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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
4
The M. B. Sewing Circle met at the Schultz home with devotionals led by Miss Rosie Unruh. Miss Mary Ann Epp entertained with a reading as members spent the evening sewing.
The Mennonite Brethren church service announced engagements of two Shafter couples. Miss Grace Weyand is engaged to Robert L. Carter, both from Shafter, with plans toward a future wedding. Mrs. Harvey hosted a shower for Miss Weyand at home with Mrs. Lawrence Annis assisting.
Mr and Mrs E P Janes and daughter Eleanor returned from a three week trip to the Pacific northwest. They visited the Astoria area Timberline lodge near Mt Hood and witnessed a forest fire delaying the return drive. They saw the first boat enter the Smith river locks and heard speeches by the governors of Washington Oregon and Idaho at the opening program.
A group from Shafter travels Friday with camping gear including an electric light plant and a radio bound for Mendocino County hoping to bag a buck or two during the open season.
Plastering is underway at the city office building as remodeling advances rapidly. The framework supports a Celotex ceiling soon, with window frames installed, glass panel door openings cut, an interior connecting opening created, and wiring checked with additional outlets. If on schedule, completion is expected by the late next week.
Wasco 20-30 club defeated Shafter All-Stars 10-3 after seven hits by Wasco and solid defense. Tom Woolley earned the win for Wasco with seven hits allowed and three strikeouts. Shafter’s Ernest Neufelds lasted four innings before Ernest Schultz finished the game on the mound. The Wasco offense scored in every late inning, led by two runs in the second and three in the third. Shafter's Gaede hit a solo homer in the first, while Taylor Schultz and Becker added a fourth-inning RBI sequence. Notable: Admiral John Paul Jones was noted in a separate historical line.
The Post Office Department designates August 8 as Clean Up Rural Box Week to improve rural mail boxes. Postmasters in Wasco and Kern County urge owners to paint boxes and posts white, inscribe names clearly, and involve 4-H and FFA groups in painting and restoring boxes and supports. Herbert C. Pritschke, Wasco postmaster, is Kern County chairman.
Funeral services for Jacob N. Schmidt were conducted by Rev. Gustav Frey of Shafter and Rev. P. N. Hiebert of Bakersfield. Interment followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park. A retired farmer and former Reedley shoe store owner, Schmidt was born in Poland and lived in Reedley for 10 years before settling in Kern County. Surviving are his widow Anna Schmidt, four daughters, two daughters in law, one son, 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Members approve a ten dollar contribution toward a cooling system for the county PWA area, add a door between the main office and jail storage during remodeling, and flag a $20 installation cost. They also discuss a city sidewalk project, road signs at key intersections, and arranging a speaking date with Charles Cunningham on federal old age benefits.
About 75 citizens gathered at Shafter ballpark to hear Charles B. Hall of Los Angeles present a pension plan to appear on the state ballot. Hall claimed over 700,000 signatures and a 136,000 membership for the organization as two neon lit trucks toured the area.
Venetian merchants introduced coffee to Europe in 1615 shaping early trade routes. The arrival marks a pivotal moment in culinary and cultural exchange across courts and markets.
Frank Wilkson, in his first term as Kern county treasurer, reports that the office handled 10.541 million dollars in the year ended June 31. Transactions supported county schools, gas tax, personal property, and state inheritance taxes, with warrant counts rising from 56,881 to 67,111 and school warrants from 27,770 to 32,689.
The Pentecostal Church of God at 224 Marengo, led by Pastor R. W. Miller, invites worshipers with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. It flags the final week to hear Evangelist Albert McGovern and lists evangelistic services Tuesday through Saturday evenings.
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