Couple Weds in Evening Church of Christ Ceremony
A couple married in an evening Church of Christ service with the bride in a blue taffeta dress and white accessories. Close friends attended a dinner at the bride’s home after the ceremony. The bride, a Shafter High School graduate, will reside in Oklahoma with her farmer husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Wilma Gregory
Ray Jenkins
Bakersfield
Okmeh
Oklahoma
Davis
Tony Davis
Shafter
Shafter High School
Patricia Rogers Feted On Sixth Birthday Here
Patricia Rogers celebrated her sixth birthday at a party hosted by Mrs. Ed Bland on Orange Street. Her mother Mrs. Juanita Rogers and co host Mrs. Bland attended with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Mar Rogers of Bakersfield Phy Higgins Floyd and Donna Leach. Prizes were awarded to Rital Lee Carolyn and Mary Tiberghien for games and all guests received crackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Rogers
Orange Street
Ed Bland
Teacher Attends Summer School in Flagstaff Arizona
Mrs. Marion Wills, veteran primary teacher at Maple, spends two weeks of vacation in San Francisco with her daughter and travels via Shafter to Flagstaff where she will attend summer school.
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Marion Wills
Maple
Flagstaff
Ariz
San Francisco
Shafter
Lula Link Visits Longtime Friend in Shafter
Lula Link of Emporia Kansas spent a week in Shafter visiting her longtime friend Mrs. Ella Whicker.
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Lula Link
Emporia
Kan
Shafter
Ella Whicker
Mammoth Wedding Shower Honors Melvin Foeltz and Ruth Tolbert
A large crowd attended a Monday evening wedding shower in the county park for the future Mr and Mrs Melvin Foeltz following their Bakersfield city hall marriage to Ruth Tolbert. The bride is from Shafter and the groom works for Belridge Oil. they will reside in the Rieker tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Foeltz Foeltz
Bakersfield
Melvin Foeltz
Wasl
F. H. Neergard
Ruth Tolbert
Binonia Tolbert
Shafter
Tom Everett
Paul
Leonard Craft
Tolbert
Irene Ellis
Ben Tolbert
Messrs
Mesdames
Ernest Unruh
Paul Dirksen
John Everett
Alvis
Lavonne
Reuben Dirksen
Janice
Galen
Ernest Erhardt
Dennis
Ray Sloan
Rudy Nightengale
John Dirksen
Ezra Schneider
Arthur Dirksen
Jake Horst
Isaac Weigant
Kenneth Pitts
Ira Schneider
Leon Pitts
Vernon Schneider
Andrew Nightengale
Sam Dirksen
Harold Schneider
C. E. Fenderson
Willard Neumann
Edith Smith
Alice Blankenship
Dessie Tubbs
Vera Buckner
Nellie Threadgill
Geraldine Jarrard
Kate Jensen
Gus Tisch
Matilda Dirksen
Dan Toews
Marie Nightengale
H. B. Duerksen
Ruth Wedel
LeRoy Adamson
Bob Wall
Marvin Dirksen
Jay Pitts
Juanita Blankenship
Eleanor Tisch
Lillie Friesen
Veda Adamson
Elmert Biloff
Ernest
Foeltz
Shafter High School
Belridge Oil Company
Rieker Tract
Campfire Girls Register for Summer Camp in Shafter
Final registration date in Shafter for Campfire Girls summer camp is next Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Hall. Mrs. Margery Sugden from the Bakersfield office will take applications from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Each applicant must be accompanied by her mother and bring a $5 registration fee. Camp Yenus Hante at Glene hor nte will open in the last week of June.
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Shafter
Veterans Memorial Hall
Margery Sugden
Bakersfield
Dan Weitz
Sugden
Yenus Hante
Greenhorn
Housewarming for Mr and Mrs Lee Kroeker in Orange Avenue
A crowd of about 100 guests visited Mr and Mrs Lee Kroeker for a housewarming at their Orange Avenue home. The Kroekers wed April 28 near Dinuba at the Little Country Church. Mrs Kroeker, the former Peggy Nikkel, wore a pink suit and navy veil. They spent a 10 day honeymoon in Canada with a hostess and cake toppy inscribed Home Sweet Home for Peggy and Lee.
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Lee Kroeker
Orange Avenue
Kroekers
Dinuba
Canada
Oliver Unruh
Home Sweet Home
Peggy End
Lee
Kroeker
George Nikkel
Jake Krocker
Shafter
Mennonite Church Fetes Graduates
Sunday school graduates from grammar school were honored at a home party hosted by Mrs. Oliver Unruh. Recipients were Carolyn Bergen Jeanette Ediger Lucille Wiebe and Lillian Loewen. Prizes in a Bible game went to Mary Lou Enns Lucille Wiebe and Diana Strauss.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Oliver Unruh
Carolyn Bergen
Jeanette Ediger
Lucille Wiebe
Lillian Loewen
Abe Ediger
Unruh
Ame
Mary Lou Enns
Diana Strauss
Charlene Kroeker
Shirley Neufeld
Neva Becker
Diana Strfiuss
Esraera Wiens
Zoe Ann Janzen
Shafter Women Return From San Jose Journey
Mrs Louise Neufeld Mrs Ida Mathis and Miss Esther Pohselt drove from Shafter to San Jose where they spent a week at Mrs Mathis home Neufeld visited relatives in San Jose and Santa Cruz They returned Tuesday night They had a minor accident near Wasco during a dust storm and Mrs Mathis sustained an arm injury Pohsell and Mathis plan to attend summer school at San Jose State College
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Louise Neufeld
Ida ‘Mathis
Esther—Pohselt
Shafter
San Jose
Lindley Kecker to Marry in Morning Church Rite
Virginia Lindley and Warren W. Kecker will wed at Hamilton Avenue Methodist Church San Francisco in a morning ceremony. The bride, a Wasco teacher and South West Missouri State College graduate, will wear white organdy. The groom is a Wasco farmer and Bakersfield Junior College alum who served in WWII. They plan a Hotel California breakfast reception and a Lake Tahoe honeymoon before settling at 1335 7th Street Wasco.
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Hamilton Avenue Methodist Church
San Francisco
Virginia Lindley
Warren W. Kecker
Carl Lindley
Thayer
Wasco
Kurt Kecker
Miss Lindley
S Betty Becker
Babe Durando
California
Lake Tahoe
South West Missouri State College
Springfield
Bakersfield Junior College
Army Air Corps
7Th Street
Burbank Relatives Visit at Vine Home
Mr and Mrs Boone Richardson of Burbank visited Tuesday night with his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs George Vine of 212 California Ave The Richardsons were en route to a fishing trip heading north.
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Boone Richardson
Burbank
George Vine
California Ave
Richardsons
Arnolds Head North for Glendale Visit
Mr and Mrs P L Arnold depart today for Glendale to visit Mrs Sue Sievers. They are joined by Mrs J C Channeson and plan to spend Saturday at the races.
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P.L. Arnold
Glendale
Sue Sievers
J.C. Channeson
Fall Wedding Plans Revealed By Ruby Marie Voth
Ruby Marie Voth announced plans for a fall wedding at a birthday party held at the Onndale home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Neufeld. She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary H. Voth of Bakersfield formerly Shafter and will marry Ray Ratzliff of Shafter. Both attended Shafter schools.
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Ruby Marie Voth
Harry Neufeld
Onndale
Miss Voth
Mary H. Voth
J. Bakersfield
Shafter
Ray Ratzliff
Henry Ratzliff
Globe Trotter To Talk Here At Union Church
World traveler and Long Beach lawyer Elsie M. Farris will lecture at 8 p m Tuesday during the Fellowship of Women of Union Congregational church. She will show colored films from her world tour tied to interdenominational mission work. Special guests from Wasco and Arvin Congregational churches attend.
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Elsie M. Farris
Long Beach
Fellowship of Women of Union Congregational Church
Miss Farris
Congregational Conference
Gordon Baker
Elmer Windish
Wasco Congregational Church
Ella Mae Starrh
Elizabeth Ingram
Wasco
Arvin
Clarkins from Portland Visit Friends in Local Week
Mr and Mrs P C Clarkin hosted Mrs Clarkins parents Mr and Mrs L P Hopkins and her brother C C Hopkins with his wife from Portland Ore They stayed Thursday to Sunday Also visitors on Saturday were Mr and Mrs Baron Yeazell from Fresno
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P. C. Clarkin
Dinner Hosts For Union Church Women Fellowship
Mr and Mrs Peter Chan Neson will host a dinner next Tuesday for the Rev Gordon Baker Mrs Baker and Miss Elsie Farris who will address the Women’s Fellowship of Union Congregational Church.
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Peter Channeson
Gordon Baker
Elsie Farris
Women's Fellowship
Union Congregational Church
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Nellie Lassiter
Rey
Lassie
Edmund Gwen
Donald Crisp
Geraldine Brooks
Reginald Owen and “Lassie
Fred MacMurray Claire Trevor
Sun
June Haver
Gordon MacRae
OF Rosie O'Grady
Joan Davis
Shafter Cleaners
M & L Self Service Laundry
F Street
Melvin Foeltzes
Mennonite Church
Kodak
Cine-Kodak
Bell & Howell
Eastman
Graphlex
Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store
Central Ave
Lindley-Kecker
Vine Home
Elaine Fleming
Pho
Globe Trotter
Portland
Mas MoMad
Brock
North Star Mills
Brock’s
America
Noblecraft Utility
Kenwood Mills
Willett Kenwood Mills
Arondac Wool
Bay
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