Sunday Light Hosts Honor Guests at Local Home
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Austin included Assemblyman and Mrs. Pat Kelly and son Tom, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Eckmann, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Clarkin, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hofman, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Ruggenberg. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Farrell and Beech Avenue residents prior to the Dance of the Month Club meeting, with Herb Miller and others in attendance.
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Jack Austin
Cross St
Pat Kelly
Tom
E. C. Eckmann
Phil Clarkin
Ernest Hofman
Don Ruggenberg
Roy Farrell
Beech Avenue
Mesers
Herb Miller
Lowell Todd
Dick Scott
Joe Newcombe
Henry Horwege
Dorcas Welfare Society Holds Layette Shower
The Dorcas Welfare Society of the Seventh Day Adventist Church met in the Dorcas Room for a pot luck luncheon and layette shower. Thirty members attended bringing gifts for a Shafter family. Members then sewed quilts and repaired clothing for needy local families. A prayer was offered by Mrs. J. Richert.
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Dorcas Welfare Society
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Victor Bonlie
Morris Adamson
Dorcas
Doris Bowlie
Alice Biloff
Shafter
J. Richert
Friends Honor Susan Mason Fourth Birthday Party
Friends and family gathered at Susan Mason’s home on Oak Street to celebrate her fourth birthday with singing games, favors, ice cream, punch, and cake decorated with Easter eggs and marshmallow bunnies. Attendees included Ellen Hall, Grace Hall, Carolyn Hasty, Duane Howard, Glen Grimes, Lianna Harrington, Barbara Duck, Paul Bortz, and many others plus Mrs E E Hall and Mrs W P Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Mason
Fred Mason
Oak Street
Ellen and
Grace Hall
Carolyn Hasty
Duane Howard
Carolyn
Glen Grimes
Chris
Greg Hornege
Lianna Harrington
Barbara June Duck
Paul Bortz
Bill Duerksen
Joey Thompson
Peggy Oary
Katherine Baker
Margo Garrison
Leslie Somers
David
Richland cafeteria program shows growth and duties
Education Today documents Richland's lunch program, begun 1918, expanding from 350 to 1300 daily by today. Sylvia Baughman leads since 1942 as Cafeteria Supervisor. The operation uses large quantities of food annually and integrates meals with classroom lessons in manners, health, and balanced diets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
P.T.A
Sylvia Baughman
Church Group Holds Meeting at Congregational Church
The Evening Circle of the Congregational Church met Monday in the church parlor. Phyllis Garrison was named circle chair, replacing Jackie Thompson who resigned due to illness. Members were asked to save salt boxes and other items for the Couples' Club toy project and to start 10 traveling baskets to circulate among members. The program featured three Easter monologues and a Life of Christ film-strip, with cookies and coffee served to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Annabel Thompson
Leona Richards
Winifred Stone
Phyllis Garrison
Jackie Thompson
Thompson
Betty Baker
Doris Austin
June Oury
Shafter Potato n Cotton Festival Poised for Record Growth
Shafter's seventh annual Potato n Cotton Festival is six weeks away with plans for a country fair at the county park. Twenty one candidates vie for festival queen as parade entries, bands, floats roll in. High school students prepare a historical pageant under Dr. Grant Jensen, marking Shafter's fortieth anniversary and highlighting the crops' importance to the community.
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Shafter's
Grant Jensen
Shafter
Delano
Shafter High senior Leroy Kirschenmann earns top agricultural honors
Leroy Kirschenmann, a Shafter High School senior, has accumulated nearly every agricultural award including the Future Farmers certificate of merit from the California Bankers Association and a Future Farmers recognition as high point senior. His success reflects the school’s strong rural program and its impact on the community. Glenn O Nay and his associates in the agricultural department are noted as exemplary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Kirschenmann
Shafter High School
Future Farmers Certificate of Merit
The
California Bankers Association
Future Farmers
High Point
Leroy
Tiveness
Shafter
Glenn O- Nay
Agricultural Department
Auxiliary Seeks Entries For Essay And Poster Contests
The group announces an Ame canism Essay Contest and a Poppy Poster Contest in schools. May 26 is set for the events this year. A donation to the Cancer Fund was made and a soda pop session will accompany the Potato Festival. A Child Well Pot-Luck is planned for April 24 at 7 pm with a film about veterans making poppies. Public invited. George Guenther presides.
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Cancer Fund
Angel
George Guenther
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Epsom
Rexall
String Hams Shafter Drug Store
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W. P. Casey
Herbert Howard
Wayne Grimes
Henry Hornege
Ross Harrington
Franklin Bortz
Joe~Thomp
Education Today
Lool Cafeteria
Ae! de Educ Education System
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Shafter Press
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Shomate
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Central Hardware CO
National Astholysion
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Sansa
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