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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pipkin and Mr and Mrs Wesley Linda have moved into their new homes on Lerdo. Rev and Mrs Chris Ummel and Gwendolyne visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jake Neufeld in the same area.
Agricultural Extension Service reports stress on quality production as part of the eight point dairy program. Guidance covers clean barns and utensils, proper cow handling on pasture, milking practices, and facilities to ensure clean milk for better market. Also notes debeaking to curb cannibalism in crowded flocks, with demonstrations in Shafter.
Two large plants at Racine Wisconsin produce huge wartime quantities of tractors and beds. The region also makes mattresses aluminumware and overalls supporting peace time needs. The Treasury notes these products boost national wealth benefiting War Bond holders.
A 1894 Mormon convention proposed extending the State of Deseret to include southern California as far south as Santa Monica, outlining territorial ambitions and defining future governance for the region.
Regional News Service presents a guide to county name origins. Entries include Glenn named after wheat grower Dr. Hugh J. Glenn and Humboldt named for explorer Baron Alexander von Humboldt. Imperial derives from Imperial Valley with irrigation. Imperial formed 1907. Inyo traces to a local Indian tribe.
Pfc. Jim Gloeckler, wounded in Germany, is back in Shafter on a thirty day furlough. He reports to Camp Beale after leave. He wears the Purple Heart. In London he reunited with his brother Sgt. Dan Gloeckler, a language-interpreter.
Miss Clara Nickel and Miss Linda Gloeckler enjoyed a pleasant weekend at Santa Cruz and Mt Herman. The piece notes the Kern River name origin by John C. Fremont, honoring Edward M. Kern, artist and topographer of Fremont's 1845 48 expedition.
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