Farm Bureau plans Buttonwillow barbecue fundraiser
The Buttonwillow Farm Bureau prepares a Sunday barbecue at 4 p.m. on school grounds to fund local projects. Wayne Smith leads the event with helpers for publicity, tickets, supplies, meat, concessions, bingo, and serving duties, and folk and square dancing featured. The note adds a historic tidbit: Tun Tavern was the first Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Philadelphia.
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Buttonwillow
Marine Corps
Tun Tavern
Philadelphia
Deeper Life Conference to Feature Local Pastors
Rev. Leroy Persson of Grace Tabernacle San Luis Obispo will headline a weeklong Deeper Life conference sponsored by the First Mennonite Church of Shafter. Rev. Earnest Schroeder said the event begins at 7 45 p m on September 7, with musical groups including the Trumpet Trio Western Aires and The Devin Cenzos performing.
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Leroy Persson
Grace Tabernacle
San Luis Obispo
First Mennonite Church of
Shafter
Earnest Schroeder
Persson
Trumpet Trio
Devincenzos
Capt Pierce Joins In Missing Plane Hunt
Vernon reports CAP commanding officer Capt Pierce for Shafter helped lead the search for a Navy aircraft missing en route from Moffat Air Base to Las Vegas Nevada. His unit patrolled toward Three Rivers but could not reach the south area before the crash on the west side of Mount Whitney.
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Vernon. Pierce
Civil Air Patrol
Shafter
Navy
Moffat Air Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Pierce
Pacific
Three Rivers
Mount Whitney
New Tract Aims to Build Market Center in South Shafter
Public Utility District assures residents of water sewage service and garbage disposal. Weinbergers hope the business lots become a marketing center for the South Shafter area. The tract is bounded by Ash street Rodriguez Wall and Shafter avenue with all streets paved.
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Weinbergers
South Shafter
Ash Street
Rodriguez
Wall
Shafter Avenue
Registration Deadline Sept 11 For Electors
Prospective voters must qualify by September 11 to participate in the November 4 general election. Clerk Frank Shaw urges registering at the last minute. Regional registrars include Mrs. John Branner at 6 State St and Mrs. J A Pott at 531 Shafter Ave near Telegraph.
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Frank Shaw
John Branner
State St
J. A. Pott
Shafter Ave
Wasco FFA Wins Grand at State Fair
Kenneth Duncan of Wasco High School won the grand championship for fat cattle at the state fair judged Friday. Wasco FFA dominated the final selections with three breed champions and held top weights in Angus Hereford and Shorthorn divisions. Duncan earned the overall grand prize as Wasco claimed three chances at the championship.
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Kenneth Duncan
Wasco High School
Farmers of America
Wasco Ffa
Dale Greenleef
Wasco
Leroy
Kirschenmann
Shafter
Tommie Brown
Albert Streiff
Wayne Hodges
Bob Restone
Bakersfield
Vernon Crawford
Brown
Angus
Greenleef
Hereford
Duncan
Shorthorn
Shafterites Sion for Classes At Cal Poly
Two Shafter youths will join Cal Poly’s 850 freshmen and transfer students for fall quarter. Baby Bair and James Milton Janzen were named as new enrollees in agricultural engineering and electronics and radio engineering.
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Shafter
California State Polytechnic
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