Shafter Schools Prepare for New Year and Construction
Shafter area students return to classes as Richland and Shafter High Schools gear up for an enrollment near 2200. Orientation for 28 new teachers precedes a year with vacations at Thanksgiving Christmas Easter and a June start to summer. Richland plans a major building program housing and new facilities. Shafter High adds admin, library, study hall and classrooms, likely ready next fall.
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BVI Yrar
Shafter
Richland
Santa Fe
Shafter High School
Minter Field's WWII past reshaped Lerdo district housing
The Minter Field air base developed during World War II for Army cadet training and operated from 1942 to 1946. Kern County and federal housing authority took over after abandonment, creating temporary housing for newcomers. Lerdo School District moved to the base, Kern Homes served officers and later federal housing, and Trans Ocean Air Lines once used the field for Indonesian cadet training.
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Calloway Canal
Minter Field
Shafter
Army
Minter
Housing Authority
Kern County
Federal Housing Authority
Lerdo
Kern Homes
Lerdo Highway
Minter Village
Trans Ocean Airlines
Indonesia
Squadron III
Civil Air Patrol
Generals Build 1953 Team From Returning Veterans
Coach Bledsoe plans to mold the 1953 Generals from returning 1952 players and new JV and transfer arrivals. Notable candidates include Rex Allen, Carl Anderson, Don Blattenberg, Bill Cargill, Charlies Ellis, Philip Johnson, Claude New, Bill Peters, Rudy Prender, Lou Ramay, and Alan Walker, with strengthened forward wall and backfield depth. Practice starts Monday with gear issued and full participation hoped for.
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Gary Weyand
Colonels
Johnny Palomo
Aquad
Generals
Rex Allen
Carl Anderson
Don Blattenberg
Bill Cargill
Charlies Ellis
Philip Johnson
Claude New
Bill Peters
Rudy Prender
Lou Ramay
Alan Walker
Bledsoe
Chairman Kelly Plans Visit to State Fair
H W Pat Kelly of Shafter chairman of the Assembly interim committee on fairs and expositions will spend two days at the California State Fair in Sacramento this weekend. The committee will meet with the Western Fairs Association on Friday and with press radio and television representatives on Saturday. He will be accompanied by Mrs Kelly.
Lisle Laughlin Returns From Kern Fats Fishing Trip
Lisle Laughlin of Stone Street returned Friday night from a fishing trip at Kern Fats. The report notes a calm outing with no incidents and mentions local interest in catch details.
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Lisle Laughlin
Stone St
Kern Fats
Starrhs Return From North Trip
Mr and Mrs George Starrh of Poplar avenue returned from a two week trip to Oregon Washington and British Columbia They visited their son Pfe Fred Starrh at Fort Lewis Washington and joined him in Victoria B C On returning they were visited by daughter and family William Grainger Billy Michael and David from Lakewood They are keeping David while the rest of the family including Miss Ella Mae Starrh are on a camping trip to Yosemite.
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George Starrh
Poplar Avenue
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Fort Lewis
Wash
Pfe
Fred Starrh
44Th Infantry Division
Victoria
B.C
Starrhs
William K. Grainger
Billy
Michael
David
Lakewood
Ella Mae
Starrh
Yosemite
Harold Earls Visit Mountain Vacationer
Harold Earls and wife from Glendale visited the Isaac home on Monday night before their mountain vacation. Other guests included Dolores Tillman, Betty Tillman, Eugene Tillman, Irene Tillman, Jake Ratzlaff, Larry Subbar, Ricky Subbar, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baerg.
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Harold Earl
Glendale
Orange Avenue
Isaac
Bill Tillman
Dolores
Betty
Eugene
Irene Tillman
Jake Ratzlaff
Lawrence Subbar
Larry
Ricky
Jacob Baerg
Shafter Inter-Service Golf Tournament Final Night At Bakersfield Club
Shafter golfers conclude the inter service club tournament at Bakersfield Country Club this evening at 7 30. Teams and individual winners will be honored in a prize and trophy presentation led by Bert Ware with Kiwanians in charge. Participants include Rotary Lions Kiwanis and 20 30 Clubs as the event enters its third year.
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Shafter
Bakersfield Country Club
Bert Ware
Rotary
Lions
Kiwanis
Pastor to Return From Month's Trip
Rev and Mrs Earnest Schroeder and family from 172 Poso Street will return to Shafter and the First Mennonite Church next Tuesday after a month away. They attended the First Mennonite Church conference at Cannon Beach Oregon and this weekend will join the Homebuilders Retreat Marines.
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Earnest Schroeder
Poso St
Shafter
Cannon Beach
Portland
Ore
Wasco Chamber Opens Year with Harlan Hagen
The Wasco Chamber of Commerce will host Congressman Harlan Hagen of the 14th district at its autumn winter session. Reta O Fry, secretary manager, announced the event at Veterans Memorial Hall next Thursday noon with public and chamber officials from Kern County invited.
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Wasco Chamber of Commerce
Harlan Hagen
14Th District
Reta O. Fry
Chamber of Commerce
Kern County
Veterans Memorial Hall
Hagen
Kern Kiwanis Club
Bakersfield
Teen Age Book Parade to Feature High School Book Reviews
The Kern County Free Library and Radio Station KWSO sponsor a Saturday program for teens called the Teen Age Book Parade. Mrs Helen Meekel, county youth librarian, will discuss books appealing to high school readers. Shafter Branch librarian Mrs Thomas Wedge notes reviews can be requested from the library. The parade debuts at noon on Saturday, 1 o'clock.
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Kern County Free Library
KWSO
Helen Mekeel
Thomas Wedge
Shafter
Lerdo School to Open With 375 Pupils Amid Construction
Three hundred seventy five youngsters are expected at Lerdo School on the Minter Village site for the new year opening Monday. Superintendent Gerald Miller says 16 teachers will greet them, with three new staff members joining: Dorothy Ann Hering, Dorothy Carnahan, and C Erwin Waite.
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Lerdo
Minter Village
Gerald Miller
Dorothy Ann Hering
Dorothy Carnahan
C. Erwin Waite
Miller
Earl Raney
Couple returns from seven state trip covering 4200 miles
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sower of 565 Klassen Dr. returned from a month long journey to visit their daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dahinden in Joplin Mont En route home they visited her sister Mrs. B. H. Cheney of Laramie Wyoming The trip spanned seven states and 4200 miles.
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C. A. Sowder
Joplin
Mont
E. A. Dahinden
B. H. Cheney
Laramie
Wyo
Assemblyman Addresses Kern Osteopath Group
Kern county assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly of Shafter spoke to the Kern County Osteopath Society and Auxiliary on California legislative issues. The meeting opened the 1953-54 fiscal year with new officers elected Dr. O. G. Ohlsson as president and Dr. A. Angell as president elect. Dr. A. Marsh Tuttle named secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Melvin T. McDaniel became president of the women’s auxiliary.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Kern County
Shafter
Kern County Osteopath Society
California
O. G. Ohlsson
A. Angell
A. Marsh Tuttle
Women's Auxiliary
Melvin T. McDaniel
Boys' Boxers and Men's Essentials Sale
Classified listing for boys boxers in blue den jeans sizes 2 to 8 with double stitching at 99 cents per pair. white tee shirts in sizes S to L at 49 cents. bo broadcloth pajamas sizes 4 to 18 at 2.49. men's argyle dress socks softspun cotton with nylon heel and toe three color pattern three pairs at one dollar. heavy ankle ts sizes 8 1/2 to 11 at 49 cents per pair.
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Jets
Ben
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State Fair
Dick Ty
PTA
Shafter High School Parent-Teachers Association
Clarence Neuman
Eyron Hanson
Frank Contreras
William Dalke
Jack Thompson
Neuman
William Irvine
Wallace Weyand
W. C
Harold Earls
Wasco Chamber
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Reuben Dirksen
Library
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Kern Osteopath Group
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Hemingson
Central
Lee Stover
Vernie Parrott
Jay
Chuck
U.S
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Deep Freeze
U.S. Choice Beef
Sperry
Wesson Oil
Coca-Cola
Nestle’'S
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Libby
Sauerkraut
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