Fall bazaars and community sewing fill Shafter week
The town sees three bazaars soon from Congregational Women's Fellowship on Oct 25, Ladies Sewing Circle at Mennonite Brethren Church in late October, and St. Therese's Catholic Church on Nov 18. Locals plan trips, camping, and teaching events as schools reopen.
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Congregational Women’s Fellowship
Ladies Sewing Circle
Mennonite Brethren Rch
St. Therese’s Catholic Church
Shafter
Bill Duerksen
Las Vegas
Flamingo Hotel
L. J. Woodard
Delmar
L. Charles Hitchcock
Charles Hitchcock
Richland School
PTA
Robert Mettler
Ladies Society of
Ebenezer Reformed Arch
Hill Lachenmaiers
Oak Street
Paul Pilgrim
E. Mullins
Boise
Ida
Sylvia Baughren
Richland
Jay
Kay Raney
San J State College
Blind Bogey Golf Tourney Set for Sept 26 at Stockdale
Four Shafter service clubs will compete September 26 in a blind bogey golf tournament at Stockdale Golf and Club. Rotary Kiwanis and Lions clubs sponsor the event which starts at 1 p.m. with a dinner at 6 p.m.
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Shafter Service
Stockdale Golf
Rotary
Lions
Siemens celebrated 40th wedding anniversary at Shafter home
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Siemens marked 40 years of marriage on Sept 2 with about 70 relatives and friends at their Shafter home. The event featured readings and musik, highlighted by remarks from J. J. Siemens and a speech by G. J. Siemens on their 40 years. They married Sept 3, 1911 in Quenn Centre Saskatchewan. The Siemens farm 200 acres, chiefly potatoes and cotton, and participate in Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church activities. A $150 offering for foreign missions was collected.
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G. J. Siemens
Shafter
William
Ernes
Jake M. Siemens
J. P. Siemens
DinuBa
Caroline Siemens
Herbert Bible School
Siemens
Siter
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Kings ' View Homes, Mental Hospital
Reedley
M. B. Old Peoples Home
Red Cross
Farm Bureau
Stockdale Dinner Sets Blind Bogey Prize Draw
Blind bogey prizes will be awarded at the dinner. Tickets can be obtained from individual club committees. California vineyards produce 15 percent of the world's table grapes.
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Stockdale
California
Progressive Thalia Circle Dinner Traverses Shafter and Wasco
Members of the Thalia Circle held a progressive dinner visiting homes in Shafter and Wasco. Courses were served lawn style with a Jubillee quartet at the Johnson home and poetry read by Mrs. Bergman. Attendees included Bob Franz Wesley Balzer Leonard Johnson J M Siemens Robert Bergman and others.
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Thalia
Shafter
Wasco
Bob Franz
Wesley Balzer
Leonard Johnson
J. M. Siemens
Johnson
Jubilee
Robert Bergman
Siemens
Messrs. and Megdames Bob Franz
Leroy Janzen
Oliver Unruh
Roger Frantz
Dan Frantz
Art Penner
Jim Bobst
Elmer Unruh
Jim Gloeckler
Sharps to Visit Kin in Missouri
Mr and Mrs Andy Sharp and Andy Jr plan a Missouri trip this week to visit Mrs Sharp s sister Mrs Helen Bean in Dusenberry. They will be joined by Mrs F W Lytle who will visit Fayetteville Ark then meet her son Furman on furlough from Jacksonville Fla and return to Shafter in two weeks.
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Andy Sharp
Andy, Jr
Helen Bean
Dusenberry
Sharp
F. W. Lytle
Merted Avenue
Fayetteville
Ark
Furman
Jacksonville
Fla
Oildale Girl Weds Shafter Youth In Private Ceremony
Laura Bickerstaff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bickerstaff of Rosedale, married James Andrew Searcy of Shafter in a private Sept. 4 ceremony at Oildale Community Church. Attendants were the mothers. reception followed with a Shivaree and a wheelbarrow ride through Shafter.
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Oildale
Laura Bickerstaff
John Bickerstaff
Rosedale
James Andrew Searcy
C. D. Searcy
North Park Lane
Shafter
Spaghetti Feed Set by Couples at Union Congregational
Members of the Union Congregational Church announce the second annual spaghetti feed on September 24. Co presidents Mr. and Mrs Battle Ewing say the event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church located at Tulare avenue and Sycamore street.
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Union Congregational Church
Battle Ewing
Tulare Avenue
Sycamore Street
Richerts Return From State Fairand California Mining Note
Gideon Richerts and Lavonne Richert of Poplar Avenue returned from the Sacramento State Fair. In the north they visited Rev and Mrs Dan Wall formerly from Shafter now serving a Seventh Day Adventist church near Sacramento. Scheelite is identified as the principal tungsten ore mineral in California.
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Gideon Richerts
Gideon Richertse
Lavonne
Poplar Avenue
Sacramento
California
Surprise Party Honors Jack Hills at Bakersfield Dinner
Outgoing Shafter High School principal Jack Hill and his wife were surprised Friday at Fior D Italia Bakersfield by faculty and spouses. They were guests of honor and received a corsage and a golf cart. The Hills now live in Oildale where Hill will lead the North-of-the-River High School project. The text notes James Monroe skipping the 1821 inauguration date due to Sunday.
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Jack Hill
Shafter High School
Fior D'Italia
Bakersfield
Hills
Dick Heber
Hill
Oildale
North-of-the-River
Cub Pack 13 Plans First Meeting
The first meeting of Cub Pack 13 is set for 7 30 p m September 26 in Richland School cafeteria. Parents are asked to attend while new boys aged 8 to 10 sign up for units.
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Richland School
Marine and Wife Visit in Shafter on Leave
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Barker visit Shafter together with his aes. He is on leave from Camp Pendleton. They traveled from Tehachapi to Modesto to see relatives including her mother.
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Kenneth Barker
Shafter
Rube Barer
Camp Pendelton
Tehachapi
Modesto
Weekend Trip to Grand Canyon and Lake Mead
A quartet including Mrs. Guy Wolfe spent the weekend at Grand Canyon and Boulder Dam. They stayed in a cabin near Boulder Dam and visited Lake Mead where they enjoyed a boat ride to the dam.
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Wethend
Re and
Byron
Guy Wolfe
Shafte
Grand Canyon
Boulder Dam
Boul der Dam
Lake Mead
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Elaine Fleming
G. J. Siemens Es
Shamrock Cleaners
SRO State Ave
Thalians
Sharps
Missouri
Pismo Beach
Shafter Highway
Bakersfield High School
Shafter-Wasco Gin
Andrew Searcy
Jack Hills
United States
James Monroe
CUB Pack
eRea
Hell
Music Shop
James ST
Evelyn Scott Studios
Tom Dilley
the Music Shop
James
Cesco
Bakersfield College of Beauty
Chester Avenue
The
California Theater
Wranglers
Chambray
LEVIS
Hemingsons
Shafter Mercantile CO
Central Ave
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