Saturday School Begins Second Season at Mexican Colony Church
Saturday School started its second season on October 15 at the Mexican Baptist Church in Mexi can Colony. Nine Sharter teenagers volunteered for the program and performed well on their first day, according to Mrs. R. E. Hunter. On October 8, Mrs. Alice Moore, former Director of Bakersfield College Child Study Center, spoke to the volunteers about issues faced by children in poverty and the impact of attitude on future outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Cross
Phyllis Gregory
Louise Johnson
Janet Kroeker
Jeannie McWhorter
Cathy Onsum
Carla Owen
Yolanda Pacheco
Juan Villarreal
Shafter
Shafter Junior Women’s Club Meets at Tillman Home
The October 4 gathering at Mrs. Gene Tillman’s hosted by Shafter Junior Women’s Club featured plans for a Ho be Party on October 15 at Mrs. Gene Stark’s home. Members discussed district meetings, initiation, holiday arrangements, and training workshop notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Gene Tillman
Jack Brown
Gene Stark
Kenneth Handel
Collinster
Shafter Woman's Club
Shafter Junior Women's Club
Cooper
Ron. Kloeppel
Thomas Leigh
Shafter Memorial Hall
Stamps for the Wounded fundraiser thanks Hagen and Murphy
The Shafter Junior Women's Club thanks Congressman Harlan Hagen and Senator George Murphy for donating used postage stamps for their Americanism project Stamps for the Wounded. The stamps aid recreation and physical therapy for permanently hospitalized veterans in California hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Junior Women
Harlan Hagen
George Murphy
California
Jack L. Ogle
Shafter Junior Women’s Club
Mizuzaki Dinner Hosted At 320 Show By Ray Wiley
Ray Wiley and Mrs Wiley hosted a Mizuzaki themed dinner at their home 320 Show Saturday evening. Guests dressed in Japansei kimonos ate oriental fare on floor low tables with chopsticks as utensils. Charade provided entertainment while attendees from Shafter Rio Bravo and Bakersfield joined for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wiley
Mizuzaki
Dave Anderson
Kenneth Dalke
Bill Hatcher
Eyron Barber
Shafter
Bud Balnentine
Rio Bravo
Dick Southwick
John Garing
Bakersfield
Rev Rivera Speaks at St Marks Episcopal Dinner
The bishop's committee invited Rev Victor Rivers rector of St Paul's Visalia to speak at the Every Member Canvass Dinner at St Mark's Episcopal Church. He returned from South Africa and Puerto Rico with his wife, serving the San Joaquin Diocese for 21 years and earning a Doctor of Divinity honorary degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kelly
Victor Rivers
St. Paul’s Church of Visalia
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Lee Ashworth
Kerber
David Anderson
Father Rivera
South Africa
Puerto Rico
Visalia
San Joaquin
Church of Divinity School of the Pacific i
South America
Missionary Services At Church of God
The Church of God at Smith's Corner Riverside hosts missionary services Sunday October 23 at 11 AM and Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7 30. Rev Bradfield from Brazil, on furlough after 15 years, will perform musical numbers on vibraphone accordion organ piano and sing. Rev Manos new pastor arrives from Merced with wife Esther and daughters Andrea and Martheia.
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Church of God
Smith’s Corner
Central Valley Highway
Riverside
Rev
Bradfield
Brazil
A. L. Manos
Shafter
Merced
Esther
Andreia
Martheia
West Coast Bible College
Fresno
Mrs Hewes Speaks At Shafter Play Center Meeting
The Shafter Play Center held its first of six monthly meetings at Jan Wells home with Dorothy Hewes former Bakersfield Play Center director as guest speaker. Treasurer and new Tuesday program director Carol Hatcher outlined plans and fees. Sally Evans urged more enrollment for the Tuesday morning program offering 9 to 11 a.m. and charges of 5.00 for participating mothers and 10.00 for non participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Play Center
Jan Wells
Dorothy Hewes
Bakersfield Play Center
Carol Hatcher
Sally Evans
Williamses Welcome Son in Porterville
Earl and Mrs. Williams formerly of Shafter celebrate the birth of son Jeffrey Scott on August 12 at WaSco Community Hospital. The couple also has Earl Jr. age three and a half. Grandparents are Rodriguez of Shafter, Williams of Buttonwillow, and W. Presley Williams of Memphis. Rev. Edward Key family, former Shafter vicar, moves to Palo Alto to serve All Saints Episcopal Church as assistant rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Williams
Shafter
Porterville
Jeffrey Scott
Wasco
Earl Jr
Rodriguez
Edward Key
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Burlingame
Key
Church of the Ascension
Palo Alto
All Saints Episcopal Church
Maple School Gets Title I Funds For Language Lab
Maple School receives allowance from unused last year’s Title I funds to restart the language lab. Superintendent Clyde Johnston says the lab will serve grades one through five with 45 minute daily sessions, focusing on younger students this year. Peggy Johnston is rehired to continue the program begun last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Clyde Johnston
Johnston
Peggy Johnston
Home carnival staged by neighborhood children
A Sunday home carnival was held in the garage of Mrs. N Hearan at 1112 State Street. Mark and Lisa Beach organized the private event influenced by a recent Richland PTA carnival. About a dozen children attended along with a grandmother and an uncle. punch and popcorn were served and a rock throw and spook house were featured. Profits were small and most funding came from Mrs. Hearan. William McMahon joins Shafter High School as a new special education and American government instructor and head coach of the B football team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garag
N Hearan
State Street
Mark
Lisa Beach
Richland
PTA
Lucille Hearan
William €. McMahon
Shafter High School
Mr. McMahon
Northern Illinois University
Bakersfield
Washington Junior High School
Eckmanns Guest Speakers Inspire at Women's Fellowship
Dick Eckmann and his houseguest Jim Ogan, joined by Senor Miguel Carvajal, spoke at Union Congregational Church’s women’s society meeting on Oct 13. Ogan, a missionary with Oriental Missionary Society in Equador, and Carvajal, a former priest and OMS church pastor in Equador, highlighted their experiences during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Eckmann
Jim Ogan
Oriental Missionary Society
Equador
California
Arizona
Senor
Miguel Carvajal
OMS
Union Congregational Church
Fellowship Hall
E. C. Eckmann
Women’s Society
Ogan
Owen Onsum
John Notley
W. W. Weyand
Mellers Welcome Daughter Leah Dorene
Mr and Mrs Lee Meller of Shafter announce the birth of daughter Leah Dorene on Saturday October 15 weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces. Grandparents are O L Meller of North Carolina and A L Morgan of Shafter and Connie Morgan is the former Mrs Meller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Meller
Shafter
Leah Dorene
Meller
Connie Morgan
O. L. Meller
North Caroline
A. L. Morgan
Gerri Ogle Wins Women’s Golf at North Kern
Gerri Ogle won the women’s tournament at North Kern on Thursday October 13 with a total 101 for 18 holes. Other winners included Margo Sundberg Margie McCain Avis Dumler Fran Garland Helen Ruggenberg Ruth Hoffman and Jane Flanigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerri Ogle
North Kern
Gerri
Margo Sundberg
Margie McCain
Avis Dumler
Fran Garland
Helen Ruggenberg
Ruth Hoffman
Jane Flanigan
Morro Bay
Riverside
Fresno
Ginger Somers
Nadene Mac Jin
Women’s Golf Association
Pilgrim Fellowship Excursion to Tehachapi Mountain Park
The Pilgrim Fellowship of Union Congregational church took a Sunday trip to Tehachapi Mountain Park for hiking and exploration. The outing ended with a weiner roast and campfire as the group sang together with numerous named youths and accompanying adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Fellowship
Union Congregational Church
Tehachapi Mountain Park
Weiner
Carl Camp
Bill Camp
Jeanne Guenther
Leslie Somers
David Onsum
Janet Bongberg
Kathy Albright
Larry Kennath
Patricia Anderson
Janet Wiedmann
Debbie Gorsching
Lyn Warnoch
Nancy Lawson
Vernon Lawson
Barbara Sutton
Kris Albright
Becky Caveness
Donna Little
John Tobiason
Bill Bann
Randy Zachary
Leland Bell
T. N. Anderson
Fields Caveness
Owen Onsum
Jack Kennath
Don Zachary
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Tillman Home
Ray Wileys Entertain
Rev. Rivera
St. Mark's
Have
Maple School
John
Shafter High School Colonels
Bill McKinley
Ted Olsen
Steven Hair
Larry Freeborn
Larry
Corcoran
Shafter Press
Eckmann
Women’s Fellowship
First Baptist Church
North Pine Street
Dale B. Klint
Family Bible Hour
Harley Martin
Kern County Camp Fire Council
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