Wednesday Club Plans Antique Tea Event
A planning meeting of the Wednesday Afternoon Club outlined an antique tea to be held February 1 at the Women's Club House. The event will feature authentic antique costumes and seven display tables with silver, lamps, clocks, china, fans, and daguerreotypes. Co chairs are Mrs. Charles Burns and Mrs. A Peter Channeson.
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Wednesda Afternoon Club
Woman's Club House
Charles Burns
A. Peter Channeson
Henry Guidera
J. J. Peters
Phil Channeson
Jack. Hare
Arthur Brownell
Rolf. Jacobson
Edward Brown
John Nugent
E. C. Eckman
Jack Hill
Choir To Present Music of Bethlehem Cantata
The First Mennonite Church choir will perform the Christmas cantata Music of Bethlehem on Sunday evening December 18 at 7 30 directed by Vernon Neufeld. Soloists include Joyce Bartel and Jessie Jemke with Jeanne Gorshichg as pianist.
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Bethlehem
de B. Holton
First Mennonite Church
Vernon Neufeld
Joyce Bartel
Jessie Jemke
Jeanne Gorschihg
Donna Dalke
Darlene Schmidt
Lavina Regier
Gloria Janzen
Norma Schmidt
Marilyn Bartel
Helen Froese
Ruth Neufeld
Ivan Bartel
Merle Bartel
Richard Neuman
Donald Neuman
Carl Neuman
Bob Janzen
Jack Nikkel
Eugene Schmidt
Harold Gaede
Harvey Reimer
Death notice for infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Tripp
Friends of Mr and Mrs Jim Tripp mourn the passing of their infant daughter. The notice provides a brief acknowledgment of bereavement and seeks condolences from the community.
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Jim Tripp
Daugh
Shower Honors Mrs. Leroy Janzen in Shafter Layette Event
A layette shower for Mrs. Leroy Janzen was hosted by her sister Mrs. Oliver Unruh and mother Mrs. Jake Kroeker at 560 Acacia Avenue Shafter. Attendees included local residents and Wasco visitors with prizes and gifts for the upcoming arrival. Graveside services were later held for infant Thomas Gene Nichols in Shafter Cemetery.
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le Roy
Janzen
Oliver Unruh
Jake Kroeker
Unruh
Acacia Avenue
Roger Frantz
Margaret Goertzen
Henry Ratzlaff
Mardi Gras Dance Plans by Shafter Junior Women
The Junior Women's Club in Shafter outlined plans for their annual polio benefit Mardi Gras dance at the club house on February 4 with booths and a cake walk. Booth chairs are Mrs. Maxine Mettler and Mrs. Pat Neuman, with Helen Neessen directing the cake walk.
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Violette Neuman
Shafter
Maxine Mettler
Pat Neuman
Helen Neessen
Richland School
Bluebird Group
Sam Lachenmaier
Bill Pearce To Marry Christmas Day
Announcement from Shafter confirms the engagement of Lavernia Pennington daughter of Mr and Mrs Cc R Pennington of 110 North Webster She and Bill Pearce will wed Christmas Day at 425 West Main Street Norman Oklahoma Pearce a Shafter High School class of 1941 graduate has studied commercial art at the University of Oklahoma and served four years in the coast guard during World War II He is to continue his studies at the college next year The note mentions involvement in Okinawa in the war context.
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Shafter
Lavernia Pennington
Cc. R. Pennington
North Webster
West Main Street
Norman
Pearce
Shafter High School
University of Oklahoma
Coast Guard
Okinawa
Fuller heads Wasco Eastern Star installation
Alma Fuller and John Fuller were installed as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron of Wasco Chapter No. 489 Eastern Star in a candlelit ceremony at Wasco Masonic Temple. Officiating officers included Florence Howard and H. W. Kelly. Decorations featured candlelight hollyberries. Bessie Kidd presented jewels. The Shafter Dance Club advertises a December 17 Christmas dance at the Woman's Club House with Charles Cecil's Bakersfield band.
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Shafter
Alma Fuller
John Fuller
Wasco
Order of Eastern Star
Dorthy Lee
Charles E. Lee
Florence Howard
Lucille Galbreath
Eleanor Clemens
Irvin Barr
Dorothy Clemens
Tom Moss
Job
Elmer Windisch
First Congregational Church
Gordon Stone
Arthur Hemingson
Bessie Kidd
Bakersfield
Shafter Dance Club
Woman's Club
Charles Cecil
Band
Dinner Dance Delights Shafter Club Members
Fifty couples attended the B P W Club Dinner Dance at the Veterans Memorial Hall hosted by the Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club. Bill Earley's band played as Jolene and James Dean Waymire performed a humorous pantomime. Eva and Elsie's Dining Room served a turkey dinner with seafood cocktail and pumpkin pie. Hosts and greeters included Mrs. Vivian Crandall and Mrs. Clara Schnaidt with Mesdames Alvina Enns Rowena Stone Clara Schnaidt Miss Jeanette Wheeler and Miss Helen Holmes assisting.
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Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Veterans’ Memorial Hall
Bill’ Earley
Jolene
James Dean Waymire
Eva
Elsie
Vivian Crandall
Clara Schnaidt
Mesdames Alvina
Enns
Rowena Stone
Jeanette Wheeler
Helen Holmes
Crib Crop Slows After Busy Rush Weeks in Shafter
A cradle crop note reports a lull after two busy weeks in Shafter. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Norman Berg on December 11 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield weighing seven pounds the name of the infant was not announced.
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Shafter
Norman Berg
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Family Night Huge Success Hosted by Wednesday Club
More than one hundred attended the annual Family Night at the Woman's Club House hosted by the Wednesday Afternoon Club. A 6:30 p.m. potluck supper set the festive mood with holly and evergreens. Mrs. R. Ceres led as chair with Mesdames Thompson Wilson Weitz Peters Siemens assisting. Dinner gave way to movies from the Ed Brown family including The Night Before Christmas and My Little Chickadee.
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Woman’s Club
R.ceres
Jack Thompson
Harlan Wilson
Dan Weitz
Bem Peters
J. C. Siemens
Ed Brown
Faculty Club Hosts Annual Xmas Party
The Shafter Faculty Wives & Women's Club will host husbands and guests at the annual Christmas party on Sunday evening, December 18, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill. Mrs. Hill chairs the affair with help from Mesdames Richards, Garrison, Miss Schumacher, and Miss Strench. Dinner precedes a program and gift exchange. High school faculty members are invited.
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Shafter
Jack Hill
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Ella Dueck
Dorothy Kroeker
Peggy Nikkel
Cecil Bergman
Elvin Nikkel
Jim Klassen
Art Penner
Willard Janzen
Wesley Balzer
Leonard Johnson
Dan Frantz
Misses Corrina Elliott
Clara Nickel
Leona
Linda Gloeckler
Ter
Mary Sue Tripp
Shafter Cemetery
Bradhurst
Shafter Funeral Home
J. P. Nichols
Thomas Gene Nichols
Bill Pearce
Wingland Lumber Co
Norris Road
Oildale
Eastern Star
Rita Jacobsen
Genevieve Cooper
Lily Bender
Marie Bender
Faye Barr
Maude Arnold
Minnie Channeson
Ruth Lohr Adams
Eva Thornburg
Myst
Chenille
Shafter Mercantile CO
DIAL
van Heusen
van Heusen Armingo Jacquards
Ently Department Store
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