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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1962
Page
3
More than 650 men and women were named to the Dean's List for outstanding scholastic achievement during the Fall quarter of the 1961 42 academic year. John L. Stone of Rt. 1 Box 409 is among the acknowledged honorees.
In December the group enjoyed a Christmas party at the Ben Gossen home hosted by Mrs. Ben Gossen Jr. In January the members held a baby shower for Mrs. William Alves whose husband is a new principal. Mrs. Alves has since given birth to a son Jimmy. Mrs. Lew Sutton is president.
Margaret Warkentin and Wayne Miss Warkentin announce an April 14 wedding. She is a Shafter High School alumna who studied at Bakersfield College and Western Baptist Bible College at Ferrito. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J E Matherly of Brawley and attended Imperial Valley College.
The Christian Society at 7th and Palm Wasco presents a Sunday lesson on Soul with scriptural references from Chronicles and a quotation by Mary Baker Eddy stating happiness is spiritual and shared, arising from Truth and Love. The text discusses gratitude praise and the communal nature of true happiness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for George Allen Smith. Burial followed in the Garden of Memory section at Grenlawn Memorial Park.
Kart racing arrives in the Shafter-Wasco area on Sunday with top drivers from the state competing in the Spinduro. Local entrants include James Grady Gaylen Dirksen and Earl Newman. Time trials start at 10 4 m and racing begins at 12 30, featuring standard three heat races.
The excerpt cites the Golden Text from Isaiah 6 3 praising the Lord of hosts and the earth full of his glory. The passage emphasizes reverence and the belief that security lies in maintaining sacred devotion within communal keeping.
The event offers three heat stages totaling 110 laps with 10, 20 and 80 laps, featuring pit stops and relief drivers. Admission is one dollar per car load as spectators gather for the Northern track on Central Valley Highway between Shafter and Wasco.
Funeral services for Hazel Sumpter 83 of West Tulare Avenue Shafter will be held today at 2 pm at Angelus Abbey Mausoleum Compton She was a Texas native who lived in Shafter many years and died Thursday in Bakersfield hospital She is survived by sisters Mattie Riggs Torrance and Hattie Stansell New Mexico Robert L Jones Funeral Home Wasco in charge of arrangements
Guests hid to their embroidery hoops and thimbles for a shower honoring Lanie White on January 22 at Bakersfield. The mother was absent for a hospital appointment as she welcomed her first child, a son named Russell Scott, weighing 7 pounds.
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