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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1953
Page
4
Mr and Mrs J M Martin of Kendale Oregon visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Haag to see Mrs Haag s father F Haag who has been ill since January The Martins were former neighbors of the Haags in Rio Brava in was president of the Kern county Farm Bureau
Rio Bravo Elementary School plans an 8 p.m. graduation in the school auditorium next Thursday. Jack Hill of North High School will deliver the address with Rev. Gordon Baker giving the invocation. Superintendent Frank ONeill will present diplomas, M A Seales oversees the program, and the class includes Charles Ross Dorothy Harris Paul Scott Billy Joe Howze Audrey Dunn Raymond Blattenberg Willie Washington Carol Groves Walter Messer Mary Washington Buck Thompson Eugene Hanson Donald Gray Barbara Howze Herman Turney Larry Hamilton Charles Clark Vernon Mathis.
Shafter High School will hold graduation on June 5 with speakers Maudie Crabb Donna Hare Donna Weitz Pete Grossmann and Morty Brown serving as narrators. Char lene Kroeker will accompany the narration on organ. Twenty junior girls will act as flower girls and eight junior boys as ushers.
Garrison City bowlers remained on top by beating Kiwanis Club 3 games to 1 Tuesday night. Shafter Press and Sportsman's Cate split the series 2 to 2, with Sportsman posting the best three game series and a high 798 single game on 2274 total pins.
Maple Boy Scouts and Maple Explore Post held a Monday evening gathering with committee members as special guests. Scouts listed include Leroy Balzer and others. explorers Billy Siemens and teammates attended. adults present included Elmer Engel and Ruben Siemens. A barbecue steak dinner and church carnival raised funds for Women’s Parish.
Senior and junior students plan a Paris themed prom at Shafter High School with a simulated Champs Elysees patio and Parisian decor. Marilyn Smith says Perry Johnson's band will play from 8:30 to 11:30 with one dollar billets per couple or stag.
Buttonwillow celebrates retirement of Walter J. Overton after 20 years as school bus driver and custodian. About 150 friends and relatives attended a potluck dinner at the school cafe, with remarks from local officials and community leaders and gifts from the school board and eighth grade girls.
The article notes voters approved site expansion for Lerdo district. A new plant will house about 401 students, with 11 classrooms, an administrative unit, a kindergarten, a cafetorium and kitchen. A playground area is planned.
Mrs George Collins hosted a luncheon for her club officers at her Sunset Street home. The event included canasta and bridge. She will host a dessert bridge tomorrow for the committee chairmen who served with her during the year.
Mr and Mrs Albert Kar Ber of Fairview Oklahoma finish winter visits with friends in Reedley and Shafter and travel home in time for the grain harvest. They are relatives of the Dan Loewens.
New Dance Club members gathered last week in Richland for a swimming party and potluck supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Heiser on Atlantic Avenue. The evening ended with a board member led discussion on the club program. The season opens with a dance on the first Saturday of September at Veterans Memorial Hall. Present were Mrs Ray Fast and Messrs James Jacobs William Duerksen Jack Stepp Clarence Heiser Tommy Tucker Jack Fleming George Vine Bob Kelly and Ed Gaede.
A Sunday afternoon party in Mannel Park celebrated Stevie Wedel sixth birthday son of Mr and Mrs Al Wedel 257 Euclid Street. Boys played ball while girls used playground equipment and guests enjoyed ice cream cake soda and favors of balloons and whistles. Attendees included Philip Goertzen Clyde Ratzlaff George King Janice Vaux Ricky Dye Ronald Wilcoxon Gene and David Culver Stanley Curtis and Brenda Nix with mothers Mesdames Lowell Culver Jim Dye Elmer Eckert and Murel Nix present.
Richland trustees endorse a new teacher salary schedule emphasizing security and cost sharing for an NAEd Miami trip. They sign a Blue Cross health contract covering half the bill per teacher up to 2.33. A 174 day school year begins Sept 8 with holidays and minimum days for staff and meetings.
Mr and Mrs Henry Flei Shbaur of Rosedale attended a weekend gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs R L Adams in Cambria Pines. The event celebrated Mr and Mrs Adams birthdays with a Saturday dinner at Cambria Pines Lodge. Elder A D Bohn will speak at 11 am Saturday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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