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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
3
Richland Teachers Club met last Thursday with Howard Mills as guest speaker on CA Teachers Association actions. He noted a need for fifty thousand teachers in California over ten years, at 5000 per year. The meeting covered CTA functions, ethics, and public relations, plus a Bakersfield workshop on April 1.
Twelve girls from Shafter High School cooking class toured Food Town Meat Market last week. Host Frank Johnson guided a tour of the meat department and demonstrated wholesale and retail cuts. The group learned carcass parts and beef grades with no accompanying instructor.
Kern County section of the Southern California Association of Teachers of English met at the First Congregational Church in Bakersfield on Friday evening, March 25. Dr. Richard Armour of Los Angeles entertained about 95 members and guests with a program titled Once Over Lightly, outlining his light verse and four common themes. Armour, a Claremont College faculty member and columnist, is slated to become an editor of Writers' Magazine. New officers were elected: Miss Jeanette Wheeler program chair, Miss Margaret Cooke secretary, and Art Parrott membership chairman, with attendees including Miss Virginia Stearns and guests from Shafter and Wasco.
Sherry Cassidy daughter of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Cassidy is improving gradually after a lengthy illness. She fell ill on March 11 and was admitted to San Joaquin Hospital in Bakersfield on March 25 when complications arose. She is expected to remain hospitalized for about ten more days.
Two Wasco families relocated to Santa Barbara last week as Mrs. F C Bertkan and Mrs. Albert Denman prepare new homes. Mrs Bertkan plans graduate study at the State Teachers College. Both women were honored at Wasco events, including gifts from the Wasco Woman's Club and a handkerchief shower from the Congregational Church Ladies Aid.
The Business and Professional Women's Club meets this Thursday evening April 7 at Motel Canelo at seven p m. Miss Jeanette Wheeler presides. Blythe Monroe announces a color film by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Nominating committee to be chosen to present new officers at the April 21 meeting. Yearly reports from each chairman will be requested.
The Women's Club will hold an executive board meeting tomorrow evening April 6 at president Jeanette Wheeler's home. Discussion covers the Hanford district meeting April 9 and 10 where district officers will be elected and installed, with state president Lela Swasey installing. Wheeler and delegates will attend.
Elmer Unruh moves from the Maple Leaf cotton gin to the Maple Leaf Industries sales division. He previously oversaw seed potato dipping and cutting as part of his duties. Pete Neu feld will spend more time in the office to meet growers and discuss problems.
Mrs O G Ohlsson returns from Los Angeles where she attended the state board meeting of the Auxiliary to the California Osteopathic Association. She presides Kern County Auxiliary and chairs the state press and printing committee. Plans were made for the state convention in Coronado on April 28 29 30.
Mrs Wesley Sherwin was a business visitor in Bakersfield on Friday afternoon, engaging with local firms and exploring opportunities during a routine trip.
Wasco Grange hosted a Ladies Night with soprano Ruth Grisso and magician C W McCafferty performing. The dinner, prepared by male members led by Guy Berry, featured roast beef and spring décor, followed by square dancing and games.
Mr and Mrs Fred Mettler and Mr and Mrs Sam Mettler returned to Shafter on March 30 after a three week trip to South Dakota They visited Freeman to see John Aman their ill brother in law and spent time with numerous friends and relatives during the visit.
Mrs. C. V. McKenney Sr. hosted her three and a half year old grandson Ronnie McKenney of Corcoran last week. Ronnie returned home Friday evening and his sister Lelani arrived in Shafter to spend the weekend at the McKenney residence.
Mrs Herman Osborne received a surprise stork shower on Thursday evening March 31 at her Shafter Highway home hosted by Mrs Pat Ragsdale. Guests from the Ladies Nazarene Missionary Society attended the celebration for the ill honoree who joined festivities for opening gifts.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hollingsworth and daughter Rosemary with Dr and Mrs P C Guenther and Mrs Ella Immel spent a week end in El Monte and Long Beach. They visited Claude Hollingsworth in El Monte and the Ray Michaels in Long Beach, toured the dry docks at Terminal Island, and returned Sunday for a reunion with old friends.
Mr and Mrs Goldman Little of Shafter are the parents of a daughter born March 29 at Wasco Maternity Home. The infant weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces.
The Wasco Shafter Community Concerts Inc announces a membership drive for April 18 to 23 led by president Irvin J Barr. He emphasizes music’s vital role in youth development and aims to enroll a full audience for the 1949 50 concert series.
Verlin Eugene Perry, 18, of Shafter, received a $1000 compromise settlement approved by Superior Judge Warren Stockton after a traffic accident. Henry H. Froese was the plaintiff in the case.
Overnight visitors at the home of Dr and Mrs P C Guenther were Mrs Guenther's cousins Mr and Mrs Fred Jaqueth from St Maries Idaho. Mr Jaqueth works with Idaho's forestry department.
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