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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
4
Mr and Mrs George Vannattas welcomed guests at their Cross Street home on Saturday evening. A barbecued outdoor dinner was followed by a social hour with Mr and Mrs Ed Brown, Mr and Mrs E C Eckman, Mr and Mrs Phil Clarkin, Mr and Mrs George Collins, and Mr and Mrs Glen Nay.
The newly formed Miner alology Club left Mojave Sunday at seven thirty for a desert excursion. Seven cars of rock enthusiasts explored the area finding many specimens and planning another trip soon. Attendees from Shafter included Isaac Schneider the leader, Mr and Mrs Walter Zimmerrman, Mrs Doris Bonlie, Dean and Russell Bonlie, Mr and Mrs M M Fenderson, Mr and Mrs Isaac Strauss, Kenneth Strauss, Claude Voth, Dr and Mrs Hallock and family, and Robert and Richard Key of Wasco.
Win Lachenmaier Charles Pope and K E Simmons attended the 28th annual Tulare County Fair in Tulare on Saturday for harness and running races with spectators and local participants.
The Shafter-Wasco Shrine group will entertain the Kern County Shrine Club at a barbecue on the Phil Champson ranch in Shafter this evening. Dignitaries from the Al Malakai temple in Los Angeles will attend, with C. W. McCafferty of Wasco as general chairman and Rolf Jacobsen of Shafter assisting in final preparations.
Mr and Mrs John Dalke Mr and Mrs Jack Janzen of Shafter and Mr and Mrs Joseph L Wipf of Freeman South Dakota spent a weekend in Morro Bay. The Jack Janzens visited San Luis Obispo with their son Jack Jr who attends Cal Poly.
Dr and Mrs O G Ohlsson witnessed the U S Navy football game on a Saturday in the Coliseum Los Angeles They were weekend guests of Mrs Ohls sons brother and wife H L Koennings of Pasadena
Mr and Mrs John Jacobsen and their son Herbie visit the Bay Area staying with relatives in Stockton and Oakland during a one week visit to their relatives in the region.
A large turnout from the Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church gathered at Shafter County Park on September 20 for a farewell pot-luck honoring Pastor B. A. Reile and his wife. Reile leaves for Turlock after serving Shafter three years. a gift of dinner china and crystal goblets was presented. The church has not announced his successor.
The Bert Wares and sons Tom and Frank traveled to Coalinga Sunday to celebrate the 49th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Ware. The day also marked the birthday of Mrs. John Howe, sister of John Ware. An outdoor barbecue at the Floyd Howe home hosted fifteen family members and gifts were exchanged.
Filing notice lists Stephen Szeremi 29 and Evelyn Whitehead 19 both of Shafter as intending to wed in Bakersfield this week. Also named are Sam Roberts 22 of Wasco and Theodorshia Kennedy 20 of Shafter.
Mr and Mrs J E Klassen of Shafter and Mr and Mrs Ernest Bartel and daughter Beverly of Wasco were Sunday evening dinner guests in Bakersfield at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Thiesen.
Mrs. C. G. Ohlsson sat on the Kern County auxiliary board and attended a meeting of the Auxiliary to the California Osteopathic Association in Los Angeles hosted by state president Mrs. Lucius Fairies.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pasley and their son Richard of Wasco visited on Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Pasley. They were returning from a hunting trip near Redding with a 110 pound buck.
Vernon Witcher is confined to Kern General Hospital by illness and will remain there indefinitely.
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