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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1940
Page
6
A jumble of local quips, assignments, and remarks covers daily life. Items mention school teachers, a test pilot, jokes at a meeting, and a pension case. A physician recounts a blind aid tale, while officials quip about welfare visits from Oklahoma.
Rocks contain small radium amounts, a finding noted for its presence in common minerals and potential implications for study and safety discussions.
Notice dated April 20, 1940, states Floyd D. Burcham intends to sell alcoholic beverages at Eastside Drive-In, Lerdo Highway, 100 east of Shafter in Kern County. Fifteen days after posting, an application for a license may proceed, with protests filed to the state board as allowed by law. The premises are currently unlicensed.
Shafter High will host the Sierra League track meet Saturday at 1 p.m. with about 100 athletes from Tehachapi East Bakersfield Maricopa and McFarland. East Bakersfield is favored to win while Shafter aims to leverage strengths in one or two events.
A preliminary hearing in the local justice court is scheduled for May 17 regarding W F ery in connection with passing fictitious checks. A warrant has been out for Perryman, who was arrested by Constable John Reily for about three years.
The Kern County junior chamber of commerce holds its annual meeting Monday evening at 7 30 o clock in the county chamber of commerce building Bakersfield to elect directors and advisory directors. A Shafter luncheon reported on the Shafter Central Valley Poultry Rabbit and Small Stock show and other association items at Cafe Neuman.
Fresno hosts the California Bankers Association high school public speaking contest with nine regional winners. Contest theme is The Values of American Citizenship and will be judged by local bankers. The Fresno Bee winner receives a gold trophy and advances to the San Francisco final on May 17.
An 1707 Harvard dinner reportedly served potatoes as a great delicacy. The article traces potato origins from America to Peru and Europe, notes Ireland popularized Irish potatoes, and lists California potato regions Kern Shafter Edison Riverside Santa Maria, Tulelake. California 1939 farm value reached 13.13 million with a 22.64 million bushel crop.
A regional competition offers a grand prize vacation to Hawaii with regional and final contests open to the public for attendance and participation.
Enumerators in the tenth district met at the American Legion hall to receive guidance on farm and irrigation schedules. The session was called by Thomas F. Bastian and led by Harry K. Boone, irrigation and drainage engineer, with pay rates discussed.
Members of the directors of the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District will hold a regular meeting at 2 00 PM on May 7 at the district office on Santa Fe Way in Shafter.
A $25.00 reward is offered by the manufacturer for any corn or callous that the GREAT CHRISTOPHER POSITIVE CORN SALVE cannot remove. Visit E. B. Stringham Drug Store for details.
Seventh and eighth grade pupils from Maple School will visit Wasco elementary schools to participate in a play day. About 40 students are expected to spend the afternoon visiting classes and touring the Wasco facilities as stated by Maple principal Jack Singer.
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