Community notices and contact details for Shafter Press
The Shafter Press accepts weddings engagements birth announcements and club church news at no charge. Submissions must reach the Press office by Monday noon for the week. Society writer Jeanette Wheeler handles inquiries on Mondays or Fridays at 746-4942 or 399-5925. Photos should be black and white if possible. Color accepted if properly exposed and printed.
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Shafter Press
Contact Society
Jeanette Wheeler
Jane Martens Weds Jed Kern In Bakersfield Nuptials
Jane L. Martens daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Martens of Shafter married Jed T Kern of Bakersfield in a July 17 ceremony at the First Church of the Nazarene Bakersfield. Revering E Sullivan led a double ring service before 150 guests with music by Mrs Lowell Bergman and Mrs Randy Towes. The Alfred Angelo gown featured knit chiffon Venetian lace bodice and Chantilly lace over-skirt. The couple will reside in Bakersfield after a coastal honeymoon.
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Jane L. Martens
Frank Martens
Shafter
Jed T. Kern
Bakersfield
Church of the Nazarene
Hughes Lane
Revering E. Sullivan
First Church of the Nazarene
Lowell Bergman
Randy Towes
Alfred Angelo
Kim Torigiani
Class of 1957 plans reunion and nuptials noted
The article reports the July 10 wedding of Marie Petersen to Walter Parsons at St. John's in Wasco, with 200 relatives and friends attending. It also notes the SHS Class of 1957 25th reunion planned for August 21 at Maria's Basque Restaurant in Bakersfield with details on schedule and contact.
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Walter Parsons
Buttonwillow
Santa Barbara
Marie Petersen
St. John’s Catholic Church
Wasco
John Ryan
Marie
Edward Petersen
Walter
John Parsons
Sally Alvidres
SHS
Bakersfield
Joan Ryan
John Parsons, Jr
Julien Parsons
Mark Petersen
Joseph Petersen
Wasco-Shafter Elks’ Lodge
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Shafterite Hasty to wed in San Diego
Mary Claire Hasty daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Hasty of Shafter will marry Tommy Claude La Nier of San Diego. The wedding is set for Saturday September 4 at Balboa Park with a reception at Cafe Del Rey Moro. The couple will live in Pine Valley and commute to San Diego for work. La Nier is with the US Forest Service and Miss Hasty works in the Cleveland National Forest offices.
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Shafterite
San Diego
Mary Claire Hasty
Fred Hasty
Shafter
Tommy Claude la Nier
Balboa Park
Cafe del Rey Moro
Mr. la Nier
Betty Erickson
Descanso
Pine Valley
Miss Hasty
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
San Diego State University
The
Cleveland
Model T club makes national tour to California event
Mr and Mrs Jake Bergen and Mr and Mrs Art Kadel led Kern County Model T Club at the National Model T Ford Convention in San Jose with 13 local couples. Over 140 Model Ts attended. the group toured San Jose San Francisco and Winchester House, watched Speedsters and enjoyed banquets and a police escorted tour. A separate World Tour drew 250 Model Ts to Rapid City, SD.
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Jake Bergen
Art Kadel
San Jose
Kern County
Model T Club
Durance .Tun
San Juan Batista
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Bridge
Sausalito
Winchester House
California
Rapid City
South Dakota
SHS Majorettes Set For Season With Santa Cruz Camp
SHS majorettes prep for the new season by practicing routines and attending a United Spirit Association camp in Santa Cruz August 19 to 21. They will learn new routines and enter a competition as they aim to entertain at halftime shows and rallies featuring team members Staci Barnhill Selina Barnes Monica Cortez Stephanie Dobbs Shelley Duckett Peggy Mizener and Mona Rosales.
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SHS
United Spirit Association
Santa Cruz
Jorette
Staci Barnhill
Selina Barnes
Monica Cortez
Stephanie Dobbs
Shelley Duckett
Peggy Mizener
Mona Rosales
Birth of Lorenzo Perez Jr at Kern Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Perez of 556 Kern Street Shafter announce the birth of their second child, a son Lorenzo Perez Jr born August 2 1962 at Kern Medical Center at 1 58 p m. He weighed 6 lbs 4 oz and was 18 in tall. His sister Amanda is 14 months old. Grandparents Dora Bradford Shafter and Larry Bradford Bakersfield. Great grandparents Evelyn Wittenberg Shafter Neal and Joy Bradford Bakersfield, and great great grandmother Leuda Hester Shafter.
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Lorenzo Perez
Kern Street
Shafter
Lorenzo Perez, Jr
Kern Medical Center
Amanda
Dora Bradford
Larry Bradford
Bakersfield
Evelyn Wittenberg
Neal
Joy Bradford
Leuda Hester
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Jane Martens
Jed Kern
Peach College
Ida Kern
Lamont
van Henderson
Arvin
Margie Biden
Kim
Torigiani
Art Penner
Wally Koop
Vally
Jeanne May
Hakersfield
Susan Nickel
Jessica Davis
Jeff Kern
Blake Kern
Todd Robnett
Fullerton
Carmel
Monterey
Morro Bay
Mr. and
Mrs
Sus
Bergens, Kadels
Pier 39
Henry Cowell State Parkway
Coast and
Redwoods
Ney
Henry Harder
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
Samson
the Man of
E. Tulare Ave
W. Stanley Jensen
Detar
Assoc
Youth Congregational Church
Msgr
John A. Delany
Crafts-in-the-Park
Epee
Shafter Woman's Club Board of Directors
Oak Street
City Council
Rotary Club
Elks
Highway 43
Kiwanis Club
Veteran's Hall
Liens Club
Shafter Motel
Megan Songer
Joshua Michael
Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Joshua
Darrell
Karen Songer
Shafter United Methodist
Sun
Rev. G
Ted Larson
W. Lerdo Hwy
Ebenezer
Sunset
Maynard Koerner
God
James St
Gene Freeman
Bette Freeman
Kenneth
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern St
H.D. Rutledge
Shield of Faith Revival Church
California Ave
Shafter, CA
E.B. Graeber
Donald Brown
Youth Ministries
Gap
Elm Street
Jerry Mitchell
Pentecostal Church OF God
South Shafter Ave
Kevin Grills
P.Y.P.A
Darlene McIlbwain
John Davis
Valley Bible
North Pine Street
Roger Trautmann
Ken West
Menno Schellenberg
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