Shafterites Rally to Support Presidential Campaign
A Shafter caravan will travel to the Eisenhower Nixon rally in Bakersfield at Lowell Park Sunday afternoon. Led by Mrs. EB Eckmann the group meets 3 p.m. in front of the Bank of America on Central Avenue carrying banners. Speakers include Senator William Knowland Assemblyman H Kelly Representative Tomerde and Bill Boehm with refreshments and babysitting provided.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Lowell Park
EB. C. Eckmann
Bank of America
Central Avenue
William Knowland
H. Kelly
Tomerde
Bill Boehm
Eckmann
4 H Leaders Begin Season at Rio Bravo School
The Rio Bravo 4 H unit reorganized for fall activities. Ora McClellan elected leader to succeed the late Willard Ranio and J R Anderson chosen as assistant leader. Officers elected include Donald Tainey president Delmer Ledbetter vice president Bill Morrell secretary treasurer and Bill Araujo reporter. Members present include Fay Donelson Carolyn Donelson Cleo Dobbs Beverly Witten Paul Anderson Pauline Anderson Leslie Fowler Stephen Fowler Belva Morrell George Morrell Donald Tainey and many others.
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Ora McClellan
Lader
Willard Ranio
J. R. Anderson
Donald Tainey
Delmer Ledbetter
Bill Morrell
Bill Araujo
Fay
Carolyn Donelson
Cleo Dobbs
Beverly Witten
Paul
Pauline Anderson
Leslie
Stephen Fowler
George
Belva Morrell
Michael
KWSO to View H S Turnout at Shafter High
Enrollment problems at Shafter High School will be discussed on the Shafter Home Hour on KWSO from 10 to 11 a.m. Principal Dr. Grant W. Jensen and Dean of Girls Mrs. Amelia Cornell will describe programs addressing rising registrations as part of a series of short campus broadcasts.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
KWSO
Grant W. Jensen
Jensen
Amelia Cornell
Warehouse Store Plans New Home
The Shafter hardware firm led by Mig Marian Hitchcock seeks a Pacific street building to replace temporary HQ at Bryant and Hitchcock potato shed. A letter from Building Inspector E K Grant notes partial code noncompliance for a quonset roof with brick sides and a false front. Council approved the plan citing acceptability.
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Shafter
Central Avenue
Wee “Orhers
Mig - Marian Hitchcock
Bryant and Hitchcock
Mission
Pacific ‘Street
E.K. Grant
CAP to Hold Open House at Shafter Airport
Civil Air Patrol Squadron 111 invites Shafter residents to an all day open house at Shafter Airport. Commander Vernon Pierce says maneuvers and aircraft will be operating while all airport facilities are available for inspection.
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CAP
Shafter
Shafter Airport
Civil Air Patrol Squadron 111
Vernon Pierce
Mechanization Demonstration for Cotton Conference
Farm workers under Smith and agricultural engineer Herb Miller have prepared mechanization plots for a conference. Demonstrations by cotton scientists will showcase latest devices and gimmicks. Lunch at Shafter county park follows with talks by R. Keith Walden of Tucson on costs in Arizona and Dr. John H. Benson of Five Points on costs in California.
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Smith
Herb Miller
Shafter County
Arizona
R. Keith Walden
Tucson
California
John H. Benson
Five Points
Dick Smith
Shafter Cotton Station
Don Little
Gordon Smith
John Pyle
Rio Bravo High Completes Modern Gymnasium
The Rio Bravo Union School District trustees accept a $450,000 gym built since last spring. Superintendent Frank H. O'Neill says it ranks among the state’s finest for its size and will be dedicated later this year during basketball season. The facility serves Rio Bravo students and Bakersfield High School juniors displaced by earthquake damage, offering athletic, health, and educational benefits with a 400 seat permanent balcony and cross court capability for two junior high courts.
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Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo Union
Frank H. O'Neill
Bakersfield High School
O'Neill
Bull Session for Former Army Men Set at Reserve HQ
A non military Bull Session for former Army personnel will meet at 7 30 tonight at Army Reserve Headquarters 425 30th St Kern County. Maj Reginald Hammond says the event lets old friends swap experiences renew acquaintances with planned entertainment and refreshments. Open to all former enlisted and officers in the county.
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Army Reserve Headquarters
30Th St
Reginald Hammond
Shafter
Kern County
Bible Exhibit Touched by Union Church Junior Class
The Union Congregational Sunday School junior class prepares a public Bible exhibit in the church fellowship hall. Display categories include museum pieces family Bibles foreign language Bibles and modern versions. Notable items: a Hebrew Old Testament text a Hebrew Aramaic set from Moses a Afrikaans Bible and a Dickens Bible. The exhibit opens Sunday 2 to 4 PM Monday 3 to 4 Tuesday 7 30 to 8 PM. Contact Mrs Witcher at 4212 to loan a Bible.
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Union Congregational Sunday School
Hanley Witcher
Abraham. Haselkorn
Bakersfield
Haselkorn
Stanley Huen
Seventh Day Adventist Church
South Africa
Charles Dickens
Jack Austin
Shafter
Merrill Thomas
James Moffat
Edgar Goodspeed
Weymouth
Archer Kills Buck with Arrow
A three point buck died instantly from a single arrow in U. Robert Poznoff and Ernest Gentry, Kern County Are Club members, recovered the deer weighing about 1600 pounds. The buck was brought home by Poznoff Tuesday.
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Robert Poznoff
Walter Poznoff
Sevenue
Ernest Gentry
Wersfield
Bers
Kern County
Poznoff
Six Kern Lions Enter Queen in Lamont Fall Festival
Six Kern organizations announce queen contest entries for the Lamont Fall Festival and Rodeo beginning October 31. Finalists are among Lamont Lions Club aspirants Tommie Bell Wanda Smith Jerry Fowler Doris Welch and Shirley Clark with voting by Oct 23 to select finalists from Arvin East Bakersfield Del-Kern Lions Clubs East Bakersfield 20 30 Club and Lamont Teen-Agers Club. Audie Murphy will crown the queen who tours Hollywood studios and rides the parade float on November 2.
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Kern
Lamont
Keith Patterson
Hollywood
Audie Murphy
Lamont Lions Club
Tommie Bell
Wanda Smith
Jerry Fowler
Doris Welch
Shirley Clark
Arvin
East
Bakersfield
Del-Kern Lions
East Bakersfield
Young riderJimmy Watson takes second in Kern County Show
Mounted on Brownie six year old Jimmy Watson placed second among 22 riders under nine at the Junior Horse Show during the Kern County Fair. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Don Watson who also earned honors last year at the Fair.
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Jimmy Watson
Can Ion
Kern County
Jimmy
Don Watson
Donor Eligibility Guidelines Emphasize Health History
The notice lists conditions that disqualify donors, including fever convulsions jaundice kidney removal tuberculosis diabetes rheumatic fever and syphilis. It adds that people with colds or recent pregnancy within six months may not donate. Donors should eat four hours before giving blood and may drink water. coffee with sugar is allowed without cream.
Oregon Folks Visit With Badgett Family
Mr and Mrs P H Freel visited in the home of their nephew and family Mr and Mrs John J Badgett 18624 Shafter Ave While here they visited Mrs Badgett's mother Mrs Willie Nobel of Oildale The trip included Richard of Kirby Ore
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P. H. Freel
Richard
Kirby
Ore
John J. Badgett
Shafter Ave
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Shafterites
4-H
Rio Bravo School
First Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Hwy
Paptist Youth Fellowship
Melvin N. Krug
The
H.S
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
B.T.U
Bee Ey Somes
Shatter Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern St
Shatter
D. G. Cowles
Wwe
Horace Gray
England
Archer
Buck
Kyle Austin
General Petroleum
Tronrite
Schneider & Wikofff
James St
Pentecostal Church of God
West Ash
Durwood Phillip
Oregon
Badgett
Frank Hornkohl
Truxtun
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