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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1961
Page
7
The church offers Maundy Thursday and Easter services. Dr Phelps will address life after death and resurrection challenges while Sunday School is canceled. A nursery is available and a Lent Potluck precedes the Maundy Thursday Communion at 6 30 p.m.
Earl Thomas, age 26, and his wife Joanne, 26, settle in Shafter with infant daughter Anne Marie after education in Bakersfield and Los Angeles. The couple, both active in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Phi Alfa Chi, cherish their musical home library and look to a bright future with Earl’s Finance Corps work and Joanne’s vocal memories.
A rummage sale is planned for April 1 in the lot between Nick's Drive Inn and Food Town. Proceeds from the sale of used clothing for the whole family will fund various mission projects. Lydia Ford is VP, Bessie Hight is secretary treasurer, and the Missionary Council members will assist customers.
The Kelly home hosted the Phi Epsilon Phi sorority meeting with Mrs. John Fuller Jr. as chair. A tape on communist brain washing during the Korean War, edited by Dr. Mayer, followed short discussions. Attendees included George Haworth Jr. and others. guests Mr. and Mrs. Heatherington also attended.
St Therese's Catholic Church outlines Holy Week observances. Spy Wednesday Mass at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday includes Stations of the Cross at 12:30 p.m. and Veneration of the Cross at 6:00 p.m. Holy Saturday blessings at 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 a.m. Confessions after each Mass.
Funeral services for Ensie Eugene Warren were held Friday in Armstrong Mortuary Chapel. He died March 21 at Veterans Memorial Hospital Sawtell at age 60. Survived by three brothers and two sisters from Nebraska California and Shafter. Ice cream per capita consumption trends noted as 17.2 pounds in 1950 18.0 in 1955 and 18.4 in 1960s.
The article previews an upcoming contest with a new four door sedan as the centerpiece. It notes entry week and that next week will publish the first standings of contestants, signaling the start of an exciting race.
Easter service at 11 am focuses on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and human longing for the Lord. An Evening Gospel Hour at 7 pm features the Lord's Table observance with special Easter music inviting all to attend.
The Shafter congregation announces a Memorial observance on March 30 at 7 p.m. at 525 Kern Street with Mr. Victor Coleman delivering a public discourse on The Sacred Bible and Our Hope for Survival. A week of activities includes house to house visitation and distribution of the April Watchtower to 21,008 congregations worldwide.
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