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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1973
Page
2
Friendship Bible Coffees schedule a walad luncheon at Congregational Church on Wednesday May 23 from noon to 2 00 p m. Local resident and guide Mrs Jan Keinath will speak. Class members will offer singing and testimonies as interdenominational Bible studies pause. Public invited with nursery child care. Mrs Evron Barber at 746 4741 for details.
Arkansas natives join Kern County folk for a Bakersfield picnic at Jastro Park Truxtun Ave and Myrtle St on Sunday May 27. Registration starts 11 a.m. Lunch at 1 p.m. Marion A. Whitlock publicizes games egg throwing and sack races with prizes and free pop.
Members of the Leslie L. Robinson unit 213 American Legion Auxiliary hosted a buffet luncheon for 15th District Girl State delegates and alternates from 24 high schools at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Shafter on Saturday May 12. Attending dignitaries included Roberta Young Barbara Cole and Donna Balcolm.
Periwinkle salvia and cockscomb form a trio of bedding plants set for summer display. They bring refreshing color to hotspots, brightening surroundings with their pleasing hues.
Shafter's football hero Tim Robnett, Rose Bowl participant for two years, will be guest speaker at the Father Son conference. He will show films of one game at the Mennonite Brethren Church social hall on Thursday May 17 at 8 p.m. All boys and dads are invited. Dr. Richard Garber, chairman, notes that a dad without a son may attend.
The 19th Harmony Holiday features barbershop singing on Saturday May 19 at 8 p.m. at Bakersfield Civic Auditorium. The program emphasizes period songs from 1890 to 1930, with quartets and chorus singing, plus public welfare charity performances and free admission.
Tickets on sale for the annual Shafter High School FFA banquet in the SHS cafeteria on Thursday May 17. Serving begins at 6 30 p m. Deep pit barbecue beef with trimmings on the menu. FFA president David Thompson and advisor George Wise comment.
Parents may apply for the 1973 74 program for children aged three to five at the Start Center located at 452 Los Celes Avenue on weekdays 1 to 3 p.m. Applications will also be taken Thursday May 17 from 6 30 to 8 30 p.m. For more information call 746 6477.
The Shafter Lady Lions met at Mrs. John Dobbs home for a May 7 dinner as they discuss attending Buttonwillow Lady Lions golf tournament and dinner on May 17 to reclaim their nickel snatcher pot. Attendees included Mrs. Alfred J. Smith and many others.
New officers were installed at the Ladies Society of the Ebenezer Reformed Church Mother's Day dinner on May 9 in Shafter. A Iceland guest Asta Oskarsdottir spoke on her homeland and a quartet plus piano entertainment followed.
Shafter members of the Child Guidance Guild hosted a garden luncheon at the John Channeson home on Pine Street May 3 to install officers for the coming year. Guild House near 18th and F Streets operates as a lunch and tea room to support the Child Guidance Clinic with charitable proceeds.
Neighborhood Youth Corps out of school program invites young applicants for ongoing placements. Targeting 16 and 17 year olds, it offers work experience training and remedial education for youths who left school. Administered by Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation for the Department of Labor. The program acts as a bridge Continued on Page 10.
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