Mennonites Celebrate Harvest Festival Event
The Mennonite Brethren church hosts a Harvest Festival with about a hundred attendees on Sunday. Rev. Waldo Wiebe notes offerings for mission work while speakers from Reedley Fresno and Bakersfield address Home Missions and building the Kingdom. Music by local artists accompanies the day’s programs and a fruits and crops display underlines material thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Wiebe
Tkee
John Kliewer
Reedley
G. W. Peters
Pacific Bible Institute
Fresno
Emma Lepp
R. L. Cramer
Arthur Flaming
Bakersfield
Layette Shower Honors Mother Of Eighth Child
A layette shower for Mrs. T. Badgett Sr. who recently became mother to her eighth child was hosted by Church of the Nazarene friends at her Shafter Avenue home. Guests and hostesses listed include Otis Gladden Doyle Dunham Herman Osborn and many local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Badgett
Church of the Nazarene
Shafter Avenue
Mesdames
Otis Gladden
Doyle Dunham
Herman Osborn
R. E. Potter
Arch Matheson
Vic Stone
Max Bell
Frank Baze
Hollis Ragsdale
Arnold Wittenberg
R. R. Richey
Kenneth Davis
Wesley Berry
Lanham
Tom Dunham
Ruth and
Paul
Doyie Dunham
Davide Lynn
G. R. Hall
Michael
R G. Simmons
Brenda
Bakersfield
Henry
Harold Badgett
Patricia Raze
Alma
Willie
Dorothy
Stella
Susan Marie Badgett
Mesdames C. C. Lowder
H. S. Osborn
William Hearn
Shafter
Marian Swick
Ralph Noble
Club Gathers For Family Potluck and Christmas Program
The family potluck at Veterans Memorial Hall featured a Christmas program with ballet numbers by Phyllis Urner and singing by Phyllis Urner and Linda Hanson. Mrs. C W Christopher chaired the supper and decorations while a silent auction benefited club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Memorial Hall
C.W. Christopher
Christopher
Mesdames
Leonard Duck
John Fox
William Fairbanks
Harold Freedman
Channing Crandall
Walter Grossman
Santa Claus
Susie Snow Flake
Henry Neufeld
Linda Hanson
Shubert
Mary Brown
Norway
L. J. Woodard
John Jacobsen
Don Ruggenberk
William Bender
J. C. Hodges
F. C. Raney
R. A. Jacobsen
Martin Andersons Spend Thanksgiving Day in California
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson of 240 Pacific Street visited relatives during Thanksgiving. They spent the holiday with their daughter and her family in Burbank, and later traveled to Corcoran to join Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson and family with Kathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Andersons
Burbank
Martin Anderson
Pacific St
Willard F. Hollman
David Anderson
Kathy
Corcoran
Elmer Anderson
Auxiliary Plans Potluck Supper and Doll Giveaway
American Legion auxiliary members plan a potluck supper with the Legion on December 19 in Veterans Memorial Hall. President Mrs J P McCoy presided at Tuesday’s meeting. District reports were given from a San Francisco board meeting and the Oildale district meeting. Next district gathering is March 21 in Pixley. A quilt sale is planned for December 5 at King’s Department Store and a doll sale December 12 at Hight’s Men’s Store. Members assist with Bakersfield Christmas Seal Sale today, hosted by Mrs Elgie Heinlein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Veterans Memorial Hall
J. P McCoy
Earl Wipf
San Francisco
McCoy
Oildale
Pixley
King’s Department Store
Hight’s Men’s
Bakersfield
Elgie Heinlein
Navajo Campfire Council Sends Toys and Supplies
Navajo children on the Window Rock Gallups reservation will receive campfire items including clothing powdered milk rice fruit candy cookies and small toys. shipments organized by Shafter Campfire Council followed a Monday meeting at R R Jacobsen home with further activities noted by local group guardians and council leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Rock
Galups
N.M
Shafter Campfire Council
Manne Avenue
R R. A. .Jacobsen
Rs. Jacobsen
Navajo Evangelist Mission, Inc
P.O
Gallup
Erwin Toews
J. R. Scott
Okiciyapi Group
Veterans Memorial Hall
Football Theme Birthday Party for Hugh Mouser
A party honoring Hugh Mouser on his 18th birthday used a football theme from his Shafter Generals connection. Guests enjoyed a cake with goal posts, green paper decor, and a game using egg shells as footballs, with teams formed for play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Generals
Hugh Mouser
J. M. Mouser
Kern ‘Street
Mouser
Generals
Buel Mouser
Bill Higbee
Dwight Harvey
Bunky Graves
Jesse Dirck
Ted Thompson
Merita
Mr and Mrs Hugh Early Move to Oklahoma Home
Mr and Mrs Hugh Early and their son Chalmers have relocated from Shafter to their former residence in Oklahoma. The family details their move as a home update in the local note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Early
Chalmers
Shafter
Oklahoma
Neighborhood Birthday Party Honored by Donna Banks
Neighborhood youngsters gathered Tuesday for Donna Banks fifth birthday at 257 Kern Street. Guests included Charlotte Freedman, Robert Banks, Danny Kroeker, Joan Fleming, Bobby Hammond and Donald Banks. They played Pin the Tail on the Donkey and enjoyed ice cream hot chocolate and cake with pink rose buds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Banks
Marvin Banks
Kern St
Charlotte Freedman
Robert Banks
Danny Kroeker
Joan Fleming
Bobby Hammond
Robert
Donald Banks
Births in Kern County Details at Local Hospitals
A child named Sandra Jennine Loft Clark was born November 21 at Kern General Hospital to Sargeant Donald Jackson Eskew and his wife Norma Mendenhall Eskew of Oildale. The Army father is stationed in Korea. grandparents are Mrs. Bert Lewis of Shafter and Mrs. Fern Eskew of Oildale. A daughter weighing eight pounds ten ounces arrived at Wasco Maternity Home at 12:10 a.m. on November 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra’ Jennine
Kern General Hospital
Donald Jackson Eskew
Oildale
Lhe
Norma Mendenhall
Korea
Bert Lewis
Shafter
Fern Eskew
Wasco Maternity Home
Charles Morris
Thanksgiving reunion blends families from Visalia Wasco and Long Beach
Mrs. Sylvia Baughman of Atlantic Street spent Thanksgiving Day with relatives including her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. F A Stiner of Visalia. Also joining were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Craig of Wasco and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Compton of Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Baughman
Atlantic Street
F. A. Stiner
Visalia
Tommy Craig
Wasco
Terry Compton
Long Beach
Thanksgiving Guests at Engel Home Include Kin and Visitors
Relatives spent the holiday at Elmer Engel’s Tulare home with Aunt and Uncle Mr. and Mrs. Ed Engel, Bert Engel of Travis AFB, Rev. Marvin Jose and family. Alfred Penner of Oklahoma also visited. Last week guests included Mr. and Mrs. Engel of Cordell Oklahoma and Mrs. Ise Leppke of Marion Kansas and Mrs. Matilda Kliewer of Reedley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Elmer Engel
Ed Engel
Tulare
Bert Engel
Travis’ Air Force Base
Marvin Jose
Alfred Penner
Oklahoma
Engels
Engel
Cordell
Okla
Ise Leppke
Marion, Kan
Matilda Kliewer
Reedley
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Dave Merkel
Barbara
Harvey Stone
Mrs
Lawrence Zeilman
Layette
Ralph Sanderson Dee
Bess Williams
Ernest Neufeld
Juanita Battaglia Dee
Rolf Jacobsen
Betty Osborn
Dee Sharon Weidenbach
Harry Paslay
Laura Kirschenmann
Carmel Nut Angel Food
Dungan's Bakery
Central Ave
Daniel Taradash
James Jones
Buddy Adler
Fred Zinnemann
Shatter Press
Will
Dorothy (Gray
Dorothy Gray
Wedgwood
Corergy Pe Mor Aety
Ea Saat
Aeobe
Coachman
Hemingson's Shafter Mercantile CO
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