Aunt Honors Miss Schmidt At Shower
A bridal shower for Alberta Schmidt of Rosedale was hosted by her aunt and co hosted by Mrs Leo Schmidt at Mrs William Goertzen’s home on resno avenue Tuesday evening. Alberta Schmidt will wed Lawrence Elrich February 20 at Bakersfield First Methodist Church. Guests included D D Schmidt Henry Kroeker Dave Strauss Robert Marlatt Jake Bergen Albert Janzen Delmer Mettler Esther Goertzen Neva Glasser Wasco Barbara Becker Gladine Becker Loretta Becker Diane Strauss Esther Neufeld Mary Lou Enns and others.
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William Goertzen
Resno Avenue
Alberta Schmidt
Rosedale
Leo Schmidt
Miss Schmidt
D. D. ‘Schmidt
Shafter
Lawrence Elrich
Bakersfield
Peter Elrich
D. D. Schmidt
Henry, Kroeker
Dave Strauss
Robert Marlatt
Jake Bergen
Albert Janzen
Delmer Mettler
Esther Efioertzen
Neva Glasser
Wasco
Barbara Becker
Geraldine Becker
Loretta Becker
Di‘ane Strauss
Esther Neufeld
Mary Lou Enns
John Balzer
BPW Plans Dance and Dinner Event Dates
BPW members schedule a dance at Veterans Memorial Hall with music by the Scott Cecil Quartet led by Charlie Cecil. A dinner and jewelry party are planned for March 7 at the home of Mrs Minnie eCormac in South Shafter. Jeanette Wheeler chairs the dance. Club members meet at Motel Canelo at 7 30 p m. Leslie W Hedge Bakersfield West High School principal will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie eCormac
South Shafter
Jeanette Wheeler
Veterans Memorial Hall
Scott Cecil
Charlie Cecil
Canelo
Delano Bpw
Leslie W. Hedge
Bakersfield
West High School
Slumber Party Honors 17-Year-Old Marva Steele
A birthday slumber party for Marva Steele 17 honored at the Steele home on Kimberlina Road. Horizon Club members attended. guests enjoyed midnight cake jello and cold drinks then opened gifts and prepared breakfast. Attending were Donna Weitz Hare Cook West Blizard Mettler Stoller Stoller Regehr Pearson McBee Moor Jenkins Nixon Crabb Gibson Burnquist and Irene Kern sent a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marva Steele
Cecil L. Steele
Kimberlina Road
Horizon Club
Donna *Weitz
Donna Hare
Patsy Cook
Winifred West
Donna Blizard
Marian Mettler
Phyllis Stoller
Ya Vonne
la Velle Stoller
Lavina Regehr
Nelda Pearson
Norma McBee
Belvin Moor
Donna Jenkins
Norma Nixon
Maudie Crabb
Jan Gibson
KarenBurnquist
Irene Kern
Daughter Son Plan Visit with Hobbses
Mr and Mrs W F Hobbs of Beech Avenue expect their daughter and son and family for the weekend. They will be joined by Mr and Mrs Clell Spradlin and two daughters of Taft and their son Raymond Harold Hobbs of Taft who recently returned from Korea after nine months. The Hobbs son, now a reservist with the Army, was recently involved in an automobile wreck but escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Hobbs
Beech Avenue
Clell Spradlin
Taft
Raysmond Harold Hobbs
Korea
Hobbs
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Founded in San Francisco
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company was founded in San Francisco in February 1878, marking the birth of a major communications provider. The record notes the city of origin and the founding date as key historical facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pacific Telephone and Telegraphic
San Francisco
Three Generations Honor Octogenarian Ben Blackmon
Family and friends gathered in Veterans Memorial Hall to celebrate Ben Blackmon’s 80th birthday. Nine children, 21 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren shared a chicken dinner cake ice cream and well wishes. Many relatives from Bakersfield Modesto Newark Whittier Pico and other areas attended with neighbors and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Blackmon
Veterans Memorial Hall
Larry
Carl
Darrel
Jerry
Blackmon
Bakersfield
Lorraine
Carol Holloway
Mike
David Wilson
Tommy
Susan Coughran
Debra Yarber
Newark
Diana Angie
Modesto
Paul Nichols
Wilbur Tree
Wanda
Montebello
Bob Evans
Billie Foster
Shatter
Stringhams Bound for Month Trip to Hawaii
Mr and Mrs E B Stringham of Faber Street left Monday noon by plane on the first leg of their month long trip to Hawaii They originally left Sunday but weather prevented their San Francisco landing They will enplane for the Islands A family dinner was held before departure at the home of their daughter and family Mr and Mrs M L Wiedmann Cross Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Stringham
Faber Street
Hawaii
San Francisco
Islands
Cross Street
Betty Brooks Betrothal Told
The engagement of Miss Betty Brooks to Raymond Marquardt was announced last week. Brooks works at Wasco bank and has lived in Wasco since her parents moved from Maple to Lower Lake. Marquardt is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Marquardt of Samoa and serves in the Air Force stationed at Edwards AFB near Mojave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Betty Brooks
King Brooks
Raymond
Marquardt
The
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave
Maple 4 Hers Model Dresses at Kern Show
Maple 4 H Club members Janice Baker and Martha Mitchell joined 16 other county girls modeling costumes from cotton bags at the Modern Misses Fashion Show held at Golden State Junior High School auditorium Bakersfield. The event featured outfits ranging from sportswear to party wear with narration by Sally Curtis and judges, bailiff, and a jury from several clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Baker
Martha Mitchell
Maple 4-H Club
Golden State Junior High School
Bakersfield
Janice
Martha
Sally Curtis
Panama Club
Susie Nicodemus
Greeley Club
Don Clark
Magunden’ Club
Don Thoene
Rio Bravo Club
Linda Oliver
Mary Jane Acklin
Wasco Club
Wedding of Miss Songer and Loyd Sasser Unites 100 Guests
One hundred guests attended Friday’s ceremony at the Church of Christ in Geraldine for Lois Songer and Loyd Lee Sasser. The couple, both from Bakersfield areas, were joined by a pastor Claude Truex as the crowd witnessed a double ring rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Songer
Loyd Sasser
Church of Christ of Geraldine
Lois Songer
F. FE. Songer
Shafter Avenue
Loyd Lee Sasser
Desxin Saceer
Bakersfield
Claude Truex
Mason Alexander
Bill Cronnan
Norma Holliman
Frankie Trantham
Odie Sprankle Lee Johnson
Birthday Trio Honored At Bakersfield Afternoon Event
A Sunday afternoon triple birthday celebration was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sid Dawe in Bakersfield. Honorees included Mrs. Dawe Mrs. H W Kelly and Mrs. E C Eckmann. A P Ohanneson showed Europe photos while birthday cake coffee and gifts were shared. Attendees included H W Kelly A P Ohanneson E C Eckmann Sid Dawe Jim Thrasher and H C Henderson.
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Bakersfield
Sid Dawe
Dawe
H. W. Kelly
E. C. Eckmann
Europe
A. P. Ohanneson
Messrs
H.W. Kelly
A. P. ‘Ohanneson
Jim Thrasher
H. C. Henderson
Birthday celebration honors Neva Becker at church social
Mrs Becker hosts after church services a birthday party for daughter Neva Becker assisted by Mrs Frank Enns and Mary Lou Enns. Guests include Carolyn Bergen Ofelia Rosales Jeanette Eve lyn Ediger Lillian Loewen Dorothy Watts Barbara Wiens and others. Games singing refreshments and a luggage gift from the group marked the gathering.
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Otto. Becker
Neva
Frank D. Enns
Mary Lou Enns
Carolyn Bergen
Ofelia Rosales
Jeanette
Evelyn Ediger
Lillian Loewen
Dorothy Watts
Barbara Wiens
Shirley Neufeld
Neva Becker
Diana Strauss
Chris Mosely
Waymon Lequieu
Bob
Waymon Watts
Bob Strauss
Bill Siemens
Don Isaac
Emerson Froese
Max Tudor
Marvin Panter
Dale Scales
Dale
Dean Knox
Gordon Kliewer
Harold Gaede
Charles
Emerson
Pat Mills
CAP Southern Area Dance at Police Academy in Los Angeles
CAP members from the Southern area attend their first semi annual dinner and dance on February 21 at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park. The event aims to better acquaint attendees with the wing commander and fellow CAP members and features professional entertainment dancing dinner and awards. Kern County Squadron 111 based at Shafter Airport will send representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Los Angeles_ Police Academy
Elysian Park
CAP
Kern County
Shafter Airport
Education 2000 Topic Of Wednesday Club Talk
Ross Harrington of Richland School spoke to the Wednesday Afternoon Club in Veterans Memorial Hall on education in 1900 today, now, and projected for 2000. Mrs. T. W. Little introduced him as program chairman, and the club planned a donation to the Friends of America fund for Piute land buyback near Caliente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.D
Ross Harrington
Richland School
Veterans Memorial Hall
Harrington
T. W. Little
E.C. Eckmann
Mesdames
Thomas Wedge
John J. Peters
William’ Lachenmaier
Bert Ware
Club
Friends of America Fund
Sixth Graders Surprise Teacher at Richland
A Richland School sixth grade class surprised Miss Dorothy Fee with a birthday party last week. The room mother, Mrs. Harry Blumkin, brought cake while students contributed ice cream and cologne. Party committee members were Ronald Blumkin, Jane Jones and Carol Witcher.
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Dorothy Fee
Richland School
Harry Blumkin
Cecil Hight Relatives Weekend Guests
Relatives of Mr and Mrs Cecil B Hight Jr were weekend guests at their Klassen avenue home. Attending a chicken dinner Saturday were Mrs Hights niece and husband Mr and Mrs Paul Kirchoff of Atlantic IA their nephew and wife Mr and Mrs Raymond Hummel of San Bernardino and her parents Mr and Mrs L J Meisky of Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. Hight, Jr
Klassen Avenue
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Alberta
Hobbses
Pyrenees Cafe
Sumner Street
Fred Blackmon
Leonard Blackmon Jr
Bert Holloway
Dan Meyers
John-Wilson
Richard Coughran
Brian Cox
James Yarber Jy
Arthur Yarber
Sacramento
William Yarber
Ripon
Charlene Yarber
Robert Angie
Bennie Dean Blackmon
Joy Blackmon
Perry Blackmon
Bob Blackmon
Garry Blackmon
Donnie
Powell
Dwight Sissell
Dennis Sissell
Whittier
Beverly
Steven Cole
Pico
Stringhams
Hers
Kern
Maple Clubbers
Maple Club
Christine Goertzen
Lela Kelley
Nancy Engel
Bonnie Heinrichs
Evelyn Penner
Ruby Kelly
Lois
Anna Marie Epp
Karen Wiens
Karen Bartell
Karen Nickel
Freda Douglas
Beverly Ehrhorn
Carolyn Siemens
Shafter Club
Doy Trout
Betty Wison
Dan’ Heinrichs
Shafter High School
Bakersfield High School
Navy
Honolulu
Silas Kelley
Walter Nicol
Caliente
D. H. Lundy
William Lowe
George Collins
J. C. Hodges
William Fairbanks
Marvin Hoover
Jack Austin
T. N
Tut) Anderson
Fred .Mason
Channing Crandall
Glenn Long
Harold Miller
Evelyn Scott
Richland
Ronald Blumkin
Jane Jones
Carol Witcher
Cecil Hight
James
Shafter Theatre
Michael Rennie
Debra Paget
Richard Denning
Jean Willes
Hong Kong
Valentine
Saylor
Brown & Haley
Stringham's Shafter Drug 301 Central
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