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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1982
Page
2
Cathy Prout, Shafter Branch Chairman, urged people to honor friends and loved ones with memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society. She cited two million cancer survivors as living memorials and said gifts fund research and life-saving programs.
CBMC hosts Pastor Bob Crombie at a May 13 luncheon at Yee's Steak House reserved for men. SAWS appeals for children’s clothing donations to be delivered to Shafter SDA Community Services Center Wednesday 9 AM to 12 PM or call 746 4883. Shafter High Booster Club raffle on May 14 features a 1982 Monte Carlo plus TVs and radios at Veterans Hall. Shafter Chamber invites the public May 4 at JD's for Jack Thompson of Thompson Land Co speaking on the Peripheral Canal measure Prop 9.
New officers for the Shafter Woman's Club will be installed at a gala luncheon today at Maison Jaussaud in Bakersfield. Catherine White will install Helen Hasty as president Judy Hoffer as first vice president Gretchen Kirk as second vice president and two scholars announced today. Reports of the year's activities and the state convention held last week in Los Angeles will be on the program. Marilyn with Martha Ingle will present a music program. Committee members include Virginia Frizzell Ben Thompson Catherine Weyand Clara Notley Lottie Thomas and Theodora Richard.
Barbara Hammett was chosen president of the American Legion Auxiliary for the coming year succeeding Georgette Kadel who led the group the past two years. New officers include Nen Earl Witcher Dorothy Sharp Sonnet Marie Beesen Hazel Graves Alice Turpin Judy Ashcraft Gladys Grisham Kathy Morgan Faye Tudor on the Executive Board. Installations planned June 7 in a joint ceremony with the American Legion. The Auxiliary to host a May 16 potluck with Legion guests and Shafter Fire Department program. Initiation for new members on June 1 with Kathy Morgan as program chair. The drill team, led by Hallie Duncan and Vickie Fosdick, marched in the Potato Festival Parade. Dorothy Sharp chairs the Poppy Program May 14 and 15, while poppies fund handicapped veterans hospitals nationwide. The Auxiliary has raised more than $6,000 for Special Education at Richland School, and funded eye glasses and lap robes for hospitalized Shafter veterans.
Shafter High School class of 1972 prepares a June 12 reunion. Those attending should book now, and locals with information on listed classmates or others not yet contacted are asked to call Lisha at 746-2454 or Linda at 834-4390.
Shafter Police Chief Richard Hoffer and officers spoke at the Auxiliary monthly potluck, presenting a crime prevention slide show and inviting women to host morning coffee klatches to learn neighborhood safety tips. Interested residents were asked to call the Shafter Police Department.
A regional note from Artas South Dakota references a local bread loaf description tied to wheat production. The fragment suggests a place or cultural context, with no explicit events or dates provided. Further details would clarify whether this denotes a regional naming or a historical term.
The Richland choir will sing at the AARP Chapter of the American Sons event next Monday. The gathering occurs at Veteran's Hall at 1 30 p.m. Harlan Wilson serves as program chairman. A trio of high school girls who attended the Freedom Foundation conclave in Washington DC and Valley Forge will speak.
Birth announcements list infants born in April and May 1982 at Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. Names include Christopher Wayne Smith, Marshall Dale, and Jeremy Thomas with birth times, weights, and lengths. Families span Shafter, Bakersfield, Fresno, and nearby areas with multiple grandparents noted.
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