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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1970
Page
2
Mrs. Lewis Bonas has been registered as den mother of Den 5 in Cub Pack 913. Assisted by Mrs. Henry Wells the boys work on a miniature wagon cabin and a churn as part of Pioneer Days themed crafts while meeting weekly. Cubs named Chris Bonas Robert Brown Brent Wells Philip Wells Ronnie Unruh Randy Gilbert and Mike Harvey are in the den.
The Sophomore Horizon Club met at Kim Handel's home on Monday November 9 to plan monthly activities. On Saturday November 14 Mrs Kenneth Handel Jr will take the girls to Bakersfield to usher at the Philharmonic Concert in Harvey Auditorium. The girls will wear matching dresses and make Thanksgiving cards for convalescent home patients. Attendees included Kim Handel Deanna Gorsching Susan Franklin Kathy Hutchings and Judy Gunther. The next meeting is set for December 7 at Kathy Hutchings home. Sponsor is the Shafter Junior Women's Club.
New officers were elected Saturday November 7 in Bakersfield at the Mennonite Brethren Women’s Convention with about 400 attendees from Washington Oregon and California. Mrs Frank Russell led the day and a fashion program highlighted by Don Neufeld of Shafter. The afternoon honored Mrs Herman Warkentine as Woman of the Year for her service in India and Fresno ties. Also listed were the newly elected executive board members and their posts across the organization.
Six members of the Shafter Woman's Club joined the Kern District fall meeting at McFarland Community Hall on Thursday November 12. President Mrs Frank Wisner Dean of chairmen Mrs Annette Albright and others attended as Kern District president Mrs James King presided A 9 30 coffee hour opened the 10 o'clock session District clubs include Arvin Cuyama Delano Lamont Panama Shafter South Fork Valley Acres Wasco Bakersfield McFarland North of the River and Taft Women s Improvement Club A $500 scholarship was approved to aid a needy student with committee members named for reporting at the next meeting
Mr and Mrs Ronald Schmidt of El Toro California announce the birth of Kristina Ruth born November 8 weighing 6 pounds 15 ½ ounces and 19 ½ inches long Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ed Heinrich Reedley and Mr and Mrs Leo Schmidt Shafter California Gardener's checklist notes November lawn feeding helps winter color retention.
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pineda settle in at 3753 Locke Avenue Apartment 3 Los Angeles after a Las Vegas chapel wedding on October 3. Adele Polifroni Pineda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Polifroni, holds a BA from Pomona College and an MSW from UCLA and works at East Los Angeles Mental Health Service. Charles Pineda, a health planning coordinator for East Los Angeles Health Task Force, earned BA and MSW from UCLA, and works with All Nations Neighborhood Center. The couples’ circle includes both families and local community projects and events noted in Kern District activities.
The Mennonite Brethren Church announces a Thanksgiving festival on Sunday November 22 with services at 10 am and 5 pm. Rev Henry Schmidt of Visalia and Pastor Ron Newfield of Wasco will speak, a 35 voice choir will perform, and a blanket drive will ship about 100 blankets overseas.
Mrs. Leota Adams led a Wasco area Methodist youth group on a Guadalajara trip in August to assist a new church and clinic in La Vega and Tarasco villages. They bused from Tijuana, stayed at a local church, aided a nurse and student doctor, painted interiors, dug a foundation, and helped plan a mission church funded by Guadalajara and other donors.
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