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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
8
Labor Day, a legal holiday, will bring a bank closing in Shafter with many local businesses likely to follow. Other items note residents returning from trips to Pismo Bakersfield Fresno and Yosemite and a Chevrolet coupe purchase in Richland. The Stewarts plan a trip to Yuma then Yuma via California Oregon with a remark about the coming cold back home.
A group from the Fellowship memes of the Pentecostal motored to Luton Fresnol county. They left around four o'clock and arrived in time for a chicken dinner that preceded the meeting.
To Hermosa Leroy and Warren Levi, the Misses Emma Schnidt and Marjorie Robinson of Shafter, and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lord of Bakersfield formed a party that went to Hermosa Beach Saturday night, and returned Sunday evening. They report a heavy fall of rain as they were leaving the beach city.
California apiary experts report higher overall honey production this year despite prices paid to producers dropping significantly from 1934 levels. Sonn regions like the northern San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys show lighter yields as manzanita blossoms underproduce, while Southern California and coast counties from Monterey to San Diego posted below average crops overall.
Sheriff Carl F. Rayle of Bird County raided a community of about 65 youths aged 12 to 20 labeled a communist training camp. Four Black men and a Russian Jewish woman oversaw the operation. deputies seized communist literature despite the matron’s denial of indoctrination.
A series of social notices describes Walter Rodger's surprise birthday party with guests from Wasco and Bakersfield, a Kern River Park picnic with multiple families, a Schultz home birthday dinner, and a Mrs McNeely shower hosted by young women with a long guest list and refreshments.
Elder D. Hardy and Minister J Nightingale lead at the Sunset and Shafter Highway church. Sabbath school starts 9 30 a m with a morning service at 11 o'clock. Elder John Isaac preaches on Acts 13 40 41 Unbelief in the Last Days All are welcome to attend these services.
One mile west of Shafter the German church invites all to Saturday activities and Sunday services with Elder John Isaac and local elder B. J. Buller. Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 11 o'clock featuring a sermon by P. J. Buller.
The Reform Church announces a return to regular worship with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. sermon on September 1 as Pastor A. Funck resumes duties after vacation.
The church reports steady summer attendance with suspended special activities to be redirected to fall work. Plans call for expanded Sunday school and youth programs led by the Player League and Young People groups. Sunday hours include 9 45 a m for Sunday school and 7 p m for youth meetings with an earlier start from October first.
Carl Jackson listened to Will Rogers funeral services broadcast from Hollywood. Albert Duran Jr. took his grandfather to Los Angeles to see Gregory Duran, who is recovering after treatment. Cecil Tracy harvests six sacks per acre. A new transient school building at Wildwood will serve manual training and later host classes. A police dog belonging to Mr. Duran is missing, suspected shot. Housewarming at Fred Ransford’s stucco home on Buttonwillow-Wasco road. Worms damage cotton at bottom bolls. A bantam hen hatched multiple litters across several seasons, with several chicks surviving. Bees swarmed, settled in a box, queen possibly died. Road grader works on Buttonwillow-Shafter road ahead of cotton haul.
A five year survey from the State Chamber of Commerce notes California farms rising from 135,676 in 1930 to 150,360 this year. Kern County farms increased from 2,897 to 2,584. farm acreage value declined 32 percent from 1930 to 1935. San Mateo shows the largest per acre rise from 125 to 210. Drought hit Inyo County during the period.
Sacramento buzzes at Stock ton Boulevard and Fifth Avenue as the 1935 California State Fair nears opening. County exhibits fill the main building though fruit and perishable items remain unpacked while a record number of prize stock horses arrive for the celebration. Four oxen join the grounds to star in The Conquest of California with a 75 year old logging cart. A revolving stage at the track infield is touted as the largest in the world to keep the entertainments moving.
Classified advertisement snippets list used lumber options including 2x6 2x4 1x12 ceiling and flooring roof shape and pricing. Also goose feathers from North Dakota offered at 1 dollar per pound with contact details near Shafter on Laredo road.
Help wanted notices from the Shafter Press seek a high school graduate for part time employment to take post graduate work a few hours daily. Box A Shafter. 1613p
Jackson plumber Voss in town traffic hears a cackle and peers out to see his two year old daughter Janet sitting merrily on the running board of his car at his house.
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