Ohanneson and McKenzie Wed in Garden Ceremony
Susan Kathryn Ohanneson married Gary McKenzie in a garden ceremony August 4 at night at the Ohanneson home. Pastor Carlos Schneidler officiated. 80 relatives attended. reception followed with cake and punch. The couple plans a Bakersfield home. McKenzie works as a KERN Radio newscaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohanneson
McKenzie
Susan Kathryn Ohanneson
Gary McKenzie
Philip Ohanneson
Julie Anderson
Maid of Honor
Jennifer Anderson
Robert McKenzie
San Diego
Walter Judnick
Bakersfield
Michael Anderson
Channeson
Garden
James McKenzie
Garden Grove
Kern Radio
Geertzen Guest Speaker at Shafter Lions Club Meeting
Den Geertzen a Pacific College Fresno sophomore was guest speaker at Shafter Lions Club’s first meeting on September 5 after a summer break. He narrated slides of his Holy Land visit, spent about a month there with 26 Pacific College students, and the club plans weekly meetings through next July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
den Geertzen
Pacific College
Fresno
Shafter Lions Club
Geertzen
Holy Land
Shafter Lions
Shafter Recreation Seeks Flag Football Coaches Officials
Shafter Recreation Department seeks volunteers for flag football. interested individuals should contact Stan Cook at 746-2196 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Department
Shafter
Stan Cook
Newlyweds Start Life Together in Wisconsin
Gail Lynn Deopere and John R. Daley wed in August at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Illinois. Deopere, daughter of Richard and the late Lillie Johnson, now plans residence in Summerset Wisconsin while Daley, Air Force member, is stationed in Osceola Wisconsin. Out of town guests included Homer Hendricks and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Silvis
Illinois
Gail Lynn Deopere
East Moline
John R. Daley
Vincent Dietzen
Richard W. Deopere
Lillie Johnson
Nick H. Johnson
Nick’s Drive Inn
Shafter
Deopere
John Daley Silvis
Air Force
Osceola Air Force Base
Osceola
Wis
Summerset
Homer D. Hendricks
Atlantic Avenue
Mullen Richards Wedding at Shafter Church of Christ
Linda Elizabeth Richards and Danny Warren Mullen married in a double ring ceremony at the Church of Christ in Shafter on August 11. Rev Gene Clark officiated. reception followed in the church fellowship hall as the couple prepares to reside in Shafter where he works as assistant manager of the ll-C Budget Food Mart.
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Church of Christ
Everett Haskins
David Hill
Virginia Rice
Gordon M. Mullen
Sheila A. Mullen
Miss Mullen
Holly Mansfield
Darrell Richards
Jim Kofahl
Carmel
SHS Graduate Carolyn Carrasco Enters Law School
Carolyn D Carrasco a 1968 Shafter High School graduate has begun her initial term at Boalt Hall Law School UC Berkeley. She was accepted at Columbia Georgetown and Iowa Law Schools and earned an AA from Bakersfield College in 1970 and a BA in English from UC Berkeley in March 1972. She previously worked as a junior librarian in Kern County Library Children’s Extension Department from April 1972 to August 1973.
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Carolyn D. Carrasco
Shafter High School
Boalt Hall Law School
University of California At Berkeley
Felix Carrasco
Shafter
Bakersfield
Columbia University Law School
Georgetown University Law School
Iowa University School of Law
Shafter High
Carolyn
Bakersfield College
UC Berkely
Kern County Library
Shafter Briefs Report Injured Rider Returns Home
Armando Rodriguez, injured in August when a bicycle hit a car, has returned home from the hospital with a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Cook recently came back from a two week Oregon vacation enjoying fishing and cooler climate. About 20 people from Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church joined a camp at Hartland near Sequoia Park.
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Armando Rodriguez
Armando
Stan Cook
Oregon
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Hartland
Sequoia Park
Shafter Shriners Return From Hawaii
John Hanner president of El Charaf Shrine Club and Mrs. Hanner return from a five day trip to Honolulu. They attended a joint Shriners ceremonial of Al Malaikah Temple Los Angeles and Aloaha Temple Honolulu where four hundred fifty candidates were initiated. Shriner Tommy Colvard and his wife Bonnie also joined the ceremonial and returned home Saturday after a 13 day island tour.
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John Hanner
el Charaf Shrine Club
Pamela Pitts to Wed Ernest Best in October Church Rite
Pamela Pitts and Ernest Best are set to marry at Hillcrest Seventh Day Adventist Church in Bakersfield. The ceremony is planned for October 7 at 7 p.m. with Pamela the daughter of J. W. Pitts of Shafter now residing in Bakersfield and Ernest the son of Mrs. Shirley Best of Garden Grove. Pamela attended Shaft Monterey Bay ion College and Orchardwood Academy, while Ernest attended Orangewood Academy Garden Grove and Pacific on College in Angwin and plans further study in Los Angeles.
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Hillcrest Seventh Day Adventist Church
Bakersfield
Pamela Pitts
Ernest Best
J. W. Pitts
Shafter
Nordic
Shirley Best
Garden Grove
Orangewood Academy
Pacific On College
Angwin
Los Angeles
Clubwomen to Initiate New Members
Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club outlined its 1973 74 year plans at a Sept 6 meeting hosted by president Ann Stoller. Sixteen members attended and an initiation on Sept 20 at Hodel's Olive Drive was announced with Claudine Saulsbury Helen Hasty and Irene Tilley as hostesses. BPW Section IV meets Sept 21 at the House of Don Bakersfield with Oildale BPW hosting. Stoller handles reservations by Sept 18. Mary Austin was appointed corresponding secretary to replace ill Cosmo Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ann Stoller
Hodel’s
Olive Drive
Claudine Saulsbury
Helen Hasty
Irene Tilley
BPW
House of Don
Bakersfield
Oildale Bpw
Stoller
Mary Austin
Cosmo Thomas
SHS Patrons Form Local PTA Style Group
In 1973 Shafter High School PTA members voted to abandon national ties and form Shafter High School Patrons SHSP a local group of parents friends and teachers. A steering committee created plans for active involvement and a community play directed by Bob Snively is planned.
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Shafter High School
PTA
National
Shafter High
Shafter High School Patrons
SHSP
Bob Snively
Birth of Gary Curtis Byrd Jr at Fort Knox Army Hospital
Sgt. and Mrs. Gary Curtis Byrd of Fort Knox Kentucky announce the birth of their son Gary Curtis Byrd Jr born May 29 at Fort Knox Army Hospital. He weighed five pounds five and a half ounces and measured 18 inches long with a brief illness at birth but now thriving. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Byrd of Shafter and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Price of Oildale. Father serves in the U S Army stationed at Fort Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Curtis Byrd
Gaffey Heights
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Gary Curtis Byrd, Jr
Army Hospital
Robert Byrd
Shafter
Albert Price
Oildale
U.S. Army
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Carlos Schneider
Wasco Trinity Lutheran Church
Lowell Bergman
Bergman
Handel
Purcell
David Channeson
Woodland
Paula Lawson
Mrs
Lions Meeting
Wisconsin
Danny Mullen
Danny W. Mullen
Linda Richards
SHS
Carolyn Carrasco
Sr. High & Jr. High Pilgrim
Bible Fellowship
E. Tulare Ave
Rev
Owen C. Onsum
George Globe
Chester Avenue
West’s
Fairview
Habla Espanol
Shafter Briefs
Shafter Shriners
Hawaii
PTA Unit
North Pine Street
Edward M. Rhoades
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