Shafter Girl Heads Bakersfield Delegation to Canada Convention
Miss Gloeckler of Shafter, president of the Bakersfield Desk and Derrick Club, will lead Bakersfield’s delegation to the Banff Convention of the Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America. She chairs the nominating committee and will present the slate for 1955 officers. Bakersfield members traveling include Arliss Wessels Ruth Young Betty Warnock Wilma Addington Myrne Greer Pauline Colahan and more. The group will vote on incorporating the club and establishing a permanent central distribution office with bids from Oklahoma City Tulsa and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Gloeckler
Shafter
Bakersfield Deck and Derrick Club
Association of and Derrick Clubs of North
Banuff
Shafter Ave
Miss Gleeckier
Bakersfield
Desk
Derrick
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Okla
Denver
Colorado
New York City
Pakersfield
Miss Gloeckler
Banff
Arliss Wessels
Oceanic Oil Company
Ruth Young
Seaboard Oil Company
Betty Warnock
Buans Drilling Company
Wilma Addington
Tide Water Associated
Myrne Greer
Paraffine Oil Company
Pauline M. Colahan
Monterey Oil Company
Miss Colahan
Pacific Coast
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
British Columbia
Territory of
Alaska
Frank N. Porter
American Petroleum Institute
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Bow River
Bakersfield Group
Weekend at Pismo Beach Moves Mrs Fosdick Family News
Lottie Liles and daughter Laverne visited Pismo Beach with Ilsa Mae Fosdick and children Jimmy and Karen along with Fosdick's brother Shirley Fox. Fosdick recently moved to Shafter while her husband serves overseas in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Liles
Laverne
Ilsa Mae Fosdick
Jimmy
Karen
Fosdick
Shirley Fox
Pismo Beach
Mr and Mrs J W Wray Return from Oklahoma Trip
MR AND MRS J W WRAY and children Donald Darlene and David returned on Monday from a two weeks visit to Oklahoma. Their son Jackie stayed with friends in Wasco during their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wray
Donald
Darlene
David
Oklahoma
Jackie
Wasco
Birthday Greetings for Local Residents Across Travels and Moves
Birthday greetings list numerous residents and relatives with travel, visits, and new beginnings. Notables include Mrs E G Neufeld awaiting travel to Germany, Mr and Mrs Sidney Crawford on a six week Ohio trip and Lake Taneytoma drive, Templeton and Berg families visiting Santa Maria and Whittier, and Barbara Wiens hosting school friends before fall. Additional notices celebrate enrollments at Tabor College and Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene B. Neufeld
Germany
Neufeld
E. A. Dohinden
Montana
Douglas
Carl Templeton
Santa Maria
Templeton
Barbara Wiens
Bakersfield
Barbara
Jeanette Ediger
Lucille Wiebe
Hillsboro
Kansas
Tabor College
Carolyn Bergen
Los An
Birthday Parties Mark Debby Bell and Friends
Debby Lynn Bell celebrated her first birthday with a gala dinner party at the Bell home on Los Angeles Ave. Grandparents H. A. Thomas Clyde Bell from Shafter attended along with Dorothy Joyce Pitts and other relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debby Lynn Bell
Leland Bell
Los Angeles Ave
Bell
Debby
H. A. Thomas
Clyde Bell
Shafter
Funeral Service Held at Merced For Mrs. R. Willis
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Willis a longtime Shafter area teacher were held in Merced with burial there. She died last Tuesday at about 75 and taught at Richland Maple and Richland schools beginning in 1925 retiring in 1947. She lived in Los Angeles before moving to Merced in 1950 and was active in Camp Fire Girls and the Business and Professional Women's Club of Shafter. Survived by three sons MR and MRS HENRY MOOR and daughters Belvi Mona and Sanhra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Willis
Shafter
Surfice
Merced
Willis
Richland School
Maple School
Los Angeles
Camp Fire Girl
Business and Professional Women's Club
Watsonville Merced and Pacific Palisades trio named
Jim of Watsonville Carl of Merced and George of Pacific Palisades are listed among participants in the regional event highlighting local figures. Their affiliations or roles remain unspecified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Watsonville
Carl
Merced
George
Pacific Palisades
Sowder Family Holds Re-Union at Shafter Park
Forty Sowder family members gathered Sunday August 29 for a reunion at Shafter Park. Attendees included C A Sowder Luther Sowder Patsy Sandra Janice C C Sowder Richard Tony Davis Vickee Pete Joe Jillyne Kenneth Martin Keith Kent Mike Kathy Maricopa Bob Sowder Fresno H D Sowder Grove Oklahoma Troy Sowder Freddy Denny William Sowder Larry Tarry Frank Baze Wasco and Eugene Neufeld Lori Douglas. National Hospital Day is observed on Florence Nightingale's birthday May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowder
Shafter Park
Messrs
Mesdames
C. A. Sowder
Luther Sowder
Patsy
Sandra
Janice
C. C. Sowder
Richard
Tony Davis
Vickee
Pete
Joe
Jillyne
Kenneth Martin
Keith
Kent
Mike
Kathy
Maricopa
Bob Sowder
Fresno
H. D. Sowder
Grove
Oklahoma
Troy Sowder
Freddy
Denny
William Sowder
Larry
Tarry
Frank Baze
Wasco
Eugene Neufeld
Lori
Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canada
Lerdo
Pyrenees
Sumner Street
Sidney
Pop) Crawford
Ohio
Glenn Crawford
West Virginia
Mary
Randall Brannon
Lake Taneytoma
Ozarks
Richard Boberg
Whittier, California
John H. Peterson
Anna Peterson
Ben Stoller
Golden West Ave
South Dakota
Alfred Pretzler‘and Sons
William Stoller
Emil Stollers
Jolack-Stollers
Long Beach
Knott
Berry Farm
E. L. Granger
Bill Stoller
Stockdale
Ivan Mettler
John. Wiens
Steve Roberts
Carolyn
Sherrill
Timmy
Southland
E. B. Stringham
Judith Lynn Tatum
W. M. Griffin
Betty Gaede
Vera Dyer
W. J. Sucket
Marie Fox
Bill Joneston
J. L. Badgett
Ed Warren
Pauline Johnston
Caroline Merz
Jacob Baerg
Cleaners
Conthil Avene
Dorothy Joyce
Pitts
Dorothy
Kenneth Pitts
Art Dirksen
Lynette and
Dale Neuman
Dennis and
Curtis Opp
Loretta
Jeannette Schneider
Michael
Kathy Richards
Janie Gottfried
Delvin
Dwayne Pitts
Pamela Pitts
Roy Pitts
Harold Schneider
Hulda Graybill
Morris Adamson
Charlotte Pitts
Jo Ann Fenderson
Spurgeon
Fresno Ave
Sue
Dot Ricketts
Wanda McNally
Bonnie Perry
Kathy Young
Mary Sue Beaver
Linda Jo Laughlin
Tommy Wiley
Wilene
Irene
Rueben
Larry Rust
Dick Young
Sam Beavers
Lyle Laughlin
Johnny Fosdick
Marengo St
Johnny
Steve Fosdick
Ernest Mettler
Glenn Mettler
Larry McCright
Johnny Kadel
Bobby Perkins
Bruce Ayers
Dale Ay
R. Willis
Henry Moor
Belvi
Mona
Sanhra
Kansas City Co
Moor
P. J. Moor
Gordon Belche
Hormel
Cello
U.S
Good & Choice
Osick
Bell Peppers
Crisco
Turkey
Allen Cut
Kelloggs
Tastewell
Briardale
Gravenstein
Robin
Vienna
Skippy
Betty Crocker
Central Ave
Peg
Carnation
National Hospital
Florence Nightingale
Central Valley Television
Sury, Hg
Packard Bell
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