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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1982
Page
2
The Shafter Press accepts wedding and engagement announcements birth notices and club and church news at no charge. Submit to the Press office by Monday noon for weekly publication contact Society writer Jeanette Wheeler on Mondays or Fridays at 746-4942 or 399-5925. Photos should be black and white. color accepted if exposed and printed.
Lisa Gail Seabourn and Jay C Wedel tied their vows in a double ring ceremony at First Congregational Church in Bakersfield July. About 200 guests enjoyed a western band as Lori Walling offered guitar music and Sandra Wedel arranged flowers. The couple, both graduates, plan to settle in Bakersfield after a Catalina Island honeymoon.
The Shafter Chapter 2809 of AARP opens its season with a Dust Bowl remembers program at Shafter Veterans Hall featuring Ted Seonei Cal State Bakersfield Odyssey Project head Jack and Sharon Goldsmith, plus Floyd Burcham of Floyd Stores. Members will share memories, potluck dinner follows, and a September 15 board meeting is set at Santa Barbara Savings and Loan.
Thursday September 16 features Christian Business Men's Committee at Yee's Steak House at noon and Friends of the Fine Arts at 590 Willow Street at 7 30 p m. On Monday the American Association of Retired Persons meets, and the Richland School District Board of Trustees holds a meeting in the Music Room at 7 30 p m. Tuesday September 21 includes Rotary Club with a venue listed as ne Snes, and September 22 Kiwanis Club meets at Venera Hall at 12 65 p m Lions Club meets at Shafter Motel.
Reverend and Mrs. Carl Timer will headline a revival at South Shafter Church of God from September 19 to 24. Services begin at 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. on weeknights. Pastor Don Causey invites the public, noting healing, guidance, and deliverance prayers. The Timer trio has 25 years of preaching experience according to Causey.
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture float won first prize in the non commercial division of the Festival of Roses parade on September 11. It featured 14 Junior Misses, roses supplied by Jackson Perkins of Wasco, and was pulled by Joe Kirk in a 1959 Edsel. Eight red roses lined the float edges with three bouquets on the car, supervised by Jerry Hawkins. Shafter Flower and Gift Shop handled arrangements.
J G Boswell company counsel urged defeating Proposition 13 at a joint Rotary meeting in Shafter Wasco. He warned the measure would empower the State Water Resources Control Board to alter contracts and restrict New Melones Dam storage, risking loss of water for M and I and agriculture while concentrating control over groundwater in the board. He cited extensive groundwater recharge efforts and large surface water recharges as crucial to the region.
Riders in the Saturday 18 St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Bike A Thon seek sponsors for miles ridden up to three. The event supports St Jude’s childhood cancer study and treatment. Ride begins 8:30 A.M. at Shafter High School Stadium. details or pledges via 746-2934 to Fire Chief Thompson.
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