Calendar of events at Youth for Christ and local clubs
A list of community meetings and activities across various clubs. Youth for Christ events occur January 13 and February 10 at the Women's Clubhouse, with other items including Trapp Family concert February 2, fashion show March 7, and flower show April 18. Numerous organizations schedule regular gatherings at the Women's Clubhouse, the Recreation Hall, and other local venues, including Rotary, Boy Scouts, Eastern Star, and the American Legion, along with weekly Sunday School and religious society meetings.
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Christ
Aeoags
Bate
Feo
Youth For Christ
Seta
Trapp
Aft
Southeast Asia
Bakersfield
Minter Recreation Club
Minter
Mission Society
Mennonites Church Order OF Demolay
Wasco
Masonic Hall
Rotary Club
Cawelo Shafter
VFW & P.m
Memorial Hall Volunteer Fire Dept
Women’s Club
Cawelo Altar Society
American Legion
Memorial Hall
BOY Scout Troop
Boy Scout Hall
Kern evangelical pastors form new regional organization
Evangelical pastors from Kern county met at First Baptist Church Shafter to organize a fellowship oriented group. Rev Walter Penner was elected chairman with Rev Orval Seago as vice chair and Rev George MacDougall named treasurer. The group aims to foster fellowship and pursue missions and Sunday School work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
First Baptist Church
Shafter
Bernard E. Andrews
Andrews
Walter Penner
Rosedale
Month's Bond Sales Reported in Kern County
November sales of U S Savings Bonds in Kern County totaled 237780.36 for Series E and 241080.36 for E F and G. For January through November 1950 total county sales reached 3492836.19. Southern California eleven county November totals were 8077075.65 for EZ and 9567732.65 for E F G outside. Southland year to date through November stood at 163578031.37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Savings
Kern County
H. A. Witham
Witham
California
J. B. Messick
Stat
The
Treasury
G. Savings Bonds Division
Southland
Women Warned Of Fire Hazards In The Kitchen
Home Adviser Dorothy Wilkinson warns that kitchens pose the most fire hazards due to frequent use. She urges checks on gas pilot lights, utility gas leaks, and burner adjustments, plus stove cleaning and flame resistant curtains. Keep towels away from flames and matches out of reach of children. Use only safety tested electrical gear and open the door briefly before lighting gas ovens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Wilkinson
Clergy Installed at Rosedale Mennonite Church Services
Reverends Koehler Ummel Wiebe Fast Downs Hedrick Singer were installed during services at the Rosedale Mennonite Church. Leaders included regional NA Evangelicals director Hedrick and Latvian Baptist minister Singer.
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Koehler
Fruitvale Community Church
C.E. Ummel
Shafter
Waldo Wiebe
Fast
Bakersfield
Downs
Fleury Hedrick
National Association of Evangelicals
Charles Singer
Rosedale Mennonite Church
Mery Yristmas Joys of Christmas for Children
The article celebrates children waking to a Christmas tree and toys, noting grown ups' efforts to create a perfect holiday. It links Santa gifts to God’s gift to humanity and urges parents to teach the deeper meaning of Christmas with church support.
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Santa Claus
Jesus
Reedly Fresno Guests Visit at Loewen Home
Visitors from Reedley and Fresno call on Mrs. Dan Loewen at 334 California Ave. Dr and Mrs M S Gaede bring Janet and Robert. Others include Loewen family members from Reedley and Carl Loewen from Fresno for a day visit.
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Reedly
Fresno
Loewen Home
Reedley
Dan Loewen
California Ave
M. S. Gaede
Janet
Robert
Loewen
Carl Loewen
The Joy of Christmas Sermon by Rev Orval Seago
The sermon extols Christmas joy as more than worldly gaiety and urges worship to feel eternal meaning. It emphasizes Jesus as light life and immortality, noting God's fatherhood, Christian brotherhood, and the uplifting power of faith.
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Orval Seago
Jesus
God
Christ
Jim Nugent Receives Air Force Call
Jim Nugent aged 21, son of Mr and Mrs J B Nugent of Beech street, left for San Antonio Texas to serve with the Air Forces. A Shafter High School football star he attended Bakersfield College and worked at Superior Oil. A family dinner was held in his honor before he left. two brothers John Jr and George served in the last war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Nugent
J. B. Nugent
Beech Street
San Antonio
Tex
Nugent
Shafter
Shafter High School
Bakersfield College
Superior Oil Company
Texas
John, Jr
George
Sunday Church Listings Reflect Broad Local Worship Scene
The page catalogs dozens of congregations with service times across denominations. Entries include Assembly of God, Church of Christ, First Baptist, Mennonite Brethren, Seventh Day Adventist, Pentecostal groups, Catholic St. Theresa’s, and Orthodox Baptist churches, noting pastors, addresses, morning and evening worships, Bible studies, and youth programs.
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Assembly OF God Church
L. M. Vaughn
Tulare
Church OF Christ
Santa Fe Way
Rieker
Virgie Britt
N.Y
Buster ‘Thomas
Bonnie Hall
Ebenezer Reformed
Robert Klaudr
James St
First Baptist Church
Bernard E. Andrews
Lerdo Highway
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Mennonite Church
John Bartel
Golden West
Wall Streets
Anthony Heller
Edna Neufeld
People’s Endeavor
Jacob Quiring
Shafter Avenue
Orange Street
Mennonite Brethern Church
Waldo Wiebe
California
Kern
Christian Fellowship
Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church
Sam Wilcoxon
N. Kern St
Donald Graves
Unino
Martin Brannan
Pentecosal Church OF God
E. L. Bradhurst
Shafter and
West Ash
ST. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Breslin
Union Congregational Church
Gorded ”. Baker
Art Baker
Pentecostal Church OF God
Seventh-Day Adventist
A. V. Bentz
Assembly OF God
Tulare St
Church OF God
Church OF the Azarene
Orval L. Seago
West Lerdeer
E. Lerde Hwy
Gospel Chapel
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Women's Missionary Union
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Organization For Kern
Mery Yristmas
HE Cron
Air Force
Mennonite Brethren Church
KWSO
Correr
California and
Young People’s Bible Study
Dorcas Society
E. Lordo
First Baptist
Shafter Ave
Young Peoples Service
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