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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
2
A Shafter group planned a Father’s Day picnic outing for fathers, wives, and children. The gathering featured a pleasant meal and a social afternoon at Hart location with families sharing time together.
Mr and Mrs L D Wilson announce the engagement of Lee of Long Beach to be married August 19 in Shafter. The bride attended Shafter schools and transferred to Long Beach, while the groom works in farming locally and is employed at Disneyland in Anaheim. They plan to reside in Shafter after marriage.
Memorial Park in Bakersfield is linked to families of Sam Becker Mr and Mrs Albert Janzen and the father of Mrs Becker and Albert Janzen H M Janzen in a local obituary notice describing family ties and burial arrangements.
The Independent church held Donna Michael and Jack Wr ay's double ring wedding at 11:30 a.m. on June Sth. A white nylon satin gown, matron of honor, and best man were part of a traditional ceremony. The couple left for Morro Bay and Pismo Beach afterward, with reception at Veterans Memorial Hall for about 120 guests.
Mr and Mrs Dan Loewen attended the Gaede wedding Saturday June 16 at 4 p m in the Roger Williams Baptist Church Los Angeles The groom Don Dar Gaede wed Mary Lou Clark from the same area The bridegroom s father was a Shafver physician for many years
Donna Weitz celebrated a wedding shower June 13 at the home of Mrs. Louise Fox 465 Oak Street. Guests from Bakersfield Cuyama Valley Shafter and nearby communities attended the afternoon of gifts, refreshments, and floral decor with white delphiniums pink sweet peas and white carnations.
Rachael Chernabaeff daughter of Mr and Mrs John Chernabaeff of Maple area married Pete Tolmachoff in Glendale Arizona at the Russian Malakan Church. The ceremony featured 300 guests with Reverend William Tolmachoff officiating and a reception at the Tolmachoff home. The couple will reside in Glendale with Tolmachoff employed by J F Leng Construction.
The Fresno Kansas Picnic invites all former Kansas residents now in the San Joaquin Valley to Palm Point Reeding Park Fresno. Mrs Ralph A Peterson president asks attendees to bring a basket dinner and their own table service. Coffee and cold drinks will be provided. An afternoon program is planned.
At the Shafter Press noon picnic Pat Cornell was honored alongside past girl staters Louise Bellows Bonnie Wipf and Anne Raney. Absent were Patsy Kelly Fuller Kay Roberts Crosby Donna Weitz Mary DeVincenzo Barrie Burns. The note adds a historical aside about Eli Whitney and the cotton gin.
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