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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
4
Stoney will host an 8 p.m. cotton meeting at the Grange Hall to discuss cotton picking and potential contracting of Mexican Nationals, announced today by Jack Thompson.
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Pastor Buttonwillow A Landers notes Sunday School at 10 00 A M with Mamie Gray superintendent Attendance was good despite strangers The 11 00 A M worship features the pastor The 8 00 P M Youth Fellowship was well attended with separate groups meeting then a joint singalong planned
St Marys Catholic Church under Rev Marzio Gaioni lists Masses at 8 and 10 Sundays, daily 8, confessions 3–4 and 7–8 Saturdays, novena Fridays 3, catechism and communionMondays and Wednesdays 3–4, confirmation Tuesdays and Fridays 4–5, choir Mondays and Wednesdays 5–6, Saturdays 4–5. Also notes major American bauxite deposits clustered in Georgia Alabama Arkansas with a 1926 Salinas planting.
Petty Officer 2C Forrest Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. A N Schmidt and Mrs. Leola Logan, is home for two weeks after spending two and a half years in the South Pacific. He will report to Seattle for a new assignment after leave.
Pvt. Dawson Sims arrived home Tuesday from his camp in Kentucky and will stay two weeks. He serves in the infantry and was stationed at Camp Hood Texas before being sent to Kentucky after a five month absence.
Mrs Mary Thacker arrives for an extended stay with daughter Mrs J L Kephart in Wheeler Kansas. Luther Boyd and son Bobbie of Modesto visit Mr and Mrs C R Lewallen. Armand Diodati and party from Livermore plan a week visit. Funston Arron, brother of Mrs Mattie Cockrell, arrives from Canadian Oklahoma to stay through October. Barbara Thompson visits Long Beach. Cafe project by Charles Davis and daughters Mary and Dorothy to open on brick street. Aladino Poona baby unnamed. W A Jacks of Quitaque Texas visits with cousin Quentin Brown Silverton and Walter Jacks San Jose. Navy son Carol reports from Guam.
Amador County reports many deer along Iron Mountain Road per the Outing Department of the National Automobile Club. Valley quail have appeared in the valley with crops improving over last year in this region.
Buttonwillow Union School announces a September 5 start with summer work and training to prep for opening. A teachers meeting is set for Saturday September 2, and five new teachers join nine returning staff. Principal Bruce Crawford notes administrators Carl Sudderth and others share summer USC training and in district postings.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination to appoint substitute railway postal clerks in Alaska and all 32 states. Applicants must be 18 or older with no maximum age, and the salary is 2464 dollars yearly for a 48 hour week. An August 21 1944 deadline is listed for related examinations.
Buttonwillow readers are asked to submit local items for the Buttonwillow page of the Shafter Press. Deliver stories to Miss Anita Ghilarducci at the Buttonwillow store.
A dance sponsored by Buttonwillow Grange will be held Saturday night at the Grange hall. Mr W L Smith will again preside at the event. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. Admission prices remain the same.
Local residents gathered at Kern County Park last Sunday for the Buttonwillow Folk Picnic. Notable groups honored a wedding anniversary and hosted several visiting families from Chicago joining other local attendees and out of town guests.
The record shows Kern County school taxes fluctuating from 1,380,026 in 1933-34 after shifting county support to the State, rising to 3,044, California revenue, with earlier totals 18,170 in 1931 and 18,327 for 2022-33. Proportions depend on average daily attendance from the prior year.
The Internal Revenue Service sent more than 250 000 bills to Southern California taxpayers to cover outstanding 1944 federal income taxes. Third quarter payments are due September 15, with the balance payable in December. Westover noted the bills show the total tax due and urged prompt payment.
The Safety Department of the National Automobile Club cites careless handling of matches and cigarettes as causing most forest fires and property losses. The National Safety Council urges caution emphasizing the cost of matches versus the value of life and property. It also notes driving etiquette and engine pre ignition as risks and offers checks for generator and battery connections to prevent trouble.
Santa Fe's July operating income fell to 4 796 876 with a 187 370 drop from 1943 while gross rose to 49 38 297 up 8 254 394. Operating expenses increased by 1 890 383 year over year, and railway tax accruals stood at 6 0?0 as reported by President F G Gurley.
Glider troops of the 82nd Airborne landed near Ste Mere Eglise and held four bridges over the Merderet and Douve rivers for 33 days. They fought through heavy fire, achieved every assigned mission, and suffered heavy casualties while denying German advances. Sergeant Clarence Rohrbacker and his squad captured 42 Germans in a French farmhouse during a key engagement.
Reports describe a German force failing to hold a key position allowing an American battalion to bypass the fortification and advance. The regiment includes Captain Henry Wall of Shaf.
A fragment notes the Mariposa Grove’s Grizzly Giant as the largest tree, with a diameter or height reference described as two hundred fandee feet a dana.
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