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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
3
A garbled listing notes Semen Pomertiius halting RUUT activities and stopping packing operations. It mentions valves, irrigation supply items, and a sale of packing components with references to See ane Views and Snow. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District sent a resolution to Governor Goodwin J Knight requesting appointment of a Kern County man to the state water board. Two vacancies exist on the board which advises the head of the department of water resources.
Classifieds from Shafter Press promise fast outcomes for listings and ads. The brief item emphasizes efficient results and direct service for readers seeking prompt attention to their notices or promotions.
Mrs Abe Isaac hosted a chicken barbecue Friday honoring her husband on his birthday. Family members attended including Menno Siemens family units, Jake Siemens, Edward Peters, Ruben Siemens and sons Phil and David, Vernon Isaac and children, Lowell Bergman and kids, and Donald Isaac. Pete Isaac traveled from Oceanside for a separate gathering. A later ham burger fry featured Henry Isaac and family, Edward and Gwendolyn of Shafter. Visitors included Ruben Siemens with Frank’s family recovering from major surgery. Additional guests: Ebel family from Lodi visiting en route to Los Angeles. Dinner hosts William Siemens and sons hosted guests Walter Nicol and son Kenneth. desert slides from a desert trip were shown.
Miss Mary Austin of Shafter has been named clerk stenographer for the Shafter Wasco Irrigation district SWID. She becomes the second regular employee hired by the SWID board joining Ted Thompson secretary manager in the district office.
Clinton Reimer of Independence Oregon attended a Friday July 6 gathering at 217 Kern Street the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Schellenberg. Reimer is a teacher on an Indian reservation in Oregon and he and Schellenberg attended college together.
Nature notes describe trapdoor spiders near Bakersfield with tunnel homes and camouflaged doors. A Tule Elk Refuge trip to Tupman is planned for July 14 to see newborn elk with mothers, while Mr and Mrs Joe West describe a ten day vacation to Clear Lake Yosemite and California boating adventures.
The Business and Professional Women's club met at Mildred Patterthwaite's home to set the year’s agenda with the theme fellowship friendship and cooperation A rummage sale is planned for October and a sectional meeting will be held in Shafter Bakersfield with Jeanette Wheeler as section chairman Another meeting is scheduled for the first Thursday in August.
Mrs. Jackie Wray daughter in law of Mrs J W Wray of Merced Avenue enjoyed a reunion with her three brothers Bobby Eugene and Gary whom she had never seen The Dowlers Leroy Enid Oklahoma are visiting in the state and plan to stop at the Wray home on their return to Oklahoma
A joint meeting Tuesday night July 10 saw four boys Ray Warren Nicky Nusz Steven Roselle and Tim my Revell graduate from Webelos 953 to Scout Troop 953. Ray Warren and Timmy Re school Lew Woodward presented honors while Leonard Johnson welcomed the boys into the troop. Mrs W C Wallis of Clovis New Mexico is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs Marvin Hoover and family at 515 Calloway Street for several weeks.
A community pot luck gathering took place at the County Park on California Avenue before fireworks on July 4. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hamman and children Jimmy Keith Kathy and Marlene, Mrs. Mel Vaux and Janice, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bender with Carol and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bender and son Danny Me and Mr. August Bender, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bender and daughter V i and son Gerald and Delmer Bender of Bakersfield. Edwin Bender and family from 198 Golden West Avenue drove to Tehachapi July 1 to visit relatives, attending church with Art Bender and later visiting Gideon Streyle’s home for dinner.
An informal American Legion auxiliary unit 213 of Shafter met at Memorial Hall on July 3. The executive board recommendations were read and approved and the year's budget program was presented. Bonnie Wipf hosted the gathering.
Mrs. E C Lee of Manuel Avenue is home after major surgery in Bakersfield and progressing well. Mrs Velma Guenther and Mrs Martha Ens planned a July 4 trip to Oakland, but returned on the sixth with a successful voyage.
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