Shafter Historical Society plans fundraisers and exhibits
At the April SHS board meeting two major fundraisers were outlined. A preauction pie dinner on April 27 at 6 30 p m in the Veterans Hall invites pie makers to donate and all proceeds go to the society. A May 20 barbecue at Manuel Park follows the May Festival parade with Brian and Sandy Kroeker in charge. A cotton exhibit and USDA Cotton Research Station display are planned for Festival time. Volunteers are urged for Depot Museum work and docent tours. call 746 1557.
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Shafter Historical Society Board
Veterans Hall
Shafter Historical Society
Manuel Park
Brian
Sandy Kroeker
Jim Taylor
The
Historical Society
Alitha Taylor
Robert Romanini
Jim Gloeckler
Earl Wipf
Shafter
USDA
Stan Wilson
Gretchen Kirk
Green Hotel
Green Hotel Restoration Committee
Kern County Historical Society
Washington State
New York
Arizona
Shafter Native Tonya Freeman Completes Fort Dix Basic Training
Tonya Freeman daughter of Leland Kroeker Peggy Kroeker and Louise Bellows of Shafter completes basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey. She trained in drill and ceremonies weapons map reading tactics military courtesy justice first aid and Army history and traditions and is a 1987 Winston Churchill High School San Antonio graduate.
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Tonya A. Freeman
Leland
Peggy Kroeker
Louise Bellows
Shafter
Fort Dix
N.J
Ms. Freeman
Winston Churchill High School
San Antonio
Tex
Army guard Private Fewell graduates munition specialist course
Lloyd L. Fewell Jr., son of Lloyd L and Shirley A. Fewell of Lost Hills California, has graduated from the am munition specialist course at the U S Army Missile and Munitions Center and School Redstone Arsenal Alabama. The course provides instruction for students to identify handle receive store and issue convention.
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Army National Guard
Lloyd L. Fewell Jr
Lloyd L and
Shirley A. Fewell
Lost Hills
Calif
U.S. Army Missile and Munitions Center
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Shafter High Senior Enlists as Army Military Policeman
Felipe Aleman Jr recent high school senior at Shafter High joins the United States Army as a military policeman. He will train at Fort McClellan Alabama and continues his education after completion of basic and advanced training. He plans to begin service after his June graduation.
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Felipe Aleman Jr
Felipe and
Ofelia Aleman
Shafter High School
United States Army
Aleman
Fort McClellan
Ala
Bailes Coeton Thy Arcapes
Birth Announcement for Olivia Ann Vazquez Gray
Olivia Vazquez Gray and Magui Vazquez announce the birth of daughter Olivia Ann on March 24 1989 at 12 05 PM in Fontana California. The baby weighed seven pounds fourteen ounces and measured 21 inches. She has a two year old sister Angela Marie. Grandparents are Antonio and Guadalupe Mendez of Fontana and Pastor and Clem Vasquez of Shafter.
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Gray
Magui Vazquez
Fontana
Olivia Ann
Olivia
Angela Marie
Antonio and
Guadalupe Mendez
Pastor
Clem Vasquez
Shafter
Daily Birthday and Anniversary Notices
Happy birthdays and anniversaries listed for April 12 to 18. Notable names include Wilma Guenther, John Stockton, Janet Stockton, John Weins, Emma Weins, Cyndee Cortez, Gene Wilcoxon, Laurie Lynch, Mary Fabric, Mert Weidmann, Della Carson, Naomi Ary, Gene Guenther, Riley Ashby, and Melissa Martinez.
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Wilma Guenther
John
Janet Stockton
Emma Weins
Cyndee Cortez
Gene Wilcoxon
Laurie Lynch
Mary Fabric
Mert Weidmann
Della Carson
Naomi Ary
Gene Guenther
Riley Ashby
Melissa Martinez
Community calendar April events and meetings listed
Community notices show gatherings on April 12 17 and 18. Christian Business Men Committee Kiwanis Lions and Rotary meet at various times and locations in Shafter. District boards Richland and Buttonwillow schedule evenings. Veterans Hall Walker Center Yee's Steak House and Nueva Sonrisa host sessions.
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Christian Business Men’s Committee
Kiwanis
Veterans Hall Lions
Shafter
Minter Field Airport
Richland School District Board of Trustees
American Legion Post 213
Shafter Veterans Hall
American Association of Retired Persons
Walker Senior Citizen Center
Community Bible Study
Valley Bible Rotary
Yee’s
Buttonwillow
Mission speaker Jim Pietsch to headline church conference
The Valley Bible Church invites Rev. Jim Pietsch Jr. to speak at its Missions mini conference next Saturday evening and Sunday. Pietsch, southwest representative for TEAM, has decades of mission experience in Europe, North Africa, and South America, including work in Aruba and Morocco. The event at 350 Pine St in Shafter begins Sunday at 10 50 a m.
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the Valley Bible Church
Jim Pietsch Jr
Jim Pietsch
Southwest
The
Evangelical Alliance Mission
Jim
Helen Pietsch
Morocco
Aruba
Caribbean
Netherland Antilles
Radio
Victoria
TEAM
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Europe
North Africa
South America
Pine St
Shafter
Building Blocks by Sandy Armstrong
A diary style column details a chaotic day with two active children Darren and Chrissie including a missing front tooth, a lump on Nathan, a lizard tail loss, and household disruptions. The writer questions discipline and shares a local program on child discipline offered by Liz Espericueta at a Seventh-day Adventist School from April 4 to May 23.
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Darren
Chrissie
Nathan
Dad
Liz Espericueta
Liz
Seventh-day Adventist
Riverside
Poplar
P.O
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Shafter Historical Society Board Meeting
Steve Reimer
SHS
Tonya Freeman
Lloyd Fewell Jr
Wasco
Area
Olivia Vazquez
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Jobie
Msgr
John A. Delany
United Methodist Church
W. Lordo Hwy
Larry Cluff
Shafter Free Will Baptist Church
Free Will Christian Academy
Pastor Dean Long
Congregational Church of
Mike Kotrla
E. Tulare Ave
Sur
Aim
Valley Bible
High School
Col
Survivors Jr. High
Don Ott
Michael W. Smith
Asoc
Menno Schellenberg
Visitation
Sandy Armstrong
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