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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1966
Page
4
A Bell Plain ceremony linked Groat family members as Edward Groat wed a daughter or relative in a local marriage. The event touched several Groat relations including daughters and a sister, indicating a family celebration within the area.
Trinity Lutheran Church in Wasco announced a closing program for their Vacation Bible School to be held Friday at 7 p.m. on church grounds. The event features dramatizations of Christ’s story, a Jesus walking on Galilee puppet show, and songs led by teachers Mrs. E Appel Mrs. Rand al Rankin and Mrs. Dave Bridge. Refreshments follow under the parking lot light. Almost 75 children attended the VBS and the pastor Rev Robert Bendick praised the program.
The note lists local residents and families traveling or visiting. Pat on at names and Paul and others visited San Diego and Tijuana after school, Susan Vignolo plans USC graduation and credential next fall, Rolf Jacobsen returned home after hospital confinement, Mrs Cooper underwent back surgery, Bevel’s recovery expected to take weeks.
Fred Pritschke, longtime inspector of the 428th district since 1947, will be honored at a dinner meeting on June 24. He served Wasco in multiple civic roles including city clerk, Municipal Court judge, Water Board member, and Rotary leader, and helped found Wasco Congregational Church.
The report states the average California home is valued at $17 500 with owner property tax of $370 this year. Kern County rate stands at $8 08 per hundred assessed value up 61 cents from 1964 65 while statewide average taxes reach $853. The article notes shifts in tax shares among cities counties districts and special districts totaling $39 4 billion.
The Carter family held a reunion dinner in Manne Park on Sunday with 113 attendees. Guests from Shafter included multiple Carters and branches, plus other local families. California travelers came from Orleans Rosedale Lancaster Hayward Hanford Tehachapi Bellflower, and out-of-state guests arrived from Apache Okio and Siloam Springs Arkansas. The afternoon featured baseball, horseshoes, photos, and social visiting.
OCR fragment mentions Tenplar Bakers and Al Maldikah Shiing ig Los, indicating a limited number member and unclear affiliations.
Bunny Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen C Anderson will graduate from San Jose State College Friday June 10 She will receive a teaching credential and BA degree She led her dormitory of 150 girls and helped form the Band Aids dance group She is a 1961 Shafter High School graduate and will teach second grade in Healdsburg this summer and sail from New York September 3 for a three month Europe tour
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club hosts its first summer meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. Mrs Edna Ross will be hostess to a fish fry assisted by Clara Schnidt and Lorraine Christensen. Members are invited to bring guests.
Mrs. John Hill and children return from San Diego after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McDow. Mrs. McDow placed sixth in the Women’s International Bowling Tournament in New Orleans among 50 000 competitors. She bowls with the Grandma Gad Abouts and plans to enter the state competition in San Francisco next month.
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