Shafter Convalescent Hospital marks 25th anniversary
Shafter Convalescent Hospital celebrates 25 years of care with an open house on Thursday March 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The facility began in 1969 under Marvin Janzen and administrator Waldo Unruh with Margaret Isaac as the first director of nurses. Now part of Beverly Enterprises, the hospital offers physical, occupational, speech, respiratory, and psychiatric services and emphasizes patient rights and daily resident activities.
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Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Marvin Janzen
Waldo Unruh
Margaret Isaac
R.N
Century Convalescents
Century
Belcor Inc
Beverly Enterprises
Wayne Smith
Downtown Street Fair Cancelled By Shafter Chamber
At the February 28 meeting the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture voted to cancel the Downtown Street Fair after attempts to form a merchants committee yielded no participation. Merchants were informed by mail on February 15 that a vote would occur without merchant input. The chamber hopes merchants will engage in the organization next year and notes involvement in October 1994 Museum Depot Birthday Celebration. For information call 746-2600.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Board
Museum Depot
Chamber
Faye Bernice Wilson Memorial Service Held in Shafter
Memorial services for Faye Bernice Wilson age 65 were held Saturday at Peters Funeral Chapel Fresno area. She died March 2 in Fresno. Born January 30 1929 in Truman Arkansas she married Robert Wilson in 1946. Survivors include her husband four sons one sister seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was active in First Southern Baptist Church.
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Peters Funeral Chapel
Faye Bernice Wilson
Fresno
Mike Chaney
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter
Shafter Memorial Park
Faye
Lawrence
Jenny Spencer
Ioel Phelps
Meridian
Idaho
Shafter community events mark 25th hospital anniversary open house
Public invited to Shafter Convalescent Hospital open house for 25th anniversary on March 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 140 E. Tulare Ave. Call 746-3912 for details. O Neall of Santa Paula to minister at Faith Family Fellowship services Sunday March 13 at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 201 Central Valley Highway. Call 746-6383 for information. Lions Club ham shoot set for March 27 at Enos Lane, start 8 a.m. Cinco de Mayo planning meeting March 10 at 6 p.m. 273 Faber St. Shafter. Rotary challenges other clubs to daffodil sales. $200 prize from Community First Bank. Call 746-6331. Shafter Women’s Aglow meets March 14 at 7 p.m. at the Veteran’s Hall with Anastasia Thande of Kenya as guest speaker. Call 746-5204.
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Shafter Convalescent Hospital
E. Tulare Ave
O’neall
Santa Paula
Faith Family Fellowship
Central Valley Highway
O’neal
United States
Gayla McCormick
Call
Shafter
Cinco de Mayo
Faber St
American Cancer Society
Community First Bank
Call del Garcia
Shafter Women’s Aglow
Veteran’s Hall
Anastasia Thande
Kenya
East Africa
Mary Marquez
Infant Angela Albiar Rites Held In Bakersfield Area
Graveside services conducted March 4 by Peters Funeral Home for infant Angela Albiar daughter of Carlos and Anna Alica Albiar. Born March 2 in Bakersfield and died the same day. Father O'Neill of St Therese Catholic Church of Shafter officiated. Interment followed. Survived by her parents.
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Peters Funeral Home
Angela Albiar
Carlos and
Anna Alica Albiar
Angela
Bakersfield
O’neill
St. Theres’s Catholic Church
Shafter
Community events in Shafter area announced
A column lists local opportunities including depot museum open hours and group tours call Pat Bryant or Stan Wilson for details a Monday crafts meeting at W C Walker Senior Center led by Barbara Tisler Aglow meetings second Mondays at Veteran's Hall Community Bible Study Tuesdays at Valley Bible Church childcare provided prayer gathering Thursdays at City Hall 12 20 to 12 40 pm inviting all churches to join for community and leadership prayers
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Shafter Press
P.O
W.C. Walker Senior Center
Sunset Ave
Barbara Tisler
Woman’s Aglow
Shafter
Veteran’s Hall
Valley Bible Church
Pine St
Mark
Teddy Voorhees
Donna Peters
City Hall
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