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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1953
Page
4
Mr and Mrs John Balzer and their children spent the Fourth of July weekend on a lakes outing to Hume and Sequoia. The family recreation highlighted the holiday with boating and picnics amid scenic scenery.
Sewing Circle members of the First Mennonite Church invited their husbands to dinner at Fior D Italia in Bakersfield. Afterward the group played miniature golf with Mrs. Maurice Connell as evening chairperson. Attendees included Tony Heller Maurice Connell Jack Nikkel Lester Neufeld Albert Proese Don Knowles Mrs J C Warneke Darlene Schmidt Benny Giesbrecht Verna Lee Schmidt.
Mrs Estelle Edwards of Shafter married Cloys Smith of Bakersfield in a simple home ceremony at 242 Faber Street. The bride wore a pink nylon dress with black accessories and was attended by the hosts. The bride is a former Shafter beautician and the groom works for an oil company in Lamont.
Barbara Maupin hosted a Fourth of July gathering Saturday night featuring fireworks in her yard. Guests included Joan Eckmann, Dorothy Weitz, Verna Peters, June Thompson, Mike Brown, Glen Putman, Bonner Boel and Dennis Bledsoe. at 540 Acacia Street guests enjoyed cake ice cream and soft drinks.
A pink and white gladioli decorated room hosted a wedding shower for Mrs. Robert Eldridge at Mrs. Max Bell’s Smiths Corner home. Joyce Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bell of East Orange Ave, was honored. the couple later married at the Southern Baptist Church. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake and punch. attendees included many local residents and relatives. The couple’s honeymoon took place in the north, and they reside nearby. The bride is a Shafter and Bakersfield graduate who worked at Kirby's Shoe Store and King's Department Store.
A surprise lingerie shower honored Miss Iva Dell Koenig ahead of her July 17 wedding to Alvin Loepp at the Martin Loepp home. Hostesses were Ida Koenig and Esther Neufeld with help from the bride’s mother Mrs Loepp. Prizes went to Mrs Peggy Krocker Dorothy Kroecker and Belva Becker among many attendees and gifts came from Ella Bergman and others.
Mrs Delmer Nelson and Mrs P L Bergen announce the engagement of Judith Ann Nelson to Walter W Bergen son of Mr and Mrs P L Bergen of Pismo Beach formerly Shafter The couple will marry at 4 p m Sunday in Shafter Union Congregational Church A Buttonwillow Legion Hall shower honored the bride elect with hostesses Mrs Joyce Rice Miss Patti Lewis and Miss Nancy Ghilarducci
A no-host lawn party at the M. L. Thomas home on Sierra avenue Saturday honored Mrs. Marion Haycock and Henry Neufeld who were married Tuesday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ohanneson, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ohanneson, Mrs. Ike Peters, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Peters Jr., Mrs. J. C. Channeson, Mrs. Horace Gray, Mrs. Elizabeth Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas.
Mrs. William Coody hosted a lawn shower Sunday for Miss Iva Dell Koenig at Kern Homes. Guests included Mrs. Martin Loepp and many friends who shared cake and lemonade while discussing wedding plans.
Weekend guests stayed at 334 California Ave as Rev. and Mrs. Walter Penner and their four children from Dallas Ore visited. Rev. Penner, former pastor of Rosedale Mennonite Brethren Church, left Tuesday morning. The group picnicked in Beale Park Saturday with Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Gaede and family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Arens and family of Bakersfield.
Yenis Hante Pond on Greenhorn Mountain hosts a camp facilities upgrade for Kern County Campfire Girls. Parents from across the county built a 12 by 20 hobby shop and a 23 000 square foot fish pond with an earthwork dam and a 300 rainbow trout enclosure. The Kern County Fish and Game Association, led by John ny Loustalot, stocked the pond and sponsored the project as about 50 volunteers renovated the camp for an enlarged arts and crafts program. The camp remains open to Kern County Campfire Girls and Bluebirds with 124 eligible from Shafter.
Everett Templeton of Shafter married Howard William Snyder of Tupman in Las Vegas Nevada. The bride wore aqua and white with white accessories as matron of honor Gladys Fannon served and best man James Fannon stood beside the couple making their home in Tupman.
Mr and Mrs Charles Burns returned Wednesday from Albuquerque where they attended the funeral of Dr Walter Boothby who died last Saturday Dr Boothby recently retired from the Mayo Clinic after years of medical research He located in Albuquerque to continue work with the Lovelace Clinic Dr Boothby was the husband of Mr Burns sister
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