Youth group heads to Hartland for weeklong camp out
A Mennonite Brethren bus carried fifth and sixth graders to Hartland Monday for a week of camping, swimming, fishing, and Bible study. Counselors Mr and Mrs Elmer Unruh and Evelyn Ediger accompanied the group with Revered Waldo Wiebe serving as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lachenmaier
Hartland
Elmer Unruh
Evelyn Ediger
Waldo Wiebe
Sharon Balzer
Billy Couch
Jimmy Ediger
Gail ‘Bergen
Sally Jane Franz
Stanley Gaede
Verley
Barbara Gloeckler
Phillip Goertzen
Debra Ann Hildebrand
Gwen Isaac
James Janzen
Patty Kroeker
Larry Strauss
Charles Suderman
Danny Trout
Shirley Unruh
Adventists to Fund Osaka Medical Center and Philippine Schools
Adventists plan to donate to a new Osaka medical and evangelism center and to fund construction of two schools in the Philippine islands. The Saturday services at Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church on June 29 will review world missions and begin at 9 30 a m. Pastor Retzer explained funds raised will also support these missions. The article also notes the High Sierra area and Kings Canyon with Mt. Whitney as difficult terrain for the golden trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Shafter Seventh-day Adventist_ Church
Retzer
Philippine Islands
Adventists From Shafter Attend Soquel Conclave Prep
Pastor Harvey Retzer leads more than 75 ministers and church staff from Central California to Soquel near Santa Cruz for preconvention work. The June 30 preparations aim to ready grounds for about 2 000 daily attendees and up to 10 000 on weekends for the ten day gathering July 11 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Retzer
Seventh-Day Adventist
Poplar
Lerdo
Soquel
Santa Craz
Retzer
Central California
Sequel
Shafter Adventist Church
Christian Science Lesson Sunday at Local Church
Christian Science to be discussed at church Sunday with the healing account from Luke and the Golden Text from Isaiah. The service highlights Jesus healing a man with dropsy and prompts reflection on spiritual strength for Zion and the holy city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Jesus
Isaiah
Zion
Senate
Holy City
Divine Worship at Shafter-Wasco Lutheran Sunday
The Shafter-Wasco Parish on Sixth Street Wasco invites all to 11 am divine worship on Sunday June 30 the first after Trinity Also Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 9 45 am Pastor William O Grunow will preach on 1 John 3 13 18 with theme Sincere Brotherly Love All invited to attend and bring children
St Mark's to Welcome Guest Speaker in July
St Mark's Episcopal church will host a guest in July with Mr Steinhauer an Episcopalian Seminary student leading services at 9 30 am each Sunday as part of his ministry field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mark’s
Sun
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Steinhauer
Episcopalian Seminary
Darlene Howard Weds Jerel W Wood in Friday Ceremony
Darlene Howard married Jerel W. Wood last Friday at 8 00 p.m. in the garden of the Minter Village home. The couple, parents and relations are named, with attendants Mary Sue Fleming and Jackie Wood among them, and plans include a trip to Isabella Lake before settling in the Shafter area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Howard
Minter’ Village
Jerel W. Wood
Miss Howard
Hiram Howard
A. C. Wood
Shafter
Menno _ Schellenberg
Mary Sue Fleming
Fleming
Jackie Wood
Isabella Lake
Church of Christ Conducting Series of Bible Meetings
The Church of Christ, led by minister J. C. Choate, hosts daily Bible meetings with evangelist L. D. Willis from Pleasant Hill California. Sessions run 9 30 a m and 8 p m with charts used. Willis speaks Sunday morning on Tell Us Plainly and radio broadcasts are announced for Taft and Delano. Dinner on the ground follows the Sunday worship at County park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Choate
Church of Christ
L.D. Willis
Pleasant Hill
Calif
Cheater
Willis
Choate
K.T.K.R
Taft
Mr. Willis
K.C.H.J
Delano, Calif
First Baptist Church Hosts Speaker and Summer Activities
Professor Douglas V. Birk of Conservative Baptist Seminary Denver will speak at the First Baptist Church on Sunday. County churches rented the Roller Center in Bakersfield last Thursday for a family skating night with over 80 participants. Weekly swim nights continue at the Shafter Pool with large attendance. Hunters report about 7500 coyotes killed annually in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas V. Birk
Conservative Baptist Seminary
Denver
Colorado
First Baptist Church
Birk
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
First Baptist Church of
Shafter
Wasco
Bible Baptist Church of
Shafter Pool
Nancy Isaac to Wed Frederick Carl Blower in July
Nancy Josephine Isaac and Frederick Carl Blower announce their engagement. The wedding is set for July 7 at the Seventh Day Adventist church with Elder Harvey Retzer officiating. Nancy, from Kern Academy and Monterey Bay Adventist, and Frederick, a Lakeport native and dental technician student in Los Angeles, plan a temporary home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Isaac
Nancy Josephine
Frederick Carl Blower
Cecil. Blower
Lakeport
Calif
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Harvey Retzer
Miss Isaac
Kern Academy
Adventist School
Monterey Bay
Girls Glee Club
Monterey
Blower
Monterey Bay Academy
la Sierra College
Los Angeles
Betty Wilcoxon Leads Three Girls on Faraway Tour
Betty Wilcoxson and two Bakersfield teachers travel with two other women on a round trip visiting Mexico City Guatemala Panama City and many South American and Caribbean nations. They depart Los Angeles and return by Miami arriving in Los Angeles September 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andés
Rio de Janeiro
Guatemala
Haiti
Shafterite
Betty *Wilcoxon
Sam Wilcoxon
Los Angeles International Airport
Mexico City
Panama City
Quito
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Santiago
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Cuba
Bahamas
United States
Miami
Florida
Los Angeles
Miss Wilcoxon
Dre
Georginie Bhilman
Edley Pay
Bakersfield
Local Families Announce Three Newborns and a Traffic Statistic
Stork reports from Rio Bravo and Fresno announce the first grandson for Mr. and Mrs. Denline born June 13 to Robert F. Denline and Johanna of Fresno. A daughter born June 23 to Mr. and Mrs. James Holt weighs eight pounds 15 ounces. Marcus Eugene Absher, born June 21 at Mercy Hospital weighs seven pounds 11 ounces with two sisters Marsha and Carla. grandparents Ola Smith and Nellie Absher plus great grandparents W. R. McClatchey. In 1956 nineteen percent of highway fatalities occurred between 1 and 6 am per the National Automobile Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Denline
Rio Bravo
Robert F. Denline
Johanna
Fresno
Denline
Johanna Kitchen
Judge Kitchen
Delano
Barstow School
Jimmie Allan
James Holt
Beth Eden
Newton Holt
Rudy Lopez
Mark Absher
Rodriguez Street
Marcus Eugene
Marcus
Mercy Hospital
Marsha
Carla
Irs
Ola Smith
Alma
Arkansas
Nellie Absher
Shafter
W. R. McClatchey
National Automobile Club
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Hartland Mon
Inininindp
Central Valley
J.C. Choate
Pioneer
High Sierra
Kings Canyon
Mt. Whitney Country
First Southern Baptist Church
First Baptist Clinch
E. Lerdo
Melvin N. Krug
Morning Worship
Training Union
Evening Gospel Hour
Family Bible Hour
TRB World
Mary Harrell
Gaines Venable
Miss Harrell
J. G. Harrell
Carpinteria
Venable
Glen Venable
Venable Lane
Melvin Krug
Margaret Harrell
Margaret
Arnold Jefferson
Oda Ray Wilkins
Ann Lewis
Eldon Venable
Alfred Searcy
Virginia Venable
Atascadero
B. W. Harrell
Sequoia
Carpraterts High School
George Pepperdine College
Oklahoma
Germany
Pacific Avenue
Venablé
Shafter Maytag
Jere W. Wood
the Baptist Church
California
Nancy Isaac
F.C. Blower
Kay Raney
F. C. Raney
Raney
Ravenwood School
Palo Alto
Chevron
Standard Oil Company of California
Marva la Verne Wilkerson
Marva la Verne Steele
University of Southern California
Marva
Cecil Steele
Sandra Steele
Nelda Pearson
Derek Steele
Seaman Bruce Epp
Betty Wilcoxon
St. America
Stork
Lou
Paracelsus
Pharmacists
Central Ave
20Th Century-Fox Presents
Seton
Celayy
Wy Alf
Humane
Shafter City Hall
Butler
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