New Officers Named for Altar Society at St Therese’s
Mrs Ded Fairbanks hosted the final Altar Society meeting of St Therese’s Catholic church Monday evening. Officers elected for the coming year are President Mrs John Butler Vice President Mrs Felix Carrasco Treasurer Mrs Joe Frizzell Secretary Mrs Al Mortimore. Attendees included Ella Brown Celestine Weaver Mortimore Carrasco Baughman Frizzell Butler Hodges and Father Patrick Breslin. The Kern County third Sunday Singing convention is set for Sunday at 2 PM at the Free Will Baptist Church Smith’s Corner South Shafter.
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John Butler
Felix
Joe Frizzell
al’ Mortimore
Mmes
Ella Brown
Celestine Weaver
al Mortimore
Felix Carrasco
Sylvia Baughman
Emily Hodges
Patrick Breslin
Kern County
Freewill Baptist Church
Smith's Corner
South Shafter
Congregational Church Hosts Fall Spaghetti Dinner
Union Congregational church begins fall activities with a spaghetti dinner next Monday evening September 19. Art and Genevieve Craig head the Couples Club meal with helpers from the group. Dinner is served 6 to 8 pm in the fellowship hall, with Pilgrim fellowship teens assisting. Proceeds fund church nursery upkeep. Tickets at the door.
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Union Congregational Church
Art
Genevieve Craig
Unpardonable Sin Sermon At First Baptist Church
Rev. Mel Krug will preach on The Unpardonable Sin from Mark 3:29 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 289 E. Lerdo. The church promotes a year long Bible reading plan with weekly chapters and midweek study to cover the entire Bible. All are invited.
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Mel Krug
First Baptist Church
E. Lerdo
Rev. Krug
Jesus
Krug
Rev Babbitt Returns to Pulpit at Congregational Church
Sunday school for all ages meets at Union Congregational Church at 9 30 each Sunday with John Turner as superintendent. Divine worship follows at 11 00 led by L R Snively choir. Rev Paul Edward Babbitt will preach September 18 on The Test of Religion Does It Satisfy. All invited to attend.
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Union Angregational
John Turner
L. R. Snively
Paul Edward Babbitt
Gates Displays Holy Land Slides at Local Church
Robert Gates, a teacher at Shafter High School, will show color slides and motion pictures from his Holy Land trip. The event is Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at First Southern Baptist Church on Kern Street, with all invited to attend.
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Robert Gates
Shafter High School
The
Holy Land
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern Street
Naval Reserve youths sail two weeks on a Portland cruise
Two Maple area men, Phillip Johnson and Billy Unruh, spent two weeks aboard a naval reserve cruise to Portland. Both have served about a year in the Naval Reserve. The note mentions California's first foundry in San Francisco, 1849.
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Maple Area
Portland
Phillip Johnson
Billy Unruh
Naval Reserve
California
San Francisco
Materiality Is Science Sermon On Worshiping God Alone
The Lesson Sermon on Matter emphasizes worship of the one God and warns against reliance on material possessions. Biblical selections urge beware of covetousness, noting life does not consist in abundance of possessions. Passages from Science and Health discuss how treasures decay and how affections reveal our standpoints and obedience to God. The Golden Text cautions, My dearly beloved, be free from idolatry.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Richland Board Faces Busy Monday Session
The Richland school district board met Monday night with several items on the agenda. Parents of boys involved in damages to the Richland pool attended as did Superintendent Bruce M. Crawford who was invited to a Governor's Conference in Sacramento. Enrollment rose by 121 from the opening day to 1679, and Crawford outlined a new Central Accounting system promising daily time savings. The board authorized hiring Ida Kattenhorn as a home teacher for absent students.
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Board of Trustees
Richland
Richland Pool
Bruce M. Crawford
Kern County
Knight
Sacramento
Crawford
Central
Ida Kattenhorn
New Shafter High Laurion Staff Named By Yearbook Leader
Norma McBee is named yearbook editor at Shafter High School Laurion with Patsy Sage as advertising manager and Patricia Atkinson as business manager. Belvi Moor is photography editor Toni Ogle copy editor Sharon Nusz art editor. Miss Wheeler notes an almost entirely new staff with two possible yearbook themes under consideration. Miss Wheeler also returns to direct Laurion after serving as a librarian in Occupied Germany.
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Shafter High School Laurion
Norma McBee
Jeanette Wheeler
Patsy Sage
Patricia Atkinson
Miss Atkinson
McFarland High School
McFarland High
Belvi Moor
Toni Ogle
Sharon Nusz
Miss Wheeler
Agin
U. S. Army
Germany
Raney Twins Return to San Jose for Education and Service
Kay Raney plans to register at San Jose State College on September 19 to pursue a Master of Music. Jay Raney has earned his second lieutenant commission in the Signal Corps and will work temporarily while seeking a position with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department after the summer sessions ended September 2.
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Kay
Jay Raney
F. C. Raney
San Jose
San Jose State College
Jay
Signal Corps
Sheriff's Department
Santa Clara County
Board approves extra kindergarten classes and trustees’ attendance
The board authorized four more afternoon kindergarten classes. President Clarence Neuman or another board member was appointed to attend the State Trustees Conference in the latter part of September.
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Clarence Neuman
Board of Trustees
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