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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1981
Page
3
A Tennessee tale recounts Russell Bean a violent man arrested for murder who defies court. A new tall red haired judge with an “evil eye” intimidates and finally compels Bean to surrender. The story links the judge to a broader legend and to Andrew Jackson.
Obituary notices record Almedia Haworth 74 of Shafter died May 11 in Bakersfield Hospital. Rev. Sam Hensley officiated at Union Congregational Church with interment at Shafter Memorial Park. Survived by sons Joe George Raymond, brothers Joe Vanoni William Campbell, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Memorials to Ebenezer Reformed Church Memorial Fund. Also noted an obituary for Rita Kilgore of Park City Utah with interment after a Mass by Msgr. Robert Rechenmacher. Kilgore, born in Shafter, resided in Park City. service details incomplete.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday May 19 at Ebenezer Reformed Church Shafter for Pauline Handel 76 who died May 16 in Bakersfield. Rev Maynard Koerner officiated with interment in Shafter Memorial Park. Born in Lodi California she moved to Shafter in 1920 and belonged to the Ladies Society of Ebenezer Reformed Church Shafter Women's Club and the A A BP survivors listed.
Gary Osborn, a young world travelling evangelist, will speak and sing at Shafter Pentecostal Church of God on May 31, 1981. Osborn promotes a new birth revolution sweeping across America as he leads outreach programs with interdenominational partners. The Shafter congregation aims to present Christ as a positive, relevant person in the city.
Kern County Board of Supervisors proclaimed May as Better Hearing and Speech Month in a resolution adopted May 12. Dr. Claude W. Richardson reports county leadership in serving students with speech language and hearing problems for over four decades. The program, centered at the Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Bakersfield, includes SDL and autistic classes, 40 plus speech therapists, and services coordinated under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
The advertisement offers carpet and upholstery steam cleaning with a free Scotch Guard on request for bookings through the 30th. It promotes cleaning of living rooms, dining rooms, halls or up to three rooms up to 375 sq ft using the Vibra Vac Ster system for 49 dollars.
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