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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1966
Page
11
The California Fish and Game Commission approved two depredation deer hunts for Siskiyou County at its August 26 meeting in San Francisco, per the Department of Fish and Game this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ponikvar of Oakland announce the birth of their daughter Victoria Denise born August 27 at Alta Bates hospital weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. The mother formerly Miss Arlene Ehrhorn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ehrhorn longtime Maple area residents and Bay Area teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wisner spent the weekend with their daughter and family in Redondo Beach and celebrated a Sept 9 birthday.
The Lady Lions of Shafter held their first fall meeting at the Shafter Motel on Monday evening. Marilyn Gladden presided as president during the business session. Helen Hanner outlined the year’s programs and two new members, Mary Nixon and Linda Haws, were welcomed. Attendees included Marilyn Gladden Gadys Grisham Helen Hanner Bettie Hardwick Mary Kerber Elsy Larson Rowena Merkel Tiney Moyer and Ginger Somers.
James W. Waddle, 57, of Buttonwillow died September 6 in a Bakersfield hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Chapel of the Chimes, Mish Funeral Home, Shafter, with Rev. Lucille Woods and Rev. W. E. Mattox officiating. Interment followed in Shafter Cemetery. Born May 24, 1909 in Brewere Arkansas, he had lived in Buttonwillow for 28 years and worked as a farm laborer for Guido Romanini Farms. Survivors include his widow LaVera Waddle of Buttonwillow, six brothers Lawence of Porterville, Louis of Roseburg OR, LeRoy and Melvin of Taft, Alvin of Santa Maria, and Calvin of Taft, and one sister Mrs Wanda Teel of Taft. Pallbearers were Rudolph Brannon, Ray Johnson, Guido Romanini, Pete Habaldshimer, Hubert Jones, Donald Parrish, Willie Stewart, and John D. Shirley.
A family from Canal Fulton Ohio visits Mrs Leota Adams in Shafter en route to Hawaii where Robert Hall will study public health on a government grant. Separately Transamerica Title Insurance Co as Trustee sells at auction the Kern County California property securing a note to Russell Rove Inc with a September 1966 publication.
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