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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1959
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Mack Wilcoxon announce their son Mack Wilcoxon is returning to school. Rev and Mrs Sam Wilcoxon are referenced in the family note, indicating a family mapping to a local church or community group.
The Kirchenmanns hosted a Sunday weiner roast in Shafter with Mr. and Mrs. August Bender and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mettler visiting. They spent the evening visiting, playing ping pong, and watching home movies.
The Absher family toured Northland then San Francisco visiting the San Francisco Zoo and the Golden Gate Bridge. They traveled via Gilroy to meet relatives Mr. and Mrs. John O Nea l, and anticipated visitors from Richmond and San Francisco, including Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Freeman and son David. In Shafter they planned a Bakersfield trip to see Mrs. Nellie Absher.
North and South Dakota natives are invited to a home state picnic on Sunday September 20 at Palm Point in Park Fresno California. The event starts at 11 a.m. Mrs Wm Hufford secretary treasurer says bring lunch coffee and ice cream will be furnished.
Mr and Mrs Frank Russell hosted guests from out of town for two weekends The Klassen family from Los Gatos visited one weekend and the Mcgregor family from Sunnyvale California stayed the next weekend Traveling from Sunnyvale California were Mrs Russell s sister her husband and their two sons Greg and Scott
Visitors from North Pole Alaska stay with Mr and Mrs J M Jones while a conveyor belt accident left a man without his right arm. The group plans to travel to receive an artificial limb and continue recovery.
A weekend on the California coast at Morro Bay was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hamlin and their daughter Brenda. They visited relatives including their nephew and son Mr. and Mrs. John Hamlin and Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hamlin who reside there.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Gottfried Afe Caget Sealeok ae and Miss Tom Valentine of Bakersfield motored through Zion National Park Utah and Rocky Mountain Park Colorado over a weekend visiting relatives in New Home before heading to Lincoln Nebraska. Gary stayed to attend Union College while the rest flew home via United Air Lines. The group enjoyed every minute of the short trip.
Mr and Mrs Junior Ramay hosted Labor Day weekend guests from Grover City. The visitors included Mr and Mrs Lonnie Ramay and relatives who spent a day at the park. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Clarence Phillips, former Shafterites now living in Santa Maria with two children.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Galloway on Mark hosted out-of-town guests Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Burton from Escondido California. Mr. and Mrs. William Portnoff and their three children spent the Labor Day weekend at Avila.
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