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Newspaper
Redlands Daily Facts
Location
Redlands, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1973
Page
4
Daily Facts in Redlands California lists Christmas and year end hours for Pratt Bros and several shops. Notices mention sales on golf gear, book giveaways, post 106 party with Cheryl Wimsett and Santa, and a trash fire on East Redlands Boulevard with no damage.
County supervisors awarded a 422 900 contract to Gordon R. Koker of Santa Fe Springs to begin improvements at Mojave Narrows Regional Park near Victorville. Planned features include two campgrounds for 68 and 20 units, a snack bar, 9 000 feet of roads, parking for 200 cars, restrooms, gatehouse, utilities, landscaping, and boat rentals with completion projected for next June funded by 1964 State Park Bond Act grants and federal revenue sharing.
Rev. Ira K. Hall leads State Street Christian Church in a 10:30 a.m. service themed The Star of Christmas with a children’s Christmas story. Chancel Choir directed by Mary Breihan presents Tell Us Shepherd Maids and Baby What You Goin to Be. Offertory We Have Seen His Star. Communion assisted by elders Swift, Simmons and deacons Dalton, Nichols, Burgess, Welton. Coffee hour after, 5:30 p.m. caroling to shut ins, Christmas Eve children’s service at 6:30 p.m. Firemen respond to a 2:50 p.m. smudge pot blaze in Hastings orange grove. children playing with matches blamed.
Faith Lutheran Church in Yucaipa invites worshippers to celebrate Christmas with services at 8 and 10 a.m. Sunday featuring the Chancel Choir and Choristers, with brass accompaniment and a sermon by Rev. Paul R. Jorstad. A 10 a.m. reception includes new member inductions. Christmas Eve 11 p.m. Carols and Candles service ends at midnight with a candlelight meditation by Larry Wagner.
The University United Methodist church at 910 East Colton Avenue invites worshipers to a medley of carols during the 10 10 a.m. Sunday service. The theme is Christmas is Giving and Receiving with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and adult Bible study. Rev Steward Kreiss will preach.
Marriage licenses issued list several couples from Redlands Yucaipa and Bloomington including Scott Senee Lopez Casillas Simpson Pander Richardson Dominguez Loera Murillo Dean Unruh Runnels Sittler and others. Obituaries note Florence Wiggins Bessire Minnie Barton Audra Nixon and services with Hillside Memorial Park and Trinity Episcopal Church details.
The annual children's Christmas program is set for Sunday at 9 45 a m at First Assembly Of God 1445 Ford Street. Nursery to teen departments present Born to Die a pageant with recitations dialogues and songs under Thelma Crawford. Treats follow. At 6 00 p m the youth departments present the drama To All People directed by Mary Deatherage about an unwanted guest renewing faith.
Crafton Hills College will offer a Spanish for travelers course next semester to aid residents and visitors traveling to Mexico and other Spanish speaking regions. Instructor Raymond Gonzalez says classes meet Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. starting February 5 and cover airports hotels customs cuisine and places of interest across Spain and Latin America.
First Presbyterian church at 100 Cajon street invites worshipers to five Christmas events led by Rev. John C. Inglis. Services at 9 and 10 30 a m feature sermons on The Incredible Story, followed by a noon Christmas Feast, a post-feast concert, a 7 p m Christmas Eve Family Service, and a Christmas Day noon dinner in John Knox hall with Redlands Area Community of Churches and A A R P involvement.
A Christmas Cantata titled Something Wonderful will be performed by the Carollers Choir at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church 51 West Olive with Mary Joann Bracken Joseph Eric Solter and local shepherds in the manger scene. Pastors Robert B. Wallace and David L. Silke provide narration along with a meditation.
Dr. George W. Smart will preach Mirth with the Birth at 11 a.m. with 15 minutes of Christmas medleys on organ by Opal Schultz and piano by Carolyn Smith. Marian Gausemel sings Oh Holy Night while the Chancel choir performs Born is Jesus. Cantata Star of the Silent Night at 6 p.m. text by Dorothy Abbott music by Roy Nolte directed by W. R. McIntire. Local residents invited to all events at 940 Second Street with nursery provided and community caroling after services.
Readers are advised to call Daily Facts at 793-3221 to correct missed newspaper deliveries. Requests must be submitted before 6 30 p m on weekdays or 2 30 p m on Saturdays.
Daily Dell Facts notes 1890 founding and 84th year with publisher William G. Moore and editor Frank E. Moore. Addresses Redlands California. Legal advertisements court decree 26980. Subscriptions listed: carrier 2.10 monthly, 5.95 for three months, 11.80 for six months, 23.20 yearly. mail 2.35 monthly, 28.20 yearly. Published daily except Sunday and Christmas, with Verified Audit Circulation.
David Mercier of Redlands, a county Building Services employee, received a $25 award for voluntary help to colleagues on personal time. He maintains small floor and plot plans between duties, saving hours for staff and aiding space studies and cost allocation planning at the county level.
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