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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
5
The weekly Christian Science lesson sermon centers on God the Preserver of Man with a Golden Text from Isaiah 43.2 3 and Matthew 6 33 affirming divine protection and the supremacy of spiritual sense over corporeal perception as explained by Mary Baker Eddy.
Mr and Mrs H H Janzen of Orange street with Sharon Janzen traveled to Dinuba over the weekend to visit Janzen's mother Mrs A J Bearg.
Vacation Bible school at the Southern Baptist church starts Monday June 13 and runs for two weeks. Mrs. Sam Wilcoxon serves as principal. Children aged four to 16 are welcome to attend. Classes run from nine o'clock to noon.
The Unified Worship starts Sunday at 9 30 a m with Rev Paul Edward Babbitt preaching on Some Accessories of Faith at 9 30 am There is no 11 00 worship during summer Sunday school meets at 10 20 am and ends at 10 55 am All attendees are invited to worship and Sunday school and to stay for a full day together.
Rev. Mel Krug, pastor of First Baptist Church at 291 E Lerdo Highway, reports record attendance of 225 on Tuesday and growing registrations each night. The Vacation Bible School runs nightly 7 30 pm through Sunday with Uncle Henry Harms as guest evangelist and magic tricks at the 6 30 training hour for youths.
The Bethel college vocal ensemble will give a concert at First Mennonite church on Tuesday June 14 led by Elvera Voth. The group tours the coast offering English French Spanish and German madrigals children's songs in French and Brahms love waltzes. Voth studied with Julius Herford and Robert Shaw.
Two employees of Stringham's Shafter Drug store attended an all day clinic Tuesday offered by the Revion School of Beauty in Los Angeles. Laura Vaux and Gloria Knowles participated. Mert Wiedmann, the store manager, said the clinic is part of the program to improve service to the community.
Phil O Few son of Mr and Mrs Mitchell Few Box 438 completed Air Force Basic training at Parks AFB near Oakland and is home on a 10 day leave before reporting to Chanute AFB Rantoul Illinois for Aircraft Mechanics school
Congressman Harlan Hagen reports the House Agriculture Committee approved a three and one half year extension of the Mexican National labor program to meet emergency needs. The measure clarifies Labor Department duties in determining need and prevailing wages, aiming to curb abuse and protect both employers and workers while addressing community welfare concerns in California's San Joaquin Valley. The extension, praised as the longest peacetime extension, seeks balanced oversight amid border patrol funding and law ambiguities.
Mary Margaret Revell a Garces High School senior received a $50 check and a medal with a sterling silver rosary from Bishop A J Willinger for editing an Extension Magazine edition as one of four national winners. She is a Gold Seal holder in the California Scholarship Federation active in debate and speech and a scholarship recipient to Immaculate Heart College. National Dog Week runs Sept 18 24 1955 chaired by Guy Lombardo with aims of dog welfare disease research and better dog laws.
The Shafter Press marks June 14 as the 178th anniversary of the birth of Old Glory. It notes the flag symbolizes freedom since 1777 and urges Americans to be active in government, banish intolerance, and prioritize national welfare over self interest. It praises patriotic courage and productivity as keys to world leadership.
The piece argues homemakers gain freedom through modern ready to serve foods, saving labor from 5.5 hours to 1.6 hours for a family of four. It notes a 1954 survey of 89 manufacturers and 18 distributors showing combined net profit of three cents per consumer dollar.
A historical note states that by banning graphite exports in 1554 England secured a world monopoly of the pencil industry for two centuries. It warns that a single lit cigarette could destroy vast forest and watershed lands, stressing careful smoking.
James Mussatti of the California State Chamber of Commerce spoke to 300 civic leaders at the Kern County Awards Dinner at Stockdale Country Club. He cited growth from 1940 to 1955 and noted increases in incomes retail sales mining agriculture and factory payrolls as signs of the county's rapid development.
The National Automobile Club notes that at 30 mph an automobile would take over 11 years to traverse the 3,012,520 miles of rural roads in the United States. Visalia, county seat of Tulare County, was founded in 1853 on an ancient Indian settlement site.
The note urges securing the best possible value for funds spent. It emphasizes prudent budgeting and careful consideration of options to maximize efficiency and return on investment.
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