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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1953
Page
2
A home birthday party Saturday marked Janis Blumkin’s fifth birthday. Guests included Stuart Blumkin and several neighborhood children, with schoolgirl and boy gifts. Adults at the event were Janis’ grandparents and other relatives.
The Union Congregational Church hosts a Mother-Daughter Banquet at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall honoring the oldest and youngest mothers and the mother with the most daughters. The all-woman program includes Roy Farrell as chair, with Bruce Crawford dinner chair and others handling tickets, program, and cleanup. Menu features Crawford Delight salad, Virginia baked ham, sides, dessert, and beverages.
A Lions Club gathering held last night featured a trout dinner. Sandy Sanderson and his wife supplied the fish, catching their two weight limits of Locklaven trout on the season's first day at Bridgeport Reservoir, located 90 miles north of Bishop.
Mrs. Willard F. Hellman Jr and Linda returned home after visiting her parents, along with Larry Burbank and Mrs. Martin Anderson. The weekend included time with grandparents in Shafter and activities noted by Blanche Mills. The San Andreas Fault extends from Point Arena to the Imperial Valley.
J E Bergen was honored for his 80th birthday with a midweek singS P program at the Mennonite Brethren Church. Arnold Bergen led German hymns, a piano solo accompanied by Mrs. H H Nikkel, and a short program by Rev Waldo Wiebe plus readings by Jake F Bergen. A Sunday dinner followed with gifts and life story highlights. Slides showed life in a Nigerian leper colony where grandson John J Bergen and family serve as missionaries. Bergen was born April 29 1873 in a Mennonite colony in Southern Russia and later settled in Shafter California. He has nine children who attended the dinner along with many relatives.
Miss Belva Becker and Allen Warkentine announce their engagement. Both are Pacif ic Bible Institute students in Fresno planning a summer wedding. Becker is a Maple School and Wasco High School graduate and a Bank of America clerk. Warkentine, an Immanuel Academy graduate, will return to the Bible Institute next fall and works part time for Arden Farms in Fresno.
Maple The Maple 4 H Club plans a Mother's Breakfast as the closing session of the cooking project. The event is set for Thursday afternoon May 14 at 5 o clock with invitations sent to mothers. The club emphasizes Better Breakfasts and stresses starter meal elements and preparation. This will be the final meeting of the year and members should have record books up to date and ready to turn in. Home preparation requirements should be completed and prizes await the top point earners in foods and sewing.
Seventh and eighth graders from Richland school will model clothing they have made at 7 30 p m next Thursday in Memorial. About 150 girls will take part in the program directed by Miss Burnis Morris. Chet Fowler eighth grader will play King Cotton reviewing his models to select a Queen of Shafter Cotton. Narrator Marvin Schmidt. pages Donald Beaver and Bobby Funk. Assisting Miss Morris will be Mrs Alice Stuber. Dick Southwick handles instrumental music and shorts play clothes.
A bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Ed Warren and Mrs. P. L. Arnold celebrated Joyce Bender, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bender, who will wed Rudolph Kohlmeister of San Francisco in July. Guests included numerous local and out of town friends with white and pink stock centerpieces, roses, stock, and pink rose bud decor.
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