Shafter Historical Society hosts pie auction potluck
The Shafter Historical Society held its annual preduction and potluck at the Veterans Hall on April 27 with over 60 attendees. A pie auction featured Mayor Cathy Prout's strawberry pie as top bid, while Evelyn Little correctly guessed the Gooseberry Pie in the Guess Pie contest. Volunteers, future events, and book sales updates plus National Register listing for the Green Hotel were shared by President Steve Reimer and others.
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Shafter Historical Society
Veterans Hall
The
Historical Society
Vernon Isaac
Isaac
Arty Feil
John Wiens
Feil
Cathy Prout
Iva Bayless
Evelyn Little
Sandy Armstrong
Society
Shafter
Depot Museum
Gretchen Kirk
Green Hotel
Helen Gaede
Georgette
Art Kadel
Dwayne
Opal Boles
Nancy
Stan Wilson
Selvidge heads to Boys State as Legion delegate
Jason Selvidge, son of Wes and Janet, chosen by Buttronwittow Post of the American Legion to attend Boys State in Sacramento in June. A fifth generation Tracy family member and Shafter High student, he excels as a Straight-A scholar active in band, sports, and community groups.
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Jason Selvidge
Buttronwittow Post
American Legion
Sacramento
California
Jason
Wes
Janet Selvidge
Tracy
Kern County
Buttonwillow
Frances Selvidge
Bakersfield
Erma Funk
Wasco
Andrea
USC
Colorado
Shafter High
C.S.F
Mennonite Brethren Church of
Shafter
Senior Menu at Shafter Senior Center
The schedule lists meals from May 3 to May 9 at 505 Sunset. Daily menus include juice, main course, sides, dessert, margarine, and milk, featuring Roast Beef with Brown Gravy, Turkey a la King, Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken-fried Steak, and Italian-style Spaghetti with various sides and fruit.
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Shafter Senior Center
Turkey
Daily Birthday and Anniversary List May 3 9
The notice lists birthdays and anniversaries for May 3 through May 9. Names include Marjorie Robertson Sue Nash Inez Hill Charlie McFadden Brian Little Darleen Reimer Jacob James Isaak Steve Nelson Jeremy Ashby Vernon Kroeker David Hair Peter Nelson Jim Ryan Mike Nancy Ratzlaff Ross Garber Harry Gibbons Carin Carthal Heather Hamilton Gary Debbie Lynch Alice E Arriola Shad Cunningham Weldon Joyce Wilson.
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Marjorie Robertson
Sue Nash
Inez Hill
Charlie McFadden
Brian Little
Darleen Reimer
Jacob James Isaak
Steve Nelson
Jeremy Ashby
Hank Gloria Sti
Vernon Kroeker
David Hair
Peter Nelson
Jim Ryan
Mike
Nancy Ratzlaff
Ross Garber
Harry Gibbons
Carin Carthal
Heather Hamilton
Gary
Debbie Lynch
Alice E. Arriola
Shad Cunningham
Weldon
Joyce Wilson
Barn Dance and Barbecue Hosted by Shafter Lions Club
The Shafter Lions Club announces an old-fashioned barn dance and barbecue at Hernstedt Ranch seven miles west of Shafter on Merced Avenue this Saturday. Dinner and entertainment priced at 15 dollars per person with Canyon River Country Band playing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets at door or from Lions. call 746-3326 days or 758-3489 evenings for details.
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Shafter Lions Club
Hernstedt Ranch
Shafter
Merced Avenue
Canyon River Country Band
Shafter Lion
SRPD Offers Cake Decorating Classes In Shafter
Shafter Recreation and Park District opens registration for a cake decorating class led by Vada Miller at the W C Walker Senior Center. Sessions run Monday evenings 7 to 9 with a six week course priced at 25 dollars plus supplies, starting May 9. Contact 700 E Tulare Ave or call 746 3303 to enroll.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
Vada Miller
W.C. Walker Senior Center
E. Tulare Ave
May 8 Women’s Aglow Meeting in Shafter
Shafter Women’s Aglow invites members to a May 8 fellowship at 7 p.m. in the Shafter Veterans Hall with speaker Christine Burciaga from Bakersfield. Burciaga, wife and mother of two, teaches Sunday school, leads women’s Bible studies, and serves in intercessory prayer. Cookbooks for fundraising are $6, baked-books giveaway on May 6 near Stringham’s Drugstore, plus crafts for sale. info from Yolanda at 746-6172.
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Shafter’s Women’s Aglow
Shafter Veterans Hall
Christine Burciaga
Burciaga
Bakersfield
Aglow Board
Women’s Aglow
Stringham’s
Yolanda
Local family welcomes Finnish exchange student Klaus to Shafter
Janet and Wesley Selvidge of Buttonwillow become host parents for Klaus a 16 year old Finnish exchange student. Klaus loves basketball skiing football and other sports and is excited to spend a high school year in Shafter. EF Education Foundation for Foreign Study places students aged 15 to 18 with English language and insurance. For information call Jim Engel at 805 399 6507 after 6 p.m.
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Janet
Wesley Selvidge
Buttonwillow
Klaus
Selvidges
Finland
Shafter
Educational Foundation For Foreign Study
Europe
Asia
Australia
Latin America
Jim Engel
Shafter High Band Plans May Fiesta for Cruise Trip
Shafter High School band designs an April 1990 open seas cruise to Ensenada aboard the Azure Seas with about 60 students. A May 6 fund raiser features a Mexican dinner, music, door prizes, and $5 tickets to cover travel costs, while deposits are already being made for bookings.
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Shafter High School
Ensenada
Mexico
Catalina Island
Shafter Area
Okies and Dust Bowls spark Shafter reflections
A Shafter columnist recalls family roots and Dust Bowl migrations, arguing Okies did not typify all settlers. He honors pioneer values, questions stereotypes, and invites reader opinions while sharing personal heritage from 1920 onward. Contact details urge reader engagement.
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Rhis
Bob Ewen
Shafter
Midwest
Okie
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Pat Bryant
Dwayne Armstrong
Manuel Park
Brian
Sandy Kroeker
Kroekers
Shafter Motel
Selvidge
Klaus Sundholm
SRPD
By Stephen McFadden
Stringham
Shafter Drug Store
Stitchin
SHS
Myimom
Steinbeck
P.O. bin A
Msgr
John A. Delany
United Methodist Church
W. Lerdo Hwy
Larry Cluff
Shafter Free Will Baptist Church
Free Will Christian Academy
Pastor Dean Long
Congregational Church of
Mike Kotrla
N Sunday School
Valley Bible
Don Ott
Michael W. Smith
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Menno Schellenberg
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