Seaman Thompson Sails Overseas for Third Navy Tour
Seaman Bill Thompson 20 son of Mr and Mrs E W Thompson of Merced avenue sailed Sept 3 for his third overseas voyage with the Navy fleet. On furlough last February he had returned from 14 European countries and this summer he visited Cuba twice aboard the destroyer USS Furse. Thompson has four years in the Navy after attending Richland and Shafter High Schools and is due home next February with discharge expected in April.
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Navy
Bill Thompson
E. W. Thompson
Merced Avenue
Cuba
Furse
Thompson
Richland and
Shafter
Marriages Highlight Summer Faculty Activities at Shafter High
The article notes the summer marriages of Mrs. Robert McLean and Mrs. Robert Culver, both June brides, with McLean teaching English at Kern County Union High and Culver serving as a U.S. Army instructor at Camp Roberts. It lists numerous faculty members’ summer activities from travel to education and recreation across California and nearby states.
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Shafter High School
Robert McLean
Beth Payne
Robert Colver
Wanda Cain
June
McLean
Kern County Union High
Culver
U. S. Army
Camp Roberts
California
Shirley Harris
Bakersfield
Newport Beach
Beverly Gist
High Sierras
Burley Dooley
Joan Bell
Ontario
Canada
P. L. Arnold
Sierras
Elliot Garrison
Theodora Richard
Shafter
Tom Oary
Pasadena Ymca
Marjorie Rose
University of California
Hal Williams
University of Southern California
Douglas
Grant Jensen
Stanford
Tom Letizia
USC
Joe Galante
Jim Wilson
Oklahoma
Shafter High graduates spread to colleges statewide and nationwide
Many Shafter High School graduates attend colleges across the state and country. Notable enrollments include Jay and Kay Raney and Phil Zachary at San Jose State, Ken Cooper Paul Cato Fred Houston Keith Mixon Troy Smart at Fresno State, Walter Bergen Mike Crawford at Cal Poly, and Bert Fuser at Stanford. John Kelly attends U S Naval Academy. Bakersfield College boasts the most Shafterites among graduates.
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Shafter High School
San Jose State
Jay
Kay Raney
Phil Zachary
Fresno State
Ken Cooper
Paul Cato
Fred Houston
Keith Mixon
Troy Smart
Cal Poly
Walter Bergen
Mike Crawford
Bert Fuser
Stanford
John Kelly
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bakersfield College
Stanley Buller
Ivon Bartel
Joyce Bell
Harold Brewer
Magus Criner
Sylvia Fitzpatrick
Duane Freeman
David Friedley
Goldie Gipson
Sybie Harvey
Wanda Horn
Jimmie Neuman
Jack Thompson
Kenneth Wilkits
Jimmie Witcher
Barbara Stone
Pacific Bible Institute
Johnnie Vaughn
Esther Neufeld
Benny Giesbrecht
Wheeler Traveled to Colorado for Six Weeks
Jeanette Wheeler spent six weeks in Colorado for study and recreation. Ernest Graf attended a Fred Waring choral workshop at the College of Pacific for singing training and exposure.
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Jeanette Wheeler
Colorado
Ernest Graf
Fred Waring
College of Pacific
Junior Farmers Preen Livestock for the Fair
Shafter High School agricultural students prepare prize stock for Kern County Fair exhibitions. Photos show Terry, Beach, Howze and others with Aberdeen Angus Hereford Suffolk lambs and Yorkshire boars as they ready animals for judging and potential prize money to fund next year’s stock.
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Shafter High School Agricultural
Kern County
Dick Smith
Shafter High School
Terry
Tate Tower
Oeeeet High School
Carl Beach
Donald Howze
Suffolk
Leroy Thompson
Burley Dostey
Beach
Private O Dell To Korean Duty Amid Heavy Equipment Duty
Private Ned Robert F. O'Dell is serving with the Army in Korea about 120 miles from the front lines. He trained at Fort Ord and left Camp Stoneman for overseas duty. His wife Colleen Houchin stays with her parents while he is away. his parents live in Livingston. The couple married about a month before his overseas assignment.
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Buttonwillow
Robert F. O'Dell
Coleen O'Dell
Korea
Fort Ord
Camp Stoneman
O'Dell
Houchin
Albert Houchin
Nosband
O’dell
Livingston
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Amelia Cornell
C. C. Rhoads
Mid-West
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Lusricant
Ray Albert
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Chrysler Air Conditioning
Schneider
Wikoff
James St
Youngstown
Yya
Youngstown Kitchens
Youngetown
Easly
Peptone
Powergide
Chevrolet
H.p
Sn Jean Richland Chevrolet Company
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