Kliewer Family Celebrates 100th American Year in Shafter
The Kliewer clan gathered June 25 1978 at Veterans Hall Stringham Park Shafter California for a centennial reunion marking 100 years in America since Peter B Kliewer arrived from Waldheim Prussia in 1878. Ninety five relatives attended including distant members from Kansas Botswana Manila Israel and Korea. A map on a seven by ten foot world chart showed each attendee’s location while costumes recalled the 1878 debarkation from the S S Strassburg. The program featured Welcome by Wesley Kliewer The Beginning by Eva Hetherington A Monologue by Eva Schultz piano and song by Gloria Roe Robern and a eulogy by Kenneth Williams. A family business meeting planned the next reunion for Oklahoma.
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America
Peter B. Kliewer
Veterans Hall
Stringham Park
Shafter
California
George Rowley
Waldheim
Prussia
McPherson County
Kansas
Botswana
Africa
Manila
Islands
Israel
Korea
Narcy Kliewer Howard
Wesley Kliewer
Eva Hetherington
Eva Schultz
Gloria Roe Robern
Kenneth Williams
Margaret Isaacs
Ceema
Jesse Eioees
Vista
Shafter Families Move Toward Shoreline Home
Pioneer Shafter family the Kattenhorns plan a Morro Bay move within two weeks after years in a beach house near the ocean. Dottie Hebel shares a birthday with relatives in Colorado and Missouri as Franklin Baldwin hosts a belated celebration with cards, a cake, and flowers. New pharmacists join Shafter Drug Store as Steve and Diana Potter return from honeymoon and prepare to transfer with Wasco plans. Barbara Wiedmann recovers after surgery and makes progress in hospital. A safety note warns about unsecured objects under a car during sudden stops.
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Lawrence Kattenhorn
Shafter
Morro Bay
Dottie Hebel
North Shafter Avenue
Alpha Head
Colorado
Carrol Baldwin
Sunnyvale
California
Dottie
Franklin W. Baldwin
Homeland
Amanda Moul
Missouri
Jean Irish
Alberta Little
Head
Carl Powell
Charles W. Powell
Canada
Franklin
Pamela Burch
Leah
Tricia
Kansas
TE Analytic
Mark Baldwin
Kenneth Baldwin
Hilton Inn
Bakersfield
Steve
Diana Potter
Wiedmann
Wasco
Dwayne Wilsons
Bishop
Dale Wiedmann
Barbara
Shafter 4 H Clothing Project Steps to State Fair
Shafter 4 H participants enter State Fair clothing via the Clothing Project. Members enroll learn sewing from basics to advanced under supervision. First year sew aprons and simple dresses. later years expand to pants and coordinated outfits and fashion modeling. County contests judge construction color fabric and award blue or first to qualify for State Fair. Fashion Revue at Golden State School Bakersfield showcases modelling and judging, culminating in awards across juniors and seniors.
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Golden State School
Bakersfield
Kern County
Santa Barbara
Shafter
Kimber Gievet
Chandra Martin
Gail Anderson
Rhonda Gaede
Kara Nickelsen
Joy Ryan
Jamie Ryan
Dana Nickelsen
University of
Births and 4-H News From Shafter and Kern County
Cradle Roll notices detail several births including Casie Logan Dean born July 29 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital weighing 8 lb 7 oz. Others include Gabriel Martinez born August 8 at North Kern Hospital weighing 8 lb 13.5 oz and Petra Louise Conception born July 21 weighing 10 lb 8 oz. 4-H Fashion Revue results highlight top finishers from Shafter and countywide winners with medals and 100 percent cotton awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Cheryll Dean
Shafter
Casie Logan Dean
Casie
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
John Peter Dean
Daniel Vieira
W.R. Eagle
Ruth Coleman
Eva Reddick
Gabriel
Gilbert Martinez
Stone Avenue
North Kern
Cain Maldonado
Olsen Street
Myra
North Kern Hospital
Lupe Castellons
Buttonwillow
Petra Louise Conception
Pedro Gandara
Bakersfield
Santos Castellion
Conception Regelado
Mulch Now to Protect Plants From Summer Heat
Mulch or re mulch all your plantings to conserve soil moisture and keep roots cooler during upcoming hot days. Applying mulch helps preserve moisture, reduce evaporation, and shield roots from temperature spikes.
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Kliewer’s
Bridgewater
St. Dakota
Witchita
S.S. Strassburg
Bremen
New York
N.Y
Nathan Kliewer
Wesley
Lillette
Jesse
Tom
Sam Kliewer
Okla
Central Avenue
Congress
Gener
Frans Wleanod Donald L, Reed
Nathan Kmewer
Peter Kliewer
State Fair Clothing
Hospital
Jack
Jeanette Hove
Jason Paul Hove
Silas B. Hayes Army Hospital
Fort Ord
Kenneth McWhorter
California Cooperative
St. Bakers
Bring Your Family Baptist Church
North Pine Street
Nile
Tim Robnett
Seenage Awana
Boser Trentmann
Menno Schellenberg
Golden West
Church OF the Nazarene
W. Lordo J. Paul, Alexander
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Ipvice
Pentecostal Church OF God
S. Shafter Ave
Sun
P.Y
James McDowell
E. Tulare Ave. Shafter
Owen C. Onsum
Shafter Missionary Baptist Church
J.R. Tramell
Church of God
G.B. Kingsland
Shafter United Methodist Church
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside &Ponlar
Charles P. Hamby
Richland Ave
Hafter
Sam Hensley Croygors
Und
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Sunset
James Maynard Koerner
W. Tulare Shafter
Todos Son Invitados
SON Shine
Kwso AS
All Day
Mike McCutchan
Bill Ehrman
First Assembly
Elm Street
John P. Davis
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