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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1987
Page
8
A reflective piece on birthday feelings and self worth, then practical home tips shared by a reader from Shafter California. It offers ammonia window cleaner uses from carpet stains to deodorizing kitchens, plus a gum removal story with peanut butter and a request for more ideas.
Ezra Heinze celebrated his 94th birthday on August 1 1987 with a family surprise in rural Shafter He lives alone cooks some meals and is visited daily by daughter Virginia and grandson Wally Weishaar His granddaughter Karen Welch also stops by along with another granddaughter Ilona Weishaar of Fresno Heinze recalls moving with his family from Oklahoma in a covered wagon as a boy and remembers hunting He retired in 1959 and has seven great grandchildren and one great great grandson He is proud of family photos and his newest great great grandson Leslie Travis Bartlett and notes visits from Wally Kate and Virginia most days after his wife Emma died eleven years ago
The Mexican American Political Association plans a three day biennial state convention in San Diego with Kern Bakersfield Delano Shafter McFarland Tulare Visalia and Fresno chapters attending. Items include immigration reform bilingual education civil rights federal judges and the 1988 presidential election. Invited speakers include Assemblyman Peter Chacon and others from Orange County and national groups. Deanna Rodriguez Root will join the Credentials Committee.
Randy and Becky Duncan announce the birth of a baby boy Joshua Lee Duncan on July 16 1987. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. Grandparents Ralph and Mary Duncan and Dallas and Evelyn Gilstrap of Bakersfield. great grandparents Jake and Mary Wiebe and Elvin and Lucille Duncan Collins of Dinuba.
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