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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1950
Page
3
Miss Ruth Isabel Seabury of Boston will be the guest at the home of the Rev. and Mrs Gordon Baker during the Thanksgiving weekend.
Mr and Mrs Dan Wendland entertained Mr and Mrs Gus Weyand and Mrs Louise Neufeld for dinner Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Don Little of Grant street will spend Thanksgiving Day with relatives in the South. They left yesterday and will return Sunday.
A series of Sunday evening discussions on boy and girl relationships is conducted by the Pilgrim Fellowship of Union Congregational Church. The program began last Sunday with Parental Authority led by Mrs Ed Brown and continues with topics on emotional and psychological aspects and school related views. The final session will be December 10 focusing on home school and church interrelation and Christian attitudes for youth. Mrs Gordon Baker and Mrs Ella Mae Starrh co sponsor the series.
Mr and Mrs Robert Tatum of 237 Faber Street host a large Thanksgiving gathering. The extended family includes their three children Sandra Beverly and Janice, Mrs Tatum's parents Mr and Mrs W O Smith, a brother and his wife, plus relatives from Wasco Spicer City and Wasco friend James Preston.
The Charles Burns family gathers for Thanksgiving at their home on Mettler and Merced avenues. Miss Barrie Burns returns from Stanford with fiancé Wesley Buttermore Jr. Also present are daughter Mrs. John Channeson and her family. Wesley Buttermore Sr. of San Diego visits from Shafter for the day.
A staff potluck Sunday at the Cotton Farm experimental station brought together personnel and their families. Gordon Smith and Homer Craig led arrangements, with Vernon Moore from Stoneville gin lab and Bob Greenfield from Las Cruces lab among the guests.
The Shafter Dance Club hosted a Saturday night formal at the Women’s Clubhouse with turkey and pumpkin decor for about 50 couples. Bob Sisson’s orchestra played as dancing continued into the early hours, with pre dances hosted by Mesdames H C Neufeld George Vannatta and Marvin Lane and co-hostesses Mesdames Robert Mettler and Donald Zachary.
Messrs and Mesdames Robert Mettler and Donald Zachary co hosted a cocktail party at the Zachary home before the dance party Saturday night. Guests included Harvey Neuman Dick Larson Arnold Koehn Kenneth Howell Merton Wiedmann Marvin Neuman and Herschel Rodgers.
A stork shower for Mrs. Donald Johnson was hosted by Mrs. S. N. West with co hosts Miss Lois West and Mrs. Jack Dodgen at Posoo Street. Guests and gift bears filled the living room beside a large stork while cake ice cream and punch were served.
Owakia Campfire Girls group at Richland School met to craft bowls by melting phonograph records and molding them. They will plant flowers and give the bowls as Easter gifts and plan Christmas gifts. Members listed include Dorothy Weitz, Ruby Sanders, Judy Schultz, Paula Allen, Melva Bell, Joan Eckmann, Joan Mettler, June Thompson, Patsy Cornell and Carolyn Roberts.
The Volunteer Firemen auxiliary meets weekly to prepare gifts for needy children at Christmas. Wives dress dolls and wrap items collected by the firemen in the group’s annual project. The last gathering was at Mrs. Merlin Jensen’s home with Mesdames Nikkel, Pierce, Edder, Barton, Gorsching, Townsen present. The next meeting is set for December 7 to nominate and elect officers.
Mr and Mrs E C Eckmann of 356 Manuel Ave spent four days in San Francisco for the Farm Bureau convention. Mrs Eckmann visited a friend Phyllis Johnson for an evening while there. They returned home at midnight. The next day Mr Eckmann went to Los Angeles for a Chamber of Commerce convention.
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