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Hazel was born on 3 August 1923 in Taft, California, to parents Frederick "Tex" and Estell (née Griesemer) Hitson. [3] She spent her early years in California where she freely explored the surrounding desert. [4] In 1943, shortly after graduating from Taft Union High School, Weidman joined the World War II war effort by enlisting in the WAVES. [5]
Taft (formerly Moron, Moro, and Siding Number Two) [9] is a city in the foothills at the extreme southwestern edge of the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California. Taft is located 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of Bakersfield , [ 9 ] at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). [ 7 ]
Alvin Olen Baldock (December 17, 1929 – September 14, 2009) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California from 1959 to 1961, the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California from 1962 to 1968, and the Los Angeles City College from 1972 to 1974, and Taft College in Taft, California from 1976 to ...
The Taft Independent is a free weekly feature community newspaper published in Kern County California. The Independent covers local news, features, letters, editorials, community voices and more. The newspaper office is located at 508 Center Street in Taft, California, 93268. The Independent is published weekly on Friday.
During the 1940s, Mullen coached football for the Taft Union High School Wildcats in Taft, California. [6] Notes
Killingsworth was born in Taft on Nov. 4, 1917. Following the discovery of oil on Signal Hill in 1921, his oilman father moved the family south to Long Beach.During Killingsworth's years at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, his original ambition was to become a painter, but he decided to major in something more practical at the University of Southern California.
Barnaby Conrad, Jr. (March 27, 1922 – February 12, 2013) [1] was an American artist, author, nightclub proprietor, matador and boxer. [2]Born in San Francisco, California, to an affluent family, Conrad was raised in Hillsborough.
William S. Mailliard was born on June 10, 1917, in Belvedere, California. [1] He attended Tamalpais High School in San Rafael, California, and the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. [1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1939. [1]