Shafter Trailer Club Heads Morro Bay Outing
Members of the Shafter Trailer Club spent the weekend in the Morro Bay State Park group area with Norval Winter as wagon master. Don Lewis gave a talk at Sunday worship. Attendees included Riley Ashby family Jim Grumbles family Ben Henderson Jim Hester family Chuck Reedus family Fred Thomas family Norval Winter Kent Kenneth Berkshire family Bob Marlett Don Lewis Jim Gloeckler Barbara Coleen Byrd and others. Part of the group went hiking.
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Shafter Trailer Club
Morro Bay
Morro Bay State Park
Norval Winter
Messers and Mines
Riley Ashby
Jim Grumbles
Ben Henderson
Jim Hester
Chuck Reedus
Fred Thomas
Kent
Kenneth Berkshire
Bob Marlett
Don Lewis
Jim Gloeckler
Barbara
Coleen Byrd
School Art Awards At Kern County Fair Noted
The Shafter area earned two honorable mentions at the Kern County Fair Elementary School Art Show. Gary Healy of Maple School won for The Chopper, a crayon drawing, and Carolyn Campi of Richland School earned the same honor for My Friend Bird. General Shafter School took the sweepstakes trophy with two firsts. Judging panel included Patricia Hinds, Jeanette Powell, and Douglas Oliver.
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Shafter
Gary Healy
Maple School
Richland School
Carolyn ‘Campi
Bird
General Shafter School
Patricia Hinds
Edwards Air Force Base
Jeanette Powell
Hanford
Douglas Oliver
Lancaster
Powell
Literacy Council Starts Course to Train Teachers
The Kern Adult Literacy Council sponsors a teacher training course in Shafter starting Monday Oct 25 and running Mondays and Wednesdays to Nov 17 from 10 am to 1 pm. Sessions meet in the Shafter Methodist Church basement with Jean Rivers as instructor. The Laubach method will teach reading and writing to illiterate adults, with no prior teaching experience required.
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The
Kern Adult Literacy Council
Shafter
Shafter Methodist Church
Jean Rivers
Council
Doris Miller
Talk of the Town: Earl Williams Aiming for National Finals
Houston report notes Earl Williams, son of Deanna and ee Williams of Shafter, poised for the national finals at the Super Bowl in New Orleans next January. He hails from Shafter where he learned football with his Rodriguez uncles and brothers. Earl excels in kickoffs and passing, averages 60 feet, weighs about 90 pounds, and shows strong punting potential. Public readers will see photos of him in action next week.
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Houston
New Orleans
Earl
Ee Williams
Buttonwillow Ginning Company
Buttonwillow
Deanna (Rodriguez) Williams
Shafter
John Rodriguez
West Ash Street
Twin Births Reported in California Families
Jason Paul Hoggard born Sept 24 at Peninsula Hospital San Mateo to Alan and Debbie Ellis Hoggard weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Grandparents Woody Hoggard Buttonwillow Gino Pera Buttonwillow and Thelma Kilgore Salinas. Jenny Rebecca Gonzales born Sept 27 at Bakersfield Hospital to Pete Gonzales Jr and wife, weighing five pounds nine ounces. Grandparents Pete Gonzales Sr Shafter and Ellis Villeloves Buttonwillow.
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Jason Paul
Alan Paul Hoggard
Peninsula Hospital
San Mateo
Debbie Ellis
Denver Ellis
Shafter
Ellis
Hoggard
Chad
Pete Gonzales
Jenny Rebecca
Bakersfield Hospital
Pete Ili
Devina
Ellis Villeloves
Buttonwillow
Patrick Carrasco
Ki Nun Ka Ta Camp Fire Girls Tour Post Office
Members of the Ki Nun La Ta Camp Fire Girls held a sports and games party on Oct 4 and toured the Shafter Post Office Oct 5 guided by Benny Absher. They learned about stamps and postal services and later helped Richland PTA with a fish pond booth at the Oct 7 barbecue and carnival.
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Ki- Nun-La-Ta Camp Fire
Shafter Post Office
Lisa Branch
Vivian Smith
Cynthia Absher
Cindy Crook
Yolanda Gaeta
Diana Miranda
Stacy Albright
Linda Criswell
Elaine Bailey
Donna Warkentin
Sandra Limpinen
Carrie Beach
Shari Waldron
Cindy Robinson
Benny Absher
Richland Pta
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Richland
Charlene Franklin
Charlene
Dennis Harrison
Debby Pyle
William Cummings
Debbie
John Peterson
Trailer Club
State Park
Oliver
Kern County
Margaret Freyberger
Chicago
Standard School
Oildale
Shafter High School
Miss Freyberger
Cal State
Bakersfield
Linda Mastelotto
Hillcrest 4-H
Howard Tucker
Wasco
Standard Oil Company of California
Tulere Ave
Owen C. Onsum
Caner ‘and Pubtaner
Shafter Press
DeWitte’s Paradise
Fresno Avenue
Electrolux
J.B. Ball
Journeyman Roofer
Kern Loan Co
Calif. Ave
Central Ave
E.P.A
Call
Beech Ave
Dodge
Ford Ltd
Broughan
Schnaidt
Elec
Kit
FmRm F.P
Lge Liv
Gar & Guest Rm
Faber
Hicks Lane
Lge
Rumpus
W. Euclid
E. Lerdo
Ins
Schnaidt-Rothins
Clara J. Schnaidt
Realtor
Lady Ins
Bakersfield Board of Realtors & Farm Brokers
Shafter Ph
Choice Residential
Maple St
Ki-Waste-Hi
Pacific
Wey and
Underwood Typewriter
E. Orange
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Mortonge
Anon
West Ash
Stringham’ S Hafter Drug Store
Orange Ave
Kern
Cassady CO
Ernie Hofman
Chester Avenue
California
Honda
Philco
Ben E., Thaxton
Euclid
Munzer, Shafter
Garrard
Golden West Ave
Sprague
Spokane
Wash
Oh Sprouse-Reitz
Tours Post Office
Brdrm House
Camper City
Central Valley Highway
F Street
Arly
Alliance and TV
Kodak Films
Howell Studio
James Shafter
Riverside
Munzer
Inquire
Fresno Ave
Mahan
Central
Brand New
Town House
Apts
Walnut St. Shafter
L.A. Times
Inquirer
Avon
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