Open house honors newlyweds Elaine and Mark John Reimer
Mr and Mrs Willis Reimer hosted a Sunday open house for daughter Elaine and her husband Mark John Reimer following their May Las Vegas wedding. Relatives attended from Shafter Dinuba Kerman and other nearby towns. The bride is a Wasco High School 1974 graduate. the groom is Porterville High School alumni and Payless Shoe Store manager in San Jose.
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Willis Reimer
Elaine
Mark Johnson
Las Vegas
Reimer
C. F.ummel
Shafter
Djakarta
Indonesia
Rick Penner
Tustin
Virgil Reimer
Steve Reimer
Ben Reimer
Fairfield
Don Lauchland
Lodi
Davie C. Reimer
Dinuba
Pete Unruh
Kerman
Johnson
Wasco High School
Pacific College
Fresno
Porterville High School
Payless
San Jose
Grandson Drowns Near Meridian Prompting Texas Funeral
Mrs. Janzen travels from Shafter to attend the funeral of 12 year old Philip Wayne Wilkerson who drowned after falling from an inner tube on Coon Creek near Meridian Texas. The boy's father Jerry Wilkerson and Mrs. Wilkerson accompanied by relatives and friends attended and spoke at the service. Additional survivors include paternal grandparents West Wilkerson of Laguna Park Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Janzen
Shafter
Texas
Philip Wayne Wilkerson
Coon Creek
Meriddian
Jerry Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Jeanette McWhorter to Wed Jack Hooe Jr
Mr and Mrs Kenneth McWhorter announce the engagement of their daughter Jeanette Elaine to Jack Hooe Jr son of Mr Owen M Hooe of Shafter. The wedding is planned September 10 at the Pentecostal Church of God. Jeanette, a Shafter alumna, will start college in 1977 and works at Stringham's Drug Store. Jack, a Shafter High 1975 graduate, is a radar technician in the Army at Fort Hunter Liggett. They plan to make their home in Paso Robles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McWhorter
Jeanette
Elaine
Jack Hooe Jr
Owen M. Hooe
Shafter
Pentecostal Church of God
Stringham’s
Jack
Shafter Briefs Visit by Mr and Mrs Bill Blane
Visiting the Cherry home at 125 W Orange Ave this week were Mr and Mrs Bill Blane former Shafter residents now living in Thermal They are retired and vacationing in Bishop for fishing and fun They visited friends in Wasco and a son and granddaughter in Bakersfield They are Mrs Cherry's only living aunt and uncle
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Cherry
Orange Ave
Bill Blane
Shafter
Thermal
Bishop
Wasco
Bakersfield
Food dollar split shows labor costs dominate supply chain
Nearly one third of every consumer food dollar and over half of non farm food costs go to labor for food processors, wholesalers, and retailers.
Banana statue for St. Paul Winter Carnival sets mile long record
America’s biggest banana split built for the St. Paul Winter Carnival used 33,000 scoops of ice cream and 10,000 bananas. It included 225 gallons of topping 95 gallons of whipped cream and 155 pounds of chopped nuts finished with a single cherry.
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America
St. Paul
Trip Highlights pleasant visit for Paslay family kin
Mrs. Greeta Paslay hosted Flora Hungerford and her 15 year old son Michael of Biloxi Mississippi for a week in Shafter. Flora who worked for Joe Frizzell at Food Town Market in 1943 visited Hazel Frizzell James Flanagan and Martin Anderson. The group toured Pioneer Village Hearst Castle Sequoia National Park and Disneyland culminating with a May 8 gift of a great grandson for Paslay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Hungerford
Michael
Biloxi
Greeta Paslay
Flora
Joe Frizzell
Food Town
Minter Field
Hungerford
Paslay
Shafter
Hazel Frizzell
Martin Anderson
Pioneer Village
Bakersfield
James Flanagan
Skipper Hackney
Charles Krob
Paradise
Kansas
Hearst Castle
Sequoia National Park
Disneyland
Krobs
Zamora Family Welcomes Sons Francisco and Baretta Wayne
A son Francisco Zamora Jr. born July 7 at 3 30 a.m. weighed 1 lb 4 oz and measured 14 inches. A boy Baretta Wayne Williams born July 13 at 9 25 p.m. weighed 8 lb 12 oz and measured 21 inches at 615 Kern Street.
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Francisco, Jr
Francisco Zamora
Baretta Wayne
Marcus Williams
Kern St
Star Spangled Thursday programs at Shafter Library
The Shafter Branch Library offers two weeks of Star Spangled Thursday programs. July 22 shows Braverman's Condensed Dream of Beatles and Zoo's Eye View Dawn to Dark. July 29 invites kids to make corn husk dolls with materials and help, registration required by July 26. 50 per session. No charge. Address 236 James Street. call 746-2156 for details.
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San Diego
Shafter
James Street
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Shafter Press
MR. and
Mrs
Mrs. Janzen
Janzen
Mark
Wilkersons
Jeanette McWhorter
Shafter Briefs
Joe Kirk
Central
Mance
State Farm Mutual Automobil Insurance Company
Home Office
Bloomington
Tinois
Curt Maynard
Backstreet
Lyle’s College of Beauty
Earlynne Woolly Patricia Swisshelm
LUM Farms
AS S'T Colors
Pennzoil
Corelle Living Ware
BAYER
Aspirin
Brother Zig Zag
Central Valley Hwy
CORNET/SAFEWAY SHOPPING CENTER
Central Avenue
California
Congress
Frank W
Donald L. Reed
Mike Byrd
Kern
Kern County
P. O
A. Shafter
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