Banks Family Receives Visit From Jacks Of Tulsa
Enjoy Company Company and trips have occupied the Howard Banks family of East Tulare Avenue recently. Mrs Banks' brother and wife Mr and Mrs John Jacks of Tulsa Oklahoma arrived last week. They visited San Jose and Hayward before rain storms imperiled the Oakland area. They also visited another brother Mr and Mrs Walter Jacks in the northern cities and spent a night there. John Jacks took a side trip to Hayward to visit their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Banks
Tulare Avenue
Banks
John Jacks
Tulsa
Okla
San Jose
Hayward
Oakland
Walter Jacks
Parents Honor Wiebe Twins With Birthday Party
Arlene and Eileen Wiebe celebrated their 10th birthday with a home party on California Avenue. Anna Frantz led story telling and devotionals, with group singing by Mrs. Lowell Bergman and a Bible baseball game. Refreshments included tuna sandwiches two angel food cakes nut cups hot chocolate and popcorn balls. Attendees listed include Sharon Einsen Diane Loepp Bonnie Heinrichs Bonnie Janzen Christine Goertzen Carolynn Siemens Carol Becker Gloria Shultz Janice Balzer Bonnie Thiessen Vonnie Enns Lanna Lachenmaier Kathleen Buhler Marilyn Gaede Nancy Engel Henrietta Loewen Karen Wiens Evelyn Penner Rhoda Reimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene
Eileen Wiebe
Waldo Wiebe
California Avenue
Anna Frantz
Lowell Bergman
Francis Kopper
Lucille
Wiebe
Sharon Edisen
Diane Loepp
Bonnie Heinrichs
Bonnie Janzen
Christine Goertzen
Carolynn Siemens
Carol Becker
Gloria Shultz
Janice Balzer
Bonnie Thiessen
Vonnie Enns
Lanna“ Lachenmaier
Kathleen Buhler
Marilyn Gaede
Nancy Engel
Henrietta Loewen
Karen Wiens
Evelyn Penner
Rhoda Reimer
Katie Flores Is Honored At Bridal Shower
A Friday evening bridal shower for Miss Katie Flores was hosted by Miss Jennie Lopez in Burbank avenue with co host Miss Mary Contreras. Centerpiece featured a hand crocheted bride and groom. The cake showed bells tied with a pink bow, love birds and roses. Flores plans to wed Louis Valasquez this month. he is on furlough from Camp Roberts. She works for Shafter Mercantile Co. Attendants included Mesdames Ramos Ramirez, Francis Lopez, Charles Pineda, and Misses Marty Arizmendez, Sophie Arizmendez, Margaret Martinez, Josie Lopez. Mrs Alfred Chavez attended with a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Flores
Jennie Lopez
Burbank Avenue
Mary Contreras
Miss Lopez
Miss Flores
Louis Valasquez
Camp Roberts
Shafter Mercantile Co
Mesdames Ramos Ramirez
Francis Lopez
Charles Pineda
Marty
Sophie Arizmendez
Margaret Martinez
Josie Lopez
Alfred Chavez
Five to Escort Princesses at Shafter Coronation Ball
Five Shafter High School youths were named escorts for princesses at the Coronation Ball next Friday night. Layton Lynch will crown queen Norma Neuman, with escorts Kyle Hill Mickey Perry Jerry Nixon Bob Nixon and Charles Rice. Princesses for Queen Norma include Jean Smith Betty Grundy Bonnie Liles and Frankie Trantham. Kay Roberts will narrate the event. Neptune's Para Western Australia is the largest of six Australian States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Neuman
Shafter High School
Bobby Liles
Jean Smith
Caroline Spitzer
Katherine Roberts
Frankie Trantham
Betty Grundy
Bobbie Liles
Kyle Hill
Mickey Perry
Jerry Nixon
Bob Nixon
Charles Rice
Layton Lynch
Norma Neuman
Norma
Kay Roberts
Neptune
Malone's Piano Exchange Promises Free Delivery and Benches
Pick out a piano from a large selection of used instruments at Malone's Piano Exchange located at 627 Sumner St East Bakersfield. Free delivery and free benches are offered with terms arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malone’s Piano Exchange
Sumner St
East
Bakersfield
Church Women Install New Officers at Union Congregational
The Women’s Fellowship at Union Congregational Church will install new officers at 8 p.m. next Thursday in the church social hall. Mrs. Marvin Hoover is chosen to succeed Mrs. J. C. Channesson as president, with Mrs. Don Ruggenberg as secretary and Mrs. Glenn Nay as treasurer. The meeting includes candlelight and firelight and a Christmas devotional led by Mrs. Art Craig. Gift boxes for the nickel-a-week offering to support Congregational churches will be collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship
Union Congregational Church
Marvin Hoover
J. C. Channeson
Don Ruggenberg
L. J. Woodard
Glenn Nay
William Lowe
Art Craig
T. P. Rootes
J. H. Fuller
Congregational
Mesdames Gordon Baker
Kern Academy Plans Homecoming on December 30
Kern Academy alumni from across the country will gather in Shafter on December 30 for a homecoming. The afternoon program starts at 1 30 p m with library registrations and tours of classrooms. An evening dinner at six leads to a talent program featuring events since 1928 and a roving interview by Mr. Roth. Reservations through Mrs. Borba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Roth
Lodi
Academy
Roth
Home and School Finance Committee
C. E. Anderson
Korea
Washington
D. C
Montana
Missouri
Demas Borba
Gideon Richert
Justin Weishaar
Clarabelle, Fenderson
Couple Feted On Fortieth Anniversary At Home
Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Janzen of 217 East Grange St celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a Sunday afternoon gathering. The couple, married Nov 29 1911 in Fairview Oklahoma, recently moved to Shafter. Local relatives attended. eight siblings and two Oklahoma children could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Janzen
East Grange St
Fairview
Oklo
Shafter
Waldo Wiebe
Carol Joyce Becker
Sam Becker
Judy Janzen
Wiebe
Oklahoma
California
Kansas
Faculty Wives Plan for Party at Shafter High School
A Christmas party was scheduled for 4 p.m. December 16 in the home economics room at Shafter High School by the Faculty Wives and Women's Club. Committee members include Wanda Colver as chair, Lowell Todd, Robert McLean, Ernest Graf, Jordan Eliames, Edward Schacht, Ruby Wilson, and Ruth Gates. The meeting, hosted by Mrs. Grant Jensen, featured sewing and knitting. Sunday guests at Floyd Cooper’s home included Clyde Cooper and Carol of Arcadia, and Orville Paulson with Jack and Laura Lee of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Mesdames
Wanda Colver
Lowell Todd
Robert McLean
Ernest Graf
Jordan Eliames
Edward Schacht
Ruby Wilson
Ruth Gates
Floyd Cooper
East Lerdo Highway
Clyde Cooper
Carol
Arcadia
Orville Paulson
Jack
Lauralee
Los Angeles
Two New Babies Reported in Local Area
Stork loft column notes the birth of Patrick Edward Nugent at 10 30 a m on December 4 in Seaside Hospital Long Beach to George and wife of Torrance weighing eight pounds thirteen ounces. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Mark Scales and Mr and Mrs J B Nugent of Shafter. A son Charles Allen Graves born at 1 10 p m on December 2 in Mercy Hospital to Lavon and Joyce Graves of West Lerdo Highway Wasco. Weighs seven pounds three ounces. Parents named J K Morris and Mr and Mrs Don Graves of Shafter and Wasco respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Edward
George Nugent
Torrance
Long Beach
Michael
Mark Scales
J. B. Nugent
Shafter
Charles Allen
Mercy Hospital
Lavon Graves
West Lerdo Highway
J. K. Morris
Don Graves
Wasco
Joyce Morris
Leo Sutton
Ray Bilohlavek
Minter Village
Daughters and Sons Born in Local Hospitals This Season
A series of birth notices from Mercy Hospital and Miss Freise's Maternity Home records newborns to local families. Entries include times and dates in Dec and Nov with names like Sutton Shafter Buller Euclid Bergman Wasco Heaton Osborne Bilohlavek Mota Buttonwillow Soares, and weights ranging from seven pounds one ounce to eight pounds two ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Caorl
Wasco
William Heaton
Richland St
Bertha Osborne
Miss Freise
Gilbert Mota Buttonwillow
Birthday Greetings scattered across December list
Notices mark December birthdays for Juanita Battag Mrs. Rolf Jacobsen Betty Osborn Dee Sharon Weidenbach Harry Paslay Laura Kirschenmann Mrs. Dan Wendland Mrs. Clifford Richards Mrs. H. H. Neufeld Bert Hebel and others. includes dates in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Battag
Rolf Jacobsen
Betty Osborn
Dee
Sharon Weidenbach
Harry Paslay
Laura Kirschenmann
Dan Wendland
Clifford Richards
H. H. Neufeld
Bert Hebel
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Meet the
Don's
Don’s
Stairway To
Beauty
Baker St
Calif
RUM
A TV
LeNiue
Dad
Kirbys
Dick Smith
Western Australia
ABC Baby Shoppe
Kern Academy
Grant Jensen
Sally Jung
Shirley Harris
Stork Loft
Alvin Buller
West Euclid St
Cecil Bergman
Manuel Soares Jr
Ben W. Schmidt
Charles Chester
Os Ela
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