13 points with six field goals and one free throw. Teammates included Wardwell, Starr, Bateman, Hofman, Janzen, Lockard, Brown, Montgomery, Davidson, and Rodgers contributing to the victory.
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Central Market
Shafter Volunteer Firemen
Central
Urd Gaede
Wardwell
Neufeld
Starr
Bateman
Firea Hofman
Janzen
Lockard
Brown
Montgomery
Davidson
Rodgers
City League Basketball Schedule For Next Week
The city league posts a week of games with Tip's Clippers facing Central Market and Lakewood's meeting Firemen tomorrow. Monday sees Firemen vs Pontiac and Lakewood's vs Tip's Clippers. Wednesday features Central Market vs Pontiac and Firemen against Tip's Clippers with games at 7:30 and 8:30 each evening.
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Tip’s Clippers
Central Market
Lakewood's
Firemen
Pontiac
Lakewood’s
District Governor Attends Rotary Meeting in Shafter
District Governor Hugh F. Domiody of Monterey was guest of honor at a Shafter Rotary Club evening meeting at Crawford's cafe. He urged business and professional men to apply Rotary principles, discussed service aims, and warned against heavy government reforms. Two cornet numbers were performed by Kenneth Helvy.
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Hugh F. Domidoy
Monterey
Shafter Rotary Club
Crawford's Cafe
Ernest Panero
Domiody
Rotary
Club
Kenneth Helvy
Richland School
Don Hart
Funeral Service Held for Crash Victim Joe Euly Carter
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Janzen chapel for Joe Euly Carter 46 who was killed in an intersection collision at Poplar avenue and Santa Fe way two miles north of Shafter. Burial followed in Shafter cemetery. Carter is survived by his wife Vera four sons Joseph Harold Charles and Jimmy Dale and two daughters Virginia and Maxine all of Shafter. The accident was investigated by State Highway Patrolman Kenneth Ward.
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Janzen Chapel
Joe Euly Carter
Poplar Avenue
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
Shafter Cemetery
Carter
Herman Kizer
Kizer
Lily
Vera
Joseph W
United States Army
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Harold
Charles
Jimmy Dale
Virginia
Maxine
Kenneth Ward
Thanksgiving Observances at Union Congregational Church
The Union Congregational Sunday school held Thanksgiving exercises with Miss Carol Pulcifer directing the junior choir and leading the story Follow the Gleam. Joy Lee Neuman sang We Gather Together, accompanied by the choir, as gift foods were contributed by Sunday school members Ella May Starrh Dona Jean Latta Beverly Roscamp James Moore Joy Lee Neuman and Doris Davis.
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Union Congregational Sunday School
Carol Pulcifer
Joy Lee Neuman
Ella May Starrh
Dona Jean Latta
Beverly Roscamp
James Moore
Doris Davis
Card of Thanks From Shafter Fire Victims
The Cooke family of Shafter thanks neighbors for help during and after Saturday morning apartment fire. Mrs Katie Cooke and daughter Jane express deep gratitude for the generous assistance received.
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Shafter
Katie Cooke
Jane
Ring Rot in Potatoes Spreads Easily Under California Conditions
Agricultural research shows ring rot moves quickly through diseased potato seed pieces via cutting, handling, and planting. Field spread between seasons appears limited. healthy seed planted with up to 10 percent diseased seed yields rise in infection rates and tuber disease.
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California
No Chemicals Show Promise as Disease Preventive
At present no chemical tests indicate any potential to prevent the spread of the disease.
Northern Senator Talks With Local Potato Growers
State Senator E. W. Lennart from Washing visited Shafter to discuss seed potato production with local growers. He is promoting White Rose seed potatoes and sponsorship of northern potato industry legislation. Lennart traveled with his wife and family, brought to Shafter by Kern county farm advisor Marc Lindsay.
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E. W. Lennart
Washing
Shafter
Lennart
Marc Lindsay
Kern County
Washington
Pra
Texas
Irrigation Board Meeting Scheduled in Shafter
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation district board of directors will hold a regular session Tuesday afternoon at 2 in the district office on Santa Fe Way Shafter. The meeting is open to the public.
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Shafter-Wasco
Santa Fe Way
Shafter
Cotton men vote on federal program in Shafter district
Cotton growers of the Shafter district will vote on continuing the federal control program in room No 6 at Shafter high school on Saturday December 7. A yearly vote is held in cotton districts nationwide and all local gins are urged to participate. District total this week reaches 14 216 bales with D. S. Moore 5 237 Camp West Lowe 4 666 and Shafter Wasco 4 313 bales.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Entree
Moore
Camp-West-Lowe
Shafter-Wasco
Bean Harvest Progress Report in Shafter district
An estimated one third of the 3000 acre bean crop in the Shafter Wasco and Lerdo district has been harvested this week. Beans are still being shipped into Shafter for cleaning at the Siemens and Hitchcock shed from central and northern sections of the San Joaquin valley.
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Shafter
Wasco and
Lerdo
Siemens and Hitchcock
San Joaquin Valley
Air Powered Guns in Spanish American War Use
U.S. forces employed air powered guns that used compressed air instead of powder to propel shells during the Spanish American War.
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United States
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