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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1960
Page
3
Mrs. Ralph Jacobson Jr. wears a sleeveless round neck cotton dress accented with a black purse. The outfit showcases a new cotton fiber blend praised for staying crisp in afternoon sun.
Mike Baery son of Mr and Mrs Lynn Baery of Tacna Peru received gifts in Shafter from friends who had not met him. Born in Peru less than a year ago the child’s shower and mailed presents arrived six months later. The Baerg family plans to return to California in about fifteen months.
Mr and Mrs Lynn Baerg and son Mike now reside in Tacna Peru Mrs Baerg formerly Sharer Voth daughter of Dan Voth of California Avenue Her husband is the grandson of Jacob Baerg of Shafter A baby shower was held for Mike in Shafter and gifts were mailed to them they received them exactly six months after mailing
Mrs. N. R. Boggs new Shafter Women's Club president and Mrs. John Notley delegate attended the California State Woman's Club 60th Convention May 9 to 12 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The gathering featured talks by Grant C. Butler and honors for Charlton Heston and Bob Hope, with E. Hazelton elected state president and district displays praised.
Rev Menno Schellenberg was honored with a sunlit pot luck birthday party by his Sunday School class. Fifty nine attendees gathered on the Schellenbergs lawn for food games and fellowship as the class presented a large piggy bank and a Money Tree and Mr Jack Hammons gave the speech.
The Rio Bravo PTA held its May meeting led by President Mrs. Eugene Hill with a Fashions On Parade program. Seventh and eighth grade girls modeled clothing projects while economics students performed A Day in the Classroom. Scholarships were announced for William Araujo and Claudette Forehand West.
About sixty graduates and guests attended the Luau as prizes were won by Jack Anderson James Stewart Willard Stoller the former Jean Wright and the former Lilly Jo Whicker. A committee headed by Tom Kelly was elected to plan the next reunion in ten years with high enthusiasm for continued success and fun.
An unsigned appeal promotes Roy Woollomes as incumbent and urges voters to back him. The message questions a rival and frames Woollomes as the safe choice for a 40 million dollar business stake, urging a vote yes.
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