Back From Vacation Trip to South
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Gladden of Orange Ave returned Monday from a week at Ventura and Bell Gardens. They visited her parents the Hearns and Bill Hearns family, stayed with J. E. Mehan, then drove to San Diego to see Leroy Mehan, Navy pitcher now with a champion football team overseas. He had been under contract to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Otis Gladden
Orange Ave
Ventura
Bell Gardens
R. L. Hearn
Bill Hearn
Billyayne
J. E. Mehan
Hearn
San Diego
Mehan
Leroy
Navy
F.os Alamedes Raiders
Pittsburgh Pirates
Rio Bravo PTA Back in Service
Rio Bravo PTA executive board will meet in the school library on Friday to launch plans for the coming school year. Laciel Walker, president, will conduct. The first regular meeting is Sept 17 in the school auditorium for a teacher parent get acquainted program.
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Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo Parent Teachers Association
Laciel Walker
Double Party Fetes 2 Men at Southern Baptist Church
A combined homecoming and farewell party in the First Southern Baptist Church social hall honored Rev. Sam Wilcoxon and Layton Lynch. A potluck dinner followed by songs and social hour. Wilcoxon had just returned from a revival in Paragould Arkansas after a month away. Lynch departed for Oklahoma Baptist University with about 125 attendees at the farewell event.
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Sam Wilcoxon
Layton Lynch
First Southern Baptist Church
Wilcoxon
Paragould
Ark
Lynch
B. E. Lynch
Faber Street
Oklahoma Baptist University
Party Ends Summer Rest At Miss Crabb Home
A summer’s end party hosted by Miss Maudie Crabb at 543 Pacific St featured dancing cards and a buffet in the yard. Guests included Billy Cummings Art Trout Rolf Jacobsen Max Tudor Bruce Muir Bobby Trout Lavern Liles Donna Hare and many others.
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Maudie Crabb
Pacific St
Billy Cummings
Art Trout
Rolf Jacobsen
Max Tudor
Bruce Muir
Bobby Trout
Lavern Liles
Donna Hare
Mckey Perry
Glen Handel
Vic- Mickey Perry
Virginia Taylor
la Venne
la Velle
Stoller
Phylls Stoller
Billy Nixon
Wayne Kirschenman
Leroy Moser
Kenny Handel
Billy Hinsley
Norma Neuman
Donna Weitz
Rex Allen
Gary Weygand
Dave Muir
Karen Clark
Siemens Family Back from Coast
The Siemens family Mr and Mrs Menno Siemens and daughter Barbara with her friend Diana Strauss spent a week at Long Beach enjoying swimming and rest. They visited Santa Monica to see friends and in Bakersfield and Bethel Deaconess Hospital Newton Newfeld sister of Mrs Siemens was visiting.
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Maple
Menno Siemens
Barbara
Diana Strauss
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Harvey Gaede
Leonard Gaede
Ed Nikkel
Siemens
Newton Newfeld
Bakersfield
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Newton
Kan
Newta
British Columbia
Faculty Wives Review Season Names New Chairs
Business for the year was reviewed and new committee chairmen named at a Faculty Wives and Women's board meeting at Mrs. Grant Jensen’s home on Mannel Avenue. The first event is a faculty picnic at 6:30 p.m. September 21 in Manne Park. New chairs include Mrs. Hal Williams publicity and Thelma Painter yearbook historian and courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Jensen
Mannel Avenue
Shafter High School
Manne Park
Hal Williams
Thelma. Painter
Two New Teachers Join Kern Academy Staff
Two new educators join Kern Academy in Shafter for the coming year. Harry C. Reile, 27, will serve as principal and teach ninth and tenth grades, while Earle E. MacPhee, 26, will lead seventh and eighth grades. Reile hails from North Dakota and arrives from San Jose where he led a Seventh Day Adventist school. he holds a bachelor’s in education from the University of Nebraska and studied at Union College. He is accompanied by wife Darlene and two children, Sandra Kay and Lou Ann. MacPhee has teaching stints in Santa Cruz and Fresno Union College and studied at Pacific Union College. he and his wife Roselyn have a daughter, Erlyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Academy
Seventh-Day Adventist
Shafter
Harry C. Reile
Earle E. MacPhee
Reile
MacPhee
North Dakota
Sd-A
San Jose
University of Nebraska
Union College
Nebraska
Darlene
Sandra Kay
Lou Ann
Santa Cruz
Fresno Union College
Pacific Union College
Napa County
Roselyn
Erlyn
Festival plans outlined by Bann Hodges committee
The article notes festival leadership under Robert Bann and Mrs James Hodges with phases including barbecue stage show parade and kiddie rides. Fleming aims to restart charges and broaden entertainment while exploring a county fair style exhibit booth centralization. A 1954 committee roster and a September 14 planning meeting are listed.
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Robert Bann
James Hodges
Fleming
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van Camp
Velveeta
del Monte Dill Pickles
del Monte
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California
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White Star Tuna
Iin
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Yack Janzen
Rotary Club
Bob
Somers
Jack Stepp
Lions
Laverne Jacobs
Lee Koehn
Wesley Staudacher
Kiwanis Club
Lee Thomas
Elmer Ziemke
American Legion
Emily Hodges
Joe Thompson
Blake Witcher
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bob’ Bann
Kyle Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Nick Johnson
Shafter Fire Department
Margaret Smith
Rowena Merkel
John Fuller
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