Welsh Visitor Tours Shafter Home and Life in Wales
Margaret Taylor, visiting daughter Maureen McCallister in Shafter, recalls Welsh climate and wartime memories. She describes housing costs, food, clothing shortages, and the NHS style medical care, contrasting Wales with California and expressing mixed feelings about staying in the United States.
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Wales
Margaret Taylor
Philip McCallister
Maureen
David
Mrs. Taylor
Cheryl
Ex Prisoner Phillip Thatcher to Speak at Shafter Youth for Christ
San Quentin alumnus Phillip W Thatcher will address Shafter Youth for Christ at 7 45 p m Saturday in the Shafter Women's Clubhouse He describes a crime laden youth and a later conversion at Folsom Penitentiary He has spoken for over a decade and the program includes a trumpet trio a soloist and a free camera prize for first time attendees aged 12 and over The public is invited.
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San Quentin
Phillip W. ‘Thatcher
Youth For Christ
Shafter Youth For Christ
Shafter Women's
Thatcher
School of Crime
Whittier State School
Folsom Penitentiary
Eric Schmidt
Nine Children Win Awards for Library Reading
Maple Library diplomas were earned by nine children who completed the 10 book summer reading program at the Maple Branch. Award recipients include Carol Ann Wiebe Judy Whittaker Linda Whittaker Evelyn Penner Albert Penner LaJuana Dollar Phil Siemens Donald Neufeld and Gary Nightengale. Librarian Virginia Whittiker announced the list as she planned a brief bus trip to Pasadena and Santa Monica with her daughters and mother.
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Maple — Library
Maple Branch
Carol Ann Wiebe
Judy
Linda Whittaker
Evelyn
Albert Penner
LaJuana Dollar
Phil Siemens
Donald W. Neufeld
Gary Nightengale
Virginia Whittiker
Santa Monica
Maple School
Fresno Road
Industry Site Study Draws Kern County Interest
Representatives from Shafter Bakersfield Inyokern Ridgecrest Mojave Taft and Delano joined a Kern county meeting on locating industry sites. The Angeles research committee favors centralized sites including Shafter Airport Minter Field and Gardner Field Taft as possible industrial bases. Kelly noted improving public relations between counties. Portland Oregon cited as a major freshwater port.
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Angeles Research Ce Ittee
Ting
Kern County
Shafter Airport
Minter Field
Gardner Field
Taft
Shafter
Bakersfield
Inyokern
Ridgecrest
Mojave
Delano
Kelly
Chili Missionaries Visit Parents Before UCLA Plans
Mr and Mrs Everett Devine longtime Chilean missionaries return to the United States after 50 years in Santiago and Valparaiso They stay with Mrs Forrest Woods in Shafter California and Devine will attend UCLA to prepare for teaching a Bible school The couple has two children Steven and Patrick born in Chile and the family is well known in Shafter and Wasco
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Idaho
McCallister
Shafter
Superior Oil
Charles Sims
Taylors
Wales
America
Taylor
Ucla
Everett Devine
Santiago
Valparioso
Chili
Devine
University of California
Angeles
Devines
Steven
Patrick
Try. Forrest. Woods
San Pedro
Gene Devine
Shafter and
the Woods
Wasco
Shafter’ High
Final Rites Held For H. H. Karber
Funeral services for Henry H. Karber 77 of Shafter were conducted at the Mennonite Brethren Church with Revs Waldo Wiebe and Allen Fast officiating. Interment followed at Shafter Cemetery with Armstrong Mortuary in charge. Survivors include wife Maria, son Henry of Bakersfield, brother Pete Karber of Blain Wash and sisters Lena Janzen and Marie Dirks of Washington. He was a Wasco High School graduate and attended Pasadena Bible School and Central Bible Institute in Springfield Missouri.
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Henry H. Karber
Shafter Poneer
Mennonite
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British Isles
Ireland
Manchester
England
Cardiff
Royal Air Force
Caerphilly
Bill
Philip
France
Germany
Japan
States
New York
New York Kin
New Jersey
United States
Post Office
Shafter Paint Store
Central Ave
Denier
In Shafter
Industry
Portland
Ore
Jacquard Indian Blankets
Kakead Clan
Wool
West
Shafter Mercantile CO
H. H. Karber
Wasco High School
Pasadena Bible School
Central Bible Institute
Springfield
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