Virginia Bender Receives Degree At Bakersfield College
Miss Virginia Bender daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Bender was awarded an associate in arts degree at Bakersfield College Saturday evening The ceremony took place in the campus outdoor theatre She is a member of Associated Women's Students Alpha Gamma Sigma and the German Club She graduated Shafter High in 1955 and has accepted a job at Shafter Rexall Drug Store
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Virginia Bender
Ed Bender
Associated Arts
Bakersfield College
Shafter Rexall Drug Store
Attend Funeral of Niece at Barstow
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Presson attend funeral services for their niece Mrs. Manuel Garcia of Barstow. Mrs. Garcia, a new mother, died Sunday, June 8, from childbirth complications. Her infant son also died two days later. double funeral services were held in Barstow. Survivors include husband Manuel and two daughters Mary Ann and Madeline. The deceased was formerly of Bakersfield.
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Manuel, Garcia
Barstow
Eugene Presson
Garcia
Desert City
Mary Ann
Madeline
Bakersfield
Steak barbecue by St Therese's men this weekend
The annual steak barbecue of the St Therese's Catholic church men's guild will be held on Yone-26 at the county park behind the veterans memorial hall. Co chairmen are Phil Clarking and Al Mortimore. Tickets cost 3 for adults and 150 for children. A weekend visit brought Mr and Mrs Ernest Boren to Shafter from Barstow where they now reside.
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Men’s Guild of
June 19–25 names list appears in local timetable
A sequence of personal names is listed by day from Thursday June 19 to Wednesday June 25. The roster includes Mickey Sturm Bryce Carroll Albert Wilson Timmy Revell Carolyn Smith Arlene Roskam Darrell Janzen Mae Herndon Jacqueline Bruce Doris Wood Millys Crawford Bonnie Osborn Audrey Lamley B W Costello Vada Westbrook Bobby Neuman Jim Saunders Jean Elkins Newt Neuman Mildred Guenther Katie Merkel Alan Walker Patty Pyle Iris Wolf Mickey Gladden Jack Battaglia Louise Fox Walker Fry Tom Kelly John Kelly Jack Thomson Jr Ramona Steele Jimmy Nikkel Lois Rosenstiel Henry Gonzales Dale Voth Marie Nightingale Dwayne Wilson Clifford Warden Ed Coker J H Boyd Frank Pauls Martha Ruth Vernon Wilson Ben Laverty Jr
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Mickey Sturm
Bryce Carroll
Albert Wilson
Timmy Revell
Carolyn Smith
Arlene Roskam
Darrell Janzen
Mae Herndon
Jacqueline Bruce
Doris Wood
Millys. Crawford
Bonnie Osborn
Audrey Lamley
B. W. Costello
Vada Westbrook
Bobby Neuman
Jim Saunders
Jéan Elkins
Newt Neuman
Jack Battaglia
Louise Fox
Walker Fry
Tom Kelly
John Kelly
Jack Thomson, Jr
Ramona Steele
Jimmy Nikkel
Lois Rosenstiel
Henry Gonzales
Dale Voth
Marie Nightingale
Dwayne Wilson
Clifford Warden
Ed Coker
J. H. Boyd
Frank Pauls
Bakersfield College Graduate Gerald Bender Receives Arts Degree
Gerald Bender son of Mr and Mrs Ed Bender graduated Saturday evening with an associate arts degree from Bakersfield College He attended architectural engineering classes for two years at the Bakersfield school and belonged to Renegade and Associated Men's Students A Shafter High School class of 1956 graduate he played in the band pep band science club chess club and was a life member of CSF He plans to enter the University of California Berkeley this fall to continue engineering studies.
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Associated Arts
Bakersfield College
Gerald Bender
Ed Bender
Bender
Bakersfield School
Renegade Ao
Associated Men's Stuents
Shafter High School
University of California, At
Berkeley
Geraldine Green Becomes Mrs Pitcher May 29
Geraldine Green of Minter Village becomes Mrs. William Pitcher on May 29 in a pastor’s residence ceremony with Rev. A B Farmer officiating. Miss Green is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Green. Mr. Pitcher is son of Mrs. Albert D A'Damo and Mr. Harold Pitcher of Ashbury Park New Jersey. The couple, attended by Josie Harris and Ronald Green, planned a trip to San Diego after a family dinner. The bride, a 1957 Shafter High School graduate, wore white satin with a bouffant skirt and pearl jewelry. The groom is an auto trimmer and manager who served in Korea in 1955 and later moved to Shafter. They reside at 702 California Avenue.
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A. B. Farmer
Geraldine Green
William L. Pitcher
Miss Green
Lester Green
Minter Village
Pitcher
Albert D A’damo
Ashbury Park
New Jersey
Harold Pitcher
Josie Harris
Miss Harris
Ronald Green
San Diego
Shafter High School
Shafter Seat
Ashbury High School
Korea
Ft. Ord
Shafter
California Avenue
Youth Group Seaside Outing At Pismo Beach
A Sunday School outing from First Baptist church visited Pismo Beach last Saturday. Three sponsoring adults, Paul Wiebe Don Lewis and Leo Schmidt, led the teenage group which included Linda Sellars Martha Trampp Beverly Witten Margaret Warkentin Carol Wiebe Evelyn Schellenberg Ruth Wittenberg Lavina Unruh Darlene Gallagher Jimmy Lewis Robert McDaniel Ronald Schmidt David Carthal Leslie Sellars Jim Talley and Rodney. Additional participants were Bruce Wiebe Mike Schmidt and Mrs Don Lewis.
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Pismo Beach
First Baptist Church
Paul Wiebe
Don Lewis
Leo Schmidt
Linda Sellars
Martha Trampp
Beverly Witten
Margaret Warkentin
Carol Wiebe
Evelyn Schellenberg
Ruth Wittenberg
Lavina Unruh
Darlene Gallagher
Jimmy Lewis
Robert McDaniel
Families Have Yosemite Trip With Many Attendees
A group of families enjoyed a scenic outing at Yosemite with the falls full and the valley lush. Attending were Adolph Goertzen Art Penner Jake Bergen Reverend and Mrs Henry Dick and their three children Janice Judy and Jim Roger Frantz Waco with many children Gail Kelly Peggy Bergen Steve Susan Randy Sharon Penner Joan Kathy Gordon Goertzen and the Roy Schroder family of Newton Kansas visiting at the Jake Bergen home.
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Messrs
Mmes
Adoph Goertzen
Art Penner
Jake Bergen
Henry Dick
Janice
Judy
Jim
Roger Frantz
Waco
Tommy
Melissa
Sammy
Gail
Kelly
Peggy Bergen
Steve
Susan
Randy
Sharon Penner
Joan
Kathy
Gordon Goertzen
Roy Schroder
Newton
Kansas
Bill Siemens Graduates From Wheaton College
William Lee Siemens of Shafter California earned a bachelor of arts in Spanish with honors at Wheaton College’s ninety ninth commencement on June 9. The ceremony on the campus center mall awarded degrees to 357 seniors and 19 graduates.
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William Lee Siemens
William M. Siemens
Shafter
California
Wheaton College
Center Mall
Siemens
San Diego Visitor Calls on Shafter Residents
Mrs. Anne Schmidt of San Diego visited Shafter stopping at the home of Mrs. P. J. Gorsching and greeting Mrs. Herb Engle before returning to the southland last Friday. Mrs. Pete Buller reports Marie Ratzlaff of Henderson Nebraska remains much the same health wise and spends time reading and crocheting.
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Shafter
Anne Schmidt
San Diego
Pete Buller
California Avenue
Marie Ratzlaff
Henderson
Nebraska
Marie
Vacation Reading Club at Shafter Library Theme
Children invited to join the Shafter Library Vacation Reading Club with the theme By Rocket To Adventure. A rocket shaped ID tag will be given to each participant who signs and a display board will show progress. After five books read and reported, the ship moves to the moon, with five more books to go.
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Rocket To Adventure
Shafter Library
Moon
Moon Trip Plans and Personalized Potatoes on Santa Fe
A article describes a Moon Trip plan with segments to land on Arahus and other planets, plus a vacation reading program for children. It highlights Art Cunningham of Chicago, a Santa Fe chef, who carves passenger names into Long White potatoes for San Francisco Chief passengers and serves them atop entrees.
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San Francisco
California
Peng
Art Cunningham
Chicago
Santa Fe
Cam
Cunningham
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Martha Ruth
Vernon Wilson
Ben Laverty, Jr
William Pitcher
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Bill Siemens
San Diego Visitor
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Dea Corporg
Moon Trip
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Pioneer
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