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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1959
Page
3
Wesley Janzen Earl Lynch Ivan Meyer Russell Paul Jr Charles Rice and Henry Rice travel to Bakersfield on Tuesday for a junior women event.
Members of a textile painting class met on Thursday evening at 249 Faber Street the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Duerksen to organize a new club and set initial plans.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Banks of 400 Shaw Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Ramona Kay Banks to Owen Hiler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Hiler of Shafter. They plan a late June wedding as Ramona remains a student at Shafter High School and Owen is a Shafter High School alumnus, class of 1958, and is employed.
Mrs Don Morphin and Mrs Gaye Yellow hosted a baby shower with a yellow color theme. Roses and yellow toys adorned tables as centerpieces and gifts sat in a yellow toy box. Guests named possible baby names hoping for a prize if chosen.
A Hutchings housewarming featured gifts including cash. Guests listed include Clayton and Kathy Hutchings with children, Milton Gary Dale Hutchings, and many neighbors and relatives such as Ezra Heinz P T Wall Roy Pitts Jack Wood Kenneth Nicol Isaac Strauss I E Weigland Walter Nicol C E Harder Dillard Askew Henry Duerksen Frances Dirksen Ruth Wedell and others.
The fourteenth birthday of Lyle Toews was celebrated at his Riverside Avenue home with a baseball gathering. After pictures and games, attendees visited Dani Delite for treats. Present were Larry Subbar Wally Weishaar Doyle Holmes Calvin Steiner Harlan Kirkman Orville Grable Rodney Askew Dennis Ehrhardt and Darrell Voth.
The Woman's Club installs its officers as they welcome spring and the April shower. Virginia Stearns serves as hostess with a rainbow sherbet dessert while officers include Arnold Koehn as President and Mrs. Russell Kodet as First Vice President.
Mrs John Turner led a Women’s Fellowship event with flowers and devotional music. Mrs E C Eckman, program chairman, introduced Richland School’s Richard Southwick and pupils who performed. Ricky Penner and Chuck Hanks, noted Kern County Music Festival alumni, provided numbers. Alma Smith presided at the business meeting.
On Saturday afternoon a potluck picnic for April birthdays will be held in Bakersfield Park hosted by the Seventh Day Adventist See Tear dieeaan aa. Attendees include Mrs. Elmer Biloff, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dirksen, Mr. and Mrs. Art Dirksen, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Neuman and Lynette, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Toews with Lyle, Fred die and Dorothy Pitts, Joan and Keith Fenderson.
The note suggests that proper seed use gives a lawn a fighting chance to thrive through the season, implying careful seeding supports durable growth and resilience against adverse conditions.
The Shafter Press invites readers to subscribe at 350 dollars annually offering weeks of bargains and ongoing enjoyment.
Alma Nikkel Denmother of Den 1 Rotary Pack 953 received a surprise birthday gathering from Goll Mets and their mothers at a den meeting. Attending were listed mothers and Cub Scouts including Greg Mettler Kenneth Bergman Richard Kopper Jim Del Rio Ronnie Koop Pamela Kopper and Sandra Koop. New Cars California Residents Buy More New Cars Than Any Other State.
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