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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1952
Page
5
Miss Opal Day of Shafter plans a June wedding to William Ratzlaff of Shafter. Miss Day has taught at Richland School for three years and her fiancé is a longtime rancher in the Shafter area.
A double birthday celebration for Miss Bonnie Williams and her brother-in-law Charles Humbert of Kern Homes occurred Sunday at the Williams parents home on California avenue. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Humbert with Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rowell with Adrienne and Jackie, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Griffin, Mrs. Thelma Shaddid and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis with Barbara, all of Corcoran, plus Miss Edna Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Williams, and Miss Bonnie Williams.
Capt. Clark Wiedmann, Pan American fliers veteran, visits family in Shafter this week before continuing a flight itinerary to Tokyo, Honolulu, Wake Island, and Singapore. Wiedmann, a Bakersfield Junior College and Shafter High School graduate, has flown the Orient route since graduation.
Dana Bledsoe daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Bledsoe was celebrated at a party on Sycamore street last week. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake and Easter baskets before a movie. Helpers included Mary Brown and Mrs Art Brownell.
Rio Bravo School fourth and fifth graders are invited to join an area folk dance festival at McFarland School on May 22. Other participating schools include Wasco Lerdo Delano and McFarland. Dances listed include Canadian Barn Dance Birdie in The Cage Black Hawk Waltz and more. The Rio Bravo group is led by Mrs. Helen Hicks.
Mrs. Ruben Siemens begins a second term as president of Maple PTA at a school auditorium meeting last Tuesday. Officers include vice president Mrs. Waldo Unruh and secretary Mrs. Frank Loewen. The program featured performances by the school orchestra and vocal numbers, with about 150 attendees and a social hour serving refreshments.
Rio Bravo PTA executive board met in the school library to discuss the Seventh District meeting set for April 25 at Rio Bravo school. Final plans for April 24 installations plus a primary grades program directed by Ruth Davis Elaine Cortopassi and Wanda Dozier were approved. The board agreed to a membership vote on sending two delegates to the San Francisco state convention with Jean Wilson and Luciel Walker named for Rio Bravo roles. The next meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the school library.
The Afternoon Circle of Union Congregational Church will meet at 2 p.m. May 1 in the home of Mrs. M. L. Thomas at 623 Sierra Street. The Evening Circle will meet at 8 p.m. May 5 in the home of Mrs. Al Poznoff at 445 Cross Street.
La Wanda Bresser daughter of Elmer Basser of Colorado wed Donald Mixon son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson I. Mixon at a double ring ceremony in Las Vegas Nevada on March 25. The bride attended Bakersfield schools and lived in Bakersfield before marriage. The groom a Viasa lia High School graduate served three years in the Marine Corps after World War II and seven years in Korea. They live in the Avon Apartments.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Church of the Nazarene met Friday afternoon at the home of president Mrs Tom Dunham on West Marengo Avenue. Devotions were led by Mrs Earl Glenn. Refreshments included cheese sandwiches ice cream and candy. Attending were Mesdames Lanham Forehand Frank Baze Ben Griffin J T Badgett Harold Dunham Matt Britt Clayton Hutthings Herman Osborne Earl Glenn J A Foth Hollis Ragsdale Arch Matheson Tom Dunham and Austin McNaught.
Flower lovers from Shafter are urged to enter exhibits in the Bakersfield Garden Club Spring Flower Show at the San Joaquin Tractor building. Entry deadline is 8 to 10 a m April 19 with entries in place by 10 30 a m. Show hours run 2 to 9 p m April 19 and 12 noon to 5 p m April 20.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Volunteer Firemen hosted a Chinese dinner for the firemen at the Rice Bowl in Kern Field on Monday. Attendants included Mrs Albert Finkbeiner and Messrs and Mesdames Melvin Vaux Edwin Bender Wesley Gorsching Orval Long Nick Johnson George Vine Vernon Pierce and Don Little.
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