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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
7
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education, used by permission, outlining December materials for study.
A lesson on the Good Samaritan blends scripture Luke 10 25 37 with A C Goebelein interpretation and notes its themes of grace and neighborliness. It also includes a humorous Bill Rodgers column about social misrecognitions and local remarks from Shafter Rotary and other figures.
Considerable milo is being shipped from the Shafter community by rail, with Los Angeles and Stockton named as the main markets, officials said.
The Outing Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California reports varied hunting in California. Ducks and geese are being taken in several areas with north to south migration noted. Tule Lake and vicinity show poor duck hunting but good geese, while commercial duck clubs near Los Banos report excellent shooting and limit bags. Geese are plentiful in Inyo Mono and Hot Creek valleys. snow geese and large Canadian honkers reported. Local duck hunting remains fair at several lakes including Lake Hughes and district lakes around San Diego. Quail hunting is fair to poor in the Inyo Mon region with birds scattered. pigeon season opened December 1 with a 10 per day limit and weekly 2,000 possession cap.
Mrs. Harry Thompson, formerly Anna bel Wedge, writes of a trip with the De Rouens to a sugar factory. She details the vast building, dangerous machinery, high noise, and the process from cane intake to refined sugar, noting labor by enslaved workers and the factory lab. The letter also recalls a Broussard church fair and Louisiana scenery including New Iberia and the Bayou Teche. Prices of fruit in California are contrasted with local costs.
University of California researchers unveil a new X-ray technique for photographing aircraft components and other machine parts vital to national defense. The method aims to improve inspection and quality control in critical manufacturing.
Nonresident workers with out of state plates urged to visit local DMV branches to learn California registration rules. Applies to those in defense industries and airplane factories. reciprocity varies by state. Bring certs and ownership documents. check now to avoid delays and penalties. DMV offices begin license renewal applications January 2 with February 4 delinquency.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon for Elbert M. Pyle 70 at Janzen chapel. The Rev William Jackson of the First Baptist church led the service. burial followed at Shafter cemetery. A Missouri native, he had lived in the Shafter area about 12 years.
He is survived by his widow Sarah of Shafter, four sons, Ted and Earle of Oroville and Ray and Leonard of Bakersfield and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Hein riches of Shafter.
The Covered Wagon News of the Shafter Farm Workers community publishes a special issue honoring Raymond Montgomery and Harv ey Montgomery who enlisted under the draft act for military training.
Census report for Kern county shows 97,295 bales of cotton ginned for 1940 crop by November 14, up from 79,456 for 1939. P A Schmidt of Shafter provides the figures.
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