Shafter Police Capture Robbers After Wild Chase
The Shafter police armed chase ended with bandits surrendering near Wasco after officers Witcher Dial and Frizzell blocked the car and forced the fugitives to halt. Baird was treated at Bakersfield hospital with nine gunshot hits recorded in the fleeing vehicle. Bluhm and Vigneau were booked on armed robbery and attempted murder charges.
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Wasco
Shafter
Baird
Witcher
Dial
Officer Baird
Brooks
Bakersfield
Frizzell
Vigneau
Bluhm
Vignéau
Mrs Gladys Righbour Returns to Kern General
Mrs Gladys Righbour is back at Kern General with a health update showing some improvement in her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Righbour
Kern General
Ministers Urge Shafter Churches to Boost Sunday Attendance
Shafter’s Ministerial Association urges residents to increase church and Sunday School participation. They cite Parable of the Lost Sheep to highlight 53 percent of children in local records never attending Sunday School and stress parental support and consistent church involvement. The drive promotes posters and community programs to foster spiritual training for children and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shafter Ministerial Association
Ministerial Association
Filing For Potato Goals Ends Sept 30
The Kern County ACA announces separate individual early and late commercial potato goals for the 1948 fresh Irish Potato price support program. Applications must be filed by September 30, 1947, and must be made in person. mail filings are not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford E. Craig
Kern County Aca
Kiwanis Basket Picnic Draws 75 Members at County Park
The Shafter Kiwanis basket picnic Sunday drew over 75 attendees. Ground committee members Jack Hare and Al Finkbeiner organized facilities for badminton volleyball ping-pong baseball pool and horseshoes starting at 1 pm. The day ended about 6 pm after a lunch with soft drinks and beer for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Kiwanis
Jack Hare
al Finkbeiner
Kiwanis
Joe Frizzell
Art Hemingson
Jack Hill
Eteri Club Meets Tonight at First Baptist Church
The Eteri club invites all interested girls to attend a meeting tonight at 7 30 in the First Baptist church.
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Eteri Club
First Baptist Church
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Shafter Prog
Paul Newell
Juanita Battaglia
Tral Ave
Kern County
California
Entornia
Meweten
Thirty-eighth
Mets
The
State
Robert and Raymond Hakim
Henry Fonda
Barbara Bel Geddes
Vincent Price
Ann Dvorak
Anatole Litvak Production Pon
MIR
Anc
Robert and
Raymond Hakim
Anatole Litvak
John Wexley
Jacques Viot
Curtis Robinson
Payton
Tehachapi-Hastings
Porterville
Woodville
Shaddow’s Jewelry Store
Fulton
Fresno
United States
Camp & Barrows Motor CO
DODGE
Plymouth
Maple Leaf Cotton Corp
and E. J. Peters
SELMA
Frank Russell
Blacksmith and
Pacific Street
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