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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1984
Page
6
A reader urges Halloween safety for children and explains concerns about costumes and dark yards. The column also shares crafting ideas and family recipes including Grandma Bergman’s Pumpkin Bread and an Impossible Pumpkin Pie, inviting readers to submit fall dishes and holiday salad ideas.
Community calendar lists events from Wednesday October 31 through Monday November 5 at locations in Shafter and surrounding venues. Highlights include a Halloween parade at 7 p.m., CBMC prayer breakfast at 6 30 a.m., Kiwanis and Lions Club meetings, and school board and veterans group gatherings.
Olin and Lenora Fender observed their 45th wedding anniversary with more than 150 guests at the Shafter Seventh Day Adventist Kern Academy on Oct. 7. They were married Oct. 7, 1939 in Chandler, Oklahoma, and have lived in Shafter since. Olin worked as a truck driver for 28 years, retiring in 1977, while Lenora previously worked at Rasco’s and Cornet’s stores. The event featured a family-hosted party, speeches, songs, and a ciphering display, with numerous out-of-town guests from Bakersfield, Sepulveda, Modesto, Oxnard, Wasco, and more. Special guests included Elder Joe Melashenko and Norman Nelson.
The Children’s Self-Help Project to protect children from sexual abuse begins in Shafter with six of eight trained women meeting Janet Mittar of the Bakersfield Henrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic to refine skills and plan school program rollout in Richland. District Superintendent Vera Stone reviews guidelines and schedules parent and teacher meetings prior to classroom presentations with plans to start in January in second and fifth grades.
McFarland Recreation and Park District sponsors a men s slow pitch softball event at Browning Road Park and Mouser Field from November 17 to 18 with a $125 team entry fee. First through third place teams will receive awards and top individuals will receive turkey awards. Rosters and rules are available at the recreation office 107 Sherwood and at 792 3187 for details.
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