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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1957
Page
3
Mrs Roselle and Mrs Bell invite mothers to learn about the nursery group at 303 Pacific Avenue. Two sessions begin September 8 with a 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. schedule on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuition is $10 monthly per child with a $25 monthly cap if a mother cannot help.
Miss Carol Woods daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Woods of Taft wed Leland George Crawford son of Mrs J W Harris in First Baptist Taft on July 5 officiated by Reverend Mel Krug. Bride wore white ballerina dress with fingertip veil. Grandfather C W Sather of McKittrick gave away the bride. Honeymoon to San Francisco followed by a reception at the Harris home with many local guests.
MR and MRS LEWIS CAR NOLL and sons Bryce and Byron spent a pleasant vacation at Laguna Beach. The FRED MASON Family returned from ten days in San Francisco peninsula and San Jose where Joseph Thompson, former manager of Shafter Kirby shoe store, earned a BA and plans to teach. Dan Loewen family visited Chowchilla for grandson Daniel's birthday. Orvin Mettler family toured Hawaii visiting Waikiki Maui and Honolulu. Waldo Loewen and family from Hillsboro Kansas visited Shafter and attended a hamburger fry at the park. Dan Loewen hosted a dinner for them. Dan Bledsoe and Dave Mairs vacationed in northern California via the coast and redwoods. Gene Schmidt and family visited his parents over the weekend. Christine and Gary Schmidt stayed with them. Howard Neal hosted visitors Homer Bittle from Heber Springs Arkansas. Lou Bridges and Nancy Pierce attended a Los Angeles cosmetic show and received a Shaughnessy award for Shafter Corpsmen in the south.
J C Choate of the Church of Christ delivers Sunday morning remarks on Hospitality as a Bible theme stressing a hospitable spirit at church gatherings and in the home. He will speak Sunday evening on Love For The Truth and a radio sermon titled Looking For A Church airs at 9 30 a m on Delano radio KCHJ.
Rev. Paul Edward Babbitt of Union Congregational Church near Shafter High School will begin a four sermon series on life starting Sunday September 1. The talks will explore Ecclesiastes and ask what life is worth and what one gets from work. Worship at 11 o'clock invites the public. Sunday school runs 9:30 with John H. Turner as superintendent.
The Ebenezer Reformed Church will preach on the Kingdom of God and being born again at 11:00 a.m. next Sunday. Pastor Melvin B. Nonhof will deliver the message. Sunday School meets at 10:00 a.m. with classes for all ages and the Young People’s group gathers at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend all services.
Christian Science churches prepare a Sunday lesson titled Christ Jesus. The talk centers on Jesus as light and guide, with Mary Baker Eddy stressing Spirit supremacy and the Christ-spirit guiding Christians to emulate Jesus and heal.
Divine worship takes place Sunday September 1 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Wasco Shafter Parish on Sixth Street Wasco with Holy Communion. Sunday School and Adult Bible class at 9 45 a.m. Rev William O Gruenow pastor announces sermon theme The Glory of the Saving Gospel of Jesus Christ from I Corinthians 15 1 10 All are invited to attend services and bring children to Sunday School.
Adventists plan a special offering at the Shafter church to aid Navajo Mission school near Holbrook Arizona and a new Indian Wells grade school opening in September. The Navajo Mission serves about 120 students but space limits force many to be turned away.
Slides from Mr Grossmann’s June Japan tour will be shown to Ebenezer Church members at the Legion Hall Scvene 30th. The 7:30 presentation documents sections of the Japanese Islands visited by the University of Chicago Glee Club, of which Grossmann was a member. Public invited with no admission charge.
The United States consumed more than 2.65 billion pounds of roasted coffee during 1956, reflecting strong demand across households and businesses. Industry data show steady growth in per capita intake and regional preferences across the year.
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