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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1983
Page
2
The Shafter Press invites weddings engagements birth announcements and club and church news at no charge. Submit to the Press office by Monday noon each week. Contact society writer Jeanette Wheeler Mondays or Fridays at 746-4942 or 399-5925. Photos should be black and white if possible. Color accepted if properly exposed.
Gidget Byrd and Richard Bean wed on June 18 at 8 p.m. in Wasco at John Bean’s home with 65 guests. The ceremony, officiated by Reverend Kenneth McCormic, featured long white gown with seed pearl neckline and lilac accents, followed by a reception. The couple, Shafter natives, plans indicate Bean’s work as an agriculture sprayer with Pitts and Paf ford of Wasco.
Shafter Historical Society members approved curb and gutter work in front of the Depot Museum at the July 14 meeting. Steve Reimer said the decorative fence would be installed by August. Volunteers are invited to help erect the chain link fence starting 6:00 a.m. Saturdays from August 6 until completion. Future grounds plans include a brick walk using bricks from the original baggage room, a paved parking lot, and plantings. The society also voted to host the Kern County Heritage Commission at its Us September meeting with a dinner in the Freight Room of the Museum.
South Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church invites all families to a five evening Vacation Bible School from July 25 to 29, 7 to 9 p m. Dr Waldo Hiebert will teach the adult class and youths will lead age specific groups. Activities include films music crafts and refreshments. A nursery is provided. The church sits at 30349 Orange. Call 746 2670 for details. A separate note covers a Wiedmann ranch housewarming with a money tree and buffet for about 35 guests. Dennis Tammy Wiedmann and family attend with 94 year old Oscar present.
Eric DeVries comes home to Shafter after a year as a Swedish exchange student with Youth For Under. He speaks Swedish, has a Swedish accent, and traveled widely in Sweden and England. He attended Alstromeskolan and studied a technical program while taking Swedish classes. he enjoyed skiing and a ten day bike trip in England, met royalty, and received a metal replica memento from Alingsas.
A Farm Bureau economist notes the census shows 401000 farmers under 35 nationally, up from 265000 ten years earlier, even as the total farming population falls. Cotton producers estimate a 480 pound bale yields 22000 ladies handkerchiefs, 1200 pillowcases and 3000 diapers.
Don Goertzen son of Mr and Mrs Pete Goertzen of Shafter departs for the Philippine Islands to join Mennonite Central Committee research work in Butuan City northern Mindanao. He will study Cebuano language in Davao before commencing field research on law acquisition patterns by transnational corporations, after earlier seminars in Virginia and orientation in Pennsylvania.
Edie Warkentin of Shafter joins the Minneapolis Division of Indian Work in the Youth Leadership Development Program. She will supervise activities for children ages six to twelve at the Indian Agency, a church-supported center serving about 15,000 American Indians. Edie, a Fresno Pacific College graduate with a B.A. in Social Services, begins a two year term through MCC Volunteer Service Program to express her Christian faith and principles.
A seminar on Alfalfa Growth Production and Stand Density will be held at the USDA Cotton Research Station on Wednesday August 24 from 1 30 to 3 p m. Dr C G Summers Associate Extension from University of California Berkeley San Joaquin Ag Research and Extension Center will speak. About 1 5 hours of PCA education credit are available.
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