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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1983
Page
2
The Shafter Press invites free wedding engagements birth announcements and club church news. Submit by Monday noon to the Press office. Contact society writer Jeanette Wheeler on Mondays or Fridays at 746-4942 or 399-5925. Photos should be black and white. color accepted if properly exposed.
About 450 guests attended the double ring ceremony at Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church on Saturday April 9 at 2 30 pm uniting Miss Rashelle Messick daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Messick Bakersfield formerly of Wasco and John Michael Hicks son of Mrs Joan Hicks Wasco. Peforming ministers were Pastor Werner Kroeker and Pastor Richard Wieneke. Bridesmaids flower girls and groomsmen included Ruth Siebert Thais Mellow Cheryl Fleming Carr and Jim Hicks with Seth Buhler as ring bearer. A reception followed in Wasco.
Shafter Convalescent Hospital joins national Nursing Home Week May 8 to 14 with a balloon release plan. About 70,000 Beverly Enterprise residents will release balloons bearing their names and addresses, inviting finders to send letters. Wayne Smith, administrator, invites participation and provides a contact number for details.
La Leche League hosts free monthly meetings on the second Thursday at 10 a.m. The next gathering is May 12 at 222 Faber Shafter. Karen Albertson at 758-6519 provides information. Members host sessions in homes offering support, lending library, and guidance on breastfeeding and parenting.
A sequence of local gatherings across Shafter runs from Thursday May 12 through Wednesday May 18. Events include Christian Business Men at Yee’s Steak House, Shafter Historical Society at Depot Museum, Chamber of Commerce lunch at JDs, Shafter Junior Miss Pageant at SHS Auditorium, Potato and Cotton Festival at Stringham Park, plus meetings of AARP, Richland School District board, American Legion, Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs at various venues and times.
Generations gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Vernon Searcy to mark Ona Searcy’s 80th birthday and a Mother's Day alongside. Mona Searcy crafted and decorated the cake as relatives from Shafter Wasco Snyder Ringgold and Bakersfield celebrated with family photos planned and taken.
Patricia Astengo and spouse Sergio welcomed a daughter named Patricia born April 19 at 2 58 p.m. weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces and 19 inches. A second daughter was born April 22 at 3 00 a.m. at North Kern Hospital weighing 7 pounds and 20 inches. Francisco and Guadalupe Duarte welcomed Glenda born April 22 at 12 45 p.m. weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces and 20 inches. Andrea Christine named by Steven and Elizabeth Hawkins.
Tickets are on sale for the Boy and Cub Scouts Troop and Pack 913 annual Pancake Breakfast to be held Saturday May 14 from 7 a.m. to 9 30 a.m. at the Shafter Veterans Hall. The breakfast includes pancakes scrambled eggs sausage orange juice milk and coffee with a donation of 2 50.
The public is invited to attend the FFA Parent Member Awards Banquet on May 23 at 6 p.m. at Shafter Veterans Hall. Menu includes tip, baked potato, salad, dessert and drinks. Tickets cost 6 dollars for most attendees and 2 dollars for FFA members, with purchase via Ag Booster or SHS finance office.
Cynthia Jo Moss and John Simpson wed in a garden ceremony at the groom’s Wasco home on March 26. Reverend John Tatum officiated as 100 guests attended. the bride wore an Empire Chantilly lace gown. The couple will honeymoon in Fayetteville North Carolina before settling in Shafter. Local relatives and out of town guests attended a ceremony marked by family ties and traditional roles.
Rick Smith assistant general manager of the Bakersfield Mariners will discuss the California Baseball League at the Shafter Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons meeting on Monday May 16 at 1 30 p m. He will present a 13 minute film of the 1982 Mariners and unveil a photo exhibit by local farmer Steve Furman who recently won Henley’s Bakersfield sweepstake award.
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