Godbey Named to Head Local Merchant Group
Godbey selected to lead a local merchant association though attendees missed the initial meeting and failed to comment on the new organization.
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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1962
Page
1
Pappy Swank Details a Frayed Year in Papering World
The column by Pappy Swank reflects on post holiday routines in journalism. He jokes about gifts and mismatches while noting a shift from chaotic national news to more grounded reporting and a wink at political and tax themes.
Services Study Underway by Local Irrigation District
Directors of the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District begun a study of available services to benefit the area. President J W Sanderson said the programs planned aim to aid local farmers through soil and water conservation as the district grows rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter-Wasco
J. W. Sanderson
Sanderson
Annual Ebenezer Reformed Church Meeting Set
Ebenezer Reformed Church schedules its annual business meeting for next Sunday at 2 pm. Officers will be elected. the treasurer’s report will not be presented. Benevolent contributions rose 31 percent from 1960, aiding domestic and foreign church projects including the Back to God Hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Reformed Church of the
United States
KWSO
Wasco
Adolph Kirschenmann
Sought For Annual State Beauty Pageant
Sponsors for Shafter entrants in the 1962 California Beauty Pageant are being sought. Businesses are urged to contact the Chamber of Commerce at PI 62116 to sponsor a candidate for Miss California of 1962. The Chamber will compile a list of names and provide information to prospective sponsors. It is imperative that anyone...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
California
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bank of America Offers 4 Percent Special Savings
Bank of America introduces four percent interest on special savings accounts for one year. The program is available at all 738 California branches, aimed at depositing customers seeking higher yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
California
Meet Your Shafter Merchant Series Now Appearing Weekly
A new feature series debuts in The Press highlighting Shafter merchants. Weekly installments profile local business owners, their goods, and community ties, inviting readers to discover neighborhood commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meet
Shafter Press
Fallout Protection Booklet Free at Local Post Office
The government booklet Fallout Protection What to know and do about nuclear attack is now available at all U S post offices. Postmaster Gene Guenther says the local office has ample copies for residents to pick up. The Defense Department booklet explains preparations shelter supplies emergency procedures first aid sanitation and recovery steps after an attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Gene Guenther
Department of Defense
Guenther Elected Kiwanis President and Lieut-Governor
Gene Guenther of Shafter was installed as Kiwanis Club president at a regular meeting. Dr. Cliff Loader, Lt Governor of the 18th District Kiwanis International, installed officers including Sam Becker as first vice president and Dr. Leonard Dueck as second. The 1962 Kiwanis Board of Directors were installed: Dick Adams, Dr. Jacobus, Tom Petrie, Cass Garratz, Harlin Wilson, Fred Starrh, Forest Long. Loader outlined Kiwanis achievements and future objectives and reported on Kiwanis International growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Guenther
Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Cliff Loader
Kiwanis International
Loader
Delano
Sam Becker
Leonard Dueck
Art Stepp
Henry Wong
Kiwanis Board of
Dick Adams
Dr. Jacobus
Tom Petrie
Cass Garratz
Harlin Wilson
Fred Starrh
Forest Long
Kiwanis
New Bible Course Offered at First Baptist Church
A Moody Bible Institute correspondence course Beginning with Genesis is used for a new study group at First Baptist Church 350 Pine Street. Pastor Mel Krug leads Wednesday 7:30 pm sessions with exams graded by Moody Correspondence School earning certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
First Baptist Church
Mel Krug
Pine Street
Moody Correspondence School
Chicago
Moody Correlence School
Ernest D. L Moody
Shafter PTA Plans Evening on Student School Relations
A Shafter High School parents meeting is set for Tuesday January 16 at 7 30 p m in the school cafeteria. Mrs Ed Nikkel leads coordinated groups to discuss student relations with parents and teachers with topics on conduct dating teenage marriages and high school dropouts. Mrs Jim Bishop and Mrs John Peters Jr will present resumes for group discussions coffee and cookies follow at the start of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Eeee
Shafter
Ed Nikkel
Bob Senn
Ray Hearon
Art Brownell
John Walker
Shafter High School
Christian Church Revival Slated in Shafter
The Christian Church of Shafter invites the community to an evangelistic revival January 21 to 28 at the Boy Scout building in Walker and California Avenue. Visiting team Art and Lu Watson of Salinas will preach each evening from 7:00 to 8:00 except Saturday. The ten month old congregation also holds weekly services at W. Lerdo and Poplar with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Charles Childress leads as minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church of
Shafter
Boy Scout
Walker
California Avenue
Art
Lu Watson
Salinas
Christian Church
W. Lerdo and
Poplar
Charles Childress
St Mark's Episcopal Guild Plans Dinner at Shafter
Final plans for the annual parish dinner were completed by the St Mark's Episcopal Guild. The Board met at Mrs. Paul Hartloff's Wasco home and the event will be held next Sunday evening at St Mark's in Shafter. Members include Mesdames Paul Hartloff Jack Mc Means Margaret Nugent and Roger Thumian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's Episcopal C Guild
Paul Hartloff
Wasco
St. Mark's
Shafter
Mesdames
Jack McMeans
Margaret Nugent
Roger Thumian
Twins Born In Preising Family Start New Year
The Paul Preising family of 300 Euclids welcomed twin boys eleven and a half hours after 1962 began. Twins Karl Martin and Boris Lip weighed 6 1 6 and 6 5, while a third child Kurt, 19 months, also features in the family story. Banks will open $5 savings accounts for each twin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul-Pressing
Paul
Shafter High School
Fain
Paul Preising
Karl Martin
Boris Lip
Kappa Nu Chapter Initiates Four New Members
Kappa Nu Chapter of Delta Theta Tau initiated four new members during a ceremony at Veteran's Memorial Hall. Helen McKinley Rita Jacobsen Margaret Suckett and Mary Lois Adams joined as the national secretary Mrs Betty Jane Freeman installed them. The group then dined in Wasco with their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Nu
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Mesdames
Helen McKinley
Rita Jacobsen
Margaret Suckett
Bakersfield
Mary Lois Adams
Betty Jane Freeman
Glendale
Freeman
Veteran's Memorial Hall
Wasco
Kappa Nu Chapter
Delta Theta Tau
Child Guidance Clinic
Richland Elementary Welfare
American Field Service
Veterans’ Memorial Hall
Helen McKissen
Uta Denelane
Major Leaguer to Address Local Lions Kiwanis
Larry Jackson, major league baseball figure, will speak at Shafter today at Veterans Memorial Hall. He addresses the Kiwanis Club at noon and the Lions Club at supper, presenting two talks: What makes a major leaguer and Individualism and Integration Keys to Expansion. Jackson hails from Nampa Idaho and studied psychology and education at the University of Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Jackson
The
Shafter
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Veterans Memorial Hall
Jackson
Nampa
Idaho
University of Idaho
Moscow
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Pappy Swank
Aunt Minnie
Bofa
Kiwanis Officers
Mee
Chat Loader
Kermeth
Guenther
New Kiwanis
Shafter Experimental Station
St. Mark’s
Bank of America
Community National Bank
Mr. Preising
Mr. Stork
Lions
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