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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1958

Page

7

Mrs Frank Russell Hosts M B Missionary Service

Mrs Frank Russell hosted the Mennonite Brethren Women's Missionary Service Pacific Coast executive committee meeting with noon luncheon and co hosts. The session led by Mrs Henry Martens and Mrs Henry Isaac planned the Reedley March 18 rally and Gift Day for Reedley Home for the Aged, plus support for home missionaries, returning workers, and a new grocery and clothing closet at Fresno Biblical Seminary.

Pacific Coast Mmes Henry Isaac Dan Bartel Henry Wiebe Henry Martens Reedley M. B M. B. Church Reedley Home For Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary Fresno

Adventist Youths Attend Conference at Asilomar Grounds

Two hundred fifty youth leaders and Pathfinder directors from Seventh-day Adventist churches in Shafter traveled to the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove for a January 17 19 training institute. Paul M. DeBooy of San Jose announced the event organized by the Central California Conference to train leaders in new materials and methods for teaching practical Christian living to youth.

Shafter Asilomar Pacific Grove Paul M. DeBooy San Jose Central California

Rio Bravo PTA Sees Help for Families and Youth

Rio Bravo P T A held an executive meeting at the school with Mrs. Frank Skidmore, president, and discussed Christmas baskets for needy families. The 4H Club joined in aiding families, along with purchases for Pee Wee baseball shirts and dental health brushes. The group thanked mothers who helped with costumes for the program Around The World In 80 Minutes and children received nuts and candy bags.

Frank Skidmore Rio Bravo Pta T. Derlen Pee Wee Baseball League P. T. A. Dental Health Department World William Heyart

Sabbath Observance Debate Stirs Religious Liberty Day

Pastor Harvey Retzer of the Seventh-day Adventist church warns that forced Sunday observance threatens rights, urging that worship choices remain personal. He condemns coercion while stressing Sabbath matters are between individuals and their maker, not the state.

Harvey Retzer Seventh-day Adventist Church Retzer

Prophecy Topic For Lutherans At Trinity Church

Divine worship is set for next Sunday January 26 at 11 a m with Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 9:45 in Trinity Lutheran Church Wasco parish. The sermon theme will be The Holy Scriptures the more sure Word from 2 Peter 1 16 21. A congregation meeting Tuesday January 28 at 6 30 p m will report church activities from 1957 and publicly install new officers for 1958.

Trinity Lutheran Church of the Shafter- Wasco Sixth Street D Nd E. Wasco William O. Grunow

Sin of Worry Sermon To Be Delivered Sunday

The minister J. C. Choate of the Church of Christ will speak Sunday morning on The Sin of Worry. The sermon will analyze the sin in light of God's word and present positive solutions. Sunday evening Choate continues a James study from James 4, inviting all to hear.

Church of Christ J. C. Choate Choate James Chevy Chevrolet

Truth theme sermon at Christian Science church

A Sunday lesson sermon centers on the nature of God as Truth under the subject Truth. It cites Isaiah and Luke as scriptural authority and references Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures on prayer’s effect on truth.

Christian Science Church God Christ Jesus Luke Mary Baker Eddy

St Mark's Sets Sunday Service and Auxiliary Meeting

St Mark's Episcopal Church at 185 Shafter Avenue will hold morning service at 9 30 Sunday with Superintendent David Cooke in charge. The St Mark's Women Auxiliary meets January 28 at 730 pm at Mrs Phil Channeson's home. Gene Guenther family visits Ontario grandfather Mr T F Yingst in Ontario California after Bakersfield trip. Yingst in his eighties stays with his daughter in the valley city.

ST. Mark’s St. Marks Episcopal Church Shafter Avenue David Cooke Phil Channeson Gene Guenther Jeanie Judy Bakersfield

Truth and prayer echo in Valley notes from Point Arena

A community note recalls the call to truth through prayer and God’s will. It mentions the Point Arena Lighthouse toppled during the 1906 earthquake and records a Bakersfield family visit with the Janzens dining with relatives on Golden West Avenue.

Point Arena

Notice of Intended Mortgage and Dividend Declaration

Notice of intended mortgage by Lawrence Brigante on Larry s Steak House fixtures at 185 Central Avenue Shafter California to Allen C Anderson to be executed January 31 1958 at 422 James Street Shafter California Dated January 15 1958. Bakersfield Production Credit Association declares Dividend No 8 on Class A stock payable March 20 1958 with records as of December 31 1957.

State of California Lawrence Brigante Minter Street Shafter Couny of Kern Allen C. Anderson Munzer Street County of Kern Larry Central Avenue Alfred G. Mortimore James Street Bakersfield Production Credit Association L” Street Bakersfield California James C. Beagle

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