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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
6
Janice Wray and Stewart share joy as they decorate their new home for Christmas. They admire a star on the tree and place red and blue balls and evergreen garlands, recalling family memories. They finish decorating and plan to bring in presents after Janice changes.
Kay Barnes declares she will be selfish for a holiday experiment and persuades Toby to join. Kay buys a quilted housecoat for herself after spotting a man purchase one for another woman, then swaps Toby’s planned gift for something else. The couple returns with a large wrapped package and laughter.
Kay reacts violently as she hurls a box at him amidst a fragmented domestic scene. The exchange suggests strain in their agreement and a tense quarrel about a dressing gown destined for a tall gentleman.
San Francisco dispatch reports Farm Security Administration moves selected families from Shafter and Arvin migrant camps to twenty adobe homes on a 20 acre tract near Arvin. Rentals are eight dollars and seventy cents monthly including water. furniture not provided yet. Each home includes a large bedroom and sleeping porch with three quarters an acre for food production. Additional plans call for 150 more low-cost homes this winter across Shafter Coachella Westley and Tulare County tracts to meet housing and garden land needs for migratory workers.
Sheriff Ed Champness reports November activity for the county law enforcement program. The night patrol car handled 59 calls in November, up from the previous month, aiding police and highway patrols. Citing Hallowe'en mischief which was lighter than last year, he notes twelve apprehensions for malicious mischief. Vicious and mad dogs appear as a problem with twelve to fourteen cases. Drunks and prowlers remain steady, while jail activity shows 126 inmates, 378 booked, 361 released, and 10,192 meals served. Transport requires two cars and four men, with eighty-three moved to Kern General Hospital. Overall conditions are under control and citizens aided the effort.
Large dogs display a soft footed, rolling quiet tread similar to an elephant yet as silent as a cat, a notable combination for such sizable members of the canine family.
The fragment notes that birds cannot use their legs to walk, stating birds are unable to walk using their legs. It presents a brief, unusual claim without context or names.
San Joaquin Power delivered to Kern county tax collectors checks totaling 171 618 11 for the first 1938 tax installment. Bakersfield district manager S K Fox announced the payment covering city and county taxes on property within Bakersfield and countywide assessments. Total Kern taxes for the year reach 895 025 79 with a 192 093 53 increase from last year while the company pays 232 888 65 in Kern county taxes.
Taxable property in the counties served by the agency forms part of the assessment base. The notice indicates how assessed values are allocated and the implications for local tax distributions.
Four short dairy industry courses will be offered on the Davis campus of the University of California during the week starting January 3. The programs are open to personnel employed in California dairy manufacturing plants.
Bruce Murchison of the NRAC says motorists must stop for pedestrians crossing at any intersection. Pedestrians have the right of way in both marked and unmarked crosswalks at intersections, clarifying a common doubt about yielding to walkers.
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