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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1947
Page
2
Mesdames Joe Frizzell and John Peters co hosted a bridge supper Friday at the Frizzell home. Table decorations featured fruit blossoms and Easter motifs. Card prizes were awarded to Mesdames.
Max McKinley Hoace Cray and Q Olson attended a Bakersfield social with many guests including Mesdames Floyd Coopes J L Hill Harold Freedman F C Eckman Glenn Putman Phil Channeson Tom Henley Don Hart Ike Peters J H Fuller Gordon Haycock Peter Channe son Bert Ware George Enns and Henry Neufeld among others.
Shafter vehicle owners awaiting 1947 license plates are told not to worry. Only about 1.25 million of nearly 3 million pairs have arrived from the manufacturer due to a steel shortage. Registration cards are being mailed in order and independently of plates to facilitate transfers.
The Richland P T A will meet Tuesday at 2 30 PM in the Richland School Cafeteria. Principal Fred Hasty will chair the program with a manual training exhibit. The nominating committee led by Mrs Hasty and others will present officers for the coming year and an election will follow. A food and fancy work sale headed by Mrs Harlan Wilson will feature the meeting. members are urged to bring food or crafts.
Laura Bender and Melvin Vaux were married at the Reformed Church on February 28 with Rev Klaudt officiating. The bride wore white satin with veil, pearls and a train. she is the daughter of August and Mrs Bender. The groom is son of E M Vaux of Duluth Minnesota and works as a mechanic in Kingsburg. A reception followed at the Benders' home and the couple planned a honeymoon to Santa Cruz San Francisco and Lodi.
Mr and Mrs Pat Kelly and family spent the weekend at Pacific Grove visiting Mrs Kellys parents Mr and Mrs J D Irvin His father in law is a patient at Monterey Hospital with illness improving over the past weeks
The quiet routine of the Minter Fire Department was broken Monday with the sale of the office equipment of War Assets. Members of the Department were very active from 8 30 in the morning until noon directing traffic. These visitors were the first the field has had for many months, according to W M Brannan, Minter Field Chief.
Wasco Bethel members met in Shafter Monday with Patsy Kelly Ella Mae Starrh Joyce Bender and Phyllis Peters. They planned strong Wasco Bethel representation at the district meeting in Bakersfield March 27. Patsy Kelly reported well on the recent food sale.
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