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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1952
Page
4
City Hall discussion centers on a SPUD purchase of the old City site to fund site costs. Brian proposes to raze the Women’s Clubhouse and level the site with provisions including salvaged material sale and waste disposal rules. The council calendars a public utility meeting to decide the next steps.
Mrs. C. P. Jensen of Klamath is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neuman at 184 Poso Street. They visited while salmon fishing this summer. Jensen plans to arrive in Shafter this week and will join Neuman for deer hunting in Utah. She remains several weeks for recovery from an operation.
The Missionary Volunteer Society led by Miss Margaret Sackett presented a Friday evening program. Roger Fenderson Bob Wall Mrs Floyd Hoegar and Mrs Willard Neumann led a symposium on Australia Japan Southern Asia and South America. Dressed in country costumes were Dora Fitterer George McCorkle Hazel Brockett Norman Ebel and Nancy Isaac. Talks by Mrs M M Fenderson and Mrs Leonard Sammons included a poem by Hazel Brockett. Music featured Lavon Richert with Karen Weishaar at piano and Donna Wedel. a womens trio performed by Mrs Ezra.
Pneumonia and influenza are in store for members of the Shafter 20-30 Club who will be targets for tonight at the Duck Booth of the PTA carnival. The booth starts the traditional barbecue and carnival at 5 pm with members sitting in a frame while 10 cent pitches dump them into mud. Readied are Harvey Neuman Donald Zachary M L Wiedmann Wes Janzen Ed Gaede Dick Larsen Marvin Lane Cecil Bridges Hershal Rodgers Walter Rodgers Elmer Ziemke Jordan Eliades Al Sucknut Marvin Wiedenbach Arnold Koehn Herb Neuman Walter Marshall John Fuller.
A verse speaking choir featured a lineup including Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mungle, Mrs. Homer Stiner, Freida Huen, Alice Neumann, Joyce Sexton, Mrs. Vernon Schneider, Jim Wedel, Sam Dirksen, George McCorkle, Norman Ebel and Lionel Nightingale.
A reunion of all the children of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wiedmann occurred last weekend at the Palos Verdes home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wiedmann. Attending were Everett Wiedmann Merton Wiedmann Dale Wiedmann Clark Wiedmann and George Willis of Inglewood.
The Mennonite annual meeting reports donations totaling 98051 with expenditures 60435 including 17807 for foreign missions and 23907 for building repairs. Rev. Waldo Wiebe elected pastor and D W Nikkel assistant pastor with a large slate of officers, deacons, trustees, and committee members named across church councils and educational groups.
A Halloween costume party is scheduled for Oct. 27 at the home of Mrs. Elliott Garrison 243 Cross St. Co hosts will be Mrs. Thomas Oury and Mrs. Tom Letizia for the Faculty Wives and Women of Shafter High School event.
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