Shafter BPW hears National Land spokesmen on farm sales rules
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club met March 23 at Mrs. Clarence Peters home with guest speakers Maia Sorter and Chuck Gardiner of National Land for People Fresno. They discussed the new Reclamation Law rules for farm land sales and potential methods to adjust farm land ownership to aid small farmers. Next meeting set for April 6 in Shafter.
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National Land For People
Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club
Clarence Peters
Virginia Perry
Peters
Maia Sorter
Chuck Gardiner
Fresno
Attorney Sorter
Art Kadel
Elizabeth Peters
Jim Gloeckler
Fred Hasty
Henry Miller
Bryson
Tom Flanagan
Perry
Betty Gloeckler
Ann Stoller
Ruby Burton
Business and Professional Women
Shafter Families Celebrate Weddings Parades and Trips
Shafter residents report a Las Vegas wedding for Alta Mae Martin and Denver Douglas on November 12, 1977 with a Wasco home post wedded life. A Saint Patrick birthday remark by Mrs. Josephine Larimer sparks family birthday fun. Cliff Richards and Eva Rogers plan return to Shafter for future parades with their show horses. A Shafter Trailer Club weekend at Lake Success features five member families and two new joiners with fishing boating photos and campfire songs.
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Alta Mae Martin
Denver Douglas
Belridge Packing Company
Las Vegas
Douglas
Shafter
Clarence Lowe
M.C. Lowe
Laura. Nickle
Wasco
Cliff Richards
Eva Rogers
California Show Horse Association
Shafter Trailer Club
Lake Success
George Bender
Arnold Funk
Bew Henderson
Neal Sperling
Norval Winter
Ray Cummings
Gene Schelers
Ruben Sperling
Vernon Searcy
Dale Spohn
Julie
Randy Cummings
Vanessa
Virginia
Vern Kroeker
Shafter Girls Attend Youth Leadership Seminar at Valley Forge
Shafter girls join Kern County youth for a March 16 19 session at Freedoms Foundation Valley Forge. Participants include Julie Horn Kasla Nash Carol Starth and others from Bakersfield Taft and Tehachapi with chaperones Mrs. Carl Miller and Mrs. Ward Fulcher. Leaders include Richard V. Allen Basilla E. Neilan and Allan C. Brownfeld among a faculty of academics and politics. The program emphasizes lectures historical site visits and a youth chapel service with a flag ceremony.
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Eighten Kern
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Julie Horn
Kasla Nash
Carol Starth
Shafter
Cheryl McCullough
Lake Isabella
Robin Colston
Taft
Judith Schmidt
Tehachapi
Christine Holbert
Debra Stenderup
Julie Lavender
Patricia Rojas
Elaine Session
Cheryl Simpson
Becky Delos Santos
Mary Noriega
Ann Ruhwedel
Cathy Long
Cindy Long
Mandy Rees
Bakersfield
Carl Miller
Ward Fulcher
Kern County
Chapter of Freedoms Foundation
Richard V. Allen
Potomac International
Basilla E. Neilan
Gervase Cain
T.O.R
St. Francis College
Yvonne K. Rappaport
School of Continuing Education
Allan C. Brownfeld
Philadelphia
United States
The
Foundation
Carol Starrh
Karla Nash
Shafter High Senior Lasagna Dinner Planned
The Shafter High School senior class will hold a lasagna dinner on April 3 in the cafeteria. Open to the public, tickets are 3.00 for adults and 1.50 for children under 12, sold by senior class members. The meal, described as fantastic, will be prepared by the mothers of the senior class.
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Shafter High
Shafter High School
Community notices seek family milestones in Shafter Press
Readers are invited to report anniversaries weddings and births from their families to the Shafter Press by calling 746 4942 to share news with the newspaper. The notice urges timely submissions for community announcements.
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Shafter Press
Watsons Rename Evies Cafe to Watsons Coffee Shop
Wanda and Keith Watson took over 301 State Avenue restaurant on March 14 and will run the new Watsons Coffee Shop in Shafter. Keith will keep his Getty Oil job, while Wanda leads daily operations with a focus on good service and food. Hours run Monday to Saturday 5 am to 8 pm and Sunday 6 am to 3 pm. The Porky’s Pizza sign will come down, replaced by the new name. Local reception has been positive as the community adjusts.
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Evie
Watson
Wanda
Keith Watson
State Avenue
Watsons
Shafter
Keith
Getty Oil
Ning
Porkey’s _ Pizza
Wanda Watson
Orientation for eighth grade parents at Shafter High School
Parents of eighth grade students are invited to an orientation on Wednesday April 5 at the Shafter High School Library. Principal Neal Olsen will welcome attendees with introductions by Eva Jones and sessions on discipline, activities, placement, and group discussions led by Anna St Clair Charlie Rekosh Sue Nash and others to help transition to high school.
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Shafter High School
Neal Olsen
Eva Jones
Terry Cummins
John Gibson
Carolyn Miller
Evan Jones
Anna St. Clair
Abel Nunez
Shatter High School
Charlie Rekosh
Merv Huston
Sue Nash
Betty Onsum
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Saint Patrick’s Day
Josephine Larimer
O'Neill
Catherine White
Noreen Barry
Stella Ragsdale
Vera Bell
Lois Sprague
Audrey Leigh Wisner
Lorene Hill
Laura Frost
Lillian Shaffer
Greet
John
Alexander Scourby
Forge
Belton Banks
Bethane
Baby Britane
United Methodist Church
W. Lerdo Avenue
Wueek
First Baptist Church
North Pine Street
Family
Roger Trautmann
Menno Schellenberg
Shafter Missionary Baptist Church
Golden West
Church OF the Nazarene
W. Lordo J. Paul, Alexander
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
California
KWSO
Pentecostal OF God
S. Shafter Ave
Sun
James VicDowell
E. Tulare Ave. Shafter
Owen C. Onsum
Congregational Church
Church of God
G.B. Kingsland
Full Gospel
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Corner of
Sunset & James
Maynard Koerner
Shafter United Methodist Church
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside & Ponlar
Charles P. Hamby
Richland Ave
Sam Hensley
the Sun Shine
Now Christian
Mike McCutchan
Gary Hurley
First Assembly
Elm Street
John P. Davis
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