Pink-Blue Bassinet Feature At Mrs Walker Layette Shower
A pink and blue bassinet served as the centerpiece at a layette shower for Mrs Dee A Walker held at the Merced avenue home of Mrs J W Wray. Co host Mrs Stella Hamilton presided as guests enjoyed fruit punch jello and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Dee A. Walker
Merced Avenue
J. W. Wray
Stella Hamilton
C. A. Walker
W. S. Fincher
Tom Tackett
Dick Lynd
Frank Annis
Harvey Mills
W. N. Ballard
Spencer Stallings
Job's Daughters Attend Go To Church Sunday
Wasco Bethel Job's Daughters joined in a church observance by attending services at Wasco Methodist Church. From Shafter, June Thompson Linda Hanson Jean Thomas Dorothy Weitz Verna Peters Joan Eckmann and Mary Brown participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasco Bethel
Job
Wasco’s
Methodist Church
Shafter
June Thompson
Linda Hanson
Jean Thomas
Dorothy Weitz
Verna Peters
Joan Eckmann
Mary Brown
Baby Donna born to Mr and Mrs Westbrook in Oildale
Mr and Mrs Joe Westbrook announce the birth of their daughter Donna born October 12 at College Hospital Oildale weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces. She will be welcomed by brothers Michael and Gary. Grandmothers are Mrs Esther Westbrook and Mrs Lily Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Westbrook
Donna
Jean
College Hospital
Oildale
Michael
Gary
Esther Westbrook
Lily Smith
Halloween Party Highlights For Shafter High Faculty Wives Club
Weird and comical costumes filled a Monday evening event at the Cross street home of Mrs. Elliott Garrison for Shafter High School's Faculty Wives and Women's Club. Prizes went to Mrs. Tom Oury as bear and Mrs. Ed Schacht in hobo attire. New members Wilson Stone Don Murfin and Henry Moroski were initiated. A business meeting approved replacing the regular Christmas dinner with a children’s Christmas party. Mrs. Garrison served gingerbread with whipped cream cider and coffee to members. list includes Don Murfin Dan Tom Quay Ed Schacht Wilson Stone Grant Jensen Burley Dooley Lowell Todd Hal Williams David Marsh A M Cornell Henry Moroski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Cross Street
Elliott Garrison
Stephen Kemalyan to Open Shafter-Wasco Concert Series
Stephen Kemalyan, baritone, will open the 1953-54 winter series of the Shafter-Wasco Community Concert Association on November 16 at Wasco High School auditorium. The program includes Alec Templeton January 19, Vivian Della Chiesa February 6, and Camilla Wicks March 28. The association also names new board members Mrs. Harold Greene and James Presley to fill vacancies, with Mrs. James Ras as president and officers listed for 1953-54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter-Wasco Community Concert Association
Stephen Kemalyan
Bob Bann
Wasco High School
Alec Templeton
Vivian Della Chiesa
Camilla ‘Wicks
Harold Greene
Shafter
Board of Directors
Arthur Ehrhorn
James Presley
Wasco
Madard Crowder
Get Well Party Arranged for Accident Victim Buddy Grant
A get well party is planned at Mrs. Carrol Howell’s home on Orange Avenue near Smith’s Corner for Leon Buddy Grant who is recovering from motorcycle car collision injuries in the hospital. He will not attend and may be released within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Buddy) Grant
Carrol Howell
Howell
Orange Avenue
Smith's Corner
Grant
Full House at Union Church Bazaar Dinner
A full house attended the Union Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship dinner and bazaar on Thursday. E A Brown chaired entertainment with local youth, including Kay Duerksen as choreographer and Mrs Henry Neufeld as musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship of
Union Congregational Church
E. A. Brown
Kay Duerksen
Henry Neufeld
Gordon Baker
Pudge Greene
Art Brownell
Ronnie Baker
Kathy Miller
Sharon Peters
Ann Maquist
Annie Rooney
Pat and
Jane Jones
Mary Brown
Patsy Cornell
Joan Eckmann
Jean Thomas
Verna Peters
Oury Addresses Book Section at Club Meeting
Tom Oury a Shafter High School teacher spoke to the Wednesday Afternoon Club at Mrs E B Stringham home on Faber Street. Twenty members heard his discussion of Shakespeare plays and the Elizabethan era with notes on historical incidents behind the comedies and tragedies. Mrs E A Brown chaired and introduced the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Oury
Shafter
E. B. Stringham
Faber Street
Oury
E. A. Brown
Vine Couple Fishes Sunday in Kern Canyon
Mr and Mrs George Vine of California Avenue spent Sunday fishing together in Kern Canyon enjoying a quiet outdoor outing and the mountain air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vine
California Avenue
Kern Canyon
Maple 4-H elects Janice Balzer President
Maple 4 H Clubbers elect Janice Balzer to serve as president for the coming year at a reorganization meeting. Karen Wiens is vice president with Martha Mitchell as secretary and Beverly Ehrhorn as treasurer. The program includes sewing and cooking meetings, business meetings, and several social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple
Janice Balzer
Velva Whitfield
Karen Wiens
Martha Mitchell
Beverly. Ehrhorn
Karen Nickel
Arnold Wittenberg
Wilmer Enns
Jack Nevarov
Martin Loepp
Jonas Nickel
Sam Becker
Maple School
Norma Nicol
Karen Bartel
Carol Becker
Beverly Ehrhorn
Erlene Enns
Lela Kelley
Ruby Kelley
Dianne Loepp
Henrietta Loewen
Karin Nickel
Nadia Nevarov
Evelyn Penner
Rhoda Reimer
Evelyn Schellenberg
Carolyn Siemens
Ruth Wittenberg
Article Explains Cancer in Girls in Shafter Area
Reprinted American Journal of Nursing article on cancer in children is available from five Shafter women led by Mrs. Abe F. Tschic and others with local contact numbers. Dr. Lucille B. May of Bakersfield notes many inquiries from Shafter after a recent pediatric cancer case and says the piece summarizes key information and answers common questions about pediatric cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Journal of Nursing
Shafter
Abé ’F. Tschic
Frank Sill
C. Hodges
M. L. Thomas
John J. Peters, Jr
Lucille B. May
Bakersfield
Kern, County
American Cancer Society
Free Marine Lee A. Reeder Plans Bakersfield Milestone
Third Classman Lee A. Reeder Jr. recently discharged from the Marine Corps visited Mr. and Mrs. Dee A. Walker in Shafter and his sister and brother-in-law in Bakersfield before a two week stay in West Palm Beach. He will marry Miss Jean Fincher of Shafter upon return and train as a mortician in Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee A. Reeder, Jr
Marine Corps
Dee A. Walker
East Marengo Ave
Joe Smith
Bakersfield
West Palm Beach
Fla
Shafter
Jean Fincher
W. S. Fincher
Shafter Avenue
Reeder
First Atlantic radio press dispatch sent in 1903
The record notes the first radio press dispatch across the Atlantic was transmitted on March 29, 1903, marking a milestone in transatlantic communication. The event highlights the early role of wireless technology in news dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Bidding Notice for Richland School District Construction
Plans and specs available with a $25 deposit per set, refundable on return in good order. Mandatory prevailing wage rates posted. bid bond required. 100 percent performance and materials bonds. district reserves right to reject bids or waive irregularities. notice dated October 14, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Richland
Pforeman
Shafter Avenue
Auccerefaul
H Board
Richiwid ‘Ementary
Dietrict
Eny
Vietriet
Cosma Thomas
Mot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lynd
Wayne Henderson
Hugh Hamilton
Ollis Prickett
Harold Mann
Woodrow Wray
Harley Ayers
George Higbee
Vada Hill
Vernon Holland
Tay Rodgers
Henry Holliman
Owen Holt
Everett Mann
Barbara Prickett
Mesdames
del Baker
Earlimart
Leslie James
Betty Walker
Delano
Mesdames Manuel Grumbles
Tony Davis
Clyde Bell
Julius Nations
Raynetta Mann
Donna Michaels
Bakersfield Savings AM
Chester Ave
Garersfield and Taft
Calw
Shafter Paint Store
Central Ave
Stork K Colt
James Ras
Bann
Herb Nickel
Sterling Giddings
Walter Nicol
Emery Hobson
Ernest Neufeld
James Trew
Beverly Bowman
Wallace Shafer
Irvin Barr
Bruce—-Crawford
Herb~ Loewen
Harald Greene
Theo Heinrichs
Arthur Hemingson
Grant W. Jensen
Jeanette Wheeler and
Marylizabeth Simmons
Shafter Area
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
B.T.U
Jack Maxberry
W.W.U
Sam Wilcoxson
Olds
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Aobile
Woodard Motor CO
NBC
Rio Bravo Union School
Janice Ross
Mae Addington
Claudette Forehand
Carol Anderson
Vicky Smith
William Benton
Kern County
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pool
Telephone Answering Service
Phone
Friends Fete Free Marine
DBA Coffee Cup Cafe
Shaf *Ter Hwy
State Board of Equalization
State Board of Waqualization
Sacramento
Elizabeth Fulp
and Milton Fulp
Wall Street
Lerdo Road
Fter
A.la
H Street
Snow Gates
Navy Service
Lerdo
James
Thomas “Bill” King
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