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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1957
Page
5
A child named Scotty Brahe celebrated his fourth birthday with a roast beef dinner and gifts. Relatives including Mr and Mrs Floyd Heinlein Mary Bran and Ken attended the event. The boy wore a bright red cowboy hat with white edging. A note about dangers is included with a fictional tone.
A compact note describes a Bell & Howell 500 EE camera setup with a 20mm f/1.9 Super Comat lens and photoelectric cell. It highlights automatic adjustments to lighting for indoor and outdoor use.
Marjorie Engel plans marriage to Wesley Wishon of Prince Taft area. The ceremony at Mennonite Brethren church will feature vows read by Rev Wiebe and a message by Rev Menno Kellenberg. Engaged to a Taft resident, she is active in choir Pep club Girls Athletic Association Horizon club. Wishon, a 1953 graduate, worked in oil surveying with Schlumberger Taft and will reside at 509 Ahern Street Taft.
A White Cloud Blue Birds cookout was held in a backyard yard with Mrs. Raymond Brooke assisting sponsor Mrs. Albert Neeley. Wieners in foil were cooked over a trench fire and prepaid. Girls formed committees led by Becky Hoover Susan Brooks and Ann Magquist with Mary Walhoad Janice Blunkin Glenda Jacobus and Radonna Banks maintaining the fire.
After aStork shower honors for Mrs Dale Few, refreshments of cake and ice cream were served. Attendees included Mmes Don Bickner Earl Curry Reuben John Newman Pat Curry Genngen Merstnaets Dan Wel and Leslie Rice of Los Angeles and Miss Virginia Voth.
Mrs Donald Bickner was the guest of honor at a layette shower held Wednesday evening at Mrs Ed Lerdo Avenue home. Hosts were Mmes George Wedel Eugene Strauss and Dana Mulder. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Bob Warra Heinze and Mrs Esther Voth. Gifts were received for the honoree and attending were many local residents.
A partial listing shows speakers and participants for a local event series titled Candles n Cake. Entries include Erma Adamson Louella Wik Handel and others across March 15 to 20 with several days listing no participants. The fragment ends with a garbled line including Badgett Mrs Thomas Wedge and others.
The Shafter School hosts a CSF reception for members and parents in the home making department's all purpose room. Refreshments provided by the home making department. CSF students at the high school include Pat Cornell Willie Kelley Don McClure Jo-Ann Mettler Mae Scott Jean Thomas Phyllis Waters Barbara Webb Dorothy Weitz Gary Wilson Mae Addington Phillip Anderson Carol Becker Dolley Begley Duncan Bradshaw Vickie Davis Margaret Freedman Carol Froese Louise Fuller Carol Barton Marilyn Gaede Norma Graves Joyce Hamlin Reg Hammond Bill Johnson Bonnie Johnson Dennis Klein Franklin Clarice Mouser Jim McClure Rebecca Lerin Mike P Joe Pargain na Peters Walter Poznoff Jotte Rains oy Deanna Skmore Sandra Stover Marilyn Thomas Bill Thompson Lavina Unruh Genevieve Vaughn Frank Ware Rodney Wiens and Donna Ray Willis.
A wedding day reception at Veterans Memorial Hall honored Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Palomo with about 300 guests. The meal featured chicken dinner by the bridegroom’s mother and friends, a three tier wedding cake, and music by Pablo Manueles and his Spanish orchestra. Gifts included attendees from Fresno Mendota Wasco Pittsburgh Bakersfield San Jose and Wasco with many relatives present.
Melinda Ann born March 11 in Porterville to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mettler weighs 7 pounds 14 ounces. Brother Steven turns five today. Mother Marjorie Callen taught at Richland school. Kathryn Jean Hearn born at Memorial Hospital Bakersfield weighs 6 pounds 15 ounces. Grandparents Bill and Thompson and William Hearn celebrate. First granddaughter for Kathryn’s family. A boy weighs seven pounds born March 12 to Steven Rodriguez family from Shafter and Martha Decay of Delano.
The Junior Women's club hosted a fund raising card party March 5 at Veterans Memorial Hall with about 45 attendees. Mrs. Jim Paul led Ways and Means decorating. helpers included Mrs. Wes Janzen and Mrs. Jack Hogue. spring motifs featured plum blossoms. Door prizes went to a long list of members and guests. refreshments were managed by Mrs. Wayne Payne with a team assisting. Mrs. Wayne Wood oversaw game tables and Mrs. Bill Hinsley welcomed guests.
Thirty four Shafter High School girls and their advisors will travel to Los Angeles March 15 17 for the Region Five Horizon Club Convention. Advisors Marlys Andrist and Sharon McDaniels report the Horizon Chairs of Kern County will host and supervise convention activities including a program by Seventeen magazine editor Sara Salzer and a talk by Dr Paul Popenoe founder of the American Institute of Family Relations.
Pink camellias and entwined hearts set the scene Saturday afternoon for a Bakersfield bride to be Mary Barrero. The event was hosted at Mex Heltd deacelsen’s home in Shafter with co host Mrs Harold Freedman. Attendees included many Shafter residents and Bakersfield relatives with gifts arranged under a camellia trimmed umbrella and refreshments of parfaits and cake.
Marcella McKusick hosted members of the Business and Professional Women's club of Shafter at her Walnut Street home. Ruth McMillan chaired the meeting. Irene Tilley led the session. Minutes of two prior meetings were read. Ann Stoller reported funds. A committee including Jeanette Wheeler Clara Schnidt and Lorraine Christensen will study by laws. A section meeting is set for March 19 at 7 pm at Il Trovatore with a $2 dinner. Refreshments followed.
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