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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
4
Mr and Mrs J W Wray joined Mr and Mrs L A Redier for a Sunday in Cayucas. The party enjoyed deep sea fishing with Wray noted for his catches in the coastal outing.
The Civic Flower Show at Memorial Hall runs today from 3 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM with an umbrella and table awarded to a lucky ticket holder. Weather is warm, flowers look fine, cake and coffee served by a hostess committee led by Mrs. Kirschenmann Kelly Anderson Lachenmaier Pilgrim. The event is sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon Club and the Junior Women's Club of Shafter with coordinators Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Neuman assisted by both clubs.
The California Federation of Women's Clubs will convene May 14–15 at the Hotel Mark Hopkins San Francisco with theme Peace on Earth. Mrs Elliott Katzen will host. Mrs James Kavanagh presides. Notable speakers include Dr Evelyn Berger Dr R Marvin Stuart and George W Strake of Houston. Workshops Friday morning and Build A Better Community Awards Festival Friday evening. Saturday marks officer elections and district president reports. Local figures Dorothy Neuman and Pat Neuman prominent. Dorothy is state treasurer and Pat state historian.
Mrs Dave Muir and Mrs Rolf Jacobsen lead the Hos tess Committee for Hospitality Day on April 27. Committee members meet today at Mrs Robert Pelletier’s Stockdale home to finalize the Birds and Bees theme under Mrs John Michels chairmanship. Many Shafter members will attend the luncheon with ecards afterwards.
Emma Bussell was guest of honor at a stork shower on Friday April 9 at 465 Shafter Ave hosted by Mrs. Tony Mansfield Sr with Mrs. Lois Lebo co hosting. Axstork perched on the table and blue streamers set the shower mood. Winners were Mary Pressley Louise Patterson and Melba Mansfield.
The marriage of Miss Eleanor Tisch and Jewel Matthews was held Wednesday April 14 in the Orchid Chapel Las Vegas. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Tisch and sister of Mrs Ruben Dirksen was attended by family friends including Mrs Clotine Packard. Matthews works for Houchin Brothers and the couple will reside on Wasco Pond Road in Maple area.
A local birthday list salutes residents with April dates. Names include J. F. Harder Christina Unruh John Channeson W. S. Adamson P T Wall Gordon Baker Opal Fry Harold Osborn Helen Witcher Virginia Ann Schneider Emma Horst Sarah Richert Anna Ratzlaff Jack Wilcoxon and Elmer Hicks with April days.
Exquisite tea honoring Miss Mary Elizabeth Musser, fiance of Tom Kelly, at Handel W. Kelly home 665 Manuel Avenue. Seventy five guests attended from two to five, with aqua net cocktail dress and pink orchid corsage. Stanford students Mary Musser and Tom Kelly plan August wedding.
A baby shower at Mrs J H Haworth's home celebrated Mrs Matthew T Haworth with guests including Mesdames Haworth and Norris. Delores Norris won a prize. refreshments featured cake punch and coffee. gifts arrived from a wide circle of friends and relatives.
A pre Easter visit to San Jose was enjoyed last week by Mr and Mrs Ernest Siemens and their children Carolyn Dale Mark and Bryan. They left Thursday afternoon and returned Saturday as guests of Mrs Siemens brother Walter Frantz and family. The children enjoyed a family picnic and an Easter egg hunt in a local park.
Mr and Mrs J H Fuller Sr return to their Tulare Avenue home after a trip to Phoenix Arizona last week.
A reunion at the Russell Hamman residence on West Marengo featured adults in barbecue and pot luck and children in an Easter egg hunt. Attendees included August and Leon Bender with families, Victor Bender with Dennis, Edwin Bender with Virginia and Gerald, Russell Hamman with Jimmy Keith Kathy and Marlene, Ther Mesdames Esther Carter with Gary and Ronnie Mel Vaux with Janice, and others. Mel Vaux was absent due to hospitalization in Livermore. Aduel Mettler and Mr. and Mrs. Bender’s family were noted as missing.
Mr and Mrs Richard Becker and son Ronald of San Jose arrived Friday to spend the Easter week end with his parents Mr and Mrs Otto Becker. Daughters Neva Becker and Mrs Allen Warkintin of Fresno joined, as did another daughter and family the Dan Franz of Wasco who spent Sunday with them.
A wedding reception for newlyweds Rex Roskam and Arlene Kadél was held at Veterans Memorial Hall. Guests included Rex Roskam’s family and Wasco residents. The couple married in Las Vegas with Rev. James Balleu officiating and plan to join the groom at Fort Ord after his army service.
A collection of social notes from Bakersfield area society pages listing visitors, relatives, and get togethers. Details include Mrs. Tep Smith visiting her parents in Richland Avenue while her husband Airman Ted Smith maneuvers in North Carolina, new arrivals to Shafter, Easter dinners, hospital admittance, and various dinners and visits among local families and neighbors.
Fifteen members of the Starlight Circle gathered for a luncheon at Mrs Averil Mouser’s Wasco home. Attendees included Clara Little Margaret Devenney Pauline Camp Dorothy h Alice Yeates and Misson Pritschke from Wasco along with Edna Camp Rootes Julia Potter Wilma Bell Thelma Guenther from Shafter and hostesses Averil Mouser Lorraine Mouser and Alice Wilcoxon. The Wasco Chapter OES meets April 26 for an elective officers party chaired by Dorothy Smith.
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