Historic California landmarks featured in Shafter Press
Editor notes 400 landmarks registered by the state with details on sites such as Portsmouth Plaza in San Francisco Colton Hall in Monterey Fort Tejon Lebec Tree and Mark Twain Cabin in Tuolumne County. Descriptions cover dates builders and historical events associated with each site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State Department of Natural Resources
Portsmouth Plaza
San Francisco
John B. Montgomery
United States
Robert Louis Stevenson
Colton
Hall
Monterey
Walter Colton
California
Fort Tejon
Kern County
Grapevine Pass
Lebec
Peter Lebec
Lebecque
Hudson Bay Co
Mark Twain
Tuolumne County
Jackass Hill
Samuel Clemens
Gillis Brothers
Calaveras
Churchews Mennonite Brethren Church Festival
Shafter California worship schedule announced for the Mission and Harvest Festival with a 10 a.m. service led by Rev. J J Toews and special choir numbers under A F Bergen Rev B J Brown from Los Angeles speaks in afternoon and evening Rev Dan Freisen from Mt Lake Minnesota also speaks in the afternoon Prayer and Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 30 p m Christian Endeavor officers to be installed soon with Mary Montgomery leading the youth group
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethern
Shafter
California
J. J. Toews
A.F. Bergen
B. J. Brown
Los Angeles
Dan Freisen
M. B
Mt. Lake
Minn
St Therese Church Schedule for Shafter Calif
Rev. Gerald Culleton presides at St Therese Catholic Church on Sunset and James Streets Shafter California. Sunday Mass at 9:00 a.m. Confessions before Mass. Catholic Hour airs at 3:00 p.m. on KMJ radio.
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James Streets
Shafter
Calif
Gerald Culleton
KMJ
Union Congregational at 309 James Street Service Plan
Sunday includes 9:45 Sunday School led by Walter K Haag, 10:40 Junior Church with a special junior sermon, and 11:00 Morning Worship. A special Armistice era service invites service men and families to reflect on American life trends. Evening 6:30 Christian program follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Congregational
James Street
Wm. S. Harper
Walter K.haag
First Mennonite Church in Shafter Seeks Worship and Study
Sunday School at 9 30 Vernon Neufeld Superintendent includes all ages. Worship Service at 10 30 with note to arrive on time. Evening programs 7 00 youth Endeavor and adult Bible class upstairs 8 00 timely message. Wednesday 7 30 Bible Study and Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Neufeld
Young Peoples Endeavor
Church of Christ Women’s Club Services in Troy
A notice for the Church of Christ Women’s Club Building in Troy lists minister Troy Brown and services at 10 30 a m and 7 00 p m with all welcome. A separate historical note mentions camels from the Gobi Desert driven from San Francisco to Nevada in 1861 for Comstock Lode transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ Womens Club
Troy Brown
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
San Francisco
Nevada
Comstock Lode
National 8 Point Dairy Program for 1946
Kern County dairymen are presented the National 8-Point Dairy Program for 1946 by the Agricultural Extension Service. The eight points cover feeding, grassland improvement, curing roughage, keeping production records, breeding for replacements, producing quality milk and cream, planning layouts to cut labor, and maintaining herd health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Agricultural Extension Service
H. T. Strong
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Historical Landmarks OF
Northern and
Central
Churchews
ST. Therese’s Catholic Church
First Mennonite Church
Golden West & Wall Sts. Shafter, California
John Battell
Shafter-Motel
Zimmerman Bros
Jack, Hugo
Otto
Elke
Meyrick
Myrick’s
Myrick’s Grocery
Man
Shafter Maintenance Co
Golden Gate Bridge
G. I. Bill
PGE Pacific Casanosiserase Company
Don Wroten
P. O
L. E. Town
Bakersfield
E. 18Th ST
Shafter Maintenance
Sunset Avenue
Cocketail
Seventeenth
Truxtun
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