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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
6
A 35 pound salmon caught near Klamath by Mrs. Al Kruger fed 63 volunteers from the Volunteer Fire Department and their families behind the station. J C Hodges cooked the fish. attendees brought sides and desserts. The evening included films and a Mooney’s Grove picnic with boating and amusements and many named attendees.
Wanda Bernice Brown and Richard K. Johnson wed in a double ring ceremony at Wee Kirk O the Heather Las Vegas. The bride daughter of C R Duncan Bakersfield wore a white street length dress with navy trim. The groom son of Earl Johnson Taft stood with best man Clifford Ford Taft. They will live in Bakersfield. The bride is a Bakersfield High School alumna and bookkeeper. the groom a Shafter High School alumnus and accountant for Superior Oil Co. in Shafter. He served four years in the Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
A Shafter gathering hosted by friends and relatives sends Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kroeker Goodspeed toward Paraguay to survey conditions in the Mennonite Refugee colony of the Grand Chaco. They depart around Sept 20 with three children, for at least a year, aided by Mennonite Central Committee. Maple Leaf Enterprises sponsors.
A plastics party was hosted Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Bill Sharp 18838 Beech Ave. Guests included Mesdames Joe Ray A R Callaway J Sephus Bill Turney John Leawicker and Ansel Paget who were served cookies and coffee.
Maple opens September 8 marking the start of the new school term and the Maple PTA plans an informal teachers reception hosted by president Mrs. Allen Bartel and the executive board. district superintendent Ralph Gribble will introduce the teachers and a short program of music and singing is planned. refreshments will follow with hostesses from the board. New teachers include Mrs. Rhea Raub Miss Evelyn Ewert Mrs Janet Peterson and Anthony Desederio.
Mr and Mrs William Siemens have taken several weekend trips recently. They visited Mount Hermon where his parents George and Mrs Siemens vacationed for three weeks and brought them home. One weekend they stayed with Ruben Siemens at their summer home. Last week Wayne Siemens and J Balzer with his son Leroy joined an outing.
Ray Hearon and Norma Maxine Dargatz married in a Monday evening single ring ceremony at the Mennonite Brethren Church in Berkeley. The bride and groom, both with local family ties, welcomed about 250 guests as attendants and relatives shared a reception. The couple, both Shafter High School graduates, plan to pursue teaching credentials.
The Junior Women's Club unveils a crowded slate starting with a potluck at Mrs. Cecil Bridges home on State Avenue. President elect Mrs. Robert Mettler presides for the first time. The year includes teas, fashion shows, Christmas party, and multiple meetings in homes across the area culminating with an May installation of officers and a final Beech Avenue gathering.
Welcome event honored new faculty with Dr and Mrs Grant Jensen hosting after morning and afternoon meetings. Homemade ice cream cake and punch served to PTA board members and staff. Attendees included Clarence Neuman Bill Dalke Jack Thompson Walter Grossman and many others.
Mr and Mrs E B Isaac and their children Carol Jimmy and Nancy visited Santa Cruz last week visiting her brother John Caldwell. They left Nancy at Monterey Bay Academy to begin her junior year next Tuesday.
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