Corrine Mettler Receives Surprise Shower Honoring Bride
Corrine Mettler was feted at a surprise miscellaneous shower on January 19 at the home of Maxine Mettler. Gifts for a new home were opened after dinner. The event was hosted by Maxine and attended by Freda Mettler Elaine Klaudt and other guests. Corrine will wed Harold Garrish on January 30 at St Francis Church Bakersfield. A miniature bride doll stood as centerpiece.
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Corrine Mettler
Maxine Mettler
Miss Mettler
Harold Garrish
St. Francis Church
Bakersfield
Freda Mettler
Elaine Klaudt
Mesdames
Robert Warren
Harold Schnaidt
Herschel Rodgers
Harvey Neuman
Phil Ohanneson Hosts At Dinner
Mr and Mrs Phil Ohannesons welcomed guests to dinner on January 16 at their Manuel Ave home. Attending were Mr and Mrs late Tim Kenny Mr and Mrs A R Hraw ul Patt Mr and Mrs Johny Ohanns SAN David and Vi Frances Ohanic and the hosts guests were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Ohanheson
Vening
Manuel Ave
Tim Kenny
Ste
A. R
Aw Ul Patt
Johny Ohanns San
David
Vi Frances Ohanic
Hestss
Reunion on Okinawa for Sgt. Robert A. Simmons
Mrs. Robert Simmons received word of a reunion on Okinawa Island where her husband Sgt. Robert A. Simmons was a guest of Capt. and Mrs. James Rosentiel on December 29. The pair, former Shafter residents, enjoyed a dinner together as Simmons was recently appointed fast-sergeant of his squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Simmons
Okinawa
Robert A. Simmons
James Rosentiel
Simmons
Bruner Delivers Talk at Lompoc Baptist Youth Event
Mr. Joe Bruner of Shafter High School spoke at the Baptist Church of Lompoc during the Santa Barbara Association of Baptist Youth Fellowship conference. The banquet theme was Discipleship and his topic Victorious Discipleship. He led the recreation program Saturday including a hike and ball games.
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Joe Bruner
Shafter High School
Baptist Church of
Lompoc
Santa Barbara Association’ of Baptist Youth Fellowship
Bruner
Shafterman
Marriage Of Former Shafter Girl Told
Shafter friends note the marriage of former Shafter resident Cora Mitchell to Henri de Vries Pete now in Wilmington Delaware. Vries is a senior student at Faith Theological Seminary Wilmington and formerly worked at the Shafter Press. The couple plan to reside at No 5 Main Avenue Jarederson Park Wilmington Delaware.
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Shafter
Cora
Mitchell
Henri de: Vries Pete
Jaharedson Park
Wilmingtony
Delawware
Jr Women’s Club Hear Home Maker Talk Tomorrow
The Juror: Women's Club will host an evening program tomorrow at eight oclock at the Woman's Club House. Miss Teresa Bartershings a home economist for the Pearl and Beetrie Company Bakersfield will preside and present fare and show entertainment. Hostesses include Rilen Evans Lois Curtis Peggy Duerksen and Annabel Thomipson. Tommy Wedge completes 12 weeks of primary construction driver school at the Naval Station in Partition California before heading to Kodiak Alaska. He traveled via Seattle after visiting in Shafter with the Thomas Wedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Club
Tamarow
Woman’s Club
Teresa Bartershings
Hime
Rilen Evans
Lois Curtis
Peggy Duerksen
Annabel Thomipson
Wedge
Tommy Wedge
C.D.C.P
Thomas
Ihe
California
Seattle
Kodiak
Alaska
Shafter
Thomas Wedges
P T A to Hold County Legislative Institute
Three state chairmen of the California Congress of P T A will lead a county wide legislative institute at 10 a m January 26 in Oeschli Hall at the First Methodist Church Bakersfield Officials from County school systems and Seventh District participate with P T A in planning the event The program aims to inform P T A members school administrators school boards and the public about legislative procedures and policy impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Congress of P.-T. A
Oeschli Hall
First Methodist Church
Bakersfield
P.-T.a
To. P.T
North of Town Social Notes Mention Regional Visits
Mrs. Henry Ment and family from North Dakota visited the Mettlers in Park Lane Bradley Couver of South Dakota visited his uncle John Alexander and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ball and children visited relatives. Mrs. Nina Green and infant son returned from Bakersfield hospital. Various local residents and families welcomed guests and reported hospital stays and recoveries.
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Henry Ment
North Dakota
August Mettler
Park Lane
Bradley
Cora Mayo
Emmett Harp
Robert
Edison
Allis Harp
Larry
Bakersfield
Jess Righbour
Tommie
Rosedale
Opal
Williams
Max Mayo
Johnnie
Pete Nance
Dewey Emerson
Shafter
Birthday Dinner Fetes Mrs Harry Thompson at Port Hueneme Home
A birthday dinner for Mrs. Harry Thompson was held Sunday evening January 16 at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Wedge. Thomas Wedge presented a cake decorated with pink and blue roses and inscribed Happy Birthday Annabel. Family present included Bill Mary and Thomas Wedge with C D C P of Port Hueneme.
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Harry. Thompson
Thomas Wedge
Harry
Dinne Thompson
Annabel
Thompson
Bill
Mary
C.D.C.P
Port Hueneme
Andersons Host Dinner Party at Sierra Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs Elmer Anderson hosted a dinner party on Saturday evening with an Italian buffet. Guests included Robert Warren Arnold Koehn Marvin Lane Channing Crandall Bill Neessen and the hosts. Absent were Mr and Mrs Robert Senn.
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Elmer Anderson
Sierra Avenue
Robert Warren
Arnold Koehn
Marvin Lane
Channing Crandall
Bill Neessen
Kenneth Howell
Robert Senn
Voters urged to approve Maple District tax plan today
Registered voters in Wasco Union High School district and Maple precincts vote this afternoon from 1 to 7 at Maple School on a proposed tax increase for operational expenses. Letters signed by twenty district representatives urge approval as essential for minimum operations with no extra reserves or new building programs.
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Wasco
Union High School
Scaroni
Maple
Mobile X ray Units Survey Buttonwillow and Nearby Areas
The Mobile X ray Unit of the Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association visited McKitrick Buttonwillow and the Belridge Oil Lease. A total of 485 X rays were taken with 57 at McKittrick and 125 at the Belridge Club House. In Buttonwillow 303 persons were X-rayed as the PTA and local volunteers led the effort.
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Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
McKittrick
Buttonwillow
Belridge
Olig Ptta
2Clridge
P.T. A
Jennie Cauzzo
Quintilia Romanini
Nancy Romanini
Ruth Palla
Margaret Graves
Thelma Lie
R. A. Benson
Queen Throckmorton
Farm Bureau extends memberships despite drive ending
The Farm Bureau announces a continued membership drive with a $10 yearly rate. Local officials say memberships remain available even though the bureau’s official drive closed last Saturday.
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The
Farm Bureau
Nat
Wasco Woman's Club to Host State Art Chief Speaker
Mrs. Helen M Murphy of Inglewood California art chairman of the California Federation of Woman's Clubs will be guest speaker at the Wasco Woman's Club meeting today January 25 at 2 pm. Mrs George Wright local art chairman invites nearby clubs to attend a musical program arranged by Mrs John Peters II as soloist.
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Helen M Murphy
Inglewood
California Federation of Woman's Clubs
Wasco Woman’ S Club
George Wright
John Peters, II
Demonstration at Nicol Home Slated
Miss Dorothy Wilkinson Kern County Home Demonstration Agent will demonstrate food preparation for freezing storage at Mrs Walter Nicol’s home. She will showcase vegetables fruits chicken and pastry per Agriculture Department guidance and attendees will receive printed instruction circulars. The Nicol home lies one mile north and five miles west of Shafter on Magnolia Avenue.
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Dorothy Wilkinson
Kern County
Walter Nicol
Department of Agriculture
Nicol
Shafter
Magnolia Avenue
Fresno
Altar Society to Stage Fund Drive
Mrs. Burley Dooley hosted St. Therese Altar Society at her Golden West Avenue home for a regular meeting. Plans were made for spring activities focused on raising funds for a new parish building. Refreshments followed. attendees included Mesdames Jack Sill Joe Frizzell Henry Guidera Carl Hauphman Clifford Weaver Sylvia Baughman Alfred Mortimotte Jesse Cohen.
Wesley family departs for Prosser Washington
Mr. and Mrs Don Wesley and son Lyman departed Sunday for their home at Prosser Washington after visiting two months at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Wesley and other relatives.
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Don Wesley
Lyman
Prosser
Wash
Frank Wesley
Girl Born to Sin Woo Family in Shafter
Mr and Mrs Sin Woo of Shafter welcome a baby girl born last Wednesday at Mercy Hospital weighing eight pounds.
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Sin Woo
Shafter
Botn
Mercy” Hospital
Art Association Schedules Varied Programs This Thursday
The Art Association convenes in full meeting Thursday with a lineup including Eda Jane Wolff led ballet and tap routines, Roberta Pentzer's Flamanco Tap, Peggy Walston’s Barrel Tap Rhythm, Nan cy Renfree’s Alexander’s Rag Time Band, and more. An oil and water color exhibit by Mrs Ida Stallings of Woodward will also be shown with pieces such as Lilacs and The Country Road. Miss Margaret Smithberg, a high school faculty member, will deliver a dramatic reading.
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Ren
Terry Thurman
Joyce Simmons
Jack Weaverling
Margaret Smithberg
Ida Stallings
Woodward
Oklahoma
San Francisco Peaks
Arizona
Life
Blue Mums
Notice to contact Red Cross in Bakersfield chapter
Mrs. Rose Holcomb-Salatino is asked to reach the Bakersfield Red Cross Chapter at 2504 M Street via phone 4-8427 for further instructions and assistance.
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Rose Holcomb - Salatino
Red Cross
Bakersfield
M Street
Phon
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Tom Harris
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Mabel Myrick Slouth
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San Joaquin Hospital
Lettie Tyreen
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Fred Taylor
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Edward J. Peters
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Board of Directors
Wedensday
Edward Thiessen
Clarence Annin
D. O. Rogers
Maple District
Taxi Service
Robert L. Jones
Wasea
Transféey
Rade Insteek
Rogers
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Norma Nicol
Scott _McMichael
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Linda Smith
Arlene Ehrhorn
Benny Garcia
Tracy
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C. W. Sherwin
Guy Berry
Joe Lewis
Melvin Friesen
Los Angeles
Arthur Ehrhorn
Rev. Friesen
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Chicago
Christian’ Youth Fellowship
Charles Brock
Eugene
Philippines
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Ethel Rey
American Legion Auxiliary
Wasco Woman's Club
Harris Calorific CO
Cleveland, Ohio
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Auto Parts
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Jack Hinsley
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