Tammie Dobbs Finalist In California Teen Pageant
Tammie Dobbs reaches the official statewide finals for the United Teenager Pageant at the Eraton Airport Hotel in Los Angeles September 15 to 17. Contestants from across the state will pledge at least eight hours to charity or civic work and compete for a chance to represent California in December 1978 in Washington DC. The winner earns an all expense paid trip to nationals and a $15 000 cash scholarship. judging focuses on scholastic and civic achievement, beauty, poise and personality with no swimsuit or talent segment. Dobbs is sponsored by Cowtownswest Rodeo Company Inc. and enjoys tennis and horseback riding, and is a Rodevettes Drill Team member.
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Eraton Airport Hotel
Los Angeles
Jim Dobbs
Shafter
William Rolin
Wasco
Washington, D.C
Unity
Tion
Mrs Ken Allen Honored At Baby Shower In Bakersfield
Debbie Sutton now Mrs Ken Allen was feted at a April 5 baby shower hosted by Cheryl Channeson in Bakersfield. Guests from Shafter, Wasco, Delano and Wasco joined family including March Sutton, Lucille Allen, Pam Allen, and many others with cake and punch, gifts, and nursery theme decor in green and yellow.
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Ken Allen
Debbie Sutton
Cheryl Channeson
Bakersfield
Shafter
March Sutton
Lucille Allen
Pam Allen
Jeannie Shivers
Gretchen Zachary
JoNell Stearman
Donna Ohannneson
Atholl Burns
Loretta Searcy
Sandy Wiedmann
Lila Mettler
Mary Mettler
Beth Stockton
Irene Stockton
Phyllis Ohanneson
Engagement announced for Christine Michaels and Mark Hutchings
Mrs Marie Mendenhall and Mr and Mrs Clayton Hutchings hosted their immediate families at Tom O Shanter Restaurant in Bakersfield to announce the June wedding of Christine Michaels and Mark Hutchings. The ceremony will be at 8 00 p m on June 18 in a garden setting at the groom s parents home 622 Pacific Avenue Shafter with Reverend Owen Onsum officiating.
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Marie Mendenhall
Clayton Hutchings
Tom O'Shanter
Bakersfield
Christine Michaels
Mark Hutchings
Pacific Avenue
Shafter
Owen Onsum
Blue Birds hold campout and parade float
The Chitter-Chatter Blue Birds camped in Dixie Crane s yard learning to build a lean-to from rope and plastic and slept beneath it. They rode a parade float, made banners for a sponsor supplied truck, and include Tammy Crane Lisa Alexander Laurie Butcher Monica Stepp and Lisa Pacheco with a broken leg. Sponsor Jim McWhorter of Shafter Radiator and Glass Shop.
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Dixie Crane
Ander
Laurie Butcher
Monica Stepp
Lisa Pacheco
Jim McWhorter
The
Shafter Radiator and Glass Shop
Housewarming in Kern Crest for Mrs. Annie Hildebrand
Mennonite Brethren Church members hosted a dinner Sunday in Mrs. Hildebrand’s new Kern Crest retirement home with nine ladies named. Zoa Smith notes her brother Tim Coder is on the Dean’s list at Christian Heritage College in El Cajon after schooling in Chico. their father George Coder also lives in Shafter.
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Annie Hildebrand
Kern Crest Retirement Center
Mennonite Brethren Church
Helen Klassen
Mary Bergman
Sara Bergman
Mary Eitzen
Flora Brown
Bertha Neufeld
Katherine Holloway
Minnie Buhler
Annie Kroeker
Zoa Smith
Tim Coder
Christian Heritage College
el Cajon
Tim
Chico
George Coder
Shafter
Reed Brothers Publishers Framing Local Press History
Frank W. and Donald L. Reed are listed as publishers in a historical newspaper snippet. The item notes their family business role within the local press landscape, reflecting mid-century publishing norms and partnership arrangements.
Unity of Black Students Donate to Cancer Society
Unity of Black Students raised about 200 dollars this year through fund raising. They chose to donate to the cancer society after considering the sickle cell organization on the West Coast. Miss Marrow summarizes club activities including pennants, Wasco Week cricket clickets, two dances in February and April, and an international dinner during Black History Week.
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Wasco
Mother's Day tribute at La Rosa Chapter 146
A Mother's Day tribute was presented at the Stated meeting of La Rosa Chapter 146, Order of Eastern Star, in Wasco at the Masonic Temple. Orthy Matron Dottie Heber and Acting Worthy Patron Ray Klingsworth led the session, followed by refreshments in the banquet room and decorative roses and ivy on the tables. Members Jane Atchison Elsie Campbell Jane Causey Estelle Winn, PM served on the committee. The next meeting is Monday May 22 at 8 00 PM with a Memorial Service for members who died in the last year.
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la ‘Rosa
Order of Eastern Star
Wasco Masonic Temple
Dottie — Heber
Orthy
Ray Klingsworth
Jane Atchison
Elsie Campbell
Jane Causey
Estelle Winn
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Julie Tucker
Legion Auxiliary
Louise Jones
Tammie Dobbs
California
Valerie Sutton
Cherie Glann
Delores McGill
Kathy Stearman
Debi Stockton
Mable Oden
Dru Gibson
Ruth Searcy
Delano
Zetta Dwyer
Terrabella
Jean Channeson
Clara Preston
Sar
Ah Suderman
Betty Curry
Dorothy Dalke
Joyce
Karen Gibson
Dahlin
San Rafael
Josephine Booten
Oklahoma City
Delia Skelton
Frances Howard
Jo Long
Helen Howard
Shirley Henshaw
Bonnie Rogers
Pat Miller
Sue Howard
Paula , Everett
Chris Michaels
Anthony
Christine Michaels and
Blue Birds
Susan B. Anthony
Cranston
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury
Jeanette Wheeler
Central Avenue Shafter
Congress
Shafteralifornia
Frank W. and
Donald L. Reed
North Pine Street
Resurrection Living Today
Family Bible Hour
Roger Trautmann
Menno Schellenberg
Ome
Missionary Baptist Church
Golden West
Nazarene
W. Lordo J. Paul
Alexander
Miss Marrow
la Rosa
Korn
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
KWSO
Pentecostal Church
Arnaanm
Ssse
James McDowell
Tulare Ave
Owen C. Onsum
of God
Sun
Shafter United Methodist Church
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside & Povlar
Charles P. Hamby
Ebenezer
SON Shine
Now Christian
Mike McCutchan
Gary Hurley
Freewill Baptist Church
Richland Ave
Sam Hensley
Spanish Assembly OF God
W. Tulare
BACA
Todos Son Invitados
First Assembly
Elm Street
John P. Davis
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