Surprise party honors A W Eckmann at Fresno home
Last Friday a group of friends gathered for a surprise birthday party for A W Eckmann at his Fresno residence. John Dere sang two solos and Arthur Hemingson presented two nature films while Mrs Phil Hedeen hosted tea. guests included John and Ann DeVincenzo, Walter and Hazel Haag, Phil and Esther Hedeen, Ellen Sandell, Violet and Arthur Hemingson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W
al) Eckmann
Eckmann
Fresno
John Dere
Malotte
Calvary
Stewart Hamblin
Arthur Hemingson
Phil Hedeen
John
Ann DeVincenzo
Walter
Hazel Haag
Phil
Esther Hedeen
Ellen Sandell
Violet
Horizon Club Initiates 15 In Candlelight Ceremonies
Horizon Club at Shafter High School initiated fifteen new members during a candlelight ceremony. The group sang songs and featured a joint program with Campfire Girls leaders and guests. They planned a rummage sale for November 7 to fund an educational tour and to usher at an October Bakersfield Philharmonic concert. Special guests included Campfire staff, council presidents, and Wahanka Campfire Group members advancing Torchbearer ranks.
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Horizon Club
Shafter High School
Aula, Allen
Mary Brown
Patsy Cornell
Bakersfield
Ann Cook
Eleanor McIintire
R. A. Jacobsen
Shafter’s
Campfire Council
Sally Firkins
Verna Peters
Nadine Bellows
Carol Barton
Nancy Pierce
Paula McClure
Wahanka
Burnis Morris
Ben Peters
Witches Set Scene for Boy's Sixth Birthday Party
Witches and jack o lanterns themed Billy Duerksen's sixth birthday party on Sunday at 303 Oak Street. Guests included Susan Mason Jill Panero Tommy Wilson and many others while Pamela Evans sent a gift and relatives Mary Duerksen attended with Billy's grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Duerksen
William Duerksen
Oak Street
Susan Mason
Jill Panero
Tommy Wilson
Curtie Pelosi
Randy Witcher
Eddie Gaede
David Bellows
Billy Nelson
Teddy Ruggenberg
Jackie Fairbanks
Debby Hildebrand
Nancy Barling
Ryan Spitzer
Nancy Stepp
Maureen Kelley
Thelma Kirschenmann
Pamela Evans
James Jacobs
Jimmy
Bob Kelley
Henry Duerksen
Billy
Odako Campfire Elects Suzette
Suzette Fuller was elected president of Odako Campfire Girls at the first meeting in Richland School. Mrs. Don Christensen and Mrs. J H Fuller are leaders. Other officers include Marilyn Gaede as vice president Deanna Jensen as secretary and Marilyn Thomas as reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzette Fuller
Odako Campfire Girls
Richland School
Don Christensen
J. H. Fuller
Marilyn Gaede
Deanna Jensen
Marilyn Thomas
Brenda Beel
Dolores Contreras
Sandra Jacobsen
Mary Perry
Isabelle Vasquez
Romano Banks
Fashion Show to Help Milk Fund by Shafter PTA
Shafter's Junior Women's Club hosts a fall fashion show at Veterans Baws Awial L Fall to benefit the Richland Parent-Teacher Association milk fund. The event features dolls on parade, an auction led by Mrs. E. A. Brown, and afternoon wear by Harry Coffee's of Bakersfield. Proceeds support the milk fund with local models and prize drawings throughout the evening.
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Shafter
Junior Womens Club
Wacthmiwvlial Lidil
Richland Parent-Teacher Association
E. A. Brown
Robert Kelley
Harry Coffee's
Bakersfield
George Smith
Marvin Lane
James Jacobs
Jarvis Wheeler
Ed Gaede
Don Zachary
Harold Greene
Harry Thompson
Kelley
Robert Mettler
Harvey Neuman
Mike Sresovich
Marvin Neuman
Charles Hitchcock
First Mennonite Church Circle Sews For Missions
The church basement sewing circle met Monday evening to craft quilts and embroidered items for a November 3 mission bazaar. Proceeds will support mission fields. auctioneers listed and sale chairwoman named. Members present included Darlene Schmidt, Verna Schmidt, Norma Schmidt, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Mennonite Church
H. J. D. Janzen
Carl Neumann
Tony Heller
Don Knowles
Jack Nikkel
Sale
Darlene
Verna
Norma Schmidt
Albert Froese
Lester Neufeld
Maurice Connell
J. C. Warneke
John Reimer
al Nikkel
Earnest Schroeder
Henry Froese
William Ratzlaff
George Cooper to Wed Florida Bride in Union Church
Miss Sarah Katherine Garrett of Pensacola Florida and 2nd Lt J George Cooper USMC will wed Saturday at Union Congregational Church The groom is from Mannel Avenue and the couple will be joined by Cooper’s grandmother from Los Angeles A bridal shower is planned the day before the wedding for the bride elect
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Union Congregational Church
Women's Fellowship
J. H. Fuller
Tom Oury
M. L. Wiedmann
Kenneth Pipkin
Sarah Katherine Garrett
J. George Cooper
United States Marine Corps
Mary Garrett
Pensacola
Fla
Floyd Cooper
Mannel Avenue
Missner
University of California’ S
Agricultural College At
Davis
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Corps
Marine Air Corps
Andville
Corpus Christi
Tex
el Toro
Marine Air Corps Base
Santa Ana
Cooper
J. C. Cooper
Los Angeles
Shafter
Orvin Mettler
Birth of Jeffry Albert Fairbanks at Mercy Hospital
A second son and fourth child was born on October 5 at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs William Fairbanks of 446 Cross Street. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces and was named Jeffry Albert. He has sisters Jacqueline and Patricia and brother Mark. Grandmothers are Mrs Elizabeth Otten of Glendale and Mrs Edna Collins of Hollywood.
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Mercy Hospital
Paul Carroll
Shafter
Gene Cox
Rey
Sam Shields
Timothy
Bob Franz
Wasco
William Fairbanks
Cross Street
Jeffry Albert
Jacqueline
Patricia
Mark
Elizabeth Otten
Glendale
Edna Collins
Hollywood
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Tab Hunter
Denise Darcel
Patric Knowles
Flame of
Calcutta
John Ireland
Susan Calbert
Ann Sheridan
John Lund
Steel Town
Ronald Reagan
Dorothy Malone
LAW and Order
Yvonne DeCarlo
Rock Hudson
Liz Taylor
Fernando Lamas
Loretta Young
SAN Francisco 49Ers
LOS Angeles Rams
Joan Eckmann
Barbara Karavich
Sue Howell
Carol Irvine
Valera Kirschenmann
Sharon Nusz
Ruby Sanders
Judy Shultz
June Thompson
Jean Thomas
Donna Young
Dorothy Weitz
Wahelo
Joyce McDonald
Lavina Regehr
Martha Jeffcoat
Elaine Fleming
Sharon Peters
Kathy Miller
Congregationalists
Mesdames
E. C. Eckmann
Marvin Hoover
Mesdames E. A. Brown
Gordon Baker
Gordon Smith
Jack Austin
Phil Channeson
John Jacobsen
D. H. Muir
William Lowe
Leona Vannatta
Elliott Garrison
Jim Hodges
White Elephant
Fred Mason
Joe Thompson
Mesdamese Don Ruggenberg
Wesley Staudacher
Tom Hayhurst
C. C. Crabb
LEVIS
ARMY
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile CO
Central
Santa Fe
Odako Campfire
Suzette
Sophia Kirschenmann
Woods Stone
Paul Ingraham
Ruth Fleming
Helen Weaver
W. E. Nicol
Earl Weil
Phil .Ohanneson
PTA
Louis Pelosi
Leland Bell
Donald Zachary
Church Circle
George Cooper
Florida
New Plymouth
Irvine
Central Valley
Shafter, Calif
Elmer Engel
Marvin Jost
Maple School
Burt Engel
Travis Air Force Base
Engel
Albert Engel
Burlington
Wash
Berlin
Oklo
Kelly & Somers
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