Colonels Depend On Nine Veterans For Season Start
Shafter High School lightweight football team the Colonels rely on nine veteran players to lead the early season. Coach Jordan Turk Eliades aims to build around seasoned linemen backs and ends while noting a tackle shortage as a major weakness. The veterans include Henry Beach Layton Lynch Billy Hinsley Max Tudor Ray Colvard Gene Wilson Arthur Rios John Otley and Jim Correl.
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Colonels
Shafter High School
Jordan
Turk) Eliades
Layton Lynch
Billy Hinsley
Max Tudor
Ray Colvard
Gene Wilson
Arthur Rios
John Otley
Coalinga
Jim Correl
Porterville
Vernon Pierce Visit to Dinuba Family
Mr and Mrs Vernon Pierce with Ronald and Nancy flew to Dinuba Sunday to visit Mrs Pierce’s parents Mr and Mrs J L Ditman.
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Mrs. Vernon Pierce
Ronald
Nancy
Dinuba
Mrs. Pierce
J. L. Ditman
Spells Four Hunters Find No Deer
Four Shafter hunters hunted in Monaché Meadows last weekend. Kin Cannon and Emmett Lilly flew in their company plane. Jim Gloeckler and Gene Guenther drove to Grant and were flown in by Kin Cannon and Lilly. They saw many does but only one buck. They fished well and had a dinner from their catches. The party witnessed two plane crashes, a Stearman with wing damage and a basic trainer that flipped over after hitting a fence.
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M. M. Kin’ Cannon
Emmett Lilly
Jim Gloeckler
Gene Guenther
Grant
Kin Cannon
Lilly
Eugene and Kenneth Strauss Drive Home From Lodi Academy
Eugene and Kenneth Strauss returned home last weekend from Lodi Academy, according to local notes.
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Eugene
Kenneth Strauss
Lodi Academy
Shafter Coaches Attend Kern Tulare Sportsmanship Banquet
Shafter High School coaches and Principal Jack Hill will attend the Kern Tulare Sportsmanship Banquet on September 21 in Bakersfield. County representatives will discuss promoting good sportsmanship and the event aims to become an annual affair while highlighting the Athletes Code and Spectators Creed.
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Shafter High School
Jack Hill
Kern- Tulare
Bakersfield
Principals Association
Shafter High
Ath
Pick Wahanka For Campfire Girls At Richland School
Wahanka is the name chosen Monday night by the fifth grade Campfire Girls at their first meeting in Richland School. Officers elected for the first half of the year are Sally Firkins president Carol Barion vice president and Nadine Bellows secretary. Those present included Carol Barton Nadine Bellows Sally Firkins Roseva Fike Margaret Freedman Rosalie Guenther Nedra Jenner Nona Johnson Kathryn Kadel Sharon
Square Dancing Club To Meet First Time
A square dancing club for beginners will meet for the first time at 8 30 p m Oct 7 in Veterans Memorial Hall for members and guests of the American Legion Auxiliary. Caller will be Gordon Smith. The group will meet every first and third Saturday of the month.
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Veterans Memorial Hall
American Legion
Gordon Smith
Local Names Listed as Guardians and Beneficiaries
Kirby, Mona Moor, Paula Mc Clure, Nancy Pierce, Verna Peters, Bonnie Rose, Beverly Shultz, Dorothy Sanders, Gloria Smith, Rosalyn Tatum, Barbara Wicks named with guardians Mrs. Floyd Barton and Mrs. Ben Peters in the document.
Mock Search Set by Pilots Plans Weekend Drill
Kern County Civil Air Patrol members prepare for a mock search and rescue near Oxnard this weekend. Commander Vernon Pierce notes uniform or armband access depends on sworn-in status as he aids formation of a local CAP to assist communications and rescue in invasions or crashes. Several Shafter men plan to join.
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Kern County Civil Air Patrol
Oxnard
Vernon Pierce
Kern County Pilots Association
Pierce
Civil Air Patrol
Shafter
Lillian Brooks Earns BBA From Woodbury College
Miss Lillian Brooks daughter of Mr and Mrs King Brooks Route 1 Box 284 Shafter received a Bachelor of Business Administration with an executive secretary major from Woodbury College Los Angeles at commencement exercises Aug 11. A Wasco High School graduate she was an active member of the school band.
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Lillian Brooks
King Brooks
Shafter
Woodbury College
Los Angeles
Wasco High School
Brooks
Opening Day Cafeteria Sales Jump at Shafter High
Opening day at Shafter High School boosted cafeteria sales by 20 percent with 302 lunch plates served, surpassing last year’s 260 average. Manager Mrs Blanche Smith led the operation with staff including Mrs Dorothy Fried ley and Mrs Addie brown among others.
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Shafter High School
Blanche Smith
Smith
Dorothy Friedley
Addie Rown
Lorene Hamlin
Lois Higby
Peggy Neal
Mrs Ohlsson Attends Osteopathic Conference
Mrs Ohlsson and O G Ohlsson attended the executive board meeting of the auxiliary to the California Osteopathic Association in San Francisco this week. Mrs Ohlsson is president elect of the auxiliary.
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Mrs. Ohlsson
O. G. Ohlsson
California Osteopathic Association
San Francisco
Ohlsson
Mr and Mrs Floyd Garner Visit Bakersfield Daughter
Mr and Mrs Floyd Garner of Bakersfield spent Sunday with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Don Little and Donna at their home.
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Floyd Garner
Bakersfield
Don Little
Donna
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