Jo Ann Mettler to Wed Ross Johnson in April
Mr and Mrs Calvin Mettler announce the engagement of their daughter Jo Ann Mettler to Ross Johnson son of Mrs Idabelle Johnson of Shafter. Jo Ann was class secretary four years a CSF member and active in GAA. Johnson serves in the Coast Guard at San Pedro. They plan to marry in April and live in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Johnson
JO Ann Mettler
Calvin Mettler
Jo Ann
Idabelle Johnson
Shafter
Led Shafter
JoAnn
CSF
GAA
Johnson
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Long Beach
Shafter Doubles Wasco In Car Registrations
A temporary DMV office in Shafter and Wasco handled a two week registration drive. Shafter recorded 3615 registrations totaling $103,114 while Wasco totaled 1750 registrations for $46,309. Lewis Woodard of Shafter headed the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Wasco
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Lewis Woodard
Lions Help County Schools Obtain Honor Pins
Lions Clubs of Shafter Oildale and McFarland donated 150 to Kern Music Educators Association to fund pins for Honor Elementary Band Orchestra and Chorus members. The 11th Annual Honor Orchestra and Chorus Festival will be held at Harvey Auditorium Bakersfield with no admission. Guest directors include Lauris Jones and Dr Charles Hirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Auditorium
Bakersfield
Dick Southwick
Richland
Lauris Jones
Occidental College
Charles Hirt
University of Southern California
Births and a Navy Icebreaker Crashes Mentioned
A daughter Kim Renee Presley was born February 3 at Mercy Hospital weighing seven pounds three ounces to Kenneth and wife. Grandparents are Cruse of Lamont and Presley of Shafter. A son Douglas Robert Jensen weighed eight pounds ten ounces at birth with siblings Karen Deanna Judy and Denny. Jensen is noted as former Shafter High School principal. The USS Glacier icebreaker reportedly crashed through Antarctic sea ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Renee
Kenneth Presley
Mercy Hospital
Regina
G. C. Cruse
Lamont
Owen Presley
Shafter
Grant Jensen
Shafterites
Bakersfield
Douglas Robert
Karen
Deanna
Judy
Denny
Jensen
Shafter High School
Shafter Humane Officer Resigns
Shafter loses humane officer Dale Proctor after six months. He left to take a better paying job. The city council heated discussion over a dog control ordinance last summer left a successor appointment tabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Dale Proctor
Senior Class Banquet Set for Thursday Evening
The annual Senior Class banquet at Shafter High School will be held Thursday in the high school cafeteria. Guest speaker is Dr. Grant Jensen, principal of South High School. Committee chairs include Donna Waters and Diana Mettler. advisers are Mrs. Amelia Cornell and Mr. Dennis Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Amelia Cornell
Grant Jensen
South High School
Shafter High
Hone
Donna Waters
Diana Mettler
Sharon Turner
Reba Sill
Louise Fuller
Glen Putman
Ward
Amlia Cornell
Amlia Corall
Dennis Foreman
Sermon Focuses on Soul and Sense in Christian Science
The Lesson-Sermon on "Soul" presents God as the soul and spirit of all being in Christian Science churches this Sunday. It cites David in Psalm 43:5 asking his soul why it is cast down and urging hope in God as the health of his countenance and his God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Christian Science Lecture Sunday In Wasco
Free Christian Science lecture by Florice Middaugh of Los Angeles is Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the Masonic Hall Wasco corner Seventh and Broadway. The talk titled Christian Science The science of the teachings of Christ Jesus invites the public. Middaugh tours on behalf of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florice Middaugh
Los Angeles
Masonic Hall
Seventh and
Broadway
Wasco
Miss Middaugh
Colorado
Christian Science Board of Lectureship
Neva Becker- Dale Knox Wedding at Mennonite Church
Miss Neva Becker married Dale N Knox of Wasco at the Mennonite Brethren Church with about 450 guests. The ceremony occurred on a Saturday evening with music, gowns of taffeta, and a reception in the church social hall. The couple plans to live in Wasco where Knox works for H M Holloway and Becker for Pacific Yeast Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Becker
Dale Knox
Mennonite Brethren Church
Dale N. Knox
Wasco
Henry Dick
Las Vegas
Death Valley
H. M. Holloway
Knox
Pacific Yeast Company
Kern County Singing Convention at First Southern Baptist
The Kern County Singing Convention meets next Sunday at 2:00 p m in First Southern Baptist Church at Sunset and Kern streets Reverend Sam Wilcoxson invites the public to attend and bring guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
First Southern Baptist Church
Sunset and
Kern Streets
Sam Wilcoxson
Social Security Rep Visit In Shafter Tuesday
A Bakersfield Social Security representative will be in Shafter on Tuesday February 18 from 9 30 a.m. to noon in the Assembly Room County Building to assist workers with social security accounts and credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Mrs Adolph Kirschenmann Recovers At Home After Illness
Mrs Adolph Kirschenmann rests comfortably at her Cross street home following a serious illness. Her husband, the city mayor, has been moved to Mercy Nursing Home in Bakersfield and is available for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Kirschenmann
Cross Street
Mercy Nursing Home
Bakersfield
Final Rites Held For Max Bell 61
Funeral services were conducted at Nazarene Church of Shafter for Max Bell aged 61. He died February 7 in Fresno and is survived by wife Essie, daughter Margaret Smith, and a grandchild. Interment followed at Shafter cemetery with Armstrong Mortuary handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Church
Shafter
Max Bell
Orange Ave
Fresno
John Esterline
Shafter Cemetery
Mr. Bell
Milton
Okla
Veteran
Margaret Smith
Armstrong Mortuary
P T A Board Sets Rules Revisions and Meeting
Richland P T A executive board met in the library to discuss revisions of standing rules and vote on changes. The group noted a well baby clinic role for Mrs Corliss Smith and planned a district meeting at Standard School on February 21 with reservations due February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gloeckler
Richland Parent Teachers Association
Ezra Suderman
Corliss Smith
Art Kadel
Smith
Louis Francis
Standard School
Beth Schardt
Alvina Berman
Sarah Suderman
Dick Southwick
Vincent Sakowski
Bruce Crawford
Avis Johnson
Georgia Turner
Reg Hammond
June Smith
Georgette Kadel
Rosie Wiens
Martha Enns
Elma Wilson
Lyda Hoover
Merle ‘Mettler
Genevieve Craig
Joe Norris
Lawrence Schellenberg
Marge Albright
T V Littles Named Honor Members of Mineral Society
Mr and Mrs T V Little awarded honorary life memberships by Kern County Mineral Society at Bakersfield meeting. Little was a charter member and first president of the group now over 100 members strong. Five Shafter families belong. Robert Diltz of Shafter Wasco Irrigation district spoke on general geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. V. Little
The
Kern County Mineral Society
Bakersfield
Little
Shafter
Robert Diltz
Shafter-Wasco
Book Club to Meet at Mrs Jacobsen’s Home
Members of the Shafter Women’s Club are invited to join the Book Review Section at Mrs John Jacobsen’s Sycamore Street residence next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs James True of Wasco, former Shafterite, will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Womans Club
John Jacobsen
Sycamore Street
James True
Wasco
Shafterite
Shafter High PTA Plans Tuesday Meeting and Founders Day Program
Shafter High School PTA will meet Tuesday February 18 in the cafeteria with a pot luck supper. The program includes an old fashioned spelling bee for students and parents. Founders Day honors past presidents and awards a life membership. Mrs. Irvin Toews chairs the Founders Day committee. Also noted is the February 15 1890 sinking of the battleship USS Maine with 260 of 350 crew lost near Havana Cuba.
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Shafter High School
John Sellers
PTA
Irvin Toews
Maine
Havana
Cuba
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LIONS
Stork
Gacier
Ice Sound
Antarctica
Esther Williams
Ogle Bros
Richland Tract
Deeter Constructon, Inc
Shafter Humane Officer
Christian Science
Shafter Public Utility District
Tulare Avenues
City Hall
James Street
California
W. H. Johnston
Ophelia Rosales
Travis O. Rogers
Piné Castle Air Force Base
Orlando
Florida
Don Isaac
Gerald Wedel
Marlene Enns
Paul Bergen
Leonard Gaede
Elmer Unruh
Lowell Bergman
Carolyn Bergen
Otto Becker
Maple District
Maple
Wasco High School
Pacific Bible Institute
San Jose State
Claude Knox
Jessie Sullivan
Santa Ana
Bakersfield College
UCLA
Mr. and
Mrs
Social Security Administration
Central Valley Highway
P.t.a.board
T. V. Littles
Shafter High Pta
Burnett
H. Green
A. C
Smiley
Shafter Phone Pioneer
Hanes
Connie
Hemingsons
Shafter Mercantile CO
Friendly Department Store Central
Santa Fe
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