Christmas Shoppers May Get Bargains at Church Bazaar
Shafter shoppers will attend the St. Therese Catholic Church Altar Society bazaar and dinner on November 18 in Memorial Hall. Handmade gifts, from table cloths to aprons, will be sold. prizes include a radio and silverware. Dinner runs 4 to 7 pm with an all day event featuring candy, fish pond, white elephant table, and parcel post booths.
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Shafterites
St. Therese’s ‘Catholic Church
Memorial Hall
Walter Laevell
J. W. Frizzell
Sylvia Baughman
John Revell
J. C. Hodges
Bill Brown
A. G. Mortimore
Hugh Sill
Shafter
Wilbur Stocker
Clifford Weaver
White Elephant
Frank Contreras
Frank Sill
Lisle Laughlin
Altar Society
Fresno Avenue
Halloween Motif For Girl's Party
A kindergarten Halloween party celebrated the fifth birthday of Phyllis Nightingale, daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Nightingale of Rio Bravo. About 19 children attended in Miss Audrey Braun's classroom with room mothers Mrs Nightingale and Mrs Frank O'Neill. Treats included bat pumpkin jack o lantern cakes cookies orange sherbet and chocolate milk shakes.
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Phyllis Nightingale
R. H. Nightingale
Rio Bravo
Audrey Braun
Nightingale
Frank O'Neill
Drug Store Enters Rexall Christmas Present Contest
Stringham's Drug Store in Shafter joined the Rexall Christmas Present contest for youngsters 16 and under. Merton L. Wiedmann, manager, said prizes include bicycles for boys and girls, a Toni doll, and a racing car. Enrollment ends November 23 with voting by shoppers, one vote per cent of merchandise purchased, and the event runs November 23 to December 22.
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Stringham's
Shafter
Rexall
Merton L. Wiedmann
Toni
Wiedmann
Hi Y Youths Travel South to Hollywood Bowl
The Shafter High Hi-Y chapter sent 18 students, three teachers, and three parents in five cars to Hollywood for Hi Y Day. Attendees joined several thousand at the Hollywood Bowl for the California versus UCLA football game after the Hi Y program.
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Shafter High School
Hollywood
Shafter
California
UCLA
Trip
Mickey Perry
Jerry Mixon
Rolf Jacobsen
Kenneth Handel
Franklin Bergman
Dave Muir
Bruce Muir
Glen Handel
Harold Gaede
Gary Weyand
John Notley
Mortie Brown
Max Tudor
Ronnie Morris
Jim Rice
Dean Heaton
John Thompson
Harlan Hill
C. C
Dusty) Rhoads
Joe Galante
David Muir
Jack Thompson
Potluck in Tulare Avenue Draws Local Respectable Guests
Mr and Mrs George Van Natta of Tulare Avenue and Cross Street hosted a Saturday potluck. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Joseph Cosgrove of Bakersfield, Bill Bender, and E C Eckmann.
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George Vannatta
Tulare Avenue
Cross Street
Messrs
Shafter Marine Wins Assignment At Peace Camp
Pte. Bob L. Burns a 19 year old Shafter native is among three Marines assigned to a United Nations peace camp in Korea as an orderly. He wrote his parents Mr and Mrs G D Burns of Shafter that the assignment came as a surprise and that he will be among the first to learn the talks outcome. Burns graduated from Shafter High School in 1950 and has been in Japan since August. He enlisted in the Marines last January.
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Bob L. Burns
United Nations
Korea
G. D. Burns
Shafter
Graveside Services Held for Infant Here
Graveside services were held yesterday afternoon for Lana Joyce Dickinson four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James B Dickinson of DeWoody's camp. Surviving grandparents are Mrs Rosalee Dickinson of Shafter and Mr and Mrs Clark Texas. Armstrong Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
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Lana Joyce Dickinson
James B. Dickinson
DeWoody’s Camp
Rosalee Dickinson
Shafter
Clark
Texas
Armstrong Morturay
Mrs T P Rootes Hosts Friends at Central Avenue Home
Mrs. T. P. Rootes of Central avenue entertained a group of friends in her home last week.
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T. P. Rootes
Central Avenue
Assemblyman Kelly Visits California Fairs This Week
H W Pat Kelly Shafter assemblyman Kern County, as vice chairman of the assembly interim committee on fairs and expositions, attends multiple county fairs this week. He begins at Stockton San Joaquin County Fair, then Fresno District Fair and Ventura County Fair, continues to Los Angeles County Fair, with San Diego County Fair slated for November 12.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Kern County
Assembly
San Joaquin
Stockton
Fresno
Ventura County
Los Angeles County
San Diego County
Kelly
Supper Dance Planned by BPW Club
A Christmas themed supper dance hosted by the Business and Professional Women's Club will run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on December 1 at the women's clubhouse. Co chairs are Mesdames David Merkel Margaret Smith George Vine and George Collins. Tables and decorations are arranged by Miss Blythe Monroe Jeanette Wheeler and Beulah Bartlett. A three person committee headed by Miss Ora Allender will decorate the Christmas tree. The BPW met Tuesday night at George Collins home on Sunset Street and heard a talk on Kern County Welfare by Don Christensen, vice president.
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Business
Mesdames
David Merkel
Margaret Smith
George Vine
George Collins
Blythe Monroe
Jeanette Wheeler
Beulah Bartlett
Ora Allender
BPW
Sunset Street
Kern County Welfare
Don Christensen
Doctor Henry Voth Attends Coronado Medical Convention
Dr Henry Voth of Shafter attended a Coronado convention conducted by the American Academy of General Practitioners this week.
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Henry Voth
Shafter
Coronado
American Academy of General Practitioners
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Hi-Y
Shafter Marine
Peace Camp
Pfc
Bob Burns
Valley
James
Valley Office
Dad
Smith-Corona
Remington
Royal
Underwood
Pyrenees
Sumner Street
Bakersfield
Pacific Lines
O. K
E. R. Harris
Lerdo Ave
Shafter, California
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