Miss Criner to Wed Delbert Graves in April
Mr. and Mrs. G N Criner of Wasco announce the engagement of their daughter Wanda to Del bert L Graves son of Mr and Mrs Lane Graves of Shafter. An April wedding is planned. The bride elect graduated last spring from Delano High School. He is a Shafter High School graduate with the class of 1950 and is employed by Maple Leaf Sales Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Criner
Wasco
Wanda
Delbert L. Graves
Lane Graves
Shafter
Delano High School
Maple Leaf Sales Company
Armistice Day 4-H Club Party Highlights
Maple 4-H Club held an Armistice Day gathering before its regular meeting. Seventeen girls and leader Mrs. Ernest Wiens rode a cotton trailer to Mrs. Allen Bartel’s home to view a club television program. Norma Nicol, Rebecca Lynch, and Wayne Steele prepared a luncheon. Karen Wiens and Lela Kelley demonstrated posture. Jane Balzer led the business meeting. refreshments with nut bread and punch were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAPLE
Maple 4-H Club
Ernest Wiens
Allen Bartel
Raylene Merman
KERO
Lois Lyman
Martha Mitchell
Nadia Nevarov
Erlene Enns
Beverly Ehrhorn
Raby Kelly
Lela Kelley
Evelyn Penner
Evelyn Schellenberg
Dianne Loepp
Karin Nickel
Karen Wiens
Ruth Wittenberg
Henrietta Loewen
Karen Bartel
Carolyn Siemens
Rhoda Reimer
Leah Wolfe Weds Youth In Nevada
Mrs. Leah Wolfe of Bakersfield tied into marriage with Kenneth Ulery of Bakersfield at the Wee Kirk of the Heather in Las Vegas Nevada. The bride wore a green knit suit with black accessories and a white corsage. Attending were the bride’s brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Dave Merkel of Shafter. The Ulerys planned to live on Pacific Street in Bakersfield after a tour of Nevada cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Wolfe
Bakersfield
Shafter
Kenneth Ulery
Las Vegas
Ulery
PTA Executives Plan Yale Event And Costume Drive
Buttonwillow PTA executives discussed Christmas program costumes with Miss Doreen Dopplar requesting mother assistance. The school will buy fabric while mothers sew. Mrs. O R Young named a committee to work with Mrs. Busby on costumes. Delmer Nelson reported 236 members. Sixth grade won upper grades with 40. third grade won lower grades with 37. A $5 prize goes to both winning classes. A district meeting at Shafter Nov 20 was announced, with Buttonwillow Mothersingers to entertain. The executive meeting date was moved to the first Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Dopplar
O. R. Young
PTA
Margret Graves
Ellen Hughett
Thomas Busby
Delmer Nelson
Lila Aults
Young
Shafter
Richland
Buttonwillow Mothersingers
Dentists Attend 55th Alumni Meeting in San Francisco
Dr Leonard Duck of Shafter attended the 55th annual meeting of the alumni association of the College of Physicians and School of Dentistry in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duck of
Shafter
Alumni. Association. of the
College of Physicians and Cons
School of Dentistry
San Francisco
Maple 4-H Club Awards at Kern County achievement program
Maple 4-H Club members won several special awards for outstanding home economics work at the Kern County achievement program held at Golden State School. Bonnie Heinrichs Karen Bartel Norma Nicol and Karen Wiens led Maple with dress review pins silver pins and gold medals plus state fair certificates. Rebecca Lynch and John Etcheverry were introduced as All-Stars while skits and music highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Lyman
Kern County
Maple Girls
Rebecca Lynch
John Etcheverry
Redlands
Barbara Walker
Rosedale
Maple Club
Janice Btzey
Karen Bartel
Pink Blue Shower For Mrs Farrell
Mrs. Roy Farrell was guest of honor at a pink and blue shower hosted at a street home with Mrs. Dick Scott and Mrs. Gene Dorsey of Bakersfield. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake coffee tea and nuts. Game prizes went to Mrs. Fred Hasty and Mrs. Robert Snively. Dinner guests later in Buttonwillow were Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Fleetwood and son Ronnine with canasta to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Farrell
Shower Street
Dick Scott
Gene Dorsey
Bakersfield
Fred Hasty
Robert Snively
C. F. McCarter
Button Willow
Cleo Fleetwood
Ronnine
Engagement of Char lene Laura Kroeker to Marvin Buller
Mr and Mrs Peter H Kroeker announce the engagement of their daughter Char lene Laura to Marvin G Buller son of Mr and Mrs John Buller of Reedley The bride to be is a Shafter High School 1953 graduate and Bank of America Award recipient active in community affairs employed by J C Penner She will attend USC for a master's in music He studied at Tabor College and earned a BA in music from Fresno State College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter H. Kroeker
Kern St
Charlene Laura
Marvin G. Buller
John Buller
Reedley
Shafter High School
Bank of America
Rotary Club
Benedict
University of Southern California
Tabor College
Fresno State College
Margie Hearon Honored At Grace Mennonite Church Party
Margie Hearon 16th birthday celebrated Thursday at Grace Mennonite Church with games and singing. Family dinner followed at her home on Sunday with brother Ray Hearon and wife attending. Attendees included Laverne and Billy Cummings and many Hearon relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Hearon
J. B. Hearon
West Euclid Ave
Grace Mennonite Church
Jean Wishon
Beverly Blair
Aldene Kimmell
Roberta Kimmell
Shirley Hearon
Obie Hamlin
Carol Giesbrecht
Educator Addresses Problems of the Exceptional Child
Nathan Leichman of the county education office spoke at the Maple Parent-Teachers Association meeting about challenges of the exceptional child. Overprotection and insecurity at home were cited as main causes, with parental cooperation with the clinic essential for adjustment. The fifth and sixth graders Jug and Bottles band performed four numbers directed by Mrs. Hazel Haag, followed by a flag salute and a spiritual thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAPLE
Nathan Leichman
County Office of Education
Maple Parent-Teachers Association
Kern County Teachers’ Institute
Hazel Haag
Janice Balzer
Dan Heinrichs
Allen Barter
Reuben Siemens
Willard Janzen
Waldo Unruh
Jonas Nickel
Allen Bartel
Wilmer Enns
Nuptial Vows In Church for Smith Parish
Armistice Day wedding at First Community Baptist Church unites Miss Edna Smith and Donald Parish. Officiant Rev Leland Whitaker presided as bride’s father gave her away. The couple plan a short honeymoon and will reside in Buttonwillow.
Shafter Families Visit Lancaster Friends
A Shafter group traveled to Lancaster last weekend to visit Mr and Mrs N C Holt and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Waters. The party included the Holts’ son and daughters and their families as well as Clyde McKilwain Glenn Holt and Ples Coleman families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Lancaster
N. C. Holt
Lloyd Waters
Holts
Clyde McKilwain
Glenn Holt
Ples Coleman
Dycks Leave Hillsboro for California Visit
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dyck of Hillsboro Kansas departed Tuesday after a month in California. They spent much of their trip with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Unruh of Lerdo Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Dyck
Hillsboro
Kan
California
J. E. Unruh
Lerdo Avenue
Mrs Stinnette Honored At Wasco Layette Shower
Mrs Walter Stinnette of Shafter was honored at a layette shower in Wasco hosted by Mrs Bill Laughlin with assistance from Mrs Willard Stinnette. Guests enjoyed jello coffee tea and cake with pink blue icing as fall flower arrangements decorated the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stinnette
Shafter
Wasco
Bill Laughlin
Willard Stinnette
Mesdames Lloyd
District Vice President Attends Department Meeting
Mrs. Earl Wipf district second vice president attended a department executive board meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary in San Francisco last weekend. Delegates stayed at the Whitcomb Hotel and joined a formal dinner honoring Edith Miller of Idaho, national vice president of the western division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wipf
American Legion Auxiliary
San Francisco
Whitcomb Hotel
Edith Miller
Idaho
Friends Honor Jennie Lopez at Shower Party
Bride elect Jennie Lopez was honored at a brid al shower at the home of Mrs. Charles Pineda in Burbank. The event hosted by Hope Garcia Sadie Cortez Felipa Alcala and Josie Lopez featured games punch ice cream and cake with wedding bells as a preview of the upcoming ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lopez
Burbank Avenue
Charles Pineda
Ruben Cortez
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
Hope Garcia
Sadie Cortez
Felipa Alcala
Josie Lopez
Emilio Pacheco
Asencion Lopez
M. Alvear
George Prendez
Marcie Cortez
Consuelo Rios
Jessie Cortez
Laura Neri
Frank Pacheco
Amalia Prendez
Pete Arreola
Mary Carreta
Buttonwillow
Lola Savala
Lupe
Minnie Arizmendez
Andersons Back From German Post
Lt and Mrs David Anderson with Kathy returned to Shafter after a year with the Army in Germany. Anderson received his discharge in New York. On the way home they called on Mr and Mrs Calvin Wallace of Kansas City Missouri. The Andersons stay with the Wallaces until moving to a new home on Sierra street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Anderson
Kathy
Shafter
Germany
New Yo
Anderson
Calvin Wallace
Kansas City
Wallace
Phyllis Peters
John J. Peters
Wasco Road
Andersons
Phil Channeson
Mannel Avenue
Sierra Street
FOSTER FAMILY VISIT NEAR FORT ORD
Mrs Laura Foster Mrs Thelma and Juanita Lewis motored to Salinas Tuesday to visit Mr and Mrs Milton Foster. Milton is stationed at Fort Ord and is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Foster. his wife Betty is Herman Lewiss daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Foster
Thelma
Juanita Lewis
Salinas
Milton Foster
Milton
Fort Ord
W. E. Foster
Betty
Herman Lewis
Auxiliary plans holiday tuberculosis seal drive and events
American Legion Auxiliary members will mail Christmas tuberculosis seals today. Volunteers gathered at Veterans Memorial Hall under president Mrs. J. P. McCoy. Ticket sales are under way for a doll wardrobe at Hight's Men’s Store and a quilt at McMahan's to be won December 5. A district meeting is set for Sunday in Oildale and the December 1 local meeting will be hosted by Mesdames Maurice Connell and I. B. Hight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Memorial Hall
J. P.mccoy
Hight
McMahan’s
Oildale
Maurice Connell
B. Hight
Curtis Graves Attends State Farm Bureau Convention
Curtis Graves newly elected president of the Kern County Farm Bureau attended the State Farm Bureau Convention in San Jose last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Graves
Kern County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
San Jose
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Miss Criner
D.L. Graves
Pyrenees
Sumner Street
Santa Claus
Central Ave
Wanda Criner
Nevada
Yale
The
Parent-Teachers Association
Don S. Ackerman
Shafter Warehouse CO
James St
Aine Fleming
Susan Marie
Mercy Hospital
J. T. Badgett
Shafter Avenue
Oarl Curtis Leroy
Leroy Adamsen
Euclid St
Reed
Morris Adamsen
J. R. Friesen
Shafter, Or
Exeter Hospital
Sadie McDonald
Goshen
James McDonald
Wally Schroder
Marilyn
Freise
Winifred Aldrich
John A. Schroeter
Oakland
Schroeters
Marison Ranch
Mrs. Farrell
Mesdames
Frank Bortz
Dwayne Brimhall
Bruce Crawford
Tom Guerrero
Clay Hale
Ross Harrington
Henry Hornege
Cecil Loveless
Joe Norris
John Peterson
Rose Johnson
Lyle Johnson
Lloyd Mayer
Kenneth Zimmerman
Goldie Mayer
Pauline Handel
Roberta ‘Kliewer
Samuel Kliewer
Art Craig
Elizabeth Strickland
Marshall Smith
J. F. Richert
Co. C. Keller
Preston Cornelius
Sam Oblander
Isaac Strauss
Floyd Cooper
Emil Stoller
Fred Rice
Barbara Fox
Darrell Mettler
Delores Johnson
Diana Schneider
Miss
Charlene Kroeker
Marvin Jost
Bob Bergman
John Hearon
State Theatre
Smith
Bay City
Susan
Pacific Telephone
Kelly & Somers
Abbott & Costello
DR. Jekyll and
MR. Hyde
Tim Holt
Noreen Nash
Don Taylor
Audrey Dalton Girls OF
Pleasure Island
Edmond O’brien
Jocelyn Brando
China Venture
Gilbert Roland Glenda Farrell
Bowery Boys
Leo Gorcey
Joel McCrea
Evelyn Keyes
George Raft
Coleen Gray
Lucky Nick Cain
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