Overseas Project byler explains crafts aid to refugees
Edna Ruth Byler of the Mennonite Central Committee spoke at the Mennonite Brothers Church on November 24 about the Overseas Needlework and Crafts Project. The program provides livelihoods for needy women in Jordan Kong Taiwan India and Haiti through handmade goods with returnable merchandise and pay-on-delivery terms. The MCC motto “in the name of Christ” guides 330 overseas volunteers and an equal number in North America.
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Edna Ruth Byler
Mennonite Central Committee
Overseas Needlework and Crafts
Mennonite Brethers Church
Jordan
Kong
Taiwan
India
Haiti
Byler
Shafter
Women’s Missionary Service
Christ
North America
Missions Meetings at First Southern Baptist Church
A school of evangelism began Sunday at First Southern Baptist Church and runs all week. Dexter V. Ogan is the pastor. Wednesday features Rev. Bobby I. Spear. Thursday night highlights Dr. A. J. Reddy and Friday night features Mrs. Homer A. Brown Jr.
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First Southern Baptist Church
Dexter V. Ogan
Bobby I. Spear
A. J. Reddy
Homer A. Brown, Jr
Runaway Year Proclaimed Over Kern County Traffic Toll
Kern County officials label 1964 a runaway year as the Safety Council and CHP plan conferences with judges and police to curb a rising highway death toll. They cite high single car crash rates across Mojave Taft Tejon and Bakersfield areas and warn Kern County may rank as a leading highway killer with a crash every day.
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Kern County Safety Council
California Highway Patrol
Dean Gay
Council
Saa
Barrett
Mojave
Taft
Tejon
Bakersfield
Bob Bovee
Kern City
Kern County
Janice Webb Named Pacific College Cheerleader
Mr and Mrs Lowell Webb learn their daughter Janice of Fresno based Pacific College has been chosen as a cheerleader for the basketball season.
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Lowell Webb
Janice
Pacific College
Fresno
Navy Recruiter Has Regular Hours Here in Bakersfield
The Bakersfield Navy Recruiting Station announces a Navy recruiter will be at the Shafter Post Office every Wednesday and Friday from 9:15 to 10 a.m. Engineman First Class Charles R. Freeman will answer questions about Navy programs and opportunities. Freeman invites any interested person to visit with no obligation.
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Navy
Bakersfield
Shafter
Charles, R. Freeman
Dinner Arranged for North Area Men’s Fellowship
The Baptist church announces a December 3 dinner for the North Area Men’s Fellowship. Tickets are available from Maynard Wilder per Rev. Dale Klint of the local church.
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North Area
Complex Ostrich Mating in Shared Nest
The male ostrich maintains a harem with several mates. All females lay their eggs in a single communal nest and then abandon the incubation duties, leaving the male to incubate and raise the brood.
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Barbie
Midge
Mattel's
Johnny Seven Oma
Allendale Shredded Foam
Turkey
Stringham’s Drug Store
Central Ave
Robert Barrett
CHP
Gay
Tarr
Colvard
James Street
Freeman
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United Cigar Store
al and Iva Finkbeiner
Thomas
Chevrolet
Irvine. Fire, Inc
Central Valley Hwy
Free Turkeys Shop
Coupon Hemingson’s Dept
Johnson’s Dept. Store
Wood
Central Hardware CO
Colvard’s
James St
Sprouse-Reitz ‘Co
Conte
Faerie Jewelers
Santa Claus
Foodtown
E. Lerdo
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