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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1962
Page
3
Helen Williford a Shafter School junior active in Commercial Club and Pep Ivan Denny attended school in and is employed by Barling Brothers. The couple planned to marry in December 1963.
A Christmas party at the Kadel home featured carols and a gift exchange. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Co L Jensen, Mrs. Frank Wisner, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Heinlein, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Baehr, Elmer Hack Baehr, Bill Johnston, and Mrs. Iva Jo Fosdick.
Carter and family along with Mrs. Og Dear and Rielle and Mrs Yingst of Bakersfield join Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowen and family of Sepulveda Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wood and family with Mrs. Velma Guenther and Mrs. Sophia Rusk for the community gathering.
The American Legion Auxiliary 213 voted to donate a veteran's child at a December meeting. A poppy drive was planned with canisters to be placed for Memorial Day weekend. Bessie Kennath hosted the January 15 meeting at the Veterans Memorial Hall with coffee and cake.
Holiday social notes record Mr. and Mrs. Otto Becker and Frantz visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Knox of Wasco and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Warkentine of Shafter join Christmas Day with son Richard Becker and family. John Hornsteadt and family, now in Los Gatos, visit W R Hooper’s household along with the Bone family.
Carol Witcher a State student and Ronnie Witcher of San Jose celebrate Christmas with their parents Mr and Mrs Han ley Witcher. Mr and Mrs Henry Rice and family visit Bakersfield relatives for dinner and gifts. The Rice and Oscar Rice households share Christmas with extended family. Roy Farmway and daughter join Mr and Mrs Lee Thomas for holiday dinner. Marilyn and Paula Thomas home from UCSB along with Mrs Jean Perry. Lowell Webb and daughter spend Christmas with Weymer Brock in Redlands. Others present include Mrs W C Messer and Mr and Mrs Gordon Weems of Lub—.
Shafter Junior members host its Mardi Gras Ball on New Year’s Eve at Veterans Memorial Hall from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. King leads the event with members in costume. public may attend in costume or not. Phil Stiern’s Band provides music and tickets must be bought in advance from club members.
The Junior High group and sixth graders from St Mark's Episcopal Church went caroling last Thursday evening. They traveled by car to the homes of several church members and shared festive songs.
Mr and Mrs Jon Johnston Mr and Mrs Don Ogle and family and Mr and Mrs Jack Ogle and family are noted in the local society column as attending recent events and gatherings.
NASA's Spacemobile will visit Richland School on April 1. The traveling science unit will lecture, demonstrate space concepts, and answer questions for elementary students at the Veteran's Memorial Hall with NASA staff and local teachers preparing related classroom units.
The Bakersfield Open Forum begins January 10 with weekly Thursday talks. Pictorial journeys to North Africa, New Zealand and Indonesia will be shown for residents of Shafter and Kern County. Principal Wallace W. Wester of Bakersfield High School invites adults to attend all programs at Harvey Auditorium. no charge.
A fragment notes a theme on Economic Development and the Afro Asian World. It mentions a color film with Indo-China and a January 31 event directed by W. Jones. Attendee attendance was widespread in Kern County as part of a spring forum series announced by a principal.
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