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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1952
Page
4
The cotton leaders drove to Shafter County Park for a barbecue and talks by Valley growers. The conference ends this weekend with a Yosemite trip after Valley visits and closes in Fresno after beginning officially in Bakersfield yesterday.
E N Fawcett of Bakersfield will be guest speaker at the Shafter VFW post dinner meeting in Veterans Memorial Hall starting at 8 pm. He will describe the VFW crippled children's home in Michigan and discuss its work, with Carl Jones of Oildale also speaking on VFW purposes and Mrs. Paul Drengwitz addressing juvenile delinquency.
Ag Director Glenn O Nay told Lions Club members how Shafter High School formed a campus campaign led by E B Stringham Herndon Hitchcock Herbert Midgley and Co A Campbell. First classes in 1928 with 16 agricultural students grew to about 100. total enrollment exceeds 600 this fall. Football team renamed from Cardinals to Generals in 1939 honoring Gen Shafter. Lions plan Halloween event led by Harry Umkin with decor by Lowell Todd and Tony Brown. 9 p.m. in Neuman shed.
Richfield Oil maintains first place in the Sportsman’s Major League with 7 wins 2 losses as Bennett’s Cafe climbs to third at 4 5. Barnett’s 5 4 and Sportsman’s Cafe 2 7 follow with high scorers led by Gordon Bennett 629 in a three game set and 240 in a one game set. other 500 Club members include Mayes Hahn Middat Barl ing Wagner Wagner Stewart.
Mr and Mrs C H Hughes of Orange Avenue report their son Pfc Albert Hughes 23 is serving in Korea with the Marine Corps He is a Shafter High School graduate and is married to Maxine Hall
Chairman Mert Wiedmann announced a complete financial report will be issued after final figures, noting advance tallies show the 1952 Richland School PTA event as the most successful ever. Hundreds of parents and friends attended the campus fundraiser featuring carnival booths and a queen contest won by Mary Brown, with notable donations from Kern County Land Co. Shafter Wasco Ginning Co. J. H. Fuller and Son Ginning Co. Shafter Insurance Board and Shafter merchants.
Elder Stanley W. Hiten born in Bloemfontein South Africa serves as the new pastor for the Shafter district including Wasco Delano and Pixley replacing A V Bentz transferred to Modesto He and his wife Nellie have four daughters Fern Freda Edith and Enid Hiten arrived in the United States in 1931 and studied at Lemoore High School Fresno State College and Pacific Union College.
Friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loewen for a potluck supper. Dishes were shared on the patio with seating at small tables. Hostesses were Mrs. Pete Guenther and Mrs. George Guenther. The guests included the Loewens, H. J. Loewen, Art Kadel and family, Jack Woods and family, John Enns and family, H. Peters and daughter, and the Guenthers.
The Generals rely on Dale Scales at quarterback to direct a potent ground attack led by Glen Hamilton Chuck Ellis and Andy Dillard with backs Hinsley Anderson and Dillard. Passes come from Scales to Notley Wishon Dillard Hinsley or Anderson as preparations for Wasco Tiger showdown intensify. Linemen Juphern Klesthers Holland and Blattenberg form a formidable line.
FE J Peters head of Maple peat enterprises presented colored slides from a Paraguayan jungle trip to the Shafter Chamber of Commerce. He described Mennonite migration to the back country from Canada in 1920 and noted subsequent arrivals from war torn Europe seeking refuge and freedom.
Wittenberg's defeats the American Legion bowling team in three straight games to lead Sportsman's minor league. They held the high three game series at 2427 and the top one game total at 818. Hubert Mayberry led for Shafter Press with 540 points in three games, Eddy Ratzlaff of West's had 212 for the one game. Standings: Von Wittenberg's 9, Mocker's 8, Weit's 7, Central Hardware 7, Firemen 6, Shafter Press 5, Agriform 3. Tuesday results: Weit's 2 over Firemen 1, Mocker's 2 over Central Hardware, Wittenberg's 3–0 over Legion, Shafter Press 3–0 over Agriform. Individuals listed: Ralph Hadlock 509, Sam Mettler 503, Harvey Neuman 500, Les Reeves 527, Earl Wipf 501, Harry Mayes 532, Eugenie Stewart 500.
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