Shafter Fair Exhibits Feature Livestock Swine and Arts
The Shafter fair highlights include livestock wins across multiple breeds with blue ribbons in Shorthorns Herefords and Angus, and four firsts in the swine division led by Durocs winners ee Fludd Vernon Carr and Abby Gaines. Community booth and American Way float performances receive mixed judging, while Buttonwillow and Richland district displays showcase arts and home economics achievements.
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Ords
FFA
Joe Ribbon
Junior Terry
Anand
Hereford
Ronnie Siemens
Bob Ray
Chinto Red
Angus
Jimmy Wilton
Durocs
Ee Fludd
Vernon Carr
Abby Gaines
Gaines
Shafter
Jimmy Watson
Los Angeles Avenue
Jimmy
Shafter Press
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Russia
A. J. Hemingson
Waldo Unruh
Sam Becker
Harvey Gaede
Harlin P. Wilson
Bert Ware
John DeVincenzo
Ned Smith
Arthur Mucker
L. J. Woodard
Irvin Fick
Kyle Aus
Steve Roberts
Jimmie Faye Itcher
Gloria Janzen
Shafter ‘Area
Richland School
Arning
Buttonwillow Union Pol
Rio Brazco Union School
C. L. Blomquist
Shafter Arts Association
Smith
The
Maple Dis
Nancy K. Beal Buttonwillow
Darlene Garrison
Buttonwil
Velma Buttonwillow
Junior Cowpoke Captures Honors at Kern Horse Show
Five year old Jimmy Watson of Los Angeles avenue won fourth and fifth place in the Kern County Fair Junior Horse Show riding his own Shetland pony Shorty in the under 14 hands class and his grandfather’s cowpony Brownie in the over 14.2 hands class. The youngster learned to ride early and is mentored by his cowboy grandfather G. W. Watson and father Donald E. Watson. He prizes a silver belt buckle engraved with his name and plans more riding adventures.
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Kern
Grandpa
Jimmy Watson
Jimmy
Donald E. Watson
Los Angeles Avenue
Kern County Fair
Shorty
G. W., Watson
Shafter
Santa Rosa
Riverside
G. W
Donald
Dick Fleming
Bakersfield
Boggses Host Saturday Card Party at Beech Avenue
Beech avenue residents Mr and Mrs N R Boggs hosted a Saturday evening card party. After the game guests were served cake and coffee. Attending were Mr and Mrs Pete Bergen with Marilyn Mr and Mrs Murrurrill Swan Mr and Mrs Benny Glenn Mr and Mrs Thomas Brown and Mrs Foley Dye.
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N. R
Biology club adds six golden hamsters at Shafter High
Joe Galante of Shafter High School announces the biology room now houses six golden hamsters for experiments including nutritional deficiency studies conducted by students in the science department.
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Joe Galante
Shafter High School
Kiwanis Leaders Set for San Diego Convention
Kiwanis Club of Shafter will send delegates to the California-Nevada-Hawaii Kiwanis District convention in San Diego from Oct 37 to Oct 10. Frank Harmon presides. C. I. Meyer of Topeka will speak. delegates from 255 clubs and 15 450 members attend. plans for the coming year and officer elections will unfold. Thomas W. Staudacher Jr returned to Shafter after visiting relatives en route to the U S Navy Amphibian Base at Coronado.
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Kiwanis Club
Shafter
California-Nevada-Hawaii
Kiwanis
San Diego
William Lowe
C. I. Meyer
Topeka Kansas
Kiwanis Internation
Lowe
Frank C. Harmon
la Jolla
California
California-Nova-Hawaii
Moyer
Kiwanis International
Kansas
Kansas State Livestock Association
Kansas State
United States Navy
Tokyo
Korea
Thomas W. Staudacher, Jr
W. R. Staudacher
Montana
U. S. Naval
Shafter Kiwanis Picks Delegates for Meeting
Delegates Lowe and Jack Manweiler, president-elect, will represent the Shafter Kiwanis Club at the upcoming meeting. They will be accompanied by their wives.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Lowe
Jack Manweiler
Rites Held for Isaac Heinrichs Pioneer Resident
Funeral services for Isaac Heinrichs age 68, Bakersfield pioneer, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church with Elder A. E. Bentz officiating. Interment in Shafter Cemetery. Armstrong Mortuary of Shafter in charge. Survived by widow Minnie Heinrichs of Shafter, eight sons John Lancaster Herber Theodore Ike Rueben Jake Lewis, three daughters Mary Voth of Shafter Elizabeth Koney of North Dakota Katherine Baird of Oregon, 32 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.
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Isaac Heinrichs
Bakersfield
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
A. E. Bentz
Shafter Cemetery
Armstrong
Shafter
Minnie Heinrichs
John
Lancaster
Herber
Theodore
Ike
Sacramento
Rueben
Gault Lake
Jake
Lewis
la Habra
Harry
Pendleton
Ore
Mrs
Mary Voth
Elizabeth Koney
North Dakota
Katherine Baird
Oregon
Planned Sunday School Consecration at Union Congregational Church
The Church Teachers of Sunday School plan a special consecration service next Sunday, Rally Day, at Union Congregational Church. The coffee tree is indigenous to Ethiopia.
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Union Congregational Church
Ethiopia
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E. A. Stanley
Eeoeen
Suva
Scomeer & Wikoff
Gibson
Odel
New
Electric Orange
Demonstra Noother
Ups-A-Daisy
Gaur
Eustomatic
Schneider & Wikoff
Chestley Powell
Sixth Township
Justice Court
David Goldberg
Justice of the Peace
Stewart Magee
William Weitzel
S. B. Gill
Powell
S. I. Moyer
Clayton E. Steward
Hartford, Conn
Etna Casualty and Surety CO
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Wasco, Calif
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