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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1947
Page
10
Paul Newell owner and publisher lists contact numbers and staff roles. The paper is published weekly from 169 Central Ave Shafter Kern County California with a 1935 second class matter designation. Subscriptions are four dollars inside California four fifty outside, single copies five cents.
Clarence Ferrell was honored with a surprise birthday dinner at his home on Sunday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Connie White of McFarland J D Ferrell of the U S Navy Mr and Mrs Clarence Ferrell Mr and Mrs Paul Ferrell and son Mr and Mrs Glen Ferrell Mrs wea Ferrell and Mr Elmer Ferrell.
Doctor and Mrs Harold Hall of Bakersfield and Mrs Mary Kelley were the dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Joseph Cosgrove Sunday.
Nine California counties rank among the nation’s top 100 sheep counties in the 1945 Census of Agriculture. They reported 1,393,489 sheep and lambs on farms and ranches as of January 1, 1945, 58 percent of California’s total and three percent of the U.S. total. The leading counties and inventories are listed, with Gregory, Channeson, and Berkeley among the regions noted.
Mrs. Justin Weishaar was honored at a Sunday evening stork shower hosted by Mrs. Ed Ruth with co hostess Mrs. Lloyd Mayer at a home. Guests included numerous named ladies and gifts were arranged around a white stork centerpiece amid pink and blue decor and a playful program with games.
Mr and Mrs J F Richert return from a 7000 mile motor journey begun April 28 from Shafter with Elder and Mrs Peter Nygaard. They are on furlough from Central and South American mission work after 31 years. They toured many states, visited seven Adventist schools, three colleges and four academies, ending with stops in Berlin Springs Michigan and Chicago.
Phyllis Peters of Wasco High School has won a prestigious California scholarship to the Montecido School for Girls in Santa Barbara. She earns a six week summer session from July 7 to August 17 based on leadership, academics, and counselor recommendations. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Peters Jr. of the Wasco-Shafter area.
A Sunday picnic at Sequoia Park drew several local families led by Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Neal and included Mrs. Jess Carr and Virginia, Vernon and Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bittle and family of Stradford Oklahoma, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tye and Ammanell Roper.
The D. P. Harders who lived in Shafter for many years was a well known figure in the community, with strong ties and local recognition.
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