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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1958
Page
4
Shafter readers are urged to visit McMahons for a major furniture sale tomorrow with strong discounts and favorable terms. The Advenue community grows as Bailey's Markets join local residents, while The Press thanks civic minded sponsors for football ads and school team support.
Members of Wasco Bethel No. 138, International Order of Job's Daughters, will host a Silver Tea Sunday afternoon October 12 from 2:00 to 5:00 at the Rolf Jacobsen home on Manuel Avenue. Proceeds support educational films about heart disease for secondary schools. Friends of Job's Daughters are invited to attend.
Kern County Citizens Committee Against Prop 18 reports broad opposition across party lines with co chairs J R Alexander and Mrs Douglas T Jarrett. The group lists Republican and Democrat incumbents and challengers, as well as local organizations, and notes 50 plus volunteers and several resolutions from local bodies opposing Prop 18.
Parents of fifth graders met on October 6 and fourth and sixth grade parents joined group conferences at Richland Intermediate School this week. Meetings run 7 30 to 8 30 p m with a social hour after the classroom presentation. Sixteen teachers from the school participated in the group sessions.
Mr and Mrs Clayton Montgomery of 220 South Wall Street have hosted Mrs Agnes Kidd as a house guest for the past month in a local social note.
The Fogle couple hosts guests while in Yokosuka and describes Japan’s climate four seasons. They note hot humid summers with little home air conditioning, cold winters with occasional snow, and a rainy season starting in May. The Tokyo area is hilly and lush with vegetation amid many modern buildings and earthquake risk.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Penner hosted a housewarming with daughter Betsy and son Geertzen. Guests enjoyed coffee and preserved foods, and the couple received a gardenia plant trimmed with dollar bills as a money tree gift with many others contributing remotely.
The Ladies Missionary Society held an all day meeting on September 21 at the church. Members sewed and enjoyed a noon potluck luncheon hosted by Mmes. Bill Goertzeff and Albert Janzen. Gift boxes with money and other gifts will be prepared for workers returning from foreign fields. about 25 people attended.
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