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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1980
Page
2
Two Shafter teenagers joined Teen Missions teams this week, heading off for a summer of service and travel. Their departure marks the start of a community youth outreach effort, with plans to assist at mission sites and participate in religious activities throughout the season.
Cradle roll announces the birth of Niki Garza on June 12 1980 at North Kern Hospital weighing nine pounds one ounce and 21 inches long. Another daughter Krist en Nicol Gonzalez Davis born the same day at 6 07 p m at North Kern Hospital weighing seven pounds fifteen ounces and 19 1 2 inches. The piece also details Teen Missions trip plans involving Mark Twain travel in Europe and youths Marjorie Neufeld Willie Hunter and others traveling from Florida to France Ireland and the UK for a church project with L Eau Vive Youth Camp near Ventabren France and a final return to New York. The article covers training boot camps in Florida and New York and notes Teen Missions founded in 1970 by Robert Bland with funds from church members.
Margaret Hansen reports 66 area youngsters are members of the Ride On Reading Club part of Kern County Library System's summer program. Members read chosen books, track them with a ticket book, and may win a paperback at a June 30 carnival at 2 p.m. Gifts come from Friends of the Kern County Library and a federal RIF grant.
The Shafter AARP chapter wraps up a season of road trips guided by director Sylvia Man. Orange Belt Lines provides transport for 1 to 3 day getaways with meals and lodging. Highlights included Halloween wines in fall, a Disneyland run, Death Valley in March, Lake Havasu in April, a Bay Cruise, Yosemite in spring, Avalon on Catalina, and plans for 1960 81 season tours including Hearts Castle Amtrak to San Francisco Grand Canyon trip and Mother Lode excursion.
Pam Mauldin of Concord California and Gary Weidenbach of Shafter announced their engagement. Miss Mauldin, a 1979 Concord High School graduate studied accounting at Fresno State and works for Pace Incorporated. Weidenbach, a 1977 Shafter High graduate, will earn an agronomy degree in June 1981.
Friends of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Shafter are invited to attend the confirmation service of Mrs Brenda Thomas on Sunday June 29 in the parish chapel at 295 Beech Avenue announced Rev. Frederick Johnson Vicar of St. Mark's. The service begins at 9 30 a.m. with Bishop Victor M. Rivera to attend the newly confirmed member. A salad luncheon in the parish hall will follow the service hosted by Church Women.
D A V representative Tom Shannon will be in Bakersfield July 2 1980 to help veterans with claims and benefits. He will be at the D A V Thrift Shop 1101 18th Street from 1 pm to 4 30 pm. He visits the first Wednesday each month and will attend Bakersfield Chapter No 20 meeting at 8 pm Southwest Veterans Hall 2001 Wilson Road. More than a third of physicians trained in this country receive some of their training at Veterans Administration medical centers.
The Christian Businessmen’s Committee holds its final luncheon of the 1979-80 season on Thursday June 26 at Yee’s Steak House. Invited are ladies. Guest speaker is Tippy O’Neil of KARI Radio Blaine Washington sister station of KWSO.
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