Nikkel Bride Dan Gloeckler Ceremony at Shafter Hotel
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club welcomes ten new members during a candlelight initiation Friday night at the Shafter hotel dining room. New members include Ivan Crandall and Katherine Wheeler. Miss Ella Mae Starrh provided musical entertainment. The next meeting is set for December 2 at an announced location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PW Club
Shafter Otel
Shafterusiness
Woma
Beulah Bartlett
Rcting
Jeanette Wheeler
Helen Holmes
Ella Mae Starrh
Sylvia
Marion Hay
Starring Kern County Art Contest Ends With Winners
The final preliminary auditions for the Starring Kern County Art contest concluded on November 20 in Bakersfield with Elden Miller announcing that judges will reveal results later this week. Two top winners receive a Baldwin Aerosonic Spinet Piano and a $50 cash prize. the finalists advance to a December 6 radio series broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Artis
Bakfield
Oildale
Tehachapi
Elden Miller
Etime
Baldwin Aerosonic Spinet
Fred Gutcher
Baldwiniano
Board of Supervisors
Shafter
Ernest J. Graf
Asco
Irvin J. Barr
Mrs Westbrook Honored At Layette Shower In Minter Village
Mrs Joe Westbrook of Minter Village was the honoree at a layette shower hosted Thursday night at the home of Mr and Mrs J H Westbrook on Marengo Street. Guests enjoyed games with prizes to Mrs M McCormick and Mrs Vin Crafton. A cake decorated with blue booties and a rk was served with jello and hot chocolate. Attending were Mesdames Alvin Crafton Clara Teague M McCork Aldine Sprague Al Goodman Cecil Smith Aubrey Knight Sanger Ruth Brockway and Messrs H Westbrook Joe Westbrook and Homer St Jean. Gifts were sent by several others not in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Westbrook
Cecil Smith
Shaf
al Goodman
Wasco
J. H. Westbrook
Marengo Street
M. McCormick
Vin. Crafton
Alvinrafton
Roy Ebb
Messrs and Mesdames
L. Smith
Sam Westbrook
Kayley
Shower for Mrs Abe Goossen Hosts and Guests Noted
The surprise layette shower for Mrs Abe Goossen was held Wednesday at Robert Holmes home on Klassen Drive with co hosts Mrs Holmes and Jim Ball. Prize games awarded to Abe Goossen Kathleen Smith Ben Goossen and Bud Neuman. Pink crepe paper decor and a baby picture adorned the honorees chair as gifts were presented and light refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Goossen
Robert Holmes
Klassen Drive
Jim Ball
Kathleen Smith
Ben Goossen
Bud Neuman
Mesdames
Troy Sowder
Leo Schmidt
Eleanor Roberts
F. H. Nikkel
C. A. Sowder
Miss Joy Rutland
Schnaidt Home Hosts Surprise Housewarming Party
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schnaidt enjoyed a housewarming Tuesday night on Skyline Drive Bakersfield as Ebenezer Reformed Church choir members and spouses arrived with a fern in a copper bowl. The gathering featured games singing and refreshments. Attending were Robert Mettler Roland Mettler Walter Kirschenmann Harvey Neuman Herschel Rodgers Elmer Mettler Aaron Kirschenmann Marvin Weidenbach Hugo Reich Ivan Mettler Alan Mettler Norma Mettler Evelyn Handel Vivian Handel Lavelle Kirschenmann Corrine Mettler Freda Mettler Elaine Klaudt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schnaidt
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Schnaidt
Skyline Drive
Bakersfield
Schnaidts
Shafter
Robert Mettler
Roland Mettler
Walter Kirschenmann
Harvey Neuman
Herschel Rodgers
Evelyn Handel
Vivian Handel
Lavelle Kirschenmann
Corrine Mettler
Freda Mettler
Elaine Klaudt
Joy Rutland Honored at Lingerie Shower in Klassen Drive
Miss Joy Rutland was honored with a lingerie shower hosted by Miss Elsie Brown on Klassen Drive. Games awarded prizes to Peggy Nikkel and others. guests included H. H. Neufeld, C. A. Sowder, and Wesley Brown. A rolling pin keepsake and refreshments featured yellow and green decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Rutland
Elsie Brown
Klassen Drive
Peggy Nikkel
Elsie Smoot
June Nikkel
Dorothy Kroeker
Mesdames
H. H. Neufeld
C. A., Sowder
Messrs
Ben Brown
Shafter
Alvin Nikkel
Johnny Shultz
Wasco
Leola Engel
Lillie Jo Whicker
Wesley Brown
Phyliss
Crawford
Farewell Party for Galbraiths at Karen Burnquist Home
Karen Burnquist hosted a farewell party for classmates Marjorie and Kenneth Galbraith at her country home. The seventh grader Marjorie and sixth grader Kenneth will move to Porterville after Thanksgiving week activities with Andre Eckert Lillian Loewen Charlene Kroeker Kenneth Galbraith Marjorie Galbraith and Dean Burnquist in attendance. Also noted is the birth of Ynda Gail Van Gordér on November 15 at Wasco Maternity Home weighing eight pounds one ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Burnquist
Marjorie
Kenneth Galbraith
Maple School
Kenneth
Porterville
Andre Eckert
Lillian Loewen
Charlene Kroeker
Marjorie Galbraith
Karen
Dean Burnquist
Fred van Gordér
Shafter
Ynda Gail
Wasco
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Helen Neessen
Dna Nikkel
Dan Gloeckler
Oregon
Rants Pass
Mount Kijah
Pasadena
Chirmers
Herb Schirmer
Los Angeles
First Baptist Church of
Edna Nikkel
Sam Kleinsasser
Ronald Clark
Glen Bergthold
Clare Nikkel
Herb Bartel
Normandy
Bakersfield Inn
Alvina Bergman
Linda Gloeckler
Lee Bergman
California
Los Angeles Avenue
Gloeckler
H. H. Nikkel
Richland
Bakersfield College
Pioneer Mercantile Company
Charles Gloeckler
Maple
Wasco High School
Eighth Air Force
Lorraine Kleinkauf
Marian Rickner
Santa Fe
Kleinkauf
Henry Moor
Homer Craig
Eldeen Kimmel
Mary Margaret Revell
Helen June Adams
Norma Craig
Lavelle Stoller
Palisade
Inyo County
Sierra Nevada
United States
Glacier Lodge
Big Pine
Madera Madera
Madera County
Madera
Sierra
Jim Klassen
Bobby
Mariann Goertz
Phyliss Dorene
Unruh
Qwynlee Goertz
Frank Unruh
H. Mettler & Sons
G. B. Flaming
Hawthorne
L. L. Halloran
Dorothy
Woody
Yermo
Henry Gossen
W. A. Register
Robert
Charles
Mary
Ellen
Port Chicago
David Gloeckler
Davie
Huntington Park
Jack Gloeckler
Marilyn and
Jerry
Henry Dirks
Jake Nikkel
Corcoran
Henry Voth
Mt.Herman
Murel Nicks
Pixley
Ayette
Tappan
Central Ave
Bayless Market
PIE Crust Family Kitchen
S&f
Pork Roast
NEW York—Shoulder
Weiners
Med—doz
Royal Ann Cherries
Campbell’s
Fontana
Nti
Washington
EPPS
Alvin Epp
T. F. Blakemore
Sharon
Argentine Republic
Shafter Press
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