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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1967

Page

2

Maple PTA Dinner Carnival Fundraiser Planned

The Maple PTA sponsors a dinner and carnival on Tuesday September 19 with dinner served 5:30 to 7 00 pm. Prizes will be awarded for dinner ticket sales and every child earns carnival tickets per ten dinner tickets sold. Co chairs Mrs Ruben Siemens and Mrs John Hernstedt lead the dinner while Mrs L H Bryant handles booths.

Maple TA Ruben Siemens John Hernstedt L.H. Bryant Kelly Blanton Roger Frantz Hubert Dan Frantz Robert Smith Doyle Donahoo

Damaged Cars Lead to School Staff Moves on Shafter Street

Two cars owned by Bennie Henry Voth and his daughter Sidney were damaged on Shafter Street. Bennie reported a whiskey bottle strike and paint removed from his car while Sidney’s vehicle later had its front seat slashed. The incidents occurred near the College of Idaho and the University of Oregon areas.

Bennie Henry Voth Sidney Voth Los Angeles Avenue Shafter Street Idney

Open House Honors James and Katherine Eads

James Eads and his wife Katherine were honored at a Thursday open house hosted by families at the Albert DeWitte home in Bakersfield. The couple, married July 8 in Visalia, plan to enroll James at the University of Texas at Austin for the school year.

James Eads Albert Dewitte Atlantic Avenue Ed Johnston Vernon Searcy Harold Reimer Eads Visalia University of Texas At Austin James Lafayette High School Lafayette Bakersfield College Shafter High School GAA Future Homemakers Youth For Christ School of Nursing Riverside Charles Jackson J. C. Wells Betty Larry Russell Andrea Claridia Jones Carolyn Harlander Lucille Ramirez Hazel Nixon Sammie Bannatine Larry Miller Richland Pool Katina Carolyn Owens Susan Walker Connie Hare Colleen Diltz Dick Moon Rick Penner Ben Goossen Bill Burns

Ohanneson Returns from International Living Trip

Miss Janie Ohanneson daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ohanneson 460 Pine returned to Shafter Thursday Sept 7 after a 41/2 month trip. She left April 26 with 20 students from Lewis and Clark Portland for an experiment in International Living. The group stayed three weeks in Brattleboro Vt learned some language to acquaint with the Netherlands. She spent a month with the L Scholten family in Enschede Netherlands. Each student housed a month then Janie lived on the University of Enschede campus and learned Holland Dutch. She traveled in Germany East Berlin Britain Scotland England Wales and Sweden. Janie will be a senior at Lewis and Clark plans to leave for Portland later this month majoring in biology. She had two years at Bakersfield College before Lewis and Clark.

Janie Ohanneson John Ohanneson Pine Shafter Lewis and Clark Portland Brattlesboro Netherlands L. Scholten Enchede Bakersfield College Lewis & Clark

Maple Teacher in Easter Vacation

Elmer Engle and wife of Wasco toured Washington D C historical sites and eastern states on a month long summer trip. They visited Niagara Falls Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Calgary Wan Canadian relatives and Corn Oklahoma to see both sets of parents before returning home. Engle is a longtime Maple school teacher.

A. D. Reimer Engle The Maple School

Students Head to University of California Santa Barbara

Miss Beverly Green and other students depart this month for Santa Barbara to begin or resume studies at the University of California. Beverly majors in history and will be a senior. Susan Walker starts around Sept 28 as a pre therapy major. Mary Snively returns as an English major senior.

Susan Walker John Walker Faber Santa Barbara University of California Mary Snively L. R. Snively Beech Mike Johnston Bill Johnston University of California At Jesse Leyva Jesus Leyva Orange University of California At Santa Barbara

Visits Denver Church And Meets Oklahoma Kin

Mrs. P. T. Wall of Shafter joined a three week trip with her grandson Dennis Heinz and family visiting Curtis Nebraska Mount Rushmore Carrington North Dakota and Denver. In a Denver Seventh Day Adventist service her Oklahoma relatives recognized her name and they reunited after the morning sermon. The journey included visits to Manitoba Red River Valley and a sunflower oil mill with crops noted as wheat buckwheat and sunflowers. The party ended with a weekend in Denver hosted by Dr. Wilmer Asher and family and a Salt Lake City temple tour before returning home resting at Donner Lake triangle memories.

Seventh Day Adventist Church Denver Colorado P. T. Wall Shafter Oklahoma Curtis Nebraska Heinz Jay Springer Mount Rushmore South Dakota Carrington North Dakota Benny Huff Wall Red River Valley Manitoba Canada Altons Wilmer Asher

Barbecue Dinner Honors Mrs Wisner Birthday

Mr and Mrs Emil Jack Frost hosted a birthday dinner Saturday September 9 at their 408 Manuel home. The barbecue in the backyard honored Mrs Frank Wisner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jack Torigiani of Buttonwillow and Mrs Torigiani who works at Buttonwillow Times.

Russell Stark Rodriguez Lisa Torrigiani Rhonda Watts Phyllis Andrea DeVoe Beth Anne Rhonda Nuniist Bobby Monte Lounsbury Jeff Brent Johnson Linda Adams Sandra Johnnie Emil Jack’’ Frost Manuel Frank Wisner Jack Torigiani Buttonwillow Torigiani Buttonwillow Times

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