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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1954
Page
4
Patsy Cook a Shafter High School senior won the DAR Good Citizen Award. District tests in American history and civics plus activity reports were submitted for district judging. District winners advance to a national contest with results due January 1, 1955 after classmate selections and faculty review.
Rev and Mrs Wiebe hosted a surprise church party from 3 to 7 p m Friday honoring twins Arlene and Ilene Wiebe turning thirteen. Guests attended in support with dinner of curry and rice cooked by John Wiebe and gifts sent by Carolyn Siemens and Jimmy Russell.
Sgt. Jesse D. Mouser son of Mr and Mrs J M Mouser 314 Kern St Shafter spent seven day rest and recreation leave from his unit in Korea at Kobe Japan a major metropolitan area Sight seeing and entertainment offered a break from securing the Korean peninsula Mouser a cook with the 2791 Company entered the Army Feb 1953 and arrived overseas August He is a 1950 graduate of Shafter High School.
Doris Wilson a senior at Shafter High School will reign as queen for the December 17 Coronation Ball hosted by the Girls Athletic Association. Seven senior candidates competed: Virginia Taylor Joyce McDonald Sue Howell La Verne Liles LaWanda Edwards Patsy Cook and Doris Wilson. The queen was chosen by a student body vote and the runners up will act as a princess court.
Airman Wayman Hubert Kirkpatrick of Shafter is undergoing basic military training at Parks AFB California. The 54 day program includes field and bivouac training with the carbine and rifle, plus academics in mathematics military science and U.S. history government and citizenship.
Friends hosted a layette shower for Mrs. J. P. McCoy at Memorial hall on Tuesday evening. Guests and winners named include many Bakersfield residents with gifts sent by additional attendees from Bakersfield and Delano.
Pretty Sandra Scott celebrated her fifth birthday on a Saturday November 27 with family in Wasco. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Carter hosted at their home with Sandra's mother Mrs Sam Scott assisting. Family members attended and gifts arrived from Bakersfield and Shafter while Sgt Sam Scott returned from Marines duty in San Diego to join the celebration. Charles Carter departed for Fort Ord for Army duty.
Mayor Adolph Kirschenmann cites John 3 16 18 as his preferred verses in a city wide survey of the ten favorite Bible passages. Pastor Stanley Hiten reports over 130 entries so far with free bookmarks for each entrant. contact Elder Hiten at Shafter 2813 or mail to P O Box 1105.
Mr and Mrs Leroy Pasley of Buttonwillow announce the birth of a son Ricky Leroy born November 17 weighing 7 pounds 13 oz. Grandparents Roy Pasley Shafter and O Olsen Buttonwillow. Mr and Mrs Ernest Shultz announce a son David Jeffry born November 22 weighing 9 pounds 13 oz. The Weidman family welcomes a baby daughter born this week weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces.
Pfc Mayo D. Jennings and his wife Betty of Route 1 Shafter are noted as serving with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. The Bayonet division is training to keep peak combat readiness after actions from Pusan to the Yalu River. Jennings joined the Army in October 1952 and arrived overseas in October last year.
Birthday wishes are sent to Ralph Sanderson, Mrs. Bess Williams, Ernest Neufeld, Juanita Battaglia, Mrs. Rolf Jacobsen, Betty Osborn, Sharon Weidenbach, Harry Paslay, and Laura Kirschenmann in a community celebration listing.
Lucille Wiebe of California attends Tabor College in Kaw. Registrar S L Lowen reports 245 students in the 47th year, with 111 freshmen, 57 sophomores, 22 juniors, 26 seniors and 29 special and graduate students. One Dutch exchange student from The Hague joins the Mennonite program.
Airman Kenneth D. Graybill arrives at Goose Bay Air Base Labrador to serve 18 months with the Army before possibly moving to the Pacific coast. He trained at Lackland Texas and spent 10 months at Keesler Mississippi. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Graybill of Shafter California.
Rev. and Mrs. Ray J. eSmith, former youth directors, elected after a first ballot to lead the Pentecostal Church of God on Shafter Avenue. They succeed Rev. Cecil Pool who moved to Fullerton to become District Superintendent. The couple, noted for gospel songs and past three years of youth leadership in Southern California district, will open with a service Saturday night amid community anticipation.
Saturday the widow known as Sis Brown faced losing her home to tax sale. Auctioneer Buck Stone opened bidding and urged bidders to consider Sis and her three children. Sis stepped forward with a last bid of seventy five dollars before the crowd.
Rehearsals underway in Miss Ida May Collett’s drama class for Shafter High School’s Clifford Goldsmith comedy What a Life about Henry Aldrich. Kenneth Kroeker stars as Henry with Robert Millne as George Bigelow and Bil Hamilton as the vice-principal. other cast members include Verna Peters Nel West Margaret Freedman and more.
A number of SHA youths came home for the holiday including Donna Weitz and Kate Clarkin from UCLA, Rolf Jacobse, Kenny and Maudie Handel Davis, Mortie Brown from Stanford, Donna Johnson from San Jose State, and Shirley Neuman training as a nurse at La Sierra College.
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