St Johns Catholic Church Hosts Annual Fair and Barbecue
St John's Catholic Church plans its first annual Country Fair and all day barbecue on October 17 on the school grounds and parish hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Highlights include a country store, popcorn and Coke booths, an arts and crafts corner, a yard sale, and a 20 cent hayride. The eighth grade sponsors children’s games. a piano auction features three antique pianos. The deep pit barbecue, prepared by head chef S A Schulte and Knights of Columbus, showcases bone duck and beef with traditional sides for $1.50 adults and $1 children. Tickets for the barbecue and dance are on sale.
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C.E. Byrne
Wellington
Bakersfield
St. John School
Knights of Columbus
S.A. Schulte
Shafter area festival memories and local notices recap
A scanned local column covers a 20 year and 10 year ago look at Shafter Buttonwillow events. It notes plans to alter entertainment schedules, a Reiker Tract annexation hearing, a Home for the Aged benefit, a well attended Fall Farm Festival, bumper rice harvests, and a tractor rodeo trophy. It also mentions street paving bids, school unification debate, weather impacts on crowds, and local committee planning for Buttonwillow Fall Farm Festival with figures and participants.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival Committee
Reiker
Shafter Mennonite Brethren
Buttonwillow
Glen Mark
Frank Torrigiani
Griffith Construction Co
Bakersfield
Shafter City
Oon Ward Tingey
New
University of California
Shafter High School
Buttonwillow Roadrunners
Jack Frost
Westchester Kiwanis Mustangs
San Joaquin
Kern County
Richland Hool District Board
California School Employees Association
Yvette Lopez
Walter Delfino
Arthur Ghilarducci
Beno's marks 44th anniversary with Wasco winner
Beno's celebrate 44th anniversary with a drawing at the Shafter store on Central Ave. The winner is Pat Coleman of Wasco who received a $25 Gilt Certificate. The piece notes Beno's expansion from 1938 in San Luis Obispo to over 61 stores in California and Oregon.
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Beno's
Shafter
Central Ave
Pat Coleman
Wasco
Pat
Beno’s
San Luis Obispo
California
Oregon
Beno
Max Deed
Shafter High to Host Candidates Forum Thursday
GATE government classes at Shafter High School sponsor a candidate forum open to Shafter residents. The event will be Thursday October 21 at 10 00 a m in the school auditorium featuring county state and federal office candidates. Fortenberry a government instructor says past forums were successful and informative and the forum offers the community a chance to meet the candidates and discuss current campaign issues.
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GATE
Shafter High School
Shafter
Radon
Fortenberry
Band Review Seeks Eight Entrants For Shafter Parade
Bands prepare for a November 6 event sponsored by the Shafter of the Fine Arts with eight groups already enrolled. The procession starts at Shafter High School parking lot, travels south on Cross Street, west on State Street, north on Mannel Avenue, and ends back at the lot. A judges’ stand and bleachers will line Mannel Avenue to watch. Applications are taken daily at 452 W Los Angeles Street in Shafter from 8 am to 3 pm.
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The
Shafter of the Fine Arts
LaVonne Westbrook
Friends
Shafter High School
Cross Street
State Street
Manne
Tulare
Mannel Avenue
Westbrook
Los Angeles Street
Shafter
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St. John’s
Schulte
Zellman’s Grove
John Castro
Jeanette Wheeler
McMahans
McMahan’s
Hutch Tor
China Service
Nightstand
F Street
Wiasco
Hutch Mirror
Arvin
Bakersfield College
Fries
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