Vets Urged to File Sale Applications Now
California veterans face loss of first choice buildings for war surplus housing after failing to obtain certified applications before sale openings. Jack Hare, director at Shafter Veterans' Service Center, urges veterans to file at county offices or his center to receive certified copies valid for future sales.
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California
Jack Hare
Shafter Veterans’ Service Center
Central Valley Highway
Hare
Sacramento
Shafter Couple Wed in Easter Sunday Ceremony
On Easter Sunday at the First Baptist Church of Shafter Charles Thomas and Carlene Bain were married. Both graduates of Shafter High School, they reside in Shafter with Thomas employed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co and Bain employed by Kelly and Channeson. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Bernard Andrews with music by Elaine Klaudt and solos by Mary Graves. A reception for about 100 followed, and the couple plans a short honeymoon before returning to Shafter.
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First Baptist Church
Shafter
Charles Thomas
Carlene Bain
Shafter High School
Thomas
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Kelly and Channeson
Bernard Andrews
Bessie Thomas
Joyce Johnson
Vida Aselton
Harold Gipson
Carl Taffera
Buck Kimbriel
Kenneth Reynolds
Elaine Klaudt
Mary Graves
Horizon Girls Fete Miss Wheeler at Surprise Party
Miss Jeanette Wheeler was honored by Horizon girls with hostesses Pat Kelly and Marjorie Liles at the Kelly home. The group presented an engraved compact in appreciation of her years as advisor, with Miss Helen Ganyu in attendance as their new advisor.
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Jeanette Wheeler
Horizon Girls
Pat Kelly
Marjorie Liles
Kelly
Miss Wheeler
Helen Ganyu
Miss Elsie Inns
Misses Roehn
Eleanor Peters
Susie Siennes
Tena
Anna Wiebe
Irene Janzen
Betty
Matilda Neufeld
Neufelds celebrate silver wedding in Shafter
In Maple grammar school auditorium more than 160 people gathered Sunday to honor Mr and Mrs Isaac Neufeld on their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple, wed March 20 1913 in Waldheim Saskatchewan now own a large wheat farm there. The ceremony was led by Rev David Dick with readings songs and congratulatory messages from relatives. The Neufelds split time between Shafter and other California cities and have two daughters and a son.
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Maple’ Grammar School
Isaac Neufeld
Neufeld
Waldheim
Saskatchewan
Canada
David Dick
Lawrence Neufeld
Raymond Marlien
Willard Bergen
Wm. J. Bestwater
Large Family Group Gathers on Easter
Mr and Mrs Jake Bergen Senior of Shafter hosted a large Easter gathering at their home. Many relatives attended from the Shafter-Wasco area, including Wesley Bergen Dick Enns Otto Becker Frank Enns Thomas Petker H A Kolfeld and the Bergen children Carolyn and Paul. Mrs Fast, the mother of Mrs Jake Bergen Sr, also joined.
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Jake Bergen
Shafter
Wesley Bergen
Dick Enns
Otto Becker
Frank Enns
Thomas. Petker
H. A. Kolfeld
Wilmer
Enns
Gaede Family Moves Into New Maple District Home
The Harvey Gaede family moved last Friday to their new home on the ranch in the Maple District.
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Harvey Gaede
Maple District
Easter House Guests
Easter holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Williard Neumann included Mrs. Nellie Glover and her daughter Mrs. Marion Sayre with her husband and baby, all from Tracy.
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Williard Neumann
Mrs. Neumann
Nellie Glover
Marion Sayre
Tracy
National Book Prints Poems by Local Students
Four Kern Academy poems were selected for the National Anthology of High School Poetry. Joyce Dirksen, Patricia Wikoff, Bill Hull, and Monroe Duerksen earned publication. Mrs. LaVerne Ross highlighted Dirksen’s debut work No Inspiration, praised for its surprising quality.
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Kern Academy
LaVerne Ross
Joyce Dirksen
Patricia Wikoff
Bill Hull
Monroe Duerksen
Ross
Joyce
Dirksen Family Visits After Easter Hospital Stay
Ed Dirksen from Glendale and his family visited brother Arthur Dirksen and kin over Easter. Ed had spent weeks in a hospital recovering from severe burns and this marked his first trip since release.
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Ed Dirksen
Glendale
Arthur Dirksen
Mr. Dirksen
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