Glenda Sue Young Weds LeRoy Altenhofen in Shafter
Glenda Sue Young became the bride of Airman 2/c LeRoy E. Altenhofen in a candlelight ceremony at First Southern Baptist Church Shafter. Rev Egan officiated as Miss Cyndee Mouser sang Whither Goest and Harold Riem sang Wedding Prayer. The couple walked down the aisle in lace gown with pearl accents as 250 guests watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Sue Road
le E. Altenhofen
J. P. Altenhofen
eSeae
Bapin Shafter
Egan
Cyndee Mouser
Lor- Mouser
Whith- Goest
Harold Riem
Ed Hallsister
Dianna Vasco
Altenhofen Nuptials Include Coast Trip and Local Ties
Cheryl Lyn Pocus and Leroy E Altenhofen wed in a ceremony with family from Hunting ton Beach Norwalk Bakersfield Buttonwillow Wasco and Santa Barbara. The reception followed at the social hall. The couple plan to make their home in Oildale after both pursued local education and military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Ogan
Huntington Beach
Norwalk
Bakersfield
Buttonwillow
Wasco
Santa Barbara
Fragmentary note mentions Mrs Frank Wisner weekend plans
Partial OCR text references Mrs Frank Wisner and a weekend with a claymore, unclear details. No confirmed events, dates, or locations can be established from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seb Arid
Frank Wisner
Congregational Choir to Sing The Crucifixion
The Union Congregational church will present The Crucifixion by John Stainer during the morning service on Palm Sunday April 3. Soloists include Bob Snively Bob Bann Irvin Nickle and Kerneth Anderson with Mrs Doris Unruh at the organ. Rev C Beatty will fill the pulpit, coming from Bethany Congregational in Los Angeles and with a background in missionary work in Taiwan. Last Sunday Owen Onsum of Los Angeles preached and received a unanimous call to be regular pastor amid a capacity congregation and 150 guests at a post service pot luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stainer
Union Congregational Church
T. N. Anderson
Doris Unruh
Bob Snively
Bob Bann
Irvin’ Nickle
Kerneth
Anderson
C. Beatty
Los Angeles
Taiwan
Republic of China
Christ’s College
Christian Hospitality House
Taipei
Overseas Radio, Inc
Beatty
Bethany Congregational Church
South Duman Avenue
Une
Owen Onsum
Onsum
Miss Alice Jane Daniel Becomes Bride of Patrick Legg
Miss Daniel and Patrick Legg wed in a Free Will Baptist Church ceremony March 19 with 75 guests. Rev Don Farris officiated. Joyce Beam sang as white and blue decor graced the church. The couple resides in Palm Springs with Legg employed by Stack Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jane Daniel
Patrick Legg
B. Daniel
Golden West
Shafter
Ick Legg
Palms
Calif
Paff
Hall Street
Kingman
Free Will Baptist Church
Don Farris
Bakersfield
Danny Johnson
Joyce Beam
Brenda Hubbard
Palm Springs
Charlotte Nixon
Sandra Christian
Freddie McNew
Shaf‘er
Sandra
Pilgrim Fellowship Youth Schedule Activities and Rides
The Union Congregational church seventh and eighth graders enjoyed a March 26 horseback ride from A Stables Bakersfield through Hart Park with lunch then returned by 1 30 pm. Teas and Fireside gatherings continued March 27 at Don Zachary home and Kris Albright home with plans for April 15 24 youth events.
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Union Congregational Church
Bakersfield
Hart Park
Congregational Church
Bobby Griffin
Linn Wa Dave
Larry Zachary
Diane Wiedmann
Pam Wilson
Debbie Montgomery
Janet Bongberg
Patricia Anderson
Kris Albright
Wendy Lacy
Don Zachary
Mert Wiedmann
Pilgrim Youth Fellowship Group
Son Born to Maple Area Couple Anthony Jay Tiger
Mr and Mrs Jay Tiger of Maple area announce the birth of a son in Torrence on March 5 named Anthony Jay. The baby weighed over 7 pounds. A five year old sister Tammy Lela Kelley is noted. The couple’s background includes Wasco Union High School graduation and a former marine husband employed by Douglas Aircraft.
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Maple
Jay Co
Tiger
Torrence
Anthony Jay
Tammy Lela Kelley
Lynn
Silas Kelley
Maple Area
Wasco Union High School
Douglas Air Craft
City of Hope Seeks Big Gifts on Hope Sunday May 8
Community appeal urges strong support for fighting catastrophic disease. City of Hope asks donors to give generously during Hope Sunday on May 8 to fund research and patient care.
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City of Hope
Hope
Engagement of Miss Barnes Announced in Shafter
The engagement of Miss Marylin Jane Barnes daughter of Mr and Mrs James Alvis Wilkins to Mr Ronald Gary Maneke son of Mrs Free Maneke Bakersfield has been made known. They will wed at the Fellowship Halls of the First Baptist Church in Shafter on Saturday April 16 at 8 o clock with a reception following. The bride to be is a Shafter High School graduate class of 1961 and is employed in Bakersfield. Her fiancé is at the Motorcycle Center.
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Mojave Union High School
Leon Parks
Ernest Howard
Porterville
Barney Burns
Stockton
Tillman Lanston
Delano
Ernest Blevins
Bakersfield
Eddie Knight
Curtis Daniel
Brenda Hubbard
Palm Springs
Kings Man
Ariz
Marylin Jane Barnes
James Alvis Wilkins
Ronald Gary Maneke
Free Maneke
First Baptist Church
Shafter
Uride-to
Shafter High School
Motorcycle Center
Women Attend Spring Rally At Dinuba
A large group of local Mennonite women from Shafter churches attended the annual Spring Missionary Rally in Dinuba hosted by the Women's Missionary Service. About 400 women from across the state participated with sessions on missionary outfitting, study guides, and seminary scholarships, plus a Philippines talk and a Japan work skit. A chartered bus carried many attendees from the Shafter Mennonite Brethren church with numerous named participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Mennonite Brethern
Dinuba
Women's Missionary Service
Zion Mennonite Brothers
Dinuba Veterans’ Hall
Arthur Wiest
Wallace Reimer
Shaf‘er
Wiley and Anderson Families Camp at Cerro Alto Coast
Mr and Mrs Ray Wiley and Mr and Mrs Dave Anderson with their children enjoyed a coastal outing at Cerro Alto between Atascadero and Morro Bay. The families camped near the shore and spent time together at the scenic site.
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Ray Wiley
Dave Anderson
Cerro Alto
Atascadero
Morro Bay
Nickel visits daughter near Sacramento for new grandson
Mrs Jonas Nickel visits Carmichael near Sacramento to help daughter Mrs Marvin Grimm. The Grimms welcomed their second child, a boy named Jonathan Eric, born Wednesday March 23, weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. The family also has a three year old son Michael.
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Maple
Jonas Nickels
Carmichae
Sacrameno
Marvin Grimm
Grimm
Jonathan Eric
Michael
Bongberg Brother Funeral Held In Las Vegas
Dr and Mrs Robert Bongberg attended the funeral services for Victor L Bongberg in Las Vegas where he died March 15 at Memorial hospital. An electrical contractor by trade, he was buried in Pomona.
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Robert Bongberg
Las Vegas
Victor L. Bongberg
Memorial Hospital
Victor Bongberg
Pomona
FHA Week Observed By Shafter High School Chapter
The Shafter Future Homemakers of Shafter High School observed National FHA Week from March 27 to April 1. Adviser Mrs. Laura Martens spoke on manners and morals at a community meeting in the high school auditorium. Members are juniors and seniors, with 11,000 local chapters nationwide. Shafter advisers are Mrs. Laura Martens and Mrs. Barbara Spears.
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Shafter Future
Shafter High School
Ege Hunt
Cerebral Palsy
Wasco
Laura Martens
Haruki Brewer
Sie
Wome Economics
FHA
Shafter Fha
St. Louis
Martens
United States
Barbara Spears
Johnston Couple Visits From Saugus for Family Update
Mr and Mrs Jon Johnston formerly of Shafter resided in Saugus visited last week. Mrs Johnston’s father Evan Si Ogle underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily.
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Jon Johnston
Saugus
Shafter
Fifth generation birth reported in Bakersfield area
The Self family announces Karen Anne Self born Tuesday March 22 at 11 10 p.m. She is the fifth generation of eldest daughters tracing back to Shafter and Bakersfield connections. Grandmothers and great grandmother Lillian Guibson, in McAlester, Okla, is over 80 and recently remarried.
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Buddy Self
Karen Anne
Memorial Y Tal
Baker
Self
Sherh Sue
Jordan C
Willow
Shafter
Sherri
Evans
Sherri Sue
Dorothy) Evans
S. J. Johnson
Jonson
Blanche
Dorothy
Sherri Sue Self
Lillian Guibson
McAlester
Oklo
Little Karen Self
William Self
Bakersfield
Mennonite Brethren Elect New Church Officers
At the Mennonite Brethren church business meeting on Wednesday March 23 at 7 30 p m Lee Bergman was elected assistant to the Pastor Rev Henry Dick Ed Nikkel was chosen church secretary Deacons Wallace Koop Lloyd Kroeker Ralph Lachenmaier and Willis Reimer won three year council terms all were incumbents or re elected to their posts.
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Lee Bergman
Henry Dick
Mennonite Brethren Church
Ed Nikkel
Wallace Koop
Lloyd Kroeker
Ralph Lachenmaier
Willis Reimer
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Glenda Sue Young
Tde
LeRoy E. Altenhofen
MR. and Mrs
Leroy’ E. Altenhofen
Cheryl Lyn Pocus
Ronnie Womack
Darlene Baker
Janet McTiwaine
Jerry M. Pocus
Oildale
Sam Baker
Corcoran
Joe Hearon
Duane Garrison
Fred Olney
Linda Graves
J. V. Reynolds
Troy Aday
Charles Young
San Francisco
Carmel
Monterey
C. A. Merrew
Altenhofen
Bakersfield College
Central California Commercial College
Wabun High School
Wabun
Minn
Air Force
el Tejon
Apt. 3
Mary Baker
Robles
Coff
Aero 6
Eckmann
H. W. Kelly
Ketchum
Korea
Usinnessman
USC
Pilgrim Fellowship
Miss Barnes
Maryln Barnes
Helena Wiebe
Philippines
Japan
Roland Wiens
Shafter Menhonite Brethren Church
Henry Bergman
Ferd Frantz
Abe Isaac
Sam Becker
Frank Russell
E. J. Peters
Edward Peters
Redekop
William Bestwater
Canada
J. Nickel
Sacramento
Trinity Lutheran
Poso
M. E
North Pine Street
Morning Worship Training Union
Evening Gospel Hour
Family Bible Hour
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