Fire safety urged to prevent holiday church tragedies
Kern County Fire Department Chief Carl W. Williams urges precautions for crowded religious services during the Holiday Season. He warns against combustible decorations and open flame devices, stresses using fire retardant decor and safe candle holders, and urges clear exits and professional guidance from the Fire Prevention Bureau at 861-2552.
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Kern County
Carl W. Williams
Williams
Kern County Fire Department Fire Prevention Bureau
Obituaries for V E Murray and Ellis Williams
In Shafter Wasco and Buttonwillow obituaries note V E Bud Murray 75 died December 1 after a long illness. Services were held December 4 in Shafter with burial at Tehachapi Public Cemetery. Murray was born in Baker Oregon lived in Shafter since 1946 and held several community roles. Survivors include wife Tena B two sons and a stepson. Ellis Williams 74 of Buttonwillow died December 15 of a heart attack. Services were held December 19 at Morning Star Church of God in Christ acknowledging his Alabama birth and 40 years in Buttonwillow.
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V.E
Bud
Murray
Shafter
Bud) Murray
8Th Street
Wasco
Sheri Taylor
Baker
Oregon
Murrays Grocery
Five Points
Twin Falls
Idaho
The
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch Masons No
Taft
Knights Templar California Commandry
Butchers Local Union
Royal Order of
Moose Lodge
Tehachapi
Norman House
Tena B
Richard Ed
Bakersfield
Edward James
Texas
Manford Muriel Leggett
Mickey May Wagner
Veronas E. Arant
Ellis Williams
Morning Star Church of God In Christ of
Buttonwillow
Sudan
Mr. Williams
Midway
Alabama
Shafter Church News Highlights 1939 Events and Change
The Shafter Press reports 1939 church activity including the 19th annual state Sunday school and Christian Endeavor convention at the First Mennonite Church with 200 attendees from Los Angeles Upland Reedley Paso Robles and San Marcos. Rev H D Wiebe to lead the Shafter church in June succeeding Rev William Bestwater. Also noted are the dedication of the Holy Christian Church in Merced Street and Wasco Road and a unification of the English Seventh-day Adventist and German Seventh-day Adventist churches into one English-service church on Lerdo Road. A judge’s remark on handling lawbreakers and a push for a tobacco-free cigarette also appear.
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Shafter
Christian Endeavor
First Mennonite Churches of
Leonard Wiebe
Upland
John Janzen
Paso Robles
D.L. Schellenberg
Mennonite Brethren Church
H.D. Wiebe
Hillsboro
Kansas
Schellenberg
Wiebe
Tabor College
William Bestwater
New Holy Christian Church
Merced ‘Street
Wasco Road
Los Angeles
Delano
Kerman
San Francisco
Samuel Chernabaeff
Alex Emerald
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
H.E. McWhinney
Seventh-Day Adventist
Youth Hopefuls Enrolled in Weekly Sunday Attends
A youth was ordered to attend Sunday School for ninety days under a minister’s guidance beginning December 24 1980. The directive directs consistent weekly attendance as part of a reform or guidance program.
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Historic
the Shafter Historical Society & the
Shafter Press
Junior
United Church
Lerdo Road
Poplar Street
D.P. Harder
Justice of the Peace
H.A. Rightmire
A. J. Teitig
Community Grain & Chemical Association
Baker Bakersfield
Shatter Press
Bing Shatter
Wasco & Shafter Homes
Chilarducci Department Store
Anite
John Merlo
Sereh Dodd
Parsons Ranch
Albert G. Pacini
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