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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1976

Page

3

Lopez engages Stella Monica Lopez and John Jackson in Bakersfield wedding plan

Mr and Mrs Mel Lopez announce the engagement of their daughter Stella Monica to John David Jackson of Bakersfield. Stella, a 1971 Shafter High School graduate and Barbizon modeling alumna, works for Kern County District Attorney and attends Bakersfield College. John Wesley Jackson Jr., son of the late John Wesley Jackson, is an East Bakersfield High School graduate and Bakersfield Police detective. The spring wedding is planned.

Mrs Mel Lopez Stella Monica John David Jackson Bakersfield Shafter High School Ecology Club Girls Athletic Association International Relations Club Barbizon School of Modeling Kern County District Attorney’s Office Bakersfield College John Wesley Jackson East Bakersfield

KCEOC Senior Citizens November Plan

The KCEOC Senior Citizens announce November activities with a contact number 746-2423. Mondays feature open hours arts and crafts on the second and third with a Senior's meeting on the fifth. Dominoes on the first Wednesday and Bible study on the first three Thursdays. Domino Day is the first Friday with activity discussions on the second. A date for a planned trip remains undetermined.

KCEOC

What to Look for in Quality Rattan Furniture

Consumers should seek sturdy rattan furniture with tight joints glued or screwed, not nailed. Edge molding on tabletops should be mitred and attached with counter sunk screws for lasting fit.

Graveside rites for Rowland Toews held in Shafter

Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Shafter Memorial Park for Rowland Toews 35 of 30179 Riverside Street who died Oct. 26 at U C Medical Clinic in Orange. Pastor Roy Wolcott officiated and burial followed. He was a native of Shafter and survived by his parents two daughters two brothers and a grandmother.

Roland Toews Shafter Memorial Park Rowland Toews Riverside St U.C Orange Roy Wolcott Seventh-day Adventist Church Toews Shafter Dan Toews Debbie Toews Rhonda Toews Bakersfield Bro- Lyle Campbell Maggie Weigand William Graves First Southern Baptist Church William McKinley Graves Sunset St J. C. Armstrong Graves Illinois Southern Baptist Michigan Carpenters Union Laviller William Texas Sidney Jewell Miles Mos Pauline Reynolds Fremont Willodene Brown Lane Donald Gladys Wright Wasco

Nicol’s Attend Funeral in San Francisco

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nicol traveled to San Francisco to attend the funeral services for Ferdinand G. King and Lois King. The couple died from carbon monoxide in their enclosed garage after leaving a car ignition on. Services were held October 15 at United Presbyterian Church. Survivors include their children William, Judy, and Patsy of San Francisco, three grandchildren, and sisters in law Mrs. Nicol and Mrs. Maude Steinberger of Sacramento.

Walter Nicol San Francisco United Presbyterian Church William King Judy Neilson Patsy Kirkpatrick Nicol Maude Steinberger Sacramento

Shafter Service Held for Erma Dell Smith

Erma Dell Smith 44 died Oct 25 in a Bakersfield hospital. Services were held Oct 27 at 2 p.m. at Agee Funeral Chapel with Rev. Owen C. Onsum officiating and burial in Shafter Memorial Park. Mrs. Smith, Arkansas native and 36 year Shafter resident, worked for S.V.G. Farms. Survivors include husband Robert Smith in Shafter and four daughters Charlene Webb Vivian Smith Brenda Smith Paula Uray, plus parents Robert and Millwee, a brother, three sisters, and four grandchildren.

Erma Dell Smith Agee Bakersfield Owen C. Onsum Shafter Memorial Park Robert Smith Shafter Charlene Webb Vivian Smith Brenda Smith Paula

Robert S. Maxwell Dies at 56 in Bakersfield Area

Robert S. Maxwell 56 of 3413 Elm Street died October 27 in a Bakersfield hospital. Services were held Friday at the Church of Religious Science. Maxwell, a Rochester native, spent 27 years in Kern County teaching English at Wasco, Shafter, and Highland High Schools. He held degrees from Middlebury College and University of Rochester. He enjoyed tennis, fishing, and golf and was a member of California Teachers Association and the National.

Church of Religious Science Robert S. Maxwell Elm Street Bakersfield Mr. Maxwell Rochester New York Kern County Middlebury College Vermont University of Rochester Ely Nev Wasco High School Shafter High School Highland High School The California Teachers Assn National

WWII Veteran Maxwell Remembered With Western New York Ties

Max Maxwell a veteran of world war two served as a navigator on a B24 Liberator and earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters the Distinguished Flying Cross the Unit Citation Medal and the European African Middle Eastern campaign medal with bronze stars Survivors include his widow Patricia two brothers Jac and Vern of Rochester NY and sister Ruth Warner of Rochester NY Donations may be made to a Scholarship Fund in care of local high schools

Patricia Jac Vern Rochester New York Ruth Warner

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