Five Points Automotive Firms Form Unified City Center
Five Points in Shafter sees four independent auto shops merge to create a complete automotive center. Pete Pierucci leads wheel and tire service with 15 years in the field. Russell St. Mars runs Russ Body and Fender Shop and once worked at Richland Chevrolet. Cal and Fred Thompson, ages 40 and 51, head the general repair side. Albert Finkbeiner operates the Five-Points Association Service Station with a crew including Manuel Sullivan, Pat Carrasco, Leroy Thompson, Lewis Myrick, and John Carrasco.
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Shafter Auto
Ithough
Cal
Five Points
Pete Pierucci
Land Park Heel and Bravice
Ing
Shafter
Pierucci
Shafterite Russell St. Mars
Shafter Fire Department
St. Mars
Russ’ Body and
Richland ‘ Chevrolet’ Co
Pittsburgh
Fred
Thompson Brothers
Texas
Albert Finkbeiner
Five-Points Association
Finkbeiner
Inglewood
Manuel J. Sullivan
Pat Carrasco
Leroy Thompson
Cal Thompson
Lewis E. Myrick
John Carrasco
Colonels Set for Home Grid Clash With Westside Cubs
Shafter High School Colonels seek a 15th straight win under coach Jordan Eiades. Everett Jordan and Car Beach spark the offense as they prepare to host Taft's Cubs at 6 p.m., with renewed confidence after a recent victory.
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Jordan
Turk) Eiades
Shafter High School
Colonels
Everett Jordan
Car Beach
Taft
Cubs
Eliades
State Adviser Visits H S Cooking Class
State adviser Miss Maurine Vander Grend evaluated Shafter High School Home Economics to ensure compliance with the George Barton Act. She praised the new co ed cooking class and noted the group’s progress and the class teacher Miss Beverly Gist.
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H.S
Shafter High School
Maurine Vander Grend
State Department of Education
Vander Grend
Shafter
George Barton
Tribute to John B Long Highlighted During Newspaper Week
National Newspaper Week focuses on freedom of the press with the California tribute to John B Long founder of the observance. Long, longtime California newspaper leader, was honored for his work with CNPA and multiple industry groups.
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John B. Long
National Newspaper Week
California
Long
California Newspaper Publishers Association, Inc
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Free Press
Employes
Ardent Foe
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
National Advisory Council
The
National Editorial Association
California Newspaperboy Foundation
Cnpa Industrial Relations Bureau
Pacific Coast
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association Bureau of Advertising
Pacific Coast National Conference
Editors’ Conference of
University
American Institute of Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalistic Fraternity
Pathfinders Sponsor Event For Church Youth
An event hosted by the Pathfinders of the Seventh Day Adventist Church raised funds with cookies pies and purichs to support building storage cupboards and ping pong tables. Pathfinder leaders Mrs M M Fenderson and Mrs Ted Voth organized the first post vacation meeting at the Assembly Hall to plan craft classes supervised by Jack Wood George Mc Corkle Clifford Gottfried Dan Toews Mesdames Floyd Hoegar Elmer Isaac Kenneth Pitts and Emanuel Neuman. The group will meet each Tuesday for 149 hours of fun and Christian guidance.
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Pathfinders
Seventh-Day Adventist
Pathfinder
M. M. Fenderson
Ted Voth
Assembly Hall
Jack Wood
George McCorkle
Clifford Gottfried
Dan Toews
Mesdames Floyd Hoegar
Elmer Isaac
Kenneth Pitts
Emanuel Neuman
Weekend Guests At Shafter Home
Weekend visitors gathered at 146 Beth Eden Street to visit Mr. and Mrs. R W Rodgers. The guests included Bill Trantham and Mack Westbrook from Dos Palos, and their daughter Donna and Ronnie with Mrs C L Golding. Mr Rodgers and Mr Golding hunted deer at Bishop without success.
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R. W. Rodgers
Beth ‘Eden St
Bill Trantham
Dos Palos
Mack Westbrook
C.L. Golding
Donna
Ronnie
Rodgers
Mr. Golding
Bishop
Ned Smith Ends His Post In Operation Skywatch Farewell
Kern county agricultural inspector Ned Smith in Shafter will no longer participate in Operation Skywatch after a miscommunication left him on duty alone during the final shift. Rotarians Bruce Crawford and Irvin Nickel started a 12 hour watch but vanished hours before the program ended, prompting surprise when the termination was announced at the Kiwanis Club.
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Skywatch
Ned Smith
Kern County
Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Smith
Shafter Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Bruce Crawford
Irvin Nickel
Aid to Needy Shows Increase in Kern County
California Taxpayers' association reports Kern county aid to the needy aged rose to 3,752,018 dollars in the 1951 52 fiscal year from 3,740,556 in 1950 51. Began July 1951 with 310,663 to 4,591 people, ended June 1952 with 314,106 to 4,666. Statewide aid totaled 218,819,883 in 1951 52 vs 223,326,404 in 1950 51.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
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Five Points Automotive
Donald Howze
Suatter High School
Boure Farmers of America
Angus Eer
Dr. Hall
Chester Ave
Bakersfield
Penny's
Bank of America
Hafter
T. V. Little
Shafter, Left
E. L. Harman
Westside Cubs
Dick Heber
Strathmore
Johnny Palomo
Dave Muir
Beach
Kenny Smith
Edward Ellis
John Thompson
Beverly Gist
Miss Gist
Robert A. Vogeler
Reds
Hungary
Wne
America
Irvine
Central Valley
Shafter, California
Tanderd
Shafter Home
Pan American
Terra Cruiser
Viking
Aljoa
Badger
Kenskill
Red & Reel
Lakewood
Clipper
Airstream
Boles Aero
Rand Trailer Sales
Union
P. G
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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