Foreign Students Visit Maple Area Homes
Ten foreign college students from Pakistan Afghanistan Indonesia Lebanon and Germany toured local sites in Wasco and Maple area hosts included the Enns Frantz Ediger Nachtil Gal and Ale families. They shared meals attended MB church services and explored dairy packing and farming. The non denominational program aims to connect Christian home life with students and exchange cultural insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Dan Kershaw
Wasco Mennonite Brethren Church
Victor Enns
Dan Frantz
Roger Frantz
Maple
Abe Ediger
Otto Pauls
Irv Nachtigal
Nick Ale
Wasco
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Indonesia
Lebanon
Germany
Cormack Park
Wasco MB
Los
Wild Flowers in Bloom Along Canyon Route
Wild flowers from Shafter to Kernville are reported in excellent bloom and expected to stay vibrant this weekend. Jobs Daughters Exemplity Work At OES Meeting Wasco Chapter 489 held a regular meeting May 8 at the Masonic hall. Flora Potter placed fresh arrangements to decorate the chapter room. Irvin Barr paid tribute to Mothers in observance of Mothers Day. Ethel Daly chaired the refreshment committee with Marie Hair Mary Young and Flora Potter assisting. Next meeting May 22 will include In Memoriam per Worthy Matron Margaret Pollock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Kernville
Wasco
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Jobs
Flora Potter
Irvin Barr
Ethel Daly
Marie Hair
Mary Young
Maron
Margaret Pollock
Housewarming for Dave Merkels Hosted by Lions Club
Lady Lions and Lions Club members held a May 6 housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Dave Merkel in Wasco with a covered dish dinner. Plans were by Eloy Larson, Margaret Smith, Marjorie Nixon, and Kay Millwee. A money gift aided furnishing their new home, with Ed Lucas and other Shafter residents attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Merkels
Lions Club
Lions
Dave Merkel
Wasco
Shafter
A. J. Smith
Stan Cook
Dick Larson
Roland Grisham
John Dobbs
Bill Nixon
John Hanner
John Dalke
Jim
Verle Heiter
Bill Gladden
Lowell Todd
Maple Pupils Attend Wasco Shafter Scholarship Banquets
The Maple district hosts concurrent scholarships banquets in Shafter and Wasco honoring outstanding students planning to attend Shafter High and Wasco High. Invitations went to Sandra Koop Sandra Bergman Donna Johnston and Dale Wiebe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapel
Shafter
Wasco
Shafter High
Wasco High School
Sandra Koop
Sandra Bergman
Donna Johnston
Dale Wiebe
Maple
Carolyn Buxman
Clyde Johnston
Six Camp Fire Groups Camp Out At Mannel Park
Six Camp Fire groups camped overnight at Mannel Park on Friday night. They traveled to the site at 4 30 PM and cooked supper under stars. Several girls completed rank requirements as group skits and songs were led by Mrs Schellenberg.
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Mannel Park
District 4
Shafter Rotary Club
Charles Fultz
Camp Fire
Kiwanis Club
Charles Mixon
Shafter Woman’s Club
Lewis Sutton
Dick Scott
Airman Schachterle Earns Unit Award at Keflavik Iceland
Airman Third Class Lee W. Schachterle son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Schachterle of Shafter California earned the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award at Keflavik Air Port Iceland He helped the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron achieve three straight years of accident free flying amid isolation and severe weather Their long arctic flights supplied vital data for the USAF The airman a Lincoln High School Stockton graduate attended Delta College Stockton.
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Keflavik
Iceland
Lee W. Schachterle
Robert D. Schachterle
W. Lerdo Highway
Shafter
U.S. Air Force
Schachterle
57Th
USAF
Lincoln High School
Stockton
San Joaquin Delta College
Larry Dean Competes in Finals on Channel 23
Lawrence K. Dean a 17 year old Shafter High senior advanced from a first round win on Channel 23 scholarship contest broadcast seen locally at 11 a.m. The knockout included Betty Gay Jorgensen and John McCullough. The finale will air Friday with a grand prize of 4000 dollars and a guaranteed 1000 dollar scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence K
Larry
Memphis Tenn
John McCullough
Fond du Lac
Wis
J. F. Kennedy
Bakersfield
New York City
Josh Ard Jr
Ozark
Ala
Michelle A. Baron
Moline
Salvation Army Association Membership Drive Planned
May 21 to May 28 marks National Salvation Army Week and the 1967 Association Membership Drive in Shafter led by Bert Ware chairman of the Salvation Army Service Extension committee. Contributions support local spiritual guidance and practical aid through local units and regional facilities for rehabilitation, childcare, and summer camps for youth.
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National Salvation Army
Salvation Army Association
Shafter
Bert Ware
Salvation Army Service Extension Committee
Salvation Army
Ware
Salvation Army Service Extension
Shafter swimmers finish fourth in divisional meet
Shafter's league champion swimming team placed fourth scoring 31.5 points in a tight divisional meet won by Sanger 42. West 38 and San Joaquin Memorial 35.5 followed. Steve Senn led with a 1st in the 100 butterfly and 2nd in the 400 free. The 200 Medley Relay finished second. Girls: Jerri Ohlsson set a divisional backstroke record with 31.1 in the 50 back, and Jerri Willis and Mary Miller also qualified for Bakersfield.
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Shafter
Sanger
West
San Joaquin Memorial
Steve Senn
Generals
Steve Witcher
Bryce Carroll
David Snively
Lou Kattenhorn
Bakersfield
Jerri Ohlsson
Jerrie Willis
Mary Miller
Jerri
Mary
General Two-Mile Relay Team Places Fifth at Fresno Relays
The General two mile relay team finished fifth at the West Coast Relays in Fresno. Laird Parker, Steve Heller, Steve Shamblin, and Joe Janzen earned fifth place. Saturday events at Delano saw Robert Turner second in the 100 yard dash and Steve Bryant vault 12 feet 6 inches for third. The mile relay, with Heiter Janzen Turner Parker, took second, and the distance medley relay finished fourth as the Generals prepare for the divisional meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Laird Parker
Steve Heller
Steve Shamblin
Joe Janzen
Larry Tuck
Tuck
General Spikers
Delano
Robert Turner
Steve Bryant
Shafter
Steve Heiter
Joey Janzen
Generals
Mary Wood Wins Living Room Set from Budget Mart
Mary Wood of P O Box 544 Shafter has been announced as the winner of a living room set from Budget Mart Hight. The sponsor noted Mrs Wood’s win comes as she could really use the furniture and expressed happiness at the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wood
P.O
Shafter
Budget Mart
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Julie Bowser
Richland Pta
Community Congregational Church
William Prout
Julio Arreola
Canyon
Wasco- Shafter Meet
First Southern Baptist Church
Buel Mouser
Bexter C. Ogf
Union
Horace Womack
Larry Dean
Channel 23
Mickie’’ Baron
Tom Blocher
Chickapee
Mass
Margaret ‘‘Margie’ Doyle
Seattle, Wash
Lance Lawson
Stephen Wolfe
Winterhaven
Fla
Shafter Press
Fresno Relays
Sr. High & Jr. High
Pilgrim Fellowship
Bible Fellowship
Standard Oil
America
Standard Oil Company of
California
Chevron Companies
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