Local Shafter Christmas Visitors and Arrivals Highlight Holiday Notices
Christmas greetings feature visits by Rev A Funck and family from Shafter to Mr and Mrs P P Bender. News notes report births Donald Ray Powell and Betty Lou Allen at Kern General Hospital. Also listed are travel, studying, and family gatherings among Shafter residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Louis Jerry Powell
Donald Ray
Kern General Hospital
Vernon Virgil Allen
Betty Lou
San Franciscan Henry Goertzen Visits Shafter
Henry Goertzen of San Francisco visits relatives in Shafter. He is the son of Mrs. Anna Thiesen of Shafter. Escondido residents John Bergen and family visit Christmas at J. E. Bergen's home. John is the son of J. E. and Mrs. Bergen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Franciscan
Shafter
Henry Goertzen
San Francisco
Mr. Goertzen
Anna Thiessen
Escondido
John Bergen
J. E. Bergen
J. J. Peters, Jr
Peter
Bertha Annis
Eureka
Albert Annis
Gloecklers Entertain At Post Yule Party
Mr and Mrs D W Gloeckler hosted a post Yule party at their home on Sunday with guests Dr and Mrs F J Wiens of Porterville Miss Tina Glockler UC Berkeley attendee Miss Melba Gloeckler USC guest and Mr and Mrs Abe Ediger and family of Shafter in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloecklers
D. W. Gloeckler
F. J. Wiens
Porterville
Tina Glockler
University of California
Melba Gloeckler
Abe Ediger
Shafter
Fred Schnaidt
Henry Goering
Lodi
Adolf Kirschenmann
Fred F. Schnaidt
Calvin Mettler
Ben Stoller
Tillie Reich
Ben Schnaidt
Tina Gloeckler
Betty Reily
Shafter Theatre
Myrtle, Osborn
van Nuys
Mrs. Dolling
Mrs. Osborn
Miss Reily
Buck Osborn
Bill and
Firman Anderson
Christmas Gatherings Around Shafter Families
Shafter residents shared Christmas meals and visits with relatives in multiple households. Posts note reunions at the Peters, Wiebe, Handel, and Archer homes, excursions to Los Angeles and the Rose Bowl, and ongoing illness recovery for Phylis Peters.
Community Merry Christmas Gatherings and Local News
Shafter residents share holiday cheer at the Grose home with Otis MeLaine Vernie Grose Harold Brumbaugh and families and Boswell Oklahoma visitors. A Shafter couple Dwight Hill and Ruth Burrow obtain a marriage license in Bakersfield. Miss Loraine Sanderson arrives from Michigan to live in Shafter with family. Rose Bowl plans include Mrs Thomas Wedge Anabelle Wedge and Geneva Payne to Pasadena. The Dye family hosts Christmas at their home and plans a Riverside visit next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wedge
Donald Wedge
Long Beach
Abelle
Long Beach Junior College
W. C. Grose
Otis Me‘Lain
Vernie Grose
Harold Brumbaugh
Oildale
C. E. Tanksley
Harry Tanksley
Boswell
Oklahoma
Frank Ratzlaff
Shafter
Buttonwillow
Dwight W. Hill
Ruth C. Burrow
Bakersfield
Loraine Sanderson
Jackson
Michigan
Ralph Sanderson
Sanderson
Harry Davis
Robert Kay
St. Louis
Missouri
Glenn B Sanderson
Stockton
Shafterites
Anabelle
Geneva Payne
Pasadena
Family Ties Highlight Zenk Wedding Circle in Shafter
Mr and Mrs R E Zenk of Shafter Furniture are center stage with the couple joined by Zenk s parents the Rev Mr and Mrs G J Zenk of Lodi Mrs Zenk s sister Mrs F W Trieg laff and mother Mrs Koenig among attendees in the wedding circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Zenk
The
Shafter Furniture
Shafter Group Heads to Fellowship Meeting in Sanger
Led by Rev. Frank Ratzlaff pastor of Shafter Pentecostal Church of God about 25 Shafter parishioners travel to Sanger Monday January 3 for a Fellowship meeting at the Sanger church beginning 10 a m and continuing through the afternoon and evening. Delegates from churches across the San Joaquin valley expected to attend. first Fellowship gathering since the November assembly in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ratzlaff
Shafter Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter
Sanger
Sanger Church
Pentecostal Church of God
San Joaquin Valley
Shafter Church
Twenty Two Sunday School Teachers Named By Mennonite Brethren Church
Twenty two Sunday school teachers were elected at the Mennonite Brethren church Sunday evening under the direction of H. A. Janzen and Abe Isaac. The list includes G. G. Suderman, H. H. Voth, F. B. Dueck, Verna Balzer, Bertha Kroeker, E. J. Thiessen, John Balzer, J. E. Unruh, Abe Ediger, Loren Voth, Rubena Shultz, E. J. Peters, K. G. Neufeld, G. J. Siemens, D. W. Nikkel, H. L. Bergman, R. P. Rempel, P. P. Rempel, H. S. Dahl, D. L. Schellenberg, D. W. Gloeckler, and H. E. Unruh. The term runs one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
H. A. Janzen
Abe Isaac
Sunder
G. G. Suderman
H. H. Voth
F. B. Dueck
Verna Balzer
Bertha Kroeker
E. J. Thiessen
John
Contracts To Be Let For Richfield Service Station
Five contracts for the Richfield service station at Shafter will be let on Wednesday January 5 with construction to begin Monday January 13. Richfield company representative Mr Clapper said in Shafter this week that bids are being invited. The station will be built at Shafter avenue and Santa Fe on land leased from Fred Christensen, a prominent Shafter businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richfield
Shafter
Clapper
Richfield Company
Los Angeles
Shafter Avenue
Santa Fe
Fred Christensen
Halford Family Trips to Visalia for Christmas
J. R. Halford and his children Eva Pearl and Jerry traveled to Visalia to spend Christmas at the home of Mrs. Halford's sister and her husband Mr and Mrs H R Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Halford
Justesen’s Market
Sister Of Shafter Man Injured In Head-On Crash
Mrs. Nick Newfield and her husband from Hollywood survived a Christmas Eve head-on collision that caused their car to burst into flames. Both are hospitalized with serious injuries. their 10-year-old son Richard suffered a near ear amputation. Mrs. Newfield is the sister of John J. Peters Jr of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Newfield
Hollywood
Shafter
Organization Of Local Workers Planned
A letter signed by M. M. Rodriguez and received by The Press states he has lived six years in the Shafter Mexican colony and has been named organizer by the United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Worker of America, affiliated with the CIO, to organize a union in Shafter and apply to Washington for an official charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Rodriguez
Shafter
United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Worker of America
Washington, D. C
Three Shafter People Injured In Auto Mishaps
A car carrying Frank Askrew, 33, overturned 1.5 miles north of Oildale at 6:25 PM on December 25 injuring Askrew’s leg. J L Hill of Shafter escaped harm. A separate non collision crash on Golden State highway near Lerdo avenue left Richard L Pickering, 38, uninjured driver, while Ethel Pickering, 24, and her 4 year old daughter Helen suffered cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Askrew
Shafter
J. L. Hill
Oildale
Hill
Golden State Highway
Lerdo Avenue
Richard L. Pickering
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ethel Pickering
Pickering
Helen
Cassils Visit Shafter En Route Home After Christmas
Mr and Mrs Frank Cassil and daughter Sigrid were in Shafter on Sunday while traveling home to Hollywood. They spent Christmas with Mrs Cassils parents in Atascadero and were returning via the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cassil
Dauhter
Sigrid
Shafter
Cassils
Hollywood
Mrs. Cassil
Atascadero
Noted Mennonite Speaker at Local Church
Dr. P. C. Hiebert of Sterling Kansas, president of the Mennonite Central Relief committee, lectured Sunday afternoon at the Mennonite Brethren church corner California avenue and Kern street. He shared experiences from his summer travels to Mennonite colonies in Paraguay and Brazil, introduced by Rev. Wm. J. Bestwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Hiebert
Sterling
Kansas
Mennonite Central Relief Committee
Mennonite Brethren
California Avenue
Kern Street
Hiebert
Paraguay
Brazil
Wm. J. Bestwater
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. P. Bender
A. Funck
Shafter Reformed Church
Gurnsey Frazer
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Alice Eschricht
Portland
Oregon
California
J. E. Klassen
Shafter Building
Viola
Viola Suderman
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Elizabeth Voth
J. H. Voth
Miss Voth
Orange County Hospital
Z. C. Bartel
Allan
Tabor
Ernest Siemens
Tabor College
G. J. Siemens
D. O. Moore
Rosedale
Pete Goertzen
Emil Stoller
Home Appliance Co
Reedley
David Unruh
Mr. Unruh
D. J. Unruh
A. D. Klassen
Bill
Harold Unruh
Wasco
B. D. Wiebe
Earl Becker
H. A. Warkintine
John J. Peters
Ike Peters
Lebec
Little Phylis Peters
Southland
Pauline Payne
Payne’s
Sue Wilson
F. W. Handels
F. W. Handel
August Mettler
Harlin Wilson
Mountain Cabin
Jack Singer
P. L. Arnold
Murray Arnold
Hare
Southern
Yuletide
Taylor Tabb
Betty
Tabb
Donald Fulton
Downey and Covina
Clara E. Thomas
Roy Pasley
M. B
T. R. Nickel
Earlimart
Bethlehem
Delano
Cluu
Alma Whitaker
James J. L. Hill
H. M. Hitchcock
F. P. Jones
R. W. Jacobsen
H. R. Janzen
Theatre Usherette
Southland Visitor
James Reily
Ralph Lachenmaier
James
Billy Lachenmaier
C. H. Strom
Strom
H. O. Bender
Fellows
Glenn
Nay
Virginia
Alabama
Glenn O. Nay
George Harrison
Hanford
H. C. Stormo
Abe Neufeld
Justesen’s
Linda Unruh
Miss Unruh
H. E. Unruh
Mr. Neufeld
A. B Neufeld
Charles Ransbury
L. O. Etter
Sacramento
Lery O Dillingham
Ray Ferguson
Bank of America
Mr. Ferguson
Ray L. Dye
Dye
Beauty and Electric Shops
Mr. Dye
Sam Dye
Harold
Barbara Dye
Riverside
Ray Dye
Dye’s Beauty and Electric Shops
E. A. Luce
Henderson Electric Motor Co
T. V
M. B. Church
T.at
Richfield Station
Visalia
Tian
Shafter Mercantile Co
Federated Stores
Rane C
Penn
Toggery
Shatter, California
Pioneer
Adolph Zukor
Frank Lloyds
Wells Tar Army
Tier Leu
Eleanor Powell Nelson Eddy
Rosalie
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