Shafter Native Jim Nugent Elected VP of Seile Club at CS P College
Shafter High School graduate Jim Nugent has been elected vice president of the Seile Club at California State Polytechnic College Kellog Voorhis campus in San Dimas. He letters in football and basketball, led Shafter High as football player and Spanish Club president, graduating in 1947 after moving from Fremont Wyoming in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Jim Nugent
California State Polytechnic College
Kellog- Voorhis
San Dimas
Tering
Shafter
Telephone a Homemaker Calls All-Purpose Tool
A housewife extols the telephone as essential and versatile for shopping repairs appointments child coordination and social visits. Mrs F G Dominey says the phone ranks as the most useful household item and praises Pacific Telephone for increasing its value.
Telephone Conference Calls Bring Family Closer By Phone
Learn how to set up a telephone conference call to talk with several family members at once. Tell your operator the names addresses and numbers plus the desired time and enjoy low rates after 6 pm or on Sundays.
Candles n Cake Honor Roll of Featured Names
A list of names and dates from late 1955 to 1958 includes Mrs. Barbara Humbert Jeri Neuman Mrs M R Adamson Lee Roy Allen Dorothy Gaede Ed Gaede Jr Arlette Arnold Tommy Tucker Jimmie Pay Thompson Mrs Laura Hare Mickey Perry Paul Susoeff Mary Lawson W F Handel Adrienne Dooley Stanley Gaede Wayne Bradshaw and Ralph Tucker highlighting who attended or participated on various October November dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R.adamson
Lee Roy Allen
Dorothy Gaede
Ed Gaede, Jr
Arlette Arnold
Tommy Tucker
Jimmie Pay Thompson
Laura Hare
Mickey Perry
Paul ‘Susoeff
Mary Lawson
W. F. Handel
Adrienne Dooley
Stanley Gaede
Wayne Bradshaw
Rio Bravo Room Mothers Honor Two Teas
Under Mrs. Paul Enns and Mrs. Murrell Swan Rio Bravo PTA held two well attended teas at the school. Decorations and refreshments were arranged by room mothers for each grade from kindergarten to eighth, with volunteer hosts listed for each room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Enns
Rio Bravo Pta
Murrell Swan
A. Brubaker
Robert Haag
Aaron Smith
Lanham
Ralph Anderson
Lee Beeson
Clarence Anderson
Willard Rose
Bill Hegart
Bernie Barwick
Bill Bayer
Ben Smith
Elmer Ledbetter
Dean Moore
J. B. Addington
Clifford Bridges
Business Women See Richfield Oil Film in Shafter
The Shafter Business and Professional Woman's Club met Thursday evening at Lee's Drive In. Leonard Bruns and Eddie Richards of Richfield Oil Corp introduced the film California's Rich Treasure after piano pieces by Battaglia.
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Shafter Business & Professional Woman's Club
Lee’s Drive
Little Liles
Johnny Battaglia
Helen Hasty
Oak St
Jane McClain Hosts Bridge Section of Midinettes
The Midinettes bridge section met at Mrs. Jane McClain’s Tulare avenue home Thursday evening to play bridge. Hon ors went to Maxine Pilgrim and Dorothy Tarke, followed by pie and coffee. Attendees: June Blumkin Blanche Stepp Dorothy Dalke Dorothy Neuman Pilgrim Mullins Koehn.
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Jane McClain
Midinettes
Tulare Avenue
Maxine Pilgrim
Dorothy Tarke
Mmes
June Blumkin
Blanche Stepp
Dorothy Dalke
Dorothy Neuman
Ine Pilgrim
Wanda Mullins
Lee Koehn
Pikes Peak camouflaged 56 Chevrolet targets new record
On scene shot shows a camouflaged 1956 Chevrolet in a top secret run supervised and certified by NASCAR. The claim highlights power cornering control and safety, suggesting you can see and drive it soon. Netione Association for Stock Car Auto Racing certified the preproduction move.
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Nascar
Netione! Association For
Rene
Tyner Addresses Shafter Club on Seventeenth Century Attitudes
Charles Tyner, English instructor at Shafter High School, spoke to the Shafter Woman’s Club book section on October 19 at Mrs. Stringham’s home. He compared seventeenth and eighteenth century literature to modern attitudes, citing Fielding and Swift as representative works. The next meeting will be November 16 at Mrs. Merrill Thomas’s home with speaker Louise Parks from Kern County Free Library.
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Charles. Tyner
H. S
Shafter Woman’s Club
Charles Tyner
Shafter High School
Shafter Woman's Club
Tyner
Mod
Merrill Thomas
Louise Parks
Order Department
Kern County Free Library
Pre-b bridal shower honors Doris Wilson in Bakersfield
Doris Wilson received several gifts at a bridal shower hosted by Mrs Emil Kirschenmann and co hosts Shirley Valera and Lavelle Kirschenmann at Tulare Avenue on October 18. Prizes went to Mrs Arnold Kirschenmann and Barbara Hardwick with a door prize to Mrs L J Kirschenmann.
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Doris Wilson
Emil Kirschenmann
Tulare Avenue
Shirley
Valera
Lavelle Kirschemann
Arnold Kirschenmann
Barbara Hardwick
L. J. Kirschenmann
Nature Club exhibit entries at Stringham's Drug Store
Victorine Bair notes a Nature Nook show window display by the Nature Club. Young entrants include Christine Williams with wasp life cycle and butterflies, Randy Craig with insects and the rattles, Shirley Unruh with butterflies and dragonflies, Sandra Tatum with dragonflies, Bobby Bongberg with beetles and butterflies, Christina Bann with tiger swallowtail, and Terry Miller of Fresno with a wide collection. Mrs. Ross Miller assists Terry. Some entries were damaged by younger siblings but praise is given to all participants.
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Nature Club
Stringham’s Drug Store
Christine Williams
Randy Craig
Shirley Unruh
Sandra Tatum
Bobby Bongberg
Christina Bann
Terry Miller
Fresno
Terry
Ross Miller
Shafter High School Menu for October 31 to November 4 1955
Kern County High School district announces weekly lunch menus for Shafter High School. Meals include braised beef and vegetables, chicken chop suey, barbecued hamburger steak, baked beans with hot corn bread, and baked salmon loaf, with soup and dessert options each day. 6000 pounds of fruit and 29550 pounds of vegetables were purchased in September.
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Shafter High School
Valentina Valena
Kern County High School
Meet Your Teacher at Richland School
J Clark McGinnis eighth grade teacher at Richland school shares that his Irish Scot heritage shapes his humor and dedication. Born on a Kansas farm he rose to become a lifelong educator after a brief dental career. He credits reading and responsibility as core lessons and notes his Bakersfield home and Greenhorn cabin as family retreats.
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J. Clark McGinnis
Richland School
McGinnis
Kansas
Clark McGinnis
Clark
Mac
Idaho
Albion State Teachers College
Jessie
California
Nevada City
McGinnises
Kern County
San Jose State College
U.S.C
Bakersfield
la Cresta
Greenhorn
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Shafter Society
Shafterite College Club
Nugents
Fremont
Wyo
Zenith
Stringham
Cecoas
Central Ave
Truman F. Blair
Yce
Foy, Cotor
Ark
Susy Business Office
Barbara Humbert
Jeri Neuman
Ralph Tucker
Rio Bravo Room
Junior Women’s Club
Veterans Memorial Hall
Irene Stockton
Dee Voth
Helen Farrell
Marie Goehring
Opal Spitzer
Norma del Rio
Richfield Oil Film
Imay
C. C. Crabb
Vernon Ross
Jack Battaglia
John
Eddie Battaglia
Nard Bruns
Letha Brock
Inez Moser
Edna Ross
Eleanor Roberts
Ruth McMillan
Irene Tilley
Minnie McCormac
Lottie Liles
Lorraine Christensen
Diana Leichman
Ann Stoller
Lorain Gaede
Erna Sack
Gluck
Mozart
Schubert
Strauss
Pikes Peak
Richland Chevrolet Co
Henry Fielding
Tom Jones
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's
Faber Street
F. B Stringham
A. Meadows
George Ineanoee Tyner
Fred Mason
Henry Kirschenmann
Mylo Mettler
Janet Mettler
Kara Hardwick
Sue Howell
Patsy Cook
Lela Kelly
Shirley Kirschenmann
Miss Wilson
Leroy Kirschenmann
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Nature Nook
By Victorine Bair
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