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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1959
Page
10
Local campaign promotes spending at Shafter merchants to bolster the town economy and support home industry. Businesses report steady customer turnout and a positive impact on local employment.
A birthday celebration honors Margaret Wilson with four gifts and guests joining for cake and ice cream.
A group travels to Pismo on August 23 with accompanying Mr. Lyn Doyle Cole and Janet. The fragment notes their presence but lacks further details about purpose or outcome.
The Stiebers, visiting Denver for months, stayed at the home of their daughter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. Mullen. The couple, once students of Shafter High School, joined daughter in welcoming the visit though details are fragmentary.
Twila Mae Lewis of Shafter has completed nurses training August 23 at a Seventh Day Adventist facility. A Shafter High School 1954 graduate, she attended Bakersfield Junior College and will work at Paradise Valley Sanitarium until she takes the State Board Examination next month. Her future workplace remains undecided.
Ivy Y. Rice visited Shafter from Oklahoma to lead a song drill at the Church of Christ from August 27 to 28. Vacation Bible School ended August 29 with a children’s program. eighty attendees were reported at a prior class. Shafter merchants supported local fundraising.
The Wilson family traveled through Lake Superior and the Midwest visiting Minnesota and North Dakota with water skiing and fishing on many lakes. They toured Glacier National Park in Montana and returned home tired yet with memories. Miss Marjorie Wilson later took a week trip to Los Angeles and Glendale with Miss Linda Wadley. Miss Glenda Wilson spent two and a half weeks with Jan Bail in San Pedro this summer.
Mr and Mrs John Jacobsen and their two children Herb and Janet enjoyed a four day visit to Monterey and Carmel during which they stayed at the Hacienda on their return trip and saw an underwater ballet exhibit.
Mrs Emma Werre of Los Angeles visited Shafter during the July Fourth holiday and stayed three days with Mrs John Wylie Westbrook. She was recalled to South Dakota by a seriously ill sister and regrets leaving so abruptly.
Michael Gibson nephew of Mr and Mrs John Wylie West brook brought his father to stay overnight with the Westbrooks Sunday August 23. The Gibsons live in Bakersfield.
The article extols Christian Science healing as a path to a better life. It claims many people are cured or improving, gaining peace and confidence, and invites readers to send 33 for a copy.
Mrs. Laura Holderedge underwent surgery at a Muscovie Oklahoma hospital for a serious condition. The patient tolerated the procedure well and is now at home recuperating. The Fews visited relatives in the area before returning home in August.
Recent visitors at the Sam Becker home include Mr and Mrs Otto Richert and their daughters Karen and Marsha from San Gabriel. A prior weekend the Beckers hosted Mr and Mrs Earl Becker and their family from Salem Oregon after trips in the San Jose area.
The passage urges clear signals and careful watching to ensure safety in both football play and road use. It emphasizes teamwork and individual responsibility to prevent accidents and injuries.
Former Pfc Paula Allen of the WAC married a School alumnus of the class of 1957. She joined the WACs November 26, 1957, served in communications and clerical duties at Fort Ord, and was dismissed August 26, 1959. They plan to live in North Carolina and hope to visit Germany soon.
The Rio Bravo 4-H group held a camp out at Pismo Beach with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skidmore and four of their five children plus a guest attending. Mrs. N R Riggs said the trip was enjoyable and the weather was ideal.
A local notice invites residents to attend any church of their choice this Sunday. It emphasizes personal worship freedom and community fellowship, with no specific denomination highlighted.
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