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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1953
Page
2
The Bluebirds Girls group honored Kathy Bergman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee W Bergman, with cake and punch during a regular meeting. Kathy’s first grade teacher Mrs Tommy Tucker attended. second grade class led by Miss Karen Waterman.
Miss Gere Eleanor McFaddin wed James Walter Westbrook in a Las Vegas ceremony at the Little Church of the West. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Elmer McFaddin of Bakersfield, and the groom, son of Mrs Clementine Westbrook of Bakersfield, celebrated with dinner at El Rancho Vegas. En route home the couple were honored at a coast dinner and reception.
Faculty Wives and Women of Shafter High School will be entertained at a dessert Monday evening in the home of Mrs. Lowell Todd on Acacia Street. Co hosts are Miss Shirley Harris and Miss Sally Jung. The dessert precedes a Shafter-Wasco Art Association meeting in Richland Cafeteria where they will be special guests.
Decorations are being prepared for a fashion show at the Kern County Potato Growers Convention in Bakersfield Country Club on March 23. Mrs. Herbert Neuman chairs decorations with a long Shafter group assisting. hospitality and local women also named for coordinating the event and related activities.
First Mennonite Church women met at Mrs. Albert Froese’s Fresno avenue home to organize Christmas bundles for Japan and Korea. They seek complete outfits valued at ten dollars for girls and boys and assigned duties for the First Mennonite Convention, April 17 to 19, including hospitality duties. President Mrs. Jack Nikkel presided as cream puffs and coffee were served.
Mrs McMichael Fetes-Daughter Sandra celebrating a decade event with Mrs Scott McMichael hosting Saturday party featuring outdoor games a lawn treasure hunt gifts cartoon movies and a birthday cake ice cream and punch. Prizes awarded to Dean na Toews Betty Tillman and Janet Tudor. Other attendees include Karen Morris Patty Pyle Dora Sedatra Mary Brown Elouise Gonzales and Nancy McMichael.
Mrs. Mixon hosted Friday afternoon for her daughters Shirley aged eight and Mavis six with a guest list of Beverly Neufeld Barbara Wiebe Nancy Bergman Janet Eslick Ellen Donald Ray Derrald Johnson Danny Howard Nancy Froese Janet Morris Sharon Giesbrecht Donnie Buster Ellis Charles Pye Brenda Joyce Tanner Stevie Crawford Nancy Stiva Mary Long Shirley and Mavis Mixon. Tea, cake, ice cream, and punch followed gift opening while Betty Stiva assisted.
The Shafter High School PTA selects chairmen for the April 9 barbecue. General Chairman Jack Thompson announces the program. Local barbecuer Jake Siemens handles the main course with John DeVincenzo Sr carving the meat. Serving head Mrs. Wallace Weyand and cleanup lead Kenneth Pipkins. Cake walk coordinators are Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hansen. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults 1.00 for high school students and .75 for elementary students.
Mrs Jake Stevens was elected president of the Shafter High School PTA. Other officers elected Tuesday include Mrs Clarence Neuman as vice president, Mrs William Dalke secretary, Mrs Jack Thompson treasurer, Mrs Eyron Hansen auditor, and Mrs C G Vignolo parliamentarian. A drama club one act play Not Quite Perfect was staged after the potluck supper directed by student Betty Job with a cast that included Raynetta Mann Kay Dierksen Arlene Kadell Shirley Coodey Virginia Taylor Christine Owens James Waymire Royce Eslick.
A day of clamming at Pismo Beach ended with a seafood dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown at 695 Sycamore Street. The event also marked the birthday of Rev. Patrick Breslin, pastor of St. Therese's Church. Attending clammers and their wives included Bill Brown, John Butler, Frank Sill and Hugh Sill.
Shafter High School hosts Senior Career Day with 38 girls visiting local offices and Bakersfield sites including Kern General Hospital while boys tour a nearby oil drill and print shop. Nurses, engineers, criminologists, photographers, and recruiters from Army to Waves present career paths.
Mrs. Allen Bartel was chosen president of the Maple Parent-Teachers Association for the coming year at the annual officer election. Other officers include Mrs. Jonas Nickel as vice president and Mrs. Harvey Gabde as secretary. The meeting featured a film on the Belgian Congo presented by Rev. Eldo Epp and closed with refreshments.
Karen Jensen was elected president of the Miniheca Campfire Girls at a Richland School meeting on Monday afternoon. Marjorie Wilson became vice president, Patricia Kirschenman secretary, and Paula Nix treasurer. The group plans plantings for the Kern General Hospital home.
Mrs. John J. Peters Jr and her sister in law Mrs Ike Peters and the latter s two daughters Penny and Jill drove to Los Angeles for two days last weekend They met Phyllis Peters daughter of the John Peters and a student at UCLA during the trip
A series of birth notices from Mercy Hospital and local clinics details several newborns. April Joy Rodewald born Saturday at Mercy Hospital to Don and Beth Rodewald, five pounds twelve ounces. A son born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Witcher at Blake Witcher home, eight pounds fifteen ounces. Rebecca Anne Witcher born Saturday morning at Miss Freise's Maternity Home to Leroy and wife. Roger Lee Bilyeu born February 25 at Taft Westside Hospital to a Navy family. A fourth son born March 16 to Julius Nations of Shafter at Mercy Hospital. A daughter born March 17 to Ed McNemar of Cawelo at Mercy Hospital weighing eight pounds. Grandparents named for each child include Rodewald, Witcher, Klassen, and Huie families.
Mr and Mrs LeRoy A Boetcher of Morro Bay visited friends for the weekend. While there they met C A Johns and Boetcher at the Taft golf course with a chance to play a round.
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