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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
5
Rent a modern furnished apartment at 219 Lerdo with electric operator included. Nearby amenities and easy access noted. Contact for details and viewing times.
P A Schmidt to lead singing at Wasco evangelistic services conducted by Rev George B Huebert at 7th and Birch streets with Mrs Schmidt as pianist The Wasco Christian Business Men's committee sponsors the meetings which draw attendees from Shafter Rosedale and Bakersfield and recall Schmidt's past singing at tent meetings in Shafter twenty years ago
A truck carrying seven tons of green peas overturned on Stevens Pass highway near here. Highway Patrolman Ray Wittig rushed to the maintenance station and used a snowplow to clear the slushy peas from the pavement.
At the University of New Hampshire midwestern visitors attend summer school and conferences and are served New England sea foods, with fish dinners offered three times weekly by local chefs.
The San Joaquin Valley spans about 8.4 million acres, constituting roughly one third of California's total agricultural land. This vast region represents a major portion of the state’s farming area and yields.
Chaplain Edwin Kraemer describes Lerdo field chapel nearing completion with a 400 seat auditorium a curved roof and tall steeple. The War Department funds 604 chapels at 21220 each electric organ facilities for Sunday school and prayer meetings will be provided. Construction aims for early September services and aims to boost morale through religious and cultural activities.
A new 10 room unit for travelers was opened this week at Motel Cawelo, six miles east of Shafter, joining an existing dining room and service station. Landscaping with lawns and shrubs has begun.
Maple district residents vote 13 to 6 in favor of a 46900 bond to build a swimming pool at Wasco High School. Wasco district totals show 259 yes and 78 no ballots. principal Lester R. Smith and civic groups praise the approval. Bonds to be retired in five years from surplus funds without tax rate increase. Precinct results include Wasco 319 yes 70 no. Lost Hills 27 yes 2 no. California land use note follows.
Captain Robert M. Currier first lieutenant Phillip R. Cowell and second lieutenant Marshell P. Featherstone will be relocated this week from Camp Wasco as part of routine reassignment plans.
A school playground program creates a mock court with Fred Brown as judge and Joy Lee Neuman as district attorney. Students file complaints, trial dates are set by the judge, and a jury hears cases. Eugene Neufeld and Pauline Wiles run for offices. project sponsors include Richland Elementary, Kern County Union High School, and the Works Progress Administration.
Dr. Esther Marion Nelson of the New York State Normal School Oneonta visits Shafter to study how teachers colleges can aid migrant rehabilitation. She plans talks for stations students and missionary groups on migrant education issues after returning to New York. Nelson has written a comprehensive book on US teacher education.
Local airfields east of Shafter enter two cadet teams along with quartermaster pilots officers and Hi Y clubs to join eight teams in the city nightball league. Play begins next Monday with two games nightly through Thursday at 7 30 and 8 45 p m.
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