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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
5
The report lists more than 1 200 000 members in the World War II Civilian Personnel Division at Fort Douglas Utah. Names and exact roles are not provided.
Sabbath school begins at 9 30 a m with a preaching service at 11 a m Prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at 8 p m Young Peoples gathering will be held Friday at 8 p m Comets listed as a local event or group name in the church notices.
Sunday worship welcomes all with morning sermon The River of Blessing and evening message Divorce in the Sight of God. Sunday school at 9 45 a m for all ages. Bible study and prayer Wednesday at 8 00 p m. Pastor E M Anderson invites participation to strengthen the soul.
H D Wiebe pastor announces Sunday 9 45 a m Sunday school 7 15 p m Christian Fellowship 8 00 p m revival services There is no real happiness without holiness The church beside the road invites all to join devotions next Sunday Mid week prayer services and Bible study Wednesday evening with good singing.
The Church invites worshippers to Sunday School with Luther M. Elliott hosting a Reds vs Blues contest. Preaching at 11:00, NPS meets at 7:00, evangelistic service at 8:00 led by Pastor Orval L. Seago.
The Union Congregational Church at 309 James Street Shafter led by Pastor Wm S Harper offers 9 45 am Sunday School with Walter E Haag as superintendent Morning Services and Junior Church at 1035 prior to worship A vacation planned after August 13 with two Sundays away and Wasco assignment at 930 am, return for 11 am worship.
Cristi Ss to a branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston Massachusetts. Sunday services at 11 am. Sunday school at 10 am. Weekly evening meeting first Wednesday of each month at 8 o'clock.
Rev Owen McMullen pastor of St Johns Wasco and Shafter releases summer mass times at St Johns Wasco 6 30 a m and 9 30 a m with a 8 a m service at the Women’s Club building Shafter Confessions Saturday evenings Also note Joe Frizzell returns from Kern River fishing trip accompanied by C L Hudson Bakersfield
93 year old W M Graham of Shafter prepares for a family reunion with several relatives arriving from New Mexico, Texas, and California. A list of attendees includes daughters Mattie Riggs Hazel Sumpter Millie Burleson, Hattie Stansell Quincy Reeves Sue Hart Goldie Hart and others. Also noted are Sgt Vernon Witcher awaiting reassignment after furlough and local service members visiting. Mrs Fred Vandenberg hosts U S O Hall duties while Elizabeth Rice takes leave in San Francisco.
Mrs Ed Brown and Miss Edda Prieve co hosted a bridge party at Miss Prieve s home last Friday evening. Guests included Mrs Pete Bender Mrs J H Fuller Mrs John Jacobsen Mrs Bill Bender Mrs Dick Armold and her mother Mrs M M Nash of Oakland and Mrs Ed Gamegan. Mrs Fuller had the high score for the evening with Mrs Pete Bender second and Mrs Nash low.
The Army Engineer Corps opens a new fire fighting school at Fort Lewis Washington the sole military unit of its kind in the country Major General David McCoach Jr announced from Ninth Service Command Fort Douglas Utah The program trains soldiers in the latest methods of fire prevention and suppression of structural blazes.
Funeral services for Sherman Alvin Kallogg, 47, who died July 23 at a local hospital, were held July 29 at Shafter Cemetery with Rev. Cecil Pool officiating. Kallogg, born in Oklahoma, is survived by one brother, also of Shafter.
At Fort Douglas Utah headquarters Major General David McCoach Jr announced that twenty two Quartermaster Corps laundries in eight western states process about 25,000,000 clothing pieces for service men and women on duty in the Ninth Service Command. Pvt Harold Klassen visits from Mather Field to his parents in Shafter. Raymond McAbee returns to Bakersfield after a visit in Shafter. Mr and Mrs M J Thiesen take a month visit to Janzen Nebraska. Mrs Emily Meyers leaves Shafter for several months traveling to Wawona San Francisco and the Midwest.
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