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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
6
A local bulletin highlights upgraded gates and valves with new features from Bee Veer Dealer Snow Irrigation Supply. It notes enhanced corrosion resistance and easier actuation for farming and municipal use.
The Stone family hosts a church picnic at their Orange Avenue home after Sunday school led by the Two Sunday School Masses of Dr and Mrs Wilson Stone of the Congregational church. Special guests Rev and Mrs Paul Babbitt. Organizers include Tim WeedaNT Deanna Toews Christine Neuman and Camp Fire girls for food with many volunteers for transportation reservations games and cleanup.
St Marks members attended the United Thank Offering event in Fresno on April 27 with Bishop Gordon speaking. A church service was set for 7 30 pm at 340 Faber street hosted by Mr and Mrs Vernon Wilson. Open House for the new vicarage in Delano will be at 8 pm Saturday with Bishop Walters officiating.
Special awards for Book Club archery cooking copper tooling model airplanes and nature will be presented Saturday at 8:00 p m in Kern Academy auditorium Principal Harry Reile leads the program Paul M DeBooy San Jose director of youth activities for the Central California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists will conduct the investiture Teachers of Kern academy and elementary with Pathfinder club leaders aided the students The older group to receive Friend pens include Larry Toews Reuben Schmidt Karen Weishaar Jeanne Schneider Willem Isaac Jack Wikoff Robert Newman Dennis Kay The Helping Hand award recipients are Harlan Kirkman Orville Graybill John Doss Lyle Toews Darren Voth Ted Sammons Sharon Sammons Edith Huen Sharon Neumann Andrea Hallock Larry Subbar Busy Bee awardees are Lynette Newman Susan Baerg Douglas Baerg ZoAnn Ortner Lillian Buller Francia Hallock Louise Isaac Sunbeam awardees are Connie Sammons Dorothy Epp Lynette Newman Janice Neumann Doyle Holmes Wallace Weishaar Builder awardees include Dennis Earhart Lavon Richert Calvin Steiner Huldan Allen Larson Carolyn oe Nightingale tce Gitar Lag orig Espinosa Earhart Audrey Isaac cnato Hiten and Janice Newman.
St Mark's Episcopal Church formed a new guild at Mrs P L Arnold's home on April 26 with officers including Mrs Virgil Farr as chairman Mrs George W Vine as vice chair and Mrs Floyd Cooper as treasurer The guild will meet the fourth Tuesday each month at 10 o'clock A public card party is set for May 12 at Mrs Arnold's 549 Syc amore avenue at 1 30 pm Reservations available through officers or guild members
The Faculty Wives gathered at the home of Mrs. Hal Williams to elect officers for the year. Unanimously chosen were Mrs. David Marsh as president Mrs. Al Cornell as vice president Mrs. Charles Tyner as secretary and Mrs. Gaye Pare as treasurer. The next meeting will feature a Cook's Nite Out with Mrs. Ethel Teves in charge. Bernice Braddon, Kern County library supervisor, reported on her six month Europe trip with color slides.
Present were Mines Henry Moroski Eliott Garrison Grant Jensen Charles Tyner David Marsh Burley Dooley Edward Schacht Gaye Pare Henry Gallo way Wilson Stone Ethel Teves Miss Ida May Collett and Miss Shirley Moore.
A list of residents and individuals including Kenneth Johnson Elizabeth Strauss Arthur Trout Marjorie Robertson Janis Blumkin Johnny Putman Mrs Pete Richert Karen Adamson Willis and Hulda Voth appears in the community notice today. The roll features diverse locals connected to various city records and events.
Stork Dr and Mrs Henry Voth announce a third son born Sunday morning at Mercy Hospital. The baby weighs seven pounds nine ounces and has two brothers Jonathan and James. Grandparents are Mrs Alma Kelm Wichita Kan sas and Mr and Mrs H D Voth Reedley. Mr Ten W Nearn and Mrs of 135 S Valley are parents of an eight pound three ounce boy born April 26. A boy arrived for the Joe Kanady family Tupman on April 13 named Terry Joe, welcomed by a sister.
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