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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
7
The principal will resign effective July 1 to join the University of California. Announcement surprised the county. the board will consider his successor at the May 2 trustees meeting.
Fuqua's on Central Avenue plans a formal opening this Saturday for its new drive-in drink and lunch establishment. The venue had an informal soft opening last Saturday.
F. F. Latta, a local high school instructor, was named president of the Bern County Historical Society at the annual meeting held this evening. Latta recently earned another honor as national head of the League of Western Writers. His two year term will see the national convention held during the 1939 fair in San Francisco.
Coach Bill White leads Shafter high school boys to Bakersfield for Kern County track meet. Class A runners include Mervin Olson Marvin Potter Ted Collins Elmer Unruh Adolph Goretzen Laverne Kliewer Jess Combs Herbert Neuman. Class B features Omer Evans Ben Myers Janzen Don Kliewer Walter Kirschmann. Class C entrants are Edwin Evans and J Stewart.
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Shafter onions of 1938 crop begin moving to markets nationwide. The first two rail car loads left Tuesday with four more cars shipped Wednesday. Onions packed in 50 pound sacks, of good quality, also move by truck to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Growers fear seeders will cut yield later as weather and planting practices influence seeder development and market demand.
A Friday open house at Shafter High features an 8 o clock music program in the assembly hall directed by Robert Gates. The program includes Neptune Overture Song of the Rose Sounds From the Hudson Song of the Danube Hats and a Coast Guard March by the high school band and Girls Glee club with performances by Barbara Caldwell Marian Harrison and Vivian Bartel.
F. H. Dequine was named building electrical and plumbing inspector by the city council at Monday evening's meeting. His salary was fixed at 50 dollars per month. Other applicants for the position were John J. Gaede J. R. Bergen Walter S. Eckmann and A. R. Duehren.
The church announces services on Sunday May sh at 9 15 a m Sunday school led by H A Janzen and Abe Superintendants 10 30 a m morning service with sermon The Twofold of the Death of Christ Lord's Supper 6 30 p m Christian Fellowship 7 30 p m Evangelistic service by J N Willems Tuesday 8 pm Sunday School Teachers Training Wednesday 7 30 Prayer Meeting Friday Bible class Revelation 2 and 3 All welcome to attend
The First Baptist Church at 289 Lerdo Highway lists May 1 schedules with Sunday school at 10:00 a m and morning service at 11:00 a m including a sermon titled A Sin We Hesitate to Speak Of. Evening service follows at 8:00 p m with Life in a Look. a Prayer League and Young People societies meet at 7:00 p m. May 4 offers a prayer praise and Bible study service at 8:00 p m.
Union Congregational Church schedules a 9:50 a.m. church school and 11:00 a.m. service with sermon Christ's Shining Way led by Minister Alfred T. Chandler and music by Alfred Smith and James Livers with Marion Harrison as guest soloist. Evening program features Youth meeting at 6:30 p.m. and a 7:20 p.m. Church of Youth service. Vesper Talk continues: The Spirit of Man is the Cradle of the Lord.
A local Christian Science society, affiliated with The Mother Church in Boston, is located at the corner of Sixth and E streets in Wasco. The notice identifies its connection to The First Church of Christ Scientist and notes its Wasco address for worship and activities.
Sunday services begin at 11 a.m with a 10 a.m Sunday school at The First Church Christ Scientist in Boston Massachusetts The Lesson Sermon titled Ever Punishment includes Ezekiel Job and a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy It notes that divine principle does not pardon until corrected and truth erases error rather than granting mere pardon.
The Little Church with a Hearty Welcome in Shafter California invites attendance for May 1 services. Sunday School 9 45 a m Donald Graves Supt Preaching 11 a m Evangelistic Service 8 p m Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 p m. Officers and teachers for next year to be elected Sunday morning. Join for old time gospel preaching and singing and prayers for the salvation of the lost.
Ordinance No. 14 passes as an emergency measure at Monday council meeting. It amends sections of Ordinance No. 4 the business license ordinance. Principal changes relate to licenses imposed on individuals and businesses in the city.
A new ordinance levies annual licenses from ten to thirty two dollars based on how many regular visits a wholesaler makes to the city each month. The schedule ties higher fees to more frequent visits.
The Bakersfield lodge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles initiated a class of twelve at the Wednesday afternoon clubhouse last Friday evening. Officers and members conducted the ceremony to welcome the new initiates into the Bee local Eagles chapter.
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