Tabor College Enrolls 3 Shafter Students for Fall Semester
Three Shafterites join Ta or College this fall as part of Tabor College's 45th year enrollment. Registrars report 204 students in the body from 12 states five Canadian provinces Uruguay and Germany. The breakdown shows 67 freshmen 73 sophomores 15 juniors 15 seniors and 34 special and graduate students. Two German students participate in the Mennonite exchange program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafterites
Taor College
Raymond Reimer
Dorthy Kroeker
L. Loewen
Tabor
Juguay
Germany
Freehmen
Minter Village Fire Suppression Aids Hay Stack Blaze
County and Minter Village fire units fought a hay stack fire on the Patterson Ranch two miles north of Cawelo last Sunday. Damage was about 3200 dollars despite most of the stack burning. Wasco and Delano crews helped. The next day a cotton bale at Fuller Gin sustained 20 dollars in damage. city and county firemen saved 371 dollars of cotton.
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Shafter County
Minter Village
Patterson Ranch
Cawelo
Wasco
Delano
Fuller Gin
Women Organize Missionary Circle At South Shafter
Mrs. Marvin Jost hosted a new missionary circle formed by ladies from South Shafter Gospel Chapel. They plan to sew and make Christmas gifts for the mission field, supporting Miss Alma Hiebert’s Kentucky mountains work. Officers include Mrs. Jost as president and Mrs. J B Heaton as devotional chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Jost
South Shafter Gospel Chapel
Alma Hiebert
Kentucky
Hiebert
Maple School
Jost
J. B. Heaton
Martin Loepp
Ruby Kimmel
Furman Lytel
Bob Bergman
Jim Bobst
Freda Lytel
Opal Kimmel
Marjorie Kimmel
Furniture and Rummage Sale Set for November First
A furniture and rummage sale will be held on November 1 in front of the Wednesday Afternoon Clubhouse. Mesdames C. W. Christopher and E. A. Brown are co chairmen. Transportation for merchandise can be arranged by contacting the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
C. W. Christopher
E. A. Brown
Cochairman
Lions Learn About Oil Work in Kern County
Shafter Lions heard a Kern county oil information committee talk with a picture on petroleum development. Fred Mason reported four new Boy Scouts joined the troop and announced a pre outing camp for Oct. 30. The group outlined the Lions 20 30 dance for Oct. 25 with a Halloween theme at the Neuman shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Lions Club
Kern
Charles Premo
Kern County Oil Information Committee
Lions
A. J. Smith
Fred Mason
Mason
Bill Benton
Clark Goodman
Larry Banks
Dennis Handel
Terra Vista Opening Delayed in Shafter Housing Project
Officials from the Kern County Housing Authority report the Terra Vista Homes opening will likely be delayed to November 1. The delay stems from required housing authority approval before occupancy. All 35 units are expected to be filled as three applications per unit have already been submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Vista Homes
Shafter
Housing Authority
County of Kern
Public Housing Authority
Bill Little
Beverly Swan Hosts Eighth Birthday Party in Rio Bravo
The Swan home in Rio Bravo hosted Beverly Swan eighth birthday for family and friends. Guests included Barbara Smith Billy Thomas Bob Enns Ruth Ledbetter Jerry Revel Donald Blair Dean Anderson Leroy Bridges Robert Araujo Craig Wilson Janice Dunn Carolyn Perette Roger Enns. Halloween games and square dancing entertained the group with a backyard wiener roast as the finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo
Murrell Swan
Beverly
Barbara Smith
Billy Thomas
Bob Enns
Ruth Ledbetter
Jerry Revel
Donald Blair
Dean Anderson
Leroy Bridges
Robert Araujo
Craig Wilson
Janice Dunn
Carolyn Perette
Roger Enns
J E Wooten Improves After Heart Attack
Mrs. Silas Kelly reports J E Wooten of Wasco improved slightly after a heart attack last Thursday. He was taken to Kern General Hospital where he remains. Daughters Mrs Loren Wright of Fresno and Mrs Sam Youngblood with her husband of Los Angeles and a niece Mrs Letty Johnson of Fresno visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Silas Kelly
J. E. Wooten
Wasco
Kern General Hospital
Loren Wright
Fresno
Sam Youngblood
Los Angeles
Letty Johnson
Jesse Wootens
Wilburn Sentenced for Drunk Driving on Highway 99
Clarence Buster Wilburn, 44, of Los Angeles, was ordered to spend 75 days in jail or pay a $150 fine for drunk driving on Highway 99. Judge E. K. Grant reported today.
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Clarence Buster Wilburn
Los Angeles
Highway
E. K. Grant
Still Undefeated Colonels to Tackle Horntoad Juniors
Shafter High School Colonels hold a 16 game undefeated run and face Coalinga B team in tomorrow night's opener. A win would extend the streak to 17 and keep the Colonels on track for another top B level season, as Coach Turk Eliades emphasizes fundamentals and a strong line backfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Coalinga
Colonels
Interior
Jorgan ¢Turk
Eliades
Taft
Minor League Fuses Into Three Way Tie
A three way tie forms in the minor league bowling contest at Sportsman's alley as Wittenbergs Mocker s and West s share 6 3 records. Richfield Oil leads the majors with 6 0. Top scorer Glenn Unruh posts 551 across three games. Reeves Mayes McClure Pace Neuman hit 500s. Shafter Press leads three game team total.
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Sportsman's Alley
Richfield Oil
Lester Reeves
Wittenberg’s
Mocker’s
West's
Central Hardware and Shafter Fire Department
American Legion and Agriform
Shafter Press
Glenn Unruh
Harry Mayes
Reeves
Mayes
P. V. McClure
Roy Pace
Marvin Neuman
McClure
Wittenberg
Richfield
Barnett’s
Sportsman's
Bennett
Barnett
John Dalke
Ed Gaede
Ralph Hadlock
al Hagenston
Dan Barling
Ed Wagner
Hagenston
Hadlock
Riverside visit: Mrs Neuman and Jimny visit Harold at Newbury Park
Mrs. Fred Neuman and Jimmy of Riverside Avenue drove to Newbury Park Academy last weekend to visit her son Harold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Neuman
Jimmy
Riverside Avenue
Newbury Park Academy
Harold
Adventists Support Anti Reds Effort Through Prophecy Broadcast
Shafter Seventh Day Adventists contributed funds on Oct 11 to the Voice of Prophecy broadcast reaching millions in communist China and Korea. The program uses Radio Tokyo to spread Christianity where missionaries cannot work, offering Bible lessons and free braille courses from Glendale California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Seventh- Day Adventist Church
Far East
Orient
Voice of Prophecy
Stanley Huen
Radio Tokyo
Glendale
Calif
Turner Pursues Climate Genetics Study In Shafter
Turner outlines south Georgia climate and culture factors including Early Fluff and Pandora, a wilt resistant variety in production. He earned a master of science in genetics with a statistics minor at North Carolina State College Raleigh. He travels to Shafter with his wife and their four year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia
Turner
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Shafter
Carnival Plans Discussed by Rio Bravo PTA Board
The Rio Bravo Parent-Teacher Association executive board met in the school library to finalize plans for the student body Carnival set for October 24. PTA officers and booth chairmen reported preparations are advancing, with an old time spelling bee and musical numbers featured in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Bravo
Parent- Teachers Association
Paul Wilson
Booth
PTA
George Fisher
Graham Lovelace
William Benton
Maxine Townsend
Lucille Walker
Wanda Dozier
Frank O'Neill
Eleanor Cortopasi
Gladys Addington
Annette Nancy
Rose Skidmore
Jean Wilson
Mason couple moves into new home on Oak Street
Mr and Mrs Fred Mason have moved into their new residence at 347 Oak Street. Mason is identified as a teacher at Richland School, highlighting a local education figure in the community update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mason
Oak St
Mason
Richland School
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Dale Robertson
Lydia Bailey
Tony Dexter
Anthony Quinn
Minter
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Abbott & Costello
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Richard Widmark
Montana
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Claude Mitchell
Den 1
Art Brownell
Dennys Bledsoe
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Pudge Greene
Herbie Jacobsen
Kenneth Mettler
Corky Parrett
Bobby Perkins
Dickie Witcher
Harold Greene
Jim Broom
Arvin Bears
Dalke
Bill & John General Building Contractors
Lerdo
KWSO
Bob Bann
Terra Vista
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Horntoad
Gary Weyand
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Airstream
Boles Aero
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McWhorter
Central Ave
Clara Schnidt
Clara J. Schnaidt
Central Ave. Shafter
Cy’s
18Th and Highway 99
Twenty-fourth Street
Chester Avenue
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