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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1959
Page
3
Pentecostal Church of God hosts a five day camp with Rev Dennis Heard as morning and evening speaker. The event features Rev and Mrs Smith guiding attendees at Camp Wishiah.
Visiting from Shawnee Oklahoma Mr and Mrs Al Fred Moore and their four nieces and nephew Carl Vanderer are staying with Mr and Mrs J B Moore on West Ash. They plan two week vacation and will depart August 13 after visiting friends before returning home.
Mrs. Troy Aday, recently operated on, is recovering at her daughter Mrs. Horace Womack’s Bakersfield home. Miss Patricia Aday helps care for her mother and for Mrs. Womack and her new baby boy born July 28 at Memorial Hospital. The baby’s parents are former Shafter High School students.
Mr and Mrs Ollis Pricketts vacationed in Marysville returning with their daughter Idanell who had stayed there with Mrs Pricketts other daughter Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson and their daughter Michelle also visited. They went north on Saturday August 1 and returned with their daughter Barbara Kay and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Craig and their daughter.
Glenda P weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces at birth and measured 18 inches long. Her sister Brenda Kay weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Miss Vickie Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Tony Davis wed Mike Rice in the Church of Christ at Roseville The couple plans to live in Lo meta California where Rice resided at marriage Mrs Tony Davis resides in Citrus Heights nearby Roseville
Thirty families gathered at Hart Park for a reunion and feast. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Slim Campbell and daughter Sharon of San Diego, Mr and Mrs JF Ray of the city, Vern Davis and children Mike Jeanette Larry and Greg of Bakersfield, Bud Talbert and children Janice Barry Gail of Fresno, Bob Mitchell and children Mike Roger Cindy and Maude Whitecotton of Shafter. Women Slim Campbell and Bob Mitchell had not seen each other in eighteen years. The group enjoyed barbecue with trimmings and some boating and skiing after.
A son, Alvin Wayne Lepp, was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lepp and brought home August 7. He weighs 7 pounds 10 ounces and was born June 26. The adoption was through the Children’s Home Society in Bakersfield. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lepp of Orland and Martin J. Loepp of Shafter.
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