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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
11
The Shafter calendar lists events from Spring-Silver Tea through May 24 including Potato Festival queen contest April 12 13 hobby show April 14 osteopathic society April 13 14 and school district elections May 19 21 and 22 23 or 24.
A listing of local clubs and organizations with meeting times and locations. Groups include ALTAR SOCIETY AMERICAN LEGION BOY SCOUT TROOP 53 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COUPLES CLUB EASTERN STAR ELIZABETH INGRAM CIRCLE EVENING CIRCLE HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY WIVES JOBS DAUGHTERS JUNIOR WOMEN S CLUB KIWANIS ROTARY F C AWelo groups SHAFTER DANCE CLUB VFW VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT WED AFTERNOON CLUB 20 30 CLUB IARY Tuesday Wasco Masonic Hall 7 p m Wednesdays Fire Station Recreation Hall Tuesdays Gym Thursdays Gym
A faith based ad explains that health happiness and usefulness come through studying the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy. It offers a postpaid booklet and guidance with a remittance of 3.50 dollars to Hudson C Burr Publishers Agent Boston.
The Rev Gordon Baker of Shafter Union Congregational Church attends the Congregational Minsters Convocation on Balboa Island. Chief speakers include Merwin Deems of Chicago Seminary and Frei Bushmeyer of New York. The report also notes a Potato Festival theme tied to a Sunday Bible Lesson on the Doctrine of Atonement and quotes Mary Baker Eddy on Jesus teaching mankind oneness with the Father.
Missionary work at the North Shafter Labor Camp is led by Rev. C. F. Ummel since 1940. He oversees weekly Sunday services with about 125 attendees and hosts monthly workers meetings. The Farm Labor Youth group draws around 300 each month along with evening services and teen clubs.
The Rev. Orval Seago of the Nazarene will become president of the Shafter Ministerial Association in May, succeeding Rev. Waldo Wiebe. He will be helped by Rev. C. F. Ummel as vice president, Rev. Gordon Baker as secretary, and Rev. Bernard E. Andrews as treasurer. The group will meet May 2 at the Mennonite Brethren Church. area ministers are invited.
Dr Adlai A Esteb of the Pacific Union Conference announced Seventh day Adventist welfare activities reached a new peak. Dorcas societies distributed 101,601 food baskets and gave $204,161 in cash to needy families across California Nevada Utah Arizona and Hawaii. About 230,000 people received aid. Clothing items totaled 494,617 shipped overseas. Central California Conference Dorcas groups distributed 16,420 food baskets 80,366 clothing items and $25,019 in cash donations. May 2021.
A compact schedule lists services across numerous churches for the week of April 16. Among speakers are L M Vaughn and Robert Klaudt, with activities in Wasco, Shafter, and surrounding streets, including Sunday schools, morning worships, and evening services.
The weekly synopsis discusses Christ as the substitute who bore humanity’s sins and credits believers with the righteousness of God. It emphasizes justification through His death, noting the twofold blessing of forgiveness and imputed righteousness and the exchange of sins and righteousness between Christ and believers.
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