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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1984
Page
5
Rev Stephen B Sloat argues worship is not mere attendance but heartfelt praise to the true God. He emphasizes God as the audience, congregation as performers, and worshipers must mean it, worship in truth, avoiding rituals without meaning. He urges sincere, Spirit guided worship pleasing to God.
Private services will be held at 1 p.m. in the Delario Mortuary Chapel of the Congregations for Letha L Brock age 89. Entombment will follow at Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum. She was a longtime educator in the Richland School District.
Letha L Brock aged about 70 born in Texas in 1895 died Saturday in Bakersfield. She was wife of Sylvester Brock and mother of Gordon Brock, survived by Frank and June Dyer. Funeral arrangements and donations to Arthritis Foundation or American Cancer Society requested in lieu of flowers.
The Community Connection For Child Care hosts a parenting fair from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Fine Arts Building Bakersfield College. Workshops cover blended families kindergarten readiness single parenting and more. Registration costs $3 and may be made by calling 322-7633.
Bill Allen co owner of ACW Land Leveling Wasco will be guest speaker at Thursday CBMC gathering in Shafter Wasco Christian Business Men's Committee Yee s Steak House loyal attendees welcome to noon buffet lunch and fellowship Allen entered ACW partnership in 1973 after time with Gideons and prior work in surveying farming and supervision of field crews
The Kern County Wool Growers Bo-Peeps invite entries for their annual Make It Yourself With Wool contest open to ages 10 to 21. Participants must sew knit or crochet garments with at least 60 percent wool, with new handwoven fabric category and awards. The event is December 8, 1984 at Norris Road Veterans Hall in Bakersfield. entry forms available by phone or mail.
Community calendar lists upcoming meetings and gatherings in Shafter from October 10 to 16. Groups include CBMC Kiwanis Lions Rotary American Legion and the Richland School Board with dates, times, and venues such as Yee's Steak House Veterans Hall Depot Museum JD's Restaurant and Elks Lodge.
Graveside services were held Monday at Shafter Memorial Park for Salvador Villagomes Jr. infant son of Salvador and Guadalupe Villagomez Sr. Born October 2, died October 5. Mo John Delaney officiated with interment. Survived by parents a sister Jessica Villagomez of Shafter grandparents Herminia and Francisco Martines of Shafter and Filipe and Esther Gomez of Mexico.
Shafter Press High School correspondent Kris Rodriguez announces a yearlong series focusing on SHS news. Senior class sells homecoming steak-dinner tickets for Oct 26 in the cafeteria, with adult tickets $5 and children's plates $3.
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