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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
4
Irvinfire praises the Chrysler Royal model, touting styling and class appeal from bumper to tail-light. Shafter Motor Elite Social Circles members urge car owners to test drive the new Royal to judge its power plant and overall value.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Fowler announce the birth of a daughter Janet Yvonne born December 29 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield She weighed seven pounds ten ounces The maternal grandparents of the child are named in the notice.
Mr and Mrs M P Beal welcomed their first child a son born December 30 at 10 50 am Wasco Maternity Home The infant has been named Robert Wayne.
Obituaries record Benjamin Cavins dying at 77 with wife Mary and many children in Shafter. Katherine Dollinger dies at 80 with numerous survivors from Shafter and California. John B. Watkins dies at 82 with two daughters and siblings. G L Warram of Modesto dies with wife Flora, two sons, a daughter and six grandchildren. Services set in Shafter churches and Greenlawn Cemetery burial plans.
Robert H. Somers arrives in Shafter to establish his permanent home after decades handling technical insurance issues in San Joaquin Valley. He served as field supervisor for the Royal Liver group of insurance underwriters and is noted as an Elk Eagle and Legionaire.
Mrs Olive Voth born November 7 1903 in Jacobs town North Dakota lived there until 1936 then moved to Shafter She is survived by her husband Dan a son Dale three daughters Gwendolyn Gottfried Beverly and Sharlet all of Shafter one sister and seven brothers Services Thursday January 5 at 2 00 PM at Seventh Day Adventist Church Elder B A Riele will officiate burial in Shafter Cemetery Flickinger Janzen Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
Kelly and Somers establish a new insurance agency in Shafter for 1950. H. W. Kelly known as Pat and partner of Kelly & Channgson form the firm with Bob Somers, praised as highly trained in the San Joaquin Valley insurance field. The agency promises expert service and full client protection at minimal cost.
The Shafter 20-30 Club held its annual Ladies Night at El Adobe Club in Bakersfield on Wednesday January 4. Officers for the coming year were installed and the program featured stunts by Bob Devlin and Don Wiggington of the Bakersfield Dramatic Club. Emcee was Greg Pasent with John Channeson, Sargeant at Arms, and directors Harvey Netman and Chuck Klassen.
Longtime local figure Phill Ohanneson has shown weeks of steady improvement following a heart attack. Family and visitors report cautious progress as he remains under medical care.
H. W. K. introduces Pat Kelly of Kelly and Channeson, a real estate firm active in selling sub divisions and related land work to foster Shafter’s expansion. The piece notes Kelly’s insurance business may gain new clients through this activity.
Mr and Mrs Richard Arnold attended a New Year's Eve dinner dance hosted by Doctor and Mrs John Castiglione at the Tu lare Gun Club in Visalia.
Mrs M H Pegues, mother of Mrs Richard Arnold, has flown to visit. Details of the trip and destination are not provided in the fragment.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Todd and their daughter have returned from Pacific Grove where they spent the holiday at their summer home.
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