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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1957
Page
5
The contest awards 500 votes for entry and 1000 votes per year of new or renewing subscription. A three year term earns 3000 votes. Subscriptions and funds must be brought to the Shafter Press office Saturday morning. Judges will tally votes and their decision is final.
A cabinet member argues the soil bank should not become a method paying farmers to reduce acreage or a device for regional competition for the largest federal payments. He cites Kern potato growers facing trouble if plantings exceed 60 000 acres while 1957 acreage runs 63 000. He notes rising potato processing demand and lists products from chips to frozen potatoes. Mrs Amy Miller of Swan Valley Idaho surprised Mr and Mrs George Starrh with an unexpected visit during the weekend.
Vernon Ross announces new Maple PTA officers will take office at a May 21 installation. A nutrition film and panel discussion led by Dr. Freedman, Dr. Duck, and Mrs. Selma Marsh accompanied the meeting. Mrs. Ernest Siemens was elected president for the coming year.
Divine worship will be conducted Sunday March 24 at 11 a.m. and Sunday School and Adult Bible class at 9 45 a.m. in Trinity Lutheran church Wasco, Rev. W O Grunow pastor announced. The sermon from Luke 11 14 28 is titled Apostasy. Mid week Lenten service March 27 at 7 30 p.m. The fourth service theme concerns the unbelieving Jews demanding Jesus death. Junior Confirmation class meets Saturdays 9 30 11 30 a.m. All invited to attend services and classes. A young man can't grow great by basking in the shade of a fine old family tree.
Rev. Paul Edward Babbitt of Union Congregational Church Tulare and Sycamore avenues will deliver the last sermon in the series Jesus and the Disciples next Sunday at 11 o clock. He will discuss how Jesus chose the twelve and their influence. A cordial welcome to worshippers with nursery care at 11 o clock. Edward Ball, son in law of Mr and Mrs Sidney Crawford, suffered a compound fracture of his left leg at work and rests in San Joaquin Hospital Bakersfield. Mrs Ball is Phyllis Crawford.
Bakersfield hosts the formal opening of the Sunny Crest Children’s Home, a facility planned since 1940 with Marvin Mouser and Rev. Sam Wilcoxon guiding the project. The first cottage Sara Mouser is named for Grandma Mouser. the home will house 20 children with two cottages and a superintendent’s residence.
The Seventh day Adventist Missionary Volunteer society sponsors a Week of Devotion with Elder F G Ashbaugh as guest speaker. Each evening features musical numbers and age group activities led by local MV leaders with a 7 15 p m start time and daily plans from Sunday through Friday.
Rev Krug will deliver the 11:00 a.m. sermon at First Baptist Church 291 E Lerdo Highway on The Great Gulf Bridged The talk explains the gulf between God and man and how God's act through Jesus Christ bridges it by faith and grace.
Bill Perryman was named new Pontiac salesman this week by Cass Garlatz, operator of Garlatz Motors. He replaces Bill Hildebrand who moved to Brown and Bryant. Perryman came from Wasco where he also sold cars. He has been a musician, farmer, and partsman. He and his wife Helen and their son Tim reside at 208 Rodriguez Street.
Mrs. Fred Mason will review the third section titled The Preparation in Fulton Oursler’s The Greatest Story Ever Told during the Lenten Devotional service Thursday at 7 15 p m in Union Congregational Church. The Chancel Choir will sing a special anthem and all are invited.
Six delegates from the First Baptist church attended the Christian Education crusade at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles on March 14 and 15. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. Melvin N. Krug, Rev. and Mrs. Menno Schellenberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wiebe. The two day event aimed to aid church youth work, Sunday school, youth meetings, and home cooperation.
A Shafter Seventh-day Adventist delegation led by Pastor Harvey Retzer joined 382 attendees from 85 churches in 18 mid state counties for the Central California conference business session on March 12 at the San Jose church. Local representatives included Gus Tisch Dave Ruth A C Harder George Mayer Jacob Baerg and others.
A Christian Science Sunday lesson titled Matter will present the claim that man’s dominion is spiritual and that material sickness sin and limitation are dissolved by Life God. The golden text cites Colossians 3 2 and Mary Baker Eddy states in Science and Health that material laws are void before God.
Mrs. Ruby Fischer of Ukiah spent several days in Shafter last week visiting her daughters Mrs. Betty Haworth and Mrs. Edith Norris. She is visiting relatives in Bakersfield and Oxnard this week and plans to return to Shafter soon.
Mr and Mrs Franklin Bergman of 122 Munzer Ave announce the birth of their first child a son named Jerry Bruce born March 15 at 4 am weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Bergman and Mr and Mrs Malcom Smith all of Shafter.
The St Marks Episcopal Church at 135 Shafter Ave holds regular services Sundays at 9 30 led by Rev E Leslie Rolls. Inquirers and confirmation class meet Tuesdays during Lent. Bishop Summer Walters will conduct confirmations April 16. Guild meets March 14 with Mrs Virgil Farr presiding. tea towel project. May Day card party May 1 chaired by Mrs Floyd Cooper. rummage sale June 1. next Guild meeting April 11. Easter services Sunday 9 30 with Father Rolls.
A bridal shower was held Tuesday evening in honor of Darlene Schmidt who wed Douglas Mitchel last Saturday. Co hosts were Mrs Willie Mitchel Martha Mitchel and Delpho Talbert. Guests included Claude Mitchel Menno Schmidt Albert Janzen Frank Russell Ed Nickel Oscar McAninch Charles Barnhill Clarence Mitchel Herman Parks Frank Martens Vernon Kroeker. Absent gift senders were Marilyn Bartel and Joyce Bartel.
Children from the Shafter Play Center toured local workplaces on Wednesday. Ricky Nagey brought friends to visit Papa Bob Nagey, managing editor of the Shafter Press, and they saw the plant and the weekly newspaper being printed.
Linderman denounces excessive taxes saying four months work yearly goes to a government like a Frankenstein monster. He cites waste such as aiding unwilling nations, 28.5 billion dollars yearly for useless federal work, 700 duplicated entities, and a bill to limit government business under constitutional bounds. He plans to meet Rep. Willis Stone in Los Angeles Friday.
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