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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
3
Mrs Paul G Pilgrim hosted the Monday evening bridge club at her home 365 Cross street on May 21. Prizes were won by Dorothy Neuman Dorothy Dalke and Bessie Taffera. Present were Dorothy Neuman Dorothy Dalke Bessie Taffera Blanche Stepp.
The Mennonite Brethren Church hosted the May 19 wedding of Bertha Kroeker and David Unruh with Rev. Waldo Wiebe officiating. Attendants included their children and family members. post ceremony reception followed in the church basement attended by about 250 guests.
Mrs Gloria Wilder of 2865 Jackson Street San Francisco asks How old am I She notes that modern appliances keep women young by freeing them from chores She recently celebrated her 45th birthday and suggests automatic servants save time and effort as gas and electricity remain cheap in California to run a whole houseful of appliances all day for less than the cost of face cream
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bergen and son Wesley hosted relatives on May 21 to honor Rev. Emer Warkentin and his wife Mrs. Warkentin who recently gave birth to their fourth child. The Warkentins served four and a half years in Borneo opening seven churches among the Dyaks with about 300 regular church attendees.
Richland Elementary and Shafter High staff viewed Bob Gates slides of American military cemeteries in France Belgium and Italy. The presentation highlighted Bel leau Wood Chatteau Thierry Bastogne and Florence graves with over 76000 Americans buried on European soil. The audience included local families from Reedley Bakersfield and surrounding communities.
John French and Betty Bebout married in a single ring ceremony at the Quar tzsite Arizona home of Justice of the Peace George Hager ly. Betty, daughter of Harvey Wilson of Los Angeles, wore a pink and white silk ballerina dress. John is son of J B French of 300 S. Shafter Avenue. The couple, attended by family, returned to Shafter after the ceremony.
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