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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1971
Page
2
The Shafter Press welcomes new families with greetings from Mrs Susan Ratzlaff Welcome Wagon Hostess and invites reports of newcomers. Mr and Mrs George Craft recently moved from Detroit Lakes Minnesota to Shafter and plan to settle here.
Shafter Kiwanis Club presents the Outstanding Youth Award to Shafter High School 1971 graduate Sherry Nixon. Nixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Riland Nixon, active church member and musician, plans to attend business college. Also notes birth notices for Tammy Whygle and Jeffry Ronald Mettler with family details.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Guenther announce the engagement of their daughter Jeannie Lynn Guenther of Shafter to Russell Fuller son of Mr and Mrs Henry Fuller of Lancaster The couple with roots at Fresno State College where Fuller played basketball and Guenther studied speech plan a February wedding Jeannie holds Dean's List honors and university activity while Fuller serves as chief chemist for Coalinga water plant The notice also notes Sharon K Thompson being named to Who's Who among Students at California Baptist College Riverside among 13 students.
Community events include a low income children’s Christmas party at Shafter Center sponsored by the Shafter Youth Council with games prizes refreshments and a pinata. A three act play Home in Time for Christmas is set for the Pentecostal Church of God featuring local youth and a listed cast.
Mr and Mrs Ernest R Preston of Lost Hills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 20 at Sky way House Bakersfield. Six sons and their families attended from Shafter Taft Los Gatos Lost Hills plus relatives. Cody Preston was unable to attend from Fairbanks Alaska. A corsage for Mrs Preston and a reception at the James Preston home followed dinner. The Prestons arrived in California in 1943 and moved to Lost Hills in 1945.
After the cantata The Story of Christmas Dennis Gaede served as organist at the Sunday December 19 Christmas party for members and friends of the First Baptist Church. A film was shown and refreshments were served.
The Congregational Women’s Fellowship held a Christmas luncheon at the church on Thursday December 16 with Mrs. Jack Kennath elected as the new president. The outgoing president withdrew from the post.
Jan Dargatz daughter of Rollin and Mrs Dargatz of 311 Faber Avenue Tulsa Oklahoma is among 23 Oxap Roberts University students whose names and achievements will appear in the 1971 72 volume of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. She was selected from 165 ORU nominees with 14 men and 9 women accepted. Miss Dargatz is a senior majoring in communication arts.
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual Christmas party at the Frank Misner home on 324 Oak. Members enjoyed a turkey dinner and carols led by Mrs. Henry Neufeld, with a gift exchange among attendees including Nancy McMaster and new member Nancy McMaster. The next meeting is January 6 with Mildred Fike and Ann Stoller as hostesses.
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