First Baptist Church Honors Graduates Friday
The First Baptist Church of Shafter hosted its annual Graduation Banquet in the Fellowship Hall honoring grammar school, high school, and college graduates who are church members. Lists of graduates are named. the program featured speakers, music, prayers, and a catered dinner.
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First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Shafter
Fellowship Hall
Dennis Atkinson
Harold Cornelius
Ricky Cramer
Belva Dirksen
Inez Foster
Micky Gladden
Church Picnic at Manuel Park Draws MB Congregation
The Mennonite Brethren Church held a Sunday picnic at Manuel Park on May 23 with Ray Wiley directing games and a 4:30 potluck. Rev. Nick Rempel gave a devotional on Truth and Error, brass music by Jimmy Dick et al, teens swam and played games afterward, ice cream bars served, and a nominating committee planned officers for May 30 youth meeting.
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Manuel Park
Mennonite Brethren Church
Ray Wiley
Nick Rempel
Wasco
Jimmy Dick
Robin Enns
Sidney Unruh
Virgil Reimer
Ernest Siemens
Maple Area
Local Teacher Appointed to Bakersfield Reading Clinic
Richland school language arts teacher Mrs. Bettie L. Hardwick becomes staff consultant for the Bakersfield Summer Reading Clinic running June 14 to July 9 at Wesley Methodist in Bakersfield. The program offers diagnosis on June 4 and targeted word-attack, speed, comprehension, and vocabulary instruction by reading specialists.
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Bettie L. Hardwick
Richland School
Shafter
Bakersfield
Wesley Methodist Church
Niles and
Oswell Streets
Hardwick
Harwick
Dedication Services for South Union Free Will Baptist Church
Dedication of the new South Union Free Will Baptist Church in Greenfield held May 16 with Rev. Don Farris and Rev. M J Wilson presiding. Morning and afternoon services featured sermons, dinner, and music from Bakersfield area choirs, followed by memorial offerings for Mrs. Mae Srven McGuire and others. Attendees included Shafter and Bakersfield families and church members from nearby communities.
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South Union Free Will Baptist
Greenfield
Don Farris
Free Will Baptist Church
Shafter
M.8. Wilson
New Greenfield
Eafeteria
Farris
Wilson
Free Will Baptist
Bakersfield
Alsa Seua Mae
Ogans Attend Annual Meeting Of Southern Baptists
The pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church and his wife depart Monday for the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas Texas. The Kern and Tulare church is among 33 000 cooperating churches in the United States with messengers elected by congregations. The convention numbers over ten and a half million members, the largest non Catholic denomination. Dr and Mrs Ogan will take their children and visit families during their week away.
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First Southern Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Dallas
Texas
Kern and
Tulare Street
United States
The
Mrs. Ogan
Violin and Guitar Studio Set to Open
A new Violin and Guitar Studio is opening June 10 in the Kirschenmann building. Enrollment begins June 8, with plans for central recitals and concerts for students as part of a broad music education program led by Mr. Eddy and the Joaquin Valley Institute.
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Eddy
Kirschenmann
Fayer
In Joaquin
Former Shafter Man Elected Lieutenant Governor
Leonard Johnson formerly of Shafter was elected lieutenant governor for District 27 of Toastmasters International at a Visalia district conference. His term begins July 1. A 1944 Shafter High School graduate, Johnson has led Troop 953 as atmaster for 12 years. He and his wife Delores will move to Tulare after school ends, with four children in school.
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Leonard Johnson
Shafter
Toastmasters International
Visalia
Johnson
Shafter High School
Ing
Delores
Tulare
Demonstration Plots Planned in Imperial County Beet Harvest Study
Demonstration plots are being prepared in Imperial County to show how sugar beets can be grown without hand labor through harvest time. The project explores mechanized farming methods and may influence future field operations and labor needs.
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Imperial County
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Elaine Godbey
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Laquita Hensley
Carolyn Hackett
Joy Lynn Holton
Barbara Patricia Kelley
Carolyn Langston
Mark Parrott
Kenneth Perkins
Shirley Park
Lydia Renteria
Jonathan Voth
Richard Ward
Barbara Witcher
Joe Woods
Mike Allen
Beverly Crane
Sandra Grundy
Debbie Hildebrand
Bill Hackett
Dorothy Kliewer
Bill Putnam
Terry Woods
David Carthal
Leroy Rohrbach
Ronald Schmidt
Carol Wiebe
Areata
Morrow
Dale Klint
Robert Smith
Roy B. McKeown
World Opportunities, Inc
John Brannen
Ken Carthal
Norman Olsen
Leo Schmidt
Max Pearce
Joann Agee
Gail Bergen
Kaopectate
Upjohn
Stringham's
Shafter Drug
Central Ave
Upjohn Company
Sylvia Gariz
Richland Oe
Channel 23
Front Row
Ketty Preston
Richard Mullins
Diane Hammons
David Agee
Tim Nations
Mrs Pyle
Linda Knapp
Selita Scott
Sher Nixon
Agée
Preston
Nations
Hammons
Clark County
Las Végas
Ada-Okla
Asher High
Richland
Central State College
Ada
East Central
UCLA
James Davis
Andar School
Garnett Dezember
Hill High School
Don G.’ Shafter
Hn H. McClurg
Donald C. Houn
Woop
O’ Sullivan
Sole
South Union Free Will Baptist Church
Ogans
Aluminum
Pantera
Wasco Convalescent Hospital
Ato Action
Mon Gall
Bank of America Home Improvement Loans
Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association
Federal
GOK
California
Pg&e
McCloud-Pit
Moss Landing
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