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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
4
The annual Central California Conference camp meeting was held in Fresno on June 20 with many local members attending. Four speakers from International headquarters in Washington DC discussed Gospel progress and mission work across India, China, Burma, Europe, and South America. Community churches in Wasco hosted Sunday services with readings from The Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Summer mass schedule lists services at St. John's Wasco and Shafter Women's Club building. Masses at 6 30 a m Wasco 8 a m Shafter 930 a m Wasco Confessions held Saturday evenings and before Sunday masses. Father Owen McMullen pastor resident 1018 Broadway Wasco.
Rev H D Wiebe leads at 9:30 Sunday with Sunday school in two departments and worship in German and English. Rev Sam Wiens from Los Angeles and Rev J N C Hiebert appear as guest speakers with Pacific Bible Institute and Emmanuel Bible School. evening hour split if both preach. Slander proverb closes the notice.
Vaive Conattentional Calif. win, rye Harper, pastor Sunday school 9 45 4 m Wal ter E Haag superintendent 11 morning service Junior church 10 35 to 10 55 regular service. Hymn book sale ends as total reached nurses to be ordered soon. Communion first Sunday each quarter. consideration of church membership invited.
Pastor E M Anderson invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages led by R L Gates. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon on Church Ritual. Evening services include an inspirational song service and discussion. Bible study and prayer Wednesday at 8 15.
Sunday services at 10:30 with the morning sermon The Tongue and 8:15 for the evening sermon Personal Responsibility preached by Brother Leroy C. Nelson. The church extends a cordial invitation to attend next Sunday services.
To the People of this Community you have done about the Fifth War Loan. You can take the old Eisenhower idea that your man or woman in uniform will be interested. Bond buying is good and a duty to them at home. Our fighting forces need morale back home. Write today and write often about war work and sport. Double your best prior bond buying and shout it to the service man, the editor.
Gladys Parker notes victory yields assured returns from war bonds funds. She outlines how investing now supports post war programs and personal goals, urging readers to buy bonds to secure future purchases and stability.
The article describes a 3000 foot stretch opposite Golden Gate Park in San Francisco where the great highway is recognized as the widest boulevard in the United States, highlighting its breadth and prominence.
Clark Wiedmann son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Wiedmann returns to Shafter for a two year overdue visit. The Pan American Airways pilot formerly co-piloted the trans Atlantic Clipper carrying Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands home to England. He has logged many Atlantic trips with notable passengers and enjoys flying and sightseeing while earning his pay. He is a naval reserve pilot and a Shafter high school and Bakersfield Junior College alumnus. He plans to stay about another week.
Miss Melba Gloeckler daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Gloeckler Shafter wed Capt Joe Sparks of the Army Air Forces in Porterville Congregational church The ceremony followed by a reception at the Wiens home Sparks recently returned from China India theater with General Chenault Flying Tigers They plan to reside in Nashville Tenn where he serves in the Air Transport Command personnel department Also weekend hosts were Mr and Mrs J P Weitz with daughter Ruby Weitz of Hollywood and grandson Terry Didmore of Long Beach.
James Cooke and Rose Celeste completed a tight rope walk from Cluff House in San Francisco to Seal Rocks, showcasing balance and daring on a historic maritime promenade.
The belief that celery nourishes the nerves is dismissed as a silly notion. Celery contains minerals and vitamins but is not a nerve food. Rest and overall health are best for tired nerves, as nerves are part of the whole body. Ledger Syndicate WIN Features.
Mrs. Reuben Dirksen and her mother Mrs. Gus Tisch and sister Miss Eleanor Tisch traveled from Shafter to Fresno to attend a Seventh Day Adventist church camp meeting.
Cpl. and Mrs. Edw. C. Nikkel arrived in Shafter last Thursday to visit Mrs. Nikkel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Penner. He is stationed at Kerns, Utah. On Sunday his parents from Corcoran joined them, and the group returned to Corcoran to spend the remainder of his furlough.
Minter Field established a plan to aid civilian forestry authorities by deploying a 50 man unit under Lieutenants Frank Hosko and Patrick J. Lydom to assist firefighting in Walke's Basin northeast of Bakersfield. The unit, trained in forest fire detection prevention and control, began duty Thursday and was relieved Friday with readiness to provide further support if needed.
Lois Warkentin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Abe Warkentin, had an emergency appendectomy at Burnett Sanitarium in Fresno last Saturday. She was visiting her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Willard Koop. Mrs Warkentin remains in Fresno with Lois until she can return home.
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