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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1987
Page
9
A reader recounts kitchen missteps from boiling beans to eggs, reflecting on cooking confidence. They describe a failed bean batch using a ham bone, then note beans finally improved after a long cook. The piece veers into broader musings on values, media, security, and national life, inviting reader feedback.
Murphy and Lenore White celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children at the home of their son Doyle White. The couple, longtime Wasco residents now retired near the Oceana beach, were joined by about 90 friends and relatives including daughters Dolores Hill from Lancaster and Shirla Wright from Bakersfield, plus a surprise visit from Aunt Thelma and Uncle Mel from Arizona.
Former Shafter resident Melanie Maupin married Kevin Sowards at the Historical Church in Old City Park Dallas on Saturday April 18. Melanie is the daughter of Robert Maupin and his wife, formerly of Shafter. Mary Carthal and her daughter Carin of Shafter attended the ceremony, with Melanie Maupin Sowards being Mary Carthal’s niece.
Rev C E Riddle will minister at the First Church of the Nazarene 411 Lerdo Highway Shafter from May 3 to May 10, 1987 nightly at 7 p.m. and at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday. Riddle has pastored churches in Ohio Oklahoma and California and conducted revivals across the United States Hawaii and Europe as a spirit filled Bible preacher with deep scriptural study.
Northern Christian School will hold its annual barbecue and carnival on May 2 starting at 4:30 p.m. The event features hay rides pony rides games and food including beans salad popcorn cotton candy and candied apples. Tickets cost 6.50 for large 5.50 regular and 3.50 for children takeout dinners available. Attendance exceeded 1400 in 1986 and all are welcome.
The 80th birthday celebration honors Rachel Neuman hosted by daughter Norma Hinsley and son-in-law Bill Hinsley. Attendees included her brother Ike Weitz and grandchildren Margo Brian Bruce Hinsley and Colleen. Neuman arrived in Shafter in 1920 and married Fred Neuman in 1931.
On April 12 an open house at Ebenezer Reformed Church honored Layton Weidenbach turning 70. More than 125 guests attended, hosted by his daughters Dona Rohrbach of Porterville and Cheryle Eileen of Bakersfield. Attendees came from Porterville Bakersfield Terra Bella Wasco and Shafter. Guests enjoyed cake ice cream nuts mints coffee tea and punch. A video was made to preserve the day.
The First Southern Baptist Church of Shafter hosts the Azusa Pacific University Male Chorale on Monday May 4 at 7 p.m. at 250 N Kern Street. The group, from an independent coeducational university, will perform a diverse selection of music.
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