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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1947
Page
3
In this note from Shafter Chatter the community thanks Miss Pickrel and other teachers for guiding kindergarten students through a nine month term. Parents express pride in their children’s growth and future first grade changes as school winds to summer. Guests of Mr and Mrs Sam Reynolds include Mr Tommy Tucker of Oildale and Mr Carl Ramsey of Bakersfield.
Bob Haag son of Mr and Mrs Walter Haag of Rio Bravo will accompany a young woman vocalist at a KFI Hollywood Bowl Audition. The 30 minute program airs Monday at 9 pm from Los Angeles station KFI and the runner up earns a place at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. Shafter residents may obtain studio tickets from the Haags.
Mrs George Vannatta and Mrs Emil Bender hosted a bridge supper at the Bender home on Friday evening. Guests included Mesdames Sylvia Baughman Ed Brown Jack Battaglia E B Stringham A B McKinley E C Eckman Glen Putman George Enns J H Fuller J L Hill T P Rootes Joe Frizzell Ike Peters John Peters Bert Ware and Miss Edna Prieve. Card prizes went to Mesdames Battaglia Putman Eckman.
Mr and Mrs H W Kelly hosted a buffet supper Saturday evening at their home. Guests included Phil Ohanneson George Vannatta Jack Battaglia Peter Ohanneson Jack Hill and Pete Bender enjoying an evening of dancing.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Honea and families visit friends and relatives in Wasco and Shafter over the weekend. Mother Honea visits daughter Mrs Mary Jenkins at Pond and sees her new baby.
Mr and Mrs Paul Dirksen Melvin Seltz and Pete Dirksen motored to Antioch Friday evening returning Saturday Pete Dirksen's daughter Marjorie accompanied them home.
A group of friends celebrated Elmer Nightengale's fifteenth birthday on May 8 with a surprise party. Guests included Keith Thomas Bud Nance Monroe Duerksen Al Griffin Lee Willison Eugene Strauss Kenneth Zimmerman Phil Weyand Harold Engle Kenneth Strauss Benny Day Loran Nightengale and Billy and Claude Hull.
Week end visitors at the Rev. and Mrs. Wm. S. Harper home included Edward S. Harper and daughter Bonnie Jean from Los Angeles, Mother Dale Harper and wife from San Diego. The two sons joined to spend Mothers Day with their mother and attend church services. They returned Sunday afternoon.
Foster S Jones of Poso Street is improving slowly after suffering a stroke. He has been in hospital but is now home convalescing.
Shafter High School will replace front campus grass with hedges donated by the city from Manuel Park. Remaining plants will be used on the school farm. Beginning agriculture students, directed by Holger Hansen, perform much of the work.
Dr and Mrs Keith Musgrave of Stockton who plan to make Shafter their future home were the dinner guests last Thursday evening of Dr and Mrs L H McGrane.
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