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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1952
Page
2
In Buttonwillow a school board race saw Nelson Lewis win the post with 53 votes. A write-in candidate received 26 votes, Lucene Goodspeed had one vote for Leo Ghitarducci. High school ballots split with E Woodworth and Chester W O Neil at 27 votes each.
Lerdo School graduates and scholarship recipients will speak at tonight’s commencement in the auditorium. Dolores Stout Oliver Cates Johnnie Mulkey Edna Giles Bunky Giles Kenneth Roden Nancy Skelton are named on the plaque. diplomas will be given by Superintendent Gerald E. Miller to graduates including Robert Harold Anderson Larry Hugh Branam Claudetta Gay Collins Nevis Dean Crum Robbie Nell Deloach Helen Deloach Japier Charley Draper Jimmy Jesse Puncan Tommy Boyd Grant Patricia Ann Johnson Edna Bertha Lancaster Lametta Zoe Manning Norma Gay McBee Bobby Norton Lynley Russell Norton Nelda Avon Pearson Katherine Elaine Robinson Leonard Loyd Roden Le Etta Ruth Rohr Luella Mae Scott J. W. Sharp Julian Ray Steele Ruby Lorene Tugman Edward Leon Whitlow. Services begin at 8 p.m. in Minter Village.
The Shafter Mennonite Chorus and choir from 12 churches sang at Songfest in Reedley Mennonite Brethren Church. Arnold Bergen led the choir with Hallelujah Chorus and Mount of Olives. Theo Heinrichs directed the men's chorus for America the Beautiful. The combined groups closed the program as attendees joined the opening hymn. A new church seating 2000 was dedicated by Reedley’s congregation, marking a first access for many locals. There is no vacant public land in Ohio Iowa Missouri Indiana or Illinois.
Melvin M. Swartz assistant to the president of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley will speak Sunday at Union Congregational Church on How Shall They Preach Unless They Be Sent He will also show Sunday School children artifacts from Tell en Nasbeh near Jerusalem including coins lamps and jewelry dating before Christ The service will be followed by the last monthly family potluck luncheon until Fall.
G G Stigerman died in Phoenix Arizona on May 18 after a prolonged illness. Survived by widow Agnes and five daughters including Mrs Dan Berg Mrs Elmer Ash Mrs P L Anderson and Mrs Alvin Wright and Miss Mary Suderman in Assam with several grandchildren. A daughter Hulda died in an auto accident six years ago. Final tribute given in Phoenix on Wednesday morning. Suderman family longtime Maple district farmers moved to Phoenix in the early 1920s.
The festival weekend honored parade winners across divisions including Shafter Veterans of Foreign Wars and Rio Bravo 4-H Club, with floats from Wasco Chamber of Commerce and Agri culture, and horse groups led by Kern County Sheriff's Posse. Ag Man of the Year went to Kern County agricultural commissioner Charles W. Grimm. The festivities included an afternoon junior horse show, aquatic aquacade, and a dance, with Mrs. Marjorie Robertson crowned festival queen. G. Stout won a 1951 Plymouth as the grand prize.
Members of the Shafter Kiwanis Club will host the Lions Club softball team Wednesday night in a rematch after Lions defeated the Kiwanis last week. The contest will be played at the Veterans Memorial Hall with the payoff on the line.
Shafter residents attended the Del Art Exhibition in Delano on Sunday. Participants included Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hemingson and others from Shafter Buttonwillow and nearby Kern area. The fifth invitational show was organized by Delano hosts Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chichester with judging by Bakersfield Painters Club members.
Dr. Grant Jensen Shafter High School principal told Maple School graduates that dreams can become reality in America. He outlined aims like creative effort, beauty, leisure, family living, and rational thinking. The program featured Carol Giesbrecht’s welcome, Norma Nicol’s piano, brass quartet Pomponette, two orchestra numbers, and a fifth sixth grade chorus closing with A Midsummer Night. Diplomas were awarded by Principal Ralph Gribble and Ruben Siemens, a board member and alumnus.
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