Union Organizers Open Office In Delano
Union officials opened offices in Delano to organize workers in six packing plants. The plan seeks wage scales from 1.25 dollars per hour for foot press workers to 60 cents for miscellaneous and roustabout help. If employers refuse to sign, a National Labor Relations Board hearing will be sought. Organization targets lettuce workers as harvest begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Workers Union No. 78
United Cannery Packing and Allied Workers of America
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Notice to Contractors for Richland Elementary School Sprinkler
The Richland Elementary School District of Shafter Kern County California invites bids for a new lawn sprinkling system at Lerdo Road. Bids must follow plans on file with the Board of Trustees and be accompanied by a 10 percent bid bond. Bids due by April 12 1939 at 7 30 p m and opened publicly. successful bidder to provide labor material and performance bonds totaling 50 and 100 percent respectively.
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Richland Elementary School
Shafter
Kern County
California
Shafter School
Lerdo Road
Richland
Pars Kern Coun
State of California
Board of Richland Elecontary
Board of Trustees
Order of the of Trustees
Richland Roman
Emil Bender
Richland Elementary
Kern Coun
Arency
Shaftey
Wes Anata Ae
Paul Preaches the Risen Christ Easter Sermon
A sermon centered on Acts 13 and 1 Corinthians 15 emphasizes Jesus Christ’s resurrection as the foundation of Christian faith. The preacher argues that only Christianity offers an empty tomb and a living Savior, transforming death into a hopeful path to eternal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Corinthians
Christ
Jesus
Barnabas
Paul
Antioch
Pisidia
Jesus Christ
Israel
David
Lesson for April 9 Scriptural Selections
A fragmentary note indicates a lesson plan dated April 9 involving Leggerl and Scripture texts selected by an international council of something. The source text is garbled but suggests an education context and a religious-focused curriculum.
Gardening as a path to civility and delight
The reflection extols gardening as mankind’s purest pleasure and essential refreshment for the spirit, claiming it elevates civilization and elevates even grand structures when culture matures. It frames garden craft as a sign of refined ages and perfecting human life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Francis
Kern County Grand Jury Final Report Details Reforms
The 1938 Kern County grand jury filed a final report after nine months, calling for abatement actions in Delano against vice licensing, condemning expense account abuses, and proposing a full time superintendent and medical director for Kern General Hospital. It urged migratory worker camps modeled on federal camps, clear mileage contracts, prison farm study, and a reduced county road camp. criticized forestry building expenditures, urged a purchasing check system, and proposed central library construction. It also recommended rent work for the Shafter camp, sanitation improvements, and tree planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
William L. Bradshaw
Delano
Kern General Hospital
Board of Supervisors
Supervisorial Board
Division of Forestry
Shafter
Chorus Presents Evening At Ventura Church
Members of the Mennonite Brethren church chorus gave a full evening program at First Baptist Church Ventura marking their third annual appearance. The group, directed by Abe Goertzen with Anna Marie Nachtigall on piano, included named tenors basses and a noon Foster Park talk and picnic noted in a camp paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennonite Brethren Church
First Baptist Church
Ventura
Foster Park
Shafter
Dave Strauss
Glenn Bergthold
John Neufeld
John Suderman
Ernest Bartell
Paul Hodel
Abe Ediger
Earl Becker
Ernest Untuh
John Balzer
Ernest Fleishaar
Edwin Neufeld
Johnny Penner
Leland Bergman
Jack Kliewer
Elmer Unruh
Eugene Enns
Ben Nachtigall
Louie Becker
Edward Duerksen
Willard Janzen
Jack Bergen
Elmer Klassen
Abe Karber
Harvey Neufeld
Abe Unruh
Arnold Bergen
Henry Froese
Shafter Fire Department Discusses April Meeting Matters
At a Monday Shafter Volunteer Fire department meeting held in city hall Chief Oliver Sly said several important topics would be on the agenda for the next regular session on April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Volunteer Fire Department
Oliver Sly
Mayor Addresses Farm Workers Camp Meeting
Mayor Phil Channes spoke to residents of the Shafter Farm Workers camp and camp council urging closer cooperation between laborers and farmers. He defended workers' rights to organize and seek higher wages but urged alignment with American, not Communistic, groups and lawfulness in activity. Lester Hunter and Bud Fisher of the Field Workers' union also spoke, endorsing cooperation for mutual benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Channes
Shafter Farm Workers
Camp Council
Camp Recreation Hall
Channeson
Lester Hunter
Bud Fisher
Field Workers’ Union
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Tennyson
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Californelindustay
Tare
Grand Jury
Ventura Church
Es Barry
Bank of America
Sie
National Trust Association
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Farm Workers
Aed
the Shafter Press
Ol McCall
Magasing 19 Story
Open Road For Boys
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