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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1988
Page
14
A mother describes using a chart and job cards for each child with color tickets as rewards and disobedience penalties. A Gobbler Box idea is introduced to prompt quicker tidying. She invites readers to share methods and provides contact info for feedback.
Cheryl Bushnell and Nickolas Leyendekker announce plans to wed September 10 1988 at Rosedale Bible Church. Cheryl, from Buttonwillow and Redlands, works as a secretary. Nickolas, a Visalia dairy herdsman, will reside in Visalia countryside after marriage.
Jack and Eula Hamlin celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on April 11 1988 with a gathering of 49 relatives. The event included five children, 12 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren along with Eulas sister's children. Out of town guests included Tiny and Wilma Thompson Bill and Fran Thompson Salinas Marie Wall Watsonville Bob and Ernestine Hargis San Jose H L Hamlin Bakersfield and O A Hamlin Shafter.
The Shafter Historical Society sponsors a Saturday noon deep-pit barbecue at Stringham Park on May 14 after the parade. Proceeds bolster Depot Museum improvements and future exhibits. Brian Kroker cooks the meat, with Art Kadel coordinating volunteers and ticket sales set at 6 dollars for adults and 3 for children.
Family members from as far away as Concord Massachusetts traveled to Shafter to celebrate Elouise Lowe turning 95. Born in Pipestoke Minnesota on April 21 1893 she has lived in Shafter for many years with relatives recalling a long life and memories from the come together event.
MADD honored several supporters at a dinner held April 21 at the Sizzler Ice House in Bakersfield. Judge Gary Ingle of the Shafter Wasco Justice Court received a plaque, along with nine others including Kern County Assistant District Attorneys Kyle Humphrey and John Conklin. Norma Phillips, president of the National MADD, spoke as Students Against Driving Drunk representatives from Kern County schools attended. Ingle urged treating drunk driving as a serious crime and supporting severe first-offense penalties plus treatment.
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