This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1959
Page
4
Miss Beverly Tatum and Charles Mitchell set Friday December 4 as their wedding date. They will wed at 8 o clock in Congregation Church. The bride elect is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Tatum of Shafter and her fiancé is son of Mr and Mrs Willie Mitchell of Shafter.
Mrs. Ralph Gribble hosted a series of visitors over the week. Katherine Austin and Henry Eanes of Chico arrived for an overnight stay after a Pasadena convention. John and Mary Jerrery of Long Beach stopped by en route to Redding. Friends from Bakersfield in Mrs. Gribble's Sunday School group visited Wednesday, joining Opal Walker for a day trip to Lost Hills.
A Kerneth Anderson family vacation by air to Byron Illinois and Urbana Illinois includes a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Albert McGee and relatives. They left September 24 and returned in mid October with stops at the Caterpillar plant in Peoria and a University of Illinois tour for Coral McGee.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Haag and the Haag family attended the funeral of Mrs Sunday in Los Gatos on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jackson and her late husband Harry had long resided in Rio Bravo before moving to Los Gatos with their two adopted children. Mrs Jackson had suffered long from cancer as survivors include brothers George and Le Mies, other relatives in Rio Bravo.
The Thursday afternoon meeting at Ss tortare ene discussed mission work. Mrs Starrh outlined the Ryder Memorial Hospital project needing 30000 for a new wing while Mrs Anderson spoke on the Central Cultural Social Center in Gigantes Mexico. Mrs Babbitt showed slides of parsonages as Mrs Erwin Toews led devotions. A luncheon and fall decor followed. Plans were set for the November 19 annual dinner and bazaar with tickets at 2 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12.
Mrs. Jackie Black hosts her niece Mrs. Wanda Willis of San Luis Obispo for a few days starting October 22. Out of state guests October 20 were Mr. and Mrs Archie Scott and daughters Lynny Laurie and Jo from Roseburg Oregon who stayed one day.
Mrs Eva Hendon of Casa Grande Arizona is visiting her niece and family Mr and Mrs James Cherry and daughters Barbara and Wanda of Shafter while she recuperates from a fall. She is employed at the Casa Grande Clinic.
Mrs Ed Nikkel Richland PTA president calls a short executive board meeting on Tuesday November 3 at the Richland Library. Mrs Jim Klassen will give a membership drive report and Robert Bann will discuss the PTA program for Tuesday November 11.
Kelly Lisabeth Suckat was born on October 11 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Suckat of Shafter. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William J. Suckat of Shafter and Mr. William Thielen of Atlantic, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Overton and daughters Verna and Lola from Bakersfield stayed with Mr. and Mrs. William Cole of Shafter for the weekend of October 17.
Miss Lucille Frost served as afternoon speaker for the National Fellowship of Congregational Church Women during a fall meeting in Oildale. She outlined four aims for local groups and noted available literature while Mrs. Paul Beck presided as devotionals were led by College Heights and Tehachapi church women.
Mr and Mrs L A Flood of Modesto visiting their daughter and family Mr and Mrs D P Begley of Shafter on October 23. This was the last stop before returning home. They have just completed a tour through Oklahoma Tennessee and
A woman flew to Burwell Nebraska to visit her parents Mr and Mrs P A Grunkemeyer and the town where she was raised. She traveled with her husband who joined her on October 4 and they returned home on October 11.
Shatte Society in Shafter selects Mrs. T P Rootes as 12 30 meeting host with assist from Mines Marvin Hoover Elmer Richards F Raney W T Walhoad P L Arnold Charles Burns and M L Wiedmann The club meets first Wednesday monthly at Shafter Veterans Memorial Hall The December program features Shafter High School girls chorus directed by Robert Planning Commission guest Ken Schneider from Kern County Planning Commission An A Kit Nelson participant is planned for February and J C from the group for March An Henrietta Weill Clinic film for April covers youth school theft handling The year ends with officers installation in May Lafayette Banes Kern District president to install Decorations by Mrs David Cooke Special events include Sweethearts Night February 17 and the flower show April 20 chaired by Mrs Floyd Cooper and Mrs Orvin Mettler with Mrs Rabe Benger assisting
Mr and Mrs Walter Nicol and Mr and Mrs Lyman Curtis from Bakersfield spent the weekend in Bishop as guests of Miss Lois Lyman former Kern County 4H advisor now guiding Mono and Inyo counties. They toured Mammoth and Whitney Portal enjoying the Sierra scenery.
Mr Homer Watson of Hills California spent a few days with his parents Mr and Mrs G W Watson of Shafter while he completed business in Kern County.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.