65th Anniversary for Brewster Neal
Mr and Mrs Brewster Neal celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sunday December 10 at Shafter First Southern Baptist Church. Hostesses from Mrs Neals Sunday School class attended. They married in Halsted Oklahoma on December 21 1913 and lived in Shafter since 1962. They have one daughter who died in infancy. They have resided in Jalsted Hot Springs Broken Arrow Alturas Anderson and Shafter over the years and worked in a sawmill in Alturas.
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Brewster Neal
Shafter First Southern Baptist Church
Neal
Neals
Halsted
Oklahoma
Shafter
Jalsted
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Broken
Alturas
California
Mr. Neal
Anderson
Mrs
Nelson West
Three Generations of Trojan Pharmacists in Wiedmann Family
Mert Wiedmann and Patricia Stringham of Shafter California both USC School of Pharmacy graduates from 1949. Their four children and spouses follow the Trojan line with degrees in pharmacy medicine and business, placing Wiedmann family roots in Wasco Porterville Mammoth Fresno Bishop Shafter and Wasco storefronts. The story traces three generations of USC alumni with ties to QSAD and a fourth generation poised to join the profession.
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A. Wiedmann
Merton
Patricia Wiedmann
Shafter
California
USC School of Pharmacy
Patricia
Angie
Elwood Stringham
USC
Wiedmann
Mert. Wiedmann
Patricia Stringham
Seeseneeta
Stringham’s
Wasco
Porterville
Mammoth
Fresno
Bishop
LeRoy
Donna Rohrbach
Trojans
Lynn Wiedmann
Mert Wiedmann
Alvah Hall
Mert
USC Trojans
Veterans Receive Legion Gifts at Local Post Event
Six veterans were given Christmas gifts by Leslie Robinson Post No. 218 of the American Legion on Saturday. Grady Bartlett Chaplain John Sloas post commander and Lee Thomas delivered gifts to Tip Henderson at his home and to Lonnie Enloe Ralph Moreland Patrick Holden Charles Jones and Salvador Morales at Shafter Convalescent Hospital. The American Legion Auxiliary gave each veteran a new nightgown on Friday.
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Leslie Robinson
American Legion
Grady Bartlett
John Sloas
Lee Thomas
Tip Henderson
Lonnie’ Enloe
Ralph Moreland
Patrick Holden
Charles Jones
Salavador Morales
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
The
Model T Club Honors Kadel at Kern County Christmas Party
More than 100 Model T Ford Club of Kern County members and guests gathered for a Christmas party at Fred die's Airport Restaurant. Art Kadel, retiring president, received a plaque and gifts including a yearbook as new officers were installed. Kadel highlighted the year's achievements including first place in hill climbing at a Tulsa convention.
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Kern County
Art Kadel
Kadel
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Blackie, Blackledge
Bakersfield
Ray, Martha
Carolyn Novak
Shafter Family Christmas Gatherings and Local Events
Shafter residents announce Christmas visits and family gatherings. Dr Thomas White and family host office party after Sandy White returns from Bakersfield hospital. Tina Graves hosts baby shower for mother to be, Sandy Hutchinson presides with about forty guests. Wayne Watson visits from Broadway Lake with his grandfather George Watson aged 86 and cousins in Bakersfield. Local PTA and club activities include Richland School PTA Christmas program rescheduled to January 4 and Shafter Woman's Club Book Section meeting December 28. The Shafter High School Class of 1941 feature reprint, and Mr and Mrs Eichman visit. Mary Hester travels to spend Christmas with Verle Heiter family. Christmas Day to be at Steve Heiter home.
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Sandy. White
Thomas White
Bakersfield
Broadway Lake
Anderson
South Carolina
John Arnold
Los Angeles
Wayne
George Watson
Irlene
John
Richland School
PTA
Shafter High Keecn
Martha Novak
Shafter Woman's Club Book Section
Verona Dalke
America
Theodora Richard
Shafter High School
Shafter Press
Jim
Shelby Eichman
Oliver Flynn
Shafter
Mammoth
Richland nutrition class ends field trip to McDonalds
A Richland Primary kindergarten nutrition unit concluded with a field trip to Buttonwillow McDonald's where children learned about processed foods versus healthier options like hamburgers milk. They also visited a dairy and Norman Lum's pumpkin patch to discuss pumpkins bread grains fruits and seeds in science and math activities. The Siamese archer fish behavior is noted with a water spit feeding method and aims for precision.
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Richland
Abun
1783 Nash Webster Spelling Book Pub Sales Reach 70 Million
In 1783 Nash Webster published his American Spelling Book. Its estimated sales over the next century reached about 70 million copies.
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Nash Webster
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Dale Spohn
Anna Bemson
Brother Rutledge
Velma Thompson
Joan White
Mrs. Neal
Wiedmanns
Tracy Ann
Janet
Lac-Usc Medical Center
Mark Tindall
Allen Taylor
Mark
Lacusc Medical Center
Bruins
Ted
School of Pharmacy
Tro
Jan
Sandy Koop
USC School of Business
Arthur Young
Brad Aaron
Diana
Taxq&a
VITA
Mrs. Benson
Brewster and
Gertie Neal
Kelly
Merrill Lehman
Hodel's
Olive Drive
Richland Nutrition
McDonald’s
Marshelle Montgomery
Aimee Prender
Susie Aguilera
Cindy Alexander
Veronica Hiriarte
Carla Lopez
Sun
B.T.C
Church OF the Nazarene
W. Lordo J. Paul, Alexander
Peperrough
Menno Schellenberg
First Assembly
Elm Street
John P. Davis
Pentecostal Church OF God
S. Shafter Ave
Fred L. Hanshew
E. Tulare Ave. Shafter
Owen C. Onsum
Congregational Church
Shafter United Methodist Church
Charles P. Hamby
Freewill Baptist
Richland Ave
Sam Hensley
So. Shafter
G.B. Kingsland
Assembly
W. Tulare
ASTOR
BACA
Todos Sen Invitados
Enezer
Reformed Church
Sunset
James Maynard Koerner
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
Central Avenue
Shafter, California
Telephone
Hug
Shatter Hatter Press
bin A
Shatter
Rie Cawler
Donald L. Reed
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