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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1984
Page
6
Local reader Sandy Armstrong shares tips on phone etiquette and daily life while inviting readers to the Historical Society Pie Auction on April 12. Includes turkey loaf recipe notes from Pam Ellison and call for pie crust ideas.
Mr and Mrs Dan Weitz of Shafter celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a March 24 1984 dinner party at the Stockdale Country Club. Hosts included children Jerry Mixon Vickie Laurie Jennie of Bellingham WA Rex Tudor Danny Deb bie of Shafter. Tim Mixon unable to attend from Eugene OR. about 120 friends attended. Dan Weitz married Gertrude Mettler on March 24 1934 in Santa Maria CA. They moved to Shafter in 1939. He farmed Kern County until retirement in 1971. They still live in Shafter and enjoy many friends and relatives.
Richland fifth and sixth graders perform Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella in a full stage Junior Theatre at Shafter High School auditorium on April 26 and 27 at 7 30 p m Donated proceeds go to Richland Intermediate School SCICON fund Cast features Lisa Kloosér Jennifer Janzen Candace Allen Jenny Ingle Mitchell Wilson Aimee Prender and Eddie Pankey with student actors and parent volunteers handling rehearsals props and makeup Tickets available through students and the intermediate school office.
The Great American Melodrama in Bakersfield presents Rip Van Winkle plus a vaudeville show through May 6. Philip Jones stars as Rip with Kirk Brown as the villain and Tricia Matthews as Gretchen. Doug Truelsen MCs with Kelly Salisbury as Meenie, as the cast delivers humor romance and suspense before a lively Oildale/Bakersfield crowd. The show runs Thu Sun at 7 PM or Fri 8 PM and Sat 5 PM and 9 PM at 206 China Grade Loop. Reservations 392 1900.
The Shatter Historical Society hosts its two annual meetings with a pie auction and potluck on April 12 at the Veteran's Memorial Hall. Lowell Bergman plans musical entertainment as the highlight, with members invited to learn about railroads Hitchcock Hotel and preservation efforts.
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