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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1959
Page
12
A church bulletin previews the weekly lesson from 2 Kings 11 1 16 focusing on the evil days Israel faced before Jehoash reigns. The piece notes reflection on scripture and moral themes for the congregation.
Delegation from Mexico visits California farms under the California Farm Bureau Federation program. Hosts include Kern County Farm Bureau members and leaders at Di Giorgio Farms and local gins. The itinerary covers farm drives, lunch hosted by Morris Crider at the Mettler center, and visits to Wasco Shafter Buttonwillow areas with Wasco FFA serving.
Sunday services at St Marks begin with a 9 30 a m sermon topic time. Holy Communion is scheduled for 3 a m. A bishop committee meeting at Ed Browns office Thursday at 8 pm plans for the year. Episcopal youth groups held a Rio Bravo School swim party and a wiener roast at Frank O Neill home with several named attendees and sponsors. St Therese Church in the corner of W Lerdo and Valley Sts offers masses at 8 and 10 am. Sodality children will receive Holy Communion at the 8 am mass.
Services were held for Willie Painter 54 of Route 1 Visalia with Rev. Sam Wilcoxon of First Southern Baptist Church officiating. Interment followed at Shafter Cemetery.
The Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce reports a year over year upswing in air mail, retail gates and plots with post office receipts real estate loans and bank debits contributing to the improvement. The study notes about 3,500 persons referenced in the data.
About 52 members of the Shafter congregation will join the Fresno Assembly district convention in California from July 9 to 12. Local meetings will be canceled during those days as most members travel to attend the Christian Assembly. Mr. L N Coleman, Shafter minister, heads the congregation and also runs the cafeteria at the Fresno Assembly.
Representatives from Kern County and state officials will meet at the Bakersfield Hacienda at 7 p.m. to review 1959 60 corridor projects and long range 10 year highway plans. The session is led by the Kern County Board of Trade with the California State Chamber of Commerce coordinating.
The journalism department at Fresno State becomes the 47th accredited program in the nation. It operates in specially designed quarters on the new campus at Shaw and Cedar Avenues and aims to prepare students for the June graduation ceremonies.
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