Baptist Women Attend California Missionary Fellowship Meeting
The quarterly meeting of the Southern California Women’s Conservative Baptist Missionary Fellowship convened in Whittier on June 12 with six women from Shafter First Baptist Church. Attendees traveled from Shafter, including Mrs. John Ratzlaff and Mrs. A. F. Warkentin, among others. White Cross work was shown, and morning speakers included Dewey Multholland and Helen Kevorkian, both tied to mission work abroad and plans to return to Belgium.
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Southern California Women's Conservative Baptist Missionary Fellowship
Whittier
Shafter First
Dewey Multholland
Brazil
Helen Kevorkian
Africa
Belgian Congo
United States
Gates Family at Mt Hermon Summer Home
Mr and Mrs Robert L Gates and their children Mary Ruth and Robert are staying at their summer home on Mt Hermon in a brief family notice.
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Robert L. Gates
Mary, Ruth
Robert
Mt. Hermon
Fellowship Group To Hear Talk on Mexico Mission
Larry Stanton of the Matzalan Mission in Mexico will speak at the quarterly meeting of the Women’s Fellowship of Union Congregational Church. A potluck luncheon follows at 12 noon in the fellowship hall. Mrs. T P Rootes chairs the salad and dessert luncheon. Mrs. W M Lowe is program chair.
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Larry Stanton
Matzalan
Mexico
Women’s Fellowship of Union
Congregational Church
Fellowship Hall
Elizabeth Ingram
T. P. Rootes
W. M. Lowe
Stanton
Shafter
Gordon Baker
J. C
Channeson
Marian Hitchcock
Birth Announcement from Miss Freise’s Maternity Home
A daughter was born on June 6 to Mr and Mrs Harry Schultz Route 1 Box 285. The newborn weighed eight pounds ten ounces.
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Miss Freise
Harry Schultz
Route 1
Box 285
Las Vegas Wedding Ties Bakersfield and Shafter Couple
Miss Melba Dean Harrington of Bakersfield and Albert B. Carter Jr. of Shafter wed in Las Vegas. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Marie Duke, the groom the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Carter of Wasco Avenue. Only attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Jess Duke. Carter serves aboard the USS Shelton at Vallejo Naval Base, in the Navy since September 5. The couple will reside with Carter’s parents until a permanent station.
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Las Vegas
Melba Dean Harrington
Bakersfield
Albert B. Carter, Jr
Shafter
Marie Duke
Carter
Wasco Avenue
Jess Duke
Vallejo Naval Base
Shelton
East Bakersfield High School
Evans Move From Bakersfield to Ridgecrest
Mr and Mrs Junior Evans of Bakersfield relocate to Ridgecrest. Mrs Evans visits her mother Mrs F B Nichols of Shafter following the death of Mr Nichols on May 12.
Weekend Reunion Shafter Family Surprises Navy Relative
A holiday weekend became a surprise family reunion when Mrs Thomas Wedge and her husband traveled with Mr and Mrs Christ Harrie to Yosemite. They notified their son Tommy Wedge who had just returned from a year in Korea with the Navy. The family visited Tommy's grandmother in an Yosemite cafeteria. The Wedges had lived in Shafter 14 years ago.
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Thomas Wedge
Central Avenue
Wedge
Christ Harrie
Shafter
Yosemite
Donald Wedge
Portola
Tommy Wedge
Donald Wedges
Navy
Korea
Bobby
Anosemite
Hodges Family Hosts Betsy Mc Eachern in California
Mr and Mrs J C Hodges welcomed Betsy Mc Eachern niece of Mr Hodges from Los Angeles a student at St Marys Academy as their guest this week. The note also mentions Mr and Mrs Cecil Love Lae and Don visiting Yosemite National Park this week.
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J. C. Hodges
Mr. Hodges
Betsy McEachern
Los Angeles
St. Mary's Academy
Cecil Lovelae
Don
Yosemite National Park
Double Ring Ceremony Unites Lois West and William Ross
Lois Louise West of Shafter wed William G. Ross of Stockton in a double ring ceremony at the Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church. The couple and families hosted 250 guests with music by the Wilcoxons. The bride wore aqua lace, carried an orchid, and the couple plans to reside in The couple met in Shafter and hold backgrounds at Richland, Shafter, and Oxnard schools.
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Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church
Lois Louise West
Shafter
William G. Ross
Stockton
Nelson S. West
Poso Street
John T. Ross
Sam Wilcoxon
Mack Wilcoxon
Phyllis Wilcoxon
Carri
Jessie Elmore
Jessie Mouser
LaVoy Braves
Jack Graves
Wasco
Winifred West
Wheeler Hot Springs
Santa Barbara
Richland and
Oxnard
la France College
Los Angeles
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Four Girls Attend Shafter Junior Camp in Yosemite Park
Four girls from Shafter left June 10 for a week at the Seventh Day Adventist junior camp in Wawona Yosemite National Park. The travelers are Allene Anderson Alice Neuman Evelyn Bonlie and Ilona Bonlie with camp counselor Mrs. Doris Bonlie.
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Shafter
Wawona
Yosemite National Park
Aventist
Allene Anderson
Alice Neuman
Evelyn Bonlie
Ilona
Doris Bonlie
Miss Ohanneson Honored With Spring Dessert Shower
A dessert shower for bride elect Mary Frances Ohanneson was hosted by Mrs. M. L. Thomas with co hostess Mrs. Gordon Haycock at Sierra street. Invitations list Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ohanneson and families. the couple wed June 20 at Union Congregational Church.
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Mary Frances Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
Sierra Street
M. L. Thomas
Gordon Haycock
Phil Chann
Horace Gray
John Peters
St Peters
Harold Freedman
J. Jacobsen
Rolf Jacobsen
A. P. Ohanneson
J. C. Ohneson
Charles Burns
H. W. Ke
Frank Lamb
Stockton
Medames
D. H. Lundy
J. H. Ful
A. B. McKinley
E. B. Stringhaol Camp
Henry Ne
Penny Peters Celebrates Ninth Birthday at Wasco Ranch
A swimming party at the John J. Peters ranch last week marked Penny Peters ninth birthday. Guests from Wasco included Susan Lindgren Patricia Few Nancy Bergen Jon-Hillbloom John Bergen Sharon Giddings Molly McKinley and others. Favors were animal head pencils and birthday cake with ice cream at the hostess home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Peters Ranch
Penny Peters
Ike Peters
Wasco Pond Road
Wasco
Susan Lindgren
Patricia Few
Nancy Bergen
Jon — Hillbloom
John Bergen
Sharon Giddings
Molly McKinley
Kelly
Jan Leavell
Mark Larson
Jill
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