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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
4
The Shafter area seeks a zoning ordinance to guide the building boom. It would separate undesirable businesses from residential zones and set construction standards to reduce fire risk. County supervisors previously repealed a countywide measure seen as too drastic, prompting renewed calls for targeted local zoning.
The article notes the California legislature will convene in Sacramento and decide taxes in the months ahead. It warns that taxes reflect public input but are often shaped by special interests. It urges voters to contact their assemblyman and senator to ensure representation and protection of their interests.
The article urges planting bulbs shrubs and trees now as winter ends. It promotes outdoor exercise and health benefits while preparing home grounds for spring in California.
The National Bank of San Francisco will pay its regular quarterly dividend of 0.15 per share at a rate of 6.60 per annum. The payment will be made on Saturday January and at the close of business December 21st, 1936.
Evangelist Ver non Flory speaks to an enthusiastic audience about judgment and Armageddon. Ruben H. Nightingale of Los Angeles topics include The Star of Bethlehem in a December 25 lecture. Evening meetings continue with community singing and debates on church membership.
Richard Bender traveled to Lodi with Leon Bender last Friday. They plan Ruben Handel to join them here. Ruben drove Doc Angusburger's car from South Dakota to Lodi. Heavy snows arrive from South Dakota with wind forming drifts, hurting field work. Mr and Mrs O H Strom visited Mrs Stroms ill father Anthony Beard in Fellows. E C Eckmann attended the Farm Bureau Federation convention in Pasadena. Rafe Martin, Shafter High grad now at UC Berkeley, returned home for Christmas holidays.
Paul Weibe and Darrel Janzen both UCLA students are back in Shafter for Christmas vacations to spend time with their families.
The Shafter-Wasco Water Committee will meet Friday December 18 at eight oclock in the Wasco American Legion Hall. Attorney James Burke of Visalia will advise on procedure for forming the irrigation district, which would cover about 47 500 acres and seek extra water from the Central Valley Project. Committee members include A R Duehren chairman E C Eckmann August Bender Woods Stone Joe Mettler R C Annin John Nele Charles Bishop Edwin Booth Charles Westenberg and Roland Curran secretary. Professor Frank Adams UC Division of Agriculture helped survey boundaries and district type.
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