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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
3
Shafter residents and visitors make weekend runs to Los Angeles Bakersfield and Taft. Alma Skaggs travels to Los Angeles while U.S.C. vs U.C.L.A. football draws local fans. Several families and guests attend church events and a Messiah performance.
Sunday dinner at the Gus Weyand home included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schultz S. P. Schultz and Harry Schultz. Art Craig fire warden, in Bakersfield for a school course, visited Shafter for a Rotary meeting. Bert Rinn, state agriculture supervisor, met teachers in Shafter high school. Mrs. Orley Unruh spent the weekend in Southern California with Alma Skaggs visiting Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Mr and Mrs Ed Friesen Mr and Mrs Noel Roberts Mr and Mrs Joe Frizzell Mr and Mrs Herb Schirmer and Bill White attended in stallation ceremonies in Bakersfield for Dr Carl Duffy of Han ford new lieutenant governor of the fifth Kiwanis district. Mrs nard Benningfield and Carol Ann and Mrs L L Dunham of Eugene Oregon left to spend Christmas holidays with mother Mrs Sarah Ann Baugham of Okmulgee Oklahoma. They attended the Town of Roses at Pasadena. Les Heath and J D Patterson spent Saturday in southern California to see UC S A USC move. Glenn Colbert new manager of the Shafter Safeway meat department and family moved from Mc Farland to replace Abe Karber who moved to Bakersfield.
H T Strong of the University of California Extension in Kern county says pullets that start laying early and perform well in the first three months of the laying year are likely to be strong breeding stock. He advises separating these pullets for breeding next year and placing later-maturing birds in pens with enhanced feeds and lights. The remainder should be sold as they will not become profitable in commerce.
A lack of a quorum caused the cancellation of Shafter city council’s regular meeting Monday evening. With Christmas in the near term, a special session before then is possible.
San Francisco reports a new low infant mortality rate of 28.5 deaths per 1000 live births, signaling improving child health outcomes citywide. The milestone reflects ongoing public health efforts and demographic trends across the city.
A Bakersfield based Better Business Bureau is expanding into Kern county towns and a Shafter Business Men's Association noon meeting appointed a committee to study its policies. The local panel includes Irvin Fike H Schirmer and A P Ohanneson with a report due tomorrow.
Rufus Carter a 19 year old was held in Bakersfield on grand theft charges linked to car thefts in Shafter and Wasco. Police connect him to recent home intrusion attempts in the area and note his prior escape from Preston Reform School. The Fair car was found in Shafter and the McCoy vehicle at Belridge. He was arrested December 6 and returned to Shafter before booking in Bakersfield.
Mrs. E. K. Grant of Shafter learned of her sister Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan's death in Glendale. Funeral services were held there on Friday. Mrs. Duncan had visited Shafter frequently and left many friends behind. Her son Lee Duncan once owned Rin Tin Tin, the famous film police dog.
Kern county supervisors vote to pay 300 dollars as the county share of expenses at Friant dam ground breaking ceremonies. The claim was held as protests by the Kern delegation over a free barbecue at the Hotel Californian in Fresno not materializing.
The text states that cotton provides more than half of all fiber used for purposes in the United States, indicating its continued leading role in the domestic textile supply.
Four suspects connected to a forgery case were returned to Marysville on Monday after being arrested Thursday evening by local police. Charles Falcher 20 faces the charge along with Dyton Ogden 18 Arthur Kinnamon 20 and Francis Newman 19 suspected accomplices, Falcher held under 1500 dollars bail in Kern County.
The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts a moderate decline in dried fruits production over the next several years. It cites shifting demand and export trends as factors shaping the downturn across major producing regions.
Shafter High School Generals cancel weekend tournament at Lancaster due to district rule barring high school players from missing more than one class period for athletic competition.
Limited time prevented the Generals from traveling to Lancaster for the Friday evening contest.
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