Chamber Prepares Requests To Present at Needs Confab
Shafter delegates at Kern County Chamber of Commerce needs conference will present recommendations on roads parks and drainage. Ernie Hofman and Orvin Mettler outline road concerns on farm to market routes including Lerdo Highway while Jack Harris calls for park trees lawns and higher caretaker pay. Coberly West Ginning Co drainage issue noted and sign plans for north entrance of Shafter discussed.
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Shafter
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Ernie Hofman
Chamber
Orvin ‘Mettler
Lerdo
Hofman
Jack Harris
Public Works
Coberly- West Ginning Co
Santa Fe
Lerdo Highway
Ardis M. Walker
Vernon Smith
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Avenue
Lerdo Highway 99
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Kern County
Sacramento
Phil Channeson
Ri¢hfield Station
Community beautification plan for Shafter progresses
City works director Jack Harris leads cleanup of alleys and brush removal. Scrap cars from the utility yard near Tulare Avenue will be auctioned. Plans include plantings around the area and landscaping the Lerdo Central Valley entrance. A new greeting sign at the north city entrance sparks support for landscaping. The beautification committee may seek city council approval to enlist broad community backing. Nurserymen urge planting trees shrubs and lawns as the program expands citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Harris
City and Utility District Public Works
Tulare Avenues
Lerdo-Central Valley
Shafter
Storm Deluge Impedes Leydo Highway Basin Traffic
Heavy rain flooded the Leydo highway basin with only two accidents recorded. A Model T spun in mud on South Shafter avenue causing a somersault, and another car skidded into mud, ending up backwards against the Jehovah Witness Church. The driver vowed to cover damages after the Thursday mishap when Kingdom Hall was closed.
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Leydo Highway
South Shafter Avenue
February Events Set at Church
Activities among Mennonite Brethren Church members list February events. Feb 4 National Association of Evangelicals meeting at 9 30 am at Bakersfield Mennonite Brethren Church. Feb 5 Ministerial Association breakfast at 6 30 am in Lee's Dining Room. Feb 11 Progressive dinner for Mennonite Brethren Youth Fellowship in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
National Association of Evangelicals
Bakersfield
Mountain Snowpack Boosts Irrigation Prospects
Experts say the storm has created a heavier and finer snowpack in the mountain regions. This improved coverage should translate to better irrigation conditions during upcoming planting periods.
Wiebe to Attend Pacific District Mission Board Meetings
Rev. Waldo Wiebe of the Mennonite Brethren Church will travel to Los Angeles for the Pacific District Home Mission Board meeting, then proceed to Hillstore Kansas for the TABOR College board meeting January 30 to February 5, returning by February 10. During his absence Rev. Joe Wiebe will lead Sunday services. evening program features Rev. Herbert Happner of Three Hills Bible School Alberta, deputation secretary for the West Indies Mission.
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Waldo, Wiebe
Mennonite Brethren Church
Los Angeles
Pacific District
Mission Board
Hillstore
Kan
Tabor College Board
Shafter
Joe
Wiebe
Herbert Happner
Three Hills Bible School
Alberta
Can
The
West Indies Mission For Gospel Training
Fifty-Five Teams Play In Richland School Program
Fifty-five teams and 400 players participate in a noon recreation program at Richland School. Physical Education Director Roy Farrell notes eighteen courts handle the demand with heavyweight and lightweight divisions to keep competition even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland School
Roy Farrell
Nazarene Leaders Gather for California Midyear Convention
The Northern California District of the Church of the Nazarene will hold its mid year conven tion at District Headquarters Beulah Park near Santa Cruz from January 29 to 31. General Superintendent Dr. G Williamson will keynote, with Rev. J A McNaught and music director Prof Ronald J Lush among speakers. District Superintendent Rev George Coulter leads the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
California
The
Church of the Nazarene
Beulah Park
Santa Cruz
G. B. Williamson
Shafter
Ronald J. Lush
Albert Harper
Department of Church Schools
George Coulter
Ballot Elected to Four-Year Term for City Office
Shafter residents learned the ballot will elect a council member to a four year term. Other councilmen Kirschenmann and George H Grundy are not up for election for two more years. Glenn O Nay chairs the SPUD district board. Frank Shaw announced filing and registration windows from Feb 8 to Feb 28 for council petitions and Mar 8 to Mar 28 for SPUD. Voter registration closes Feb 14 for residents not yet registered. Absentee ballots windows run Mar 19–Apr 3 city and Apr 18–May 1 SPUD, with final city absentee ballots due Apr 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirschenmann
George H
Ben
Grundy
Utility District Board
Glenn O. Nay
Frank Shaw
SPUD
Shafter
Shaw
Spud Leaders Fight Ceiling in Washington D C
Represented by Kern County potato industry in Washington D C, grower representatives work with the Office of Price Stabilization to resolve inequities in the white potato ceiling price regulations. The Kern County delegation is expected home at the end of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Washington, D.C
Don Maupin
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Delegates at S D A Conference from Shafter
Delegates from Shafter attended the Central California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists at Asilomar Pacific Grove last weekend. Attendees included Mrs. M. M. Fenderson Pathfinder director, Kenneth Pitts publicity secretary for Kern Regional Missionary Volunteers, Mrs. Pitts, and Miss Margaret Sackett young people's leader. The conference planned to strengthen youth and Pathfinder work next year under the motto What Will You Do For Christ in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Central California
M. M. Fenderson
Pathfinder
Kenneth Pitts
Kern
Upholstery Demonstration Set for Shafter Feb.1
Miss Dorothy Wilkinson announces an upholstery demonstration in Shafter on February 1 for interested women. Instruction covers tying springs padding and recovering furniture with hands on practice on two chairs. Mrs Elmer Neufeld hosts at 29361 Madera St west of the Santa Fe tracks between Scaroni and Wasco Pond Roads. attendees should arrive at 10 a.m. with a paper bag lunch. a beverage will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Wilkinson
Kern ‘County
Shafter
Elmer Neufeld
Madera St
Santa Fe
Scaroni
Wasco-Pond
Rev Penner to Leave Rosedale for Oregon Pastorate
The Rev Walter L Penner pastor of the Rosedale Mennonite Brethren Church for nearly five years plans to move to Dallas Oregon to accept a new pastorate in March Dr Penner a native of Ingalls Kansas will speak February 10 at the Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
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Walter L. Penner
Rosedale Mennonite Brethren Church
Dallas
Ore
Penner
Ingalls
Kan
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
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