Easter Services Planned by Shafter Churches
Easter observances begin with the Good Friday Community Service at First Baptist Church 350 Pine Street March 24 at 7 30 p m Reverend Henry Hatcher will deliver The Cross and your Choice A community choir directed by Lowell Bergman will sing two numbers Invocation by Reverend Roger Trautmann Benediction by Reverend Paul Alexander and welcome remarks by Reverend Dick Nickel The service includes scripture prayer and an offering for World Relief Commission.
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Shafter
Shafter Ministerial Association
First Baptist Church
Pine Street
Henry Hatcher
Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Lowell Bergman
Roger Trautmann
Paul Alexander
The
Nazarene Church
Dick Nickel
James McDowell
Pentecostal Church of God
Owen Onsum
Union Congregational Church
World Relief Commission
Arthur Willems
Bill Hildebrand
Doris Unruh
Assembly OF God
John Davis
God
Sanctuary
Bill Gaither
Allelusia
Free Will Baptist Church
Sam Hensley
Mennonite Brethren Church
Henry Harder
Elmer Unruh elected mayor in Shafter council reorganization
The Shafter City Council held a crowded March 14 meeting to affirm the election results and swear in Elmer Unruh as mayor and Rolf Jacobsen as a councilman. Unruh and Loyd Link were unanimously named mayor and mayor pro tempore, with Unruh signing a St Patrick’s Day proclamation.
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Shafter
Elmer Unruh
Rolf Jacobsen
William Sheldon
Unruh
Cummings
Loyd Link
Kern County Employees Association
Sheldon
Robert C. Elliott
Jack Colvard
Mr. Elliott
Cancellation eyed Festival Parade and Tractor Pull
A Shafter Chamber of Commerce special meeting chaired by Clara Schmidt Miller on March 16 weighed canceling the Festival parade and tractor pull due to low planning participation. Chairmen Ben Grundy, Jack Nikkel, and Gloria Boggs flagged looming tasks from judging and entry forms to float building, security, and PA needs, with turnout and help needed to ensure the events proceed.
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Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Clara Schmidt Miller
Ben Grundy
Grundy
Jack Nikkel
Gloria Boggs
George Wise
Bob Bann
CB Club
Shafter
Shafter to Hold Dual Beauty Pageants at Festival
Sixteen contestants compete for Miss Shafter and Junior Miss crowns on May 12 at 7 30 p m in Shafter High School Auditorium. Winners parade May 13 on a Chamber float while others ride in cars. The festival includes barbecue tractor pull carnival American Legion dance and crafts booths with $10 booth rental. Jane Zachary placed top ten at state Junior Miss.
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Chamber of Commerce
Shafter
Ben Grundy
Chamber’ of Commerce
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Mennonite Brethren
South Mennonite Church
Don Lovell
Anne Hutchinson
ST. Therese Catholic Church
St. Therese’s Church
Father Delany
Father Garcia
Council
KCEA
Henry Rodriguez
Elliott
Chuck Wade
Wade
ECEA
Rodriguez
Miss Shafter, Jr
Sherrill Nixon
Melody Colvard
Cindy Sapp
Jenny Cole
Karla Nash
Tonya McWhorter
Corinne Huston
Judy Gonzales
Miss Shafter
Becky Nixon
Susie Bellows
Julie Horn
Cheryl Anderson
Tammy Lauderdale
Debbie New
Sandy Schneider
Carolyn Camp
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