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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
4
The Shafter High School library club met in the library last Friday noon with librarian Miss Theodora Walther in charge. They discussed improving the library and keeping it clean, and planned an assembly for Book Week from November 10 to 16. They considered a visit to Bakersfield Junior College library.
The Shafter 20-30 Club shifts its weekly meeting to 7 o'clock, earlier than the previous 7:30 start. The decision was approved at the last gathering held at Motel Cawelo on Wednesday night.
Dorothy Irene Lamas married Phillip Bracamonte in a Friday October 18 double ring ceremony at the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Orval Seago presided as Rudolph Lopez and Ida Belle Lopez attended the couple.
Mrs Thelma Christopher will leave Thursday to join her husband who is in the East. She has been visiting her mother Mrs G D Prather of Wasco.
Mr and Mrs Glen Nay and Mr and Mrs Earl Johnson were in Fresno Friday evening and Saturday for a short social trip with no formal program mentioned.
Angel Escarcega a Shafter resident aged 66 died last Friday at Kern General Hospital Bakersfield. Services were held Monday with Rev. Elias Campos officiating and burial in Shafter cemetery. Survived by wife Inez Vargas Escarcega three sons Tony Joe Ralph and four daughters Beatrice Barron Alice Arriola Mary Liaz Macy and 16 grandchildren.
Last rites were held Friday for Mrs Iona May Brown who died at Kern General Hospital last week. Services were in the Janzen chapel with Rev Lawrence Krause officiating. Burial was in Shafter cemetery. She leaves her husband J D Brown two sons Clyde W and Johnie D Brown of Shafter three daughters Lawana Lee Dena Elian and Francis Marie Brown of Shafter one brother and two sisters.
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