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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1948
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Jake Neufeld recently returned from a two week trip to Mt Hermon and Beulah Park near Santa Cruz They attended Moody Bible Institute at Mt Hermon for one week and the Bill Graves Conference at Beulah Park during the second week
A local group from Wasco including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dirks family Mr and Mrs Gene Guenther Mr Wesley Gorsching and Miss Nancy Wright spent last weekend at Cedar Grove located 56 miles beyond Sequoia National Park.
Miss Elizabeth Peters of Visalia was honored at a Tuesday bridal shower hosted by Mrs. H. H. Nikkel at the Nikkel home on Santa Fe Way. Peters will wed Sam Fast of Shafter on August 15 at Visalia Baptist Church. Guests included the groom’s mother and sisters among many relatives. games and refreshments followed a short devotional period.
Michael and Sandra Steele celebrated their 10th birthday with a party at the Steele home on Riverside Drive Saturday afternoon. They attended afternoon movies in Shafter and returned for cake and ice cream with guests from Bakersfield including Joe and Patricia Epp Marva Derek and Jerry Steele John and Patricia Newton Jerry Heiser Susan Heiser Edna May Charlotte Davison and Gayle Garth.
Mr and Mrs Roy Webb visited last weekend in Ventura staying with Mrs Webb s brother and wife Mr and Mrs J W Westbrook Mrs Webb formerly Johnnie Westbrook works at City Hall.
Gordon Guenther, Gene Guenther’s cousin from North Dakota, visited the Gene Guenther residence for two days. He formerly lived in Shafter and now farms in the middle west.
Mr and Mrs George Geisler returned from a weeklong trip through California. They spent time in San Francisco enjoying Sweethearts and drove the coast to Pismo to visit Elmer and Andersons of Shafter. They then visited Mrs Geisler’s father Pete Beronio in Santa Barbara and attended the premier of April Fool with Otto Kruger and Groucho Marx.
Miss Virginia Anderson returns Sunday night from a week long stay in Burbank at the home of her aunt and uncle.
Mr and Mrs George Nugent of Long Beach visited in Shafter last weekend with their respective families Mr and Mrs J B Nugent and Mr and Mrs Mark Scales in attendance.
Mr and Mrs J B Miller will spend the weekend in Fresno visiting Mrs Miller s sister and husband Mr and Mrs Clare Dragoo in a family trip noted by the local society page.
Bill Brown and Mrs Brown with Mr and Mrs Dick Truax of Bakersfield flew from Shafter to Fresno in 40 minutes aboard a Stinson Voyager for dinner at Motel El Rancho. They toured Friant Dam and the canal under construction then returned to Shafter after a 45 minute flight, with a 10 30 landing.
Mrs. J. B. Nugent and her son Jim visited Anaheim last Friday and Saturday to see Mrs. Nugent's ill father Mr. George Mattis. They reported the elder Nugent showed signs of improvement during the visit.
A group from Shafter vacationing at Pismo Beach boasted luck in a recent clam digging session. The Elmer Andersons joined by Kenneth Howell Buck Osborne and Ivan Sprain collected four limits, ten clams per person, in a single morning.
The notice lists subscription prices of 4.00 per year inside California and 4.50 per year outside California. Single copies cost 5 cents. Advertising rates are available on application. The paper is entered as second class matter at Shafter, California, under the March 3 1933 Post Office Act.
Mr. and Mrs. William Goertzen and children Christie and Billie spent a month touring the northwest and Canada. They left Shafter July 11 visiting Fresno Orland Salem Port Angeles Victoria Campbell River Nanaimo Vancouver and San Jose before returning August 5. Highlights included logging scenes in Salem and an English style ferry meal aboard the S S Princess Jo Anne.
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