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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1968
Page
2
Miss Beth Youngblood, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth C Youngblood, will be laid to rest Thursday at 10 oclock in the Mish Chapel of the Chimes Shafter.
A church youth group week of activities culminated Friday night with a prayer service at the First Southern Baptist Church at 7 30 p m. Parents joined for refreshments as Cynthia Mouber led games and the program featured Carol Hammon singing with Cynthia on piano. A note writing session to overseas service members followed.
The Twentieth Annual Kern County Art Festival will be held March 30 and 31 at Veterans Hall Wasco. Participants must meet the March 1 deadline and bring their picture Friday March 29 between 4 and 5 p.m. Judging occurs March 30 morning with exhibit open to the public 1 to 5 p.m. both days. Wilbur Immel travels from Minneapolis after visiting relatives, and Mr and Mrs Harry Guenther of Lodi are guests in Shafter.
Miss Virginia Ann Frost and David Lynn Raven plan a July 6 wedding. Frost will graduate from the University of California, Davis with a BS in home economics. Raven earned a UC Davis BS in agricultural economics in 1967 and is pursuing graduate work at Sacramento State College.
Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church urges youth to pray March 22 23 for Ruben Escribano a Spanish Adventist sentenced to six years in jail for refusing to do ordinary work on Saturdays during Army service Officials say the church invites appeals to Spain's Supreme Court and letters of support to Escribano while stressing non protest intent and divine intervention if the appeal fails
Mrs. Sylvia Baughman of Richland School District in Shafter will chair local registration for the Fifteenth Annual State Conference of the California School Food Service Association in Bakersfield April 7 to 9. The event, with over 4,000 members, will feature lectures, demonstrations, a large exhibit of cooking equipment, and workshops on cost control, menu planning, and standardization led by Dr. John N. Perryman and Bakersfield Mayor Russell V. Karlen. Berneice Zwaschka serves as state president.
The 15th District meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary was held at Post 808 in Bakersfield on Sunday March 17 with a noon dinner by Unit members. Attendees included Shafter Auxiliary leaders Jeannine Hetherington and Cathy Morgan plus Elgie Heinlein and Isabelle Crawford. Ivanhoe Unit president Mrs Clare Shouse presided and California Department sergeant at arms Mrs Ethel Wilson attended. Lilly Nixon, Unit 808 president, welcomed guests.
Mrs. Anne Redekop of Saskatchewan was guest of honor at a Sunday dinner at the Aaron Warkentin residence. Most siblings attended except Henry Bestwater in Ghana. Attendees included Art and Rose Bestwater La Mirada, Bill Bestwater Bakersfield, Hank Warkentine Robbie Heidi Porterville, Thad McFadden Cyndia Sandie Lemoore, Tom Penne Sue and Diane Shafter, Ron Warkentine, Wm. J. Bestwater, and Don Warkentine. Mrs. Redekop and her father William Bestwater returned to La Mirada, planning to stay until Thursday. Redekop will depart for Canada Saturday. Barbara Cole reported on California Girls State. Jeannine Hetherington invited attendance at the Girls State Pancake breakfast on April 27. Barbara Cole and Lois Rainey with Bakersfield Girls State representatives plan to attend. County Government Day for Boy and Girls Staters is May 14 in Bakersfield, assembling at Post 26 then to the county office, ending with dinner. Other dates include April 28 luncheon for Auxiliary Past Presidents at Kern County Airport and April 20-21 Junior Conference at Christian Camp Hume Lake. Legion Post 213 members present were Charles Beighle, Floyd Heinlein, Leon Morgan, and Curly Richard G. James.
Announcement of the engagement between Mary Ellen Parsons of Carmel and Robert W. Irwin Jr. of Shafter follows a Carmel reception hosted by the Pars ons. Parsons is a University of the Pacific graduate and graduate student in education. Irwin attended Bakersfield Junior College and holds a BA in economics and works with Reynolds and Company in Stockton.
Twenty one members attended the Starlight Circle luncheon at Lenora Porter's Wasco home. President Zada Robinson chaired and finalized plans for the annual roast beef dinner on Saturday April 27 from 5 30 to 7 30 p m at Wasco Masonic hall with homemade pies for dessert.
The Past Commander's Dinner will be held Saturday evening March 23 at Shafter Veteran's Hall beginning at 7 p.m. County Supervisor David Fairbairn will speak. The event celebrates the Legion's 49th birthday and honors past commanders and charter members of the Shafter post.
Twenty eight members of the Senior High Pilgrim Fellowship of Union Congregational church spent a weekend at Camp Condor in Mt Abel. They rode from Shafter Friday and returned Sunday with activities including a disc jockey program, moonlight hike, hot chocolate, volleyball, ski lift trips, tobogganing and sledding. Doug Erickson of Occidental College spoke Saturday evening. Kathy Onsum led song.
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