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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1974
Page
2
Shafter Lions held a December 18 dinner to greet Santa Claus. A packed hall of 44 children and 64 adults enjoyed a turkey dinner and festive trim mings as Santa arrived with gifts for well behaved kids.
A Christmas Eve program will be held Tuesday evening at the Mennonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern St. Children through eighth grade will perform recitations and songs with each class presenting, plus two choirs directed by Mrs. Wayne Smith and Mrs. Allen Warkentin. Mrs. Curtis Bergman directs a group and Dennis Gaede plays organ. Stan Wilson, Educational Director, leads as program chairman for the public invitation at 7 30 this evening.
CBMC program for January announced with weekly Thursday noon meetings at Veterans Memorial Hall. January 9 features George Almgren testimony, January 16 Dick Wigstrom speaks, January 23 Pastor Jack Peacock, and January 30 Bakersfield College professor Rodney Wessman. Prayer breakfasts occur Wednesdays at 7 a.m. at the Shafter Motel.
Local residents welcome relatives for Christmas with updates on students and graduates. Doug and David Thompson attend Sacramento State and UNM respectively while Tracy studies at Bakersfield, and Michael Anderson pursues Linfield College in Oregon. Others include Fresno, USC, Cal Poly and BYU students returning home for the holidays.
Kern County Library Shafter Branch offers free Holiday Fun programs for children during Christmas Vacation. A puppet show on December 27 at 2 30 p.m. features Mary Turner of Wasco performing The Shoemaker of the Elves. On January 2 from 2 p m to 4 p m staff will show pretaped TV programs and allow kids to operate equipment to make a closed circuit video.
Mr and Mrs Don Neufeld welcomed a son Matthew Don born December 11 weighing 4 lbs 12 oz and 19 inches long. The Neufelds have Debbie Brian and Leanne as siblings. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Milton Neufeld of Balco Oklahoma visit with their new grandson. Maternal grandmother is Mrs Annie Kroeker of Shafter and great paternal grandmother Mrs Hulda Wahl resides in Texas.
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