Church Women Hold Brunch at Mert Wiedmann Home
The Union Congregational Women’s Fellowship held its annual brunch indoors due to early autumn weather. Over 50 guests enjoyed a fruit cup omelet cookies with coffee and tea as the hostess Mrs Mert Wiedmann led a committee including Mrs Lorene Hill and Reverend Owen Onsum was guest of honor. Plans for a Nov 19 ham dinner and bazaar are underway with crafts plants and home baked items in preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mert Wiedmann
Union Congregational Women's Fellowship
Lorene Hill
Ed. Brown
Alma Fuller
Glen Putman
Jim Albright
Owen Onsum
Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship
Vision screening workshop for teachers at Cal State Bakersfield
A two day session at Donahoe Hall on Cal State Bakersfield campus trains classroom teachers in vision screening. Sponsored by Dr. Claude W. Richardson Kern County superintendent and Cal State Division of Graduate and Extended Studies. Friday features Agnes Herren Dr David Evans and Dr Glenn Kaprielian on eye anatomy and diagnostics. Saturday plan includes Dr Greg Olson on eye emergencies and safety in schools Dr Ronald L Morton on eye diseases Dr Claude Bentz on visual perception and blindness psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donahoe Hall
Cal State
Bakersfield
Claude W. Richard
Kern County
Agnes Herren
David J. Evans
Glenn Kaprelian
Greg A. Olson
Ronald L. Morton
Claude Bentz
Suggs Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary in Wasco
Mr and Mrs Blueford Suggs marked their 50th anniversary with a Wasco buffet at their daughter's Shafter home. Married September 14 1928 in Stigler Oklahoma they received guests from Wasco Shafter Bakersfield Fresno San Diego and more. A Hawaii trip was presented as a gift to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueford Suggs
First Street
Wasco
Shafter
Suggs
Stigler
Oklahoma
Bernice Stith
Midwest City
Marilyn Pettit
Bakersfield
Wanda van
Antwerp
Norco
Jack McQuilliams
Fresno
Jim Eckmann
Lou Blanton
Bill Bell
Jan Carpenter
Frank McQuilliams
San Diego
Bill Begeman
Greenfield
Woman's Club Adds Four New Members at Country Coffee
The Shafter Woman's Club welcomed four new members Margaret Acosta Pat Anderson Opal Freedman and Merle Mettler during a Country Coffee at Elizabeth Peters country home Tuesday morning. A bread cookie tea service was provided by Peters Bongberg Nikkel and Ratzlaff with gifts from Union Grove supplied. Kathy Handel and Rhonda Feil demonstrated popular floppy toy animals from Timberline Building Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Woman's Club
Elizabeth Peters
Margaret Acosta
Pat Anderson
Opal Freedman
Merle Mettler
Mrs. Peters
Lucille Bongberg
Doris Nikkel
Bobby Ratzlaff
Union Grove
Kathy Handel
Rhonda Feil
Timberline
Bakersfield
Shafter Postmasters and Early Local Club News
Charles Shomate the first postmaster of Shafter and early merchant built a 1914 store at Central Valley Highway and Central Avenue. Hearndon Hitchcock followed in 1920 when the post office moved. Other postmasters included Henry Neufeld Lois Berry George Guenther and Gene the successor. Catherine White hosted guests as Lucy Gorsching was away. The Woman’s Club held its first regular meeting on October 4 at the Veteran’s Hall with bake sale and mini boutique planned for November 28.
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Charles Shomate
Shafter
Whiskey Flats
Old
Kernville
Lake Isabella
Central Valley Highway
Central Avenue
Hearndon Hitchcock
Shafter Warehouse
Henry Neufeld
Lois Berry
George Guenther
Gene
Catherine White
Lucy Gorsching
Texas
Woman's Club
Veteran's Hall
Veteran’s Hall
Steak Bake Ticket Sale By Trinity Lutheran Church
Tickets for the steak barbeque on October 1 are available from Ray Long or Bill Walker. The event costs $5.00 and is at Barker Park Wasco on Sunday from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Call Mr. Long at 746-6221 or Bill Walker at 746-2418.
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Trinity Luthern Church
Ray Long
Bill Walker
Barker Park
Wasco
Mr. Long
Foodslips: strawberry chemicals labeled poisons
Read about chemical analyses of ripe strawberries listing acetone ace taldehyde methyl butyrate ethyl caproate hexyl acetate methanol acrolein and crotonaldehyde. The note warns such substances are poisons yet occur naturally in fruit.
Freedom's Foundation Kern County Chapter Opens Season Get Acquainted Luncheon
The Kern County chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge announces a Get Acquainted luncheon on Saturday October 7 at Rio Bravo Tennis Club Bakersfield. Hostess Mrs Kerneth Anderson says keynote speaker Mrs James Gray McDonald will discuss volunteer needs and leadership programs for students and teachers. Reservations by October 2 with contact numbers provided. 4 H youth programs reach 3150 counties across US territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Rio Bravo Tennis Club
Kerneth Anderson
James Gray McDonald
McDonald
FFVF
Los Angeles County
Volunteers For Freedoms Foundation
Anderson
Shafter
Bakersfield
John Nickelsen
Birth of Amber Marie Griffith in Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Cradleroll Mr and Mrs Steven Griffith announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named Amber Marie, born August 22 1978 at 9 49 a m at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds 3 1/2 ounces and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clifford Griffith and Mr and Mrs Buck Lempinen of Shafter. Great grandparents are Mr Bill Griffith of Earlimart and Mrs Hilda Hubber of Shafter.
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Steven Griffith
Amber Marie
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Clifford Griffith
Buck Lempinen
Shafter
Bill. Griffith
Earlimart
Hilda Hubber
Homemaker Energy Use Tops Farm Production Alone
University researchers report homemakers spend more energy obtaining groceries and preparing meals than the energy used by farmers to produce the food. The finding highlights the energy balance in domestic food systems and questions where most energy is consumed in the supply chain.
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Ed Brown
Shafter United Methodist Church
Seventh Day Adventist School
Riverside & Ponlar
Charles P. Hamby
Central Avenue Shafter
California
Congress
Shafter Press
Bing Shafter
Frank W. and
Donald L. Reed
Rick Lawler
Nola Mease
Pearl Moore
Ray Rexius
J.B. Harris
Melvin Menser
Glenda Terra
Lance Wright
Martha
Shafter’s Postmasters
Shafter Woman’s Club
Gretchen Kirk
Tive
Emma Tillman
North Pine Street
Roger Trautmann
Menno Schellenberg
Shafter Missionary Baptist Church
Golden West
J.R. Tramell
Sun
B.T.C
Wed
Church OF the Nazarene
W. Lordo J. Paul, Alexander
Henry Harder
Jim Wiens
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
Freedom's Foundation
United States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
The
Virgin Islands
Guam
Pentecostal Church OF God
S. Shafter Ave
Fred L. Hanshew
E. Tulare Ave. Shafter
Owen C. Onson
Congregational Church
Church of God
G.B. Kingsland
Freewill Baptist
Richland Ave
Sam Hensley
Ebenezer
God
I Assembly
First Assembly
Elm Street
John P. Davis
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