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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
5
Pictorial note praises radio’s evening lineup and daytime variety. It urges shaping radio for a merry season, promising entertainment throughout the day to keep homes lively during Christmas and New Year celebrations.
A noon luncheon at Cafe Neuman will feature Ray Mark manager of the Shafter Farm Worker’s camp explaining the cooperative store and gas station operation. The venture started with a $50 appropriation and aims for low prices and non profit operation.
The Boy Scouts of America annual drive begins in Shafter led by Glenn O. Nay. Aiming to raise about $300 for the county council fund with a $10,000 budget, volunteers visit local businesses and residents. Kern County hosts 62 troops and 1,450 scouts. Shafter currently has two troops and one Cub pack with 34 boys.
W H Jahant of Wasco outlines the Kern County Planning commission's role in guiding county growth. He notes a 1929 act creating county planning bodies, six members plus district attorney and surveyor, with recommendations to the board of supervisors. Jahant cites a land use survey covering 8 000 square miles and breakdowns of valley, mountain and desert areas. The talk accompanies remarks by E B Stringham with guests from Bakersfield andRotarians from Fresno Taft and Bakersfield.
The Rio Bravo Union Sunday school will present a Christmas program Friday evening at 7:30 in the school auditorium. C. A. Merrill is superintendent. teachers and the program committee organized the event and invite all friends and residents of the community.
The Pontiacs held a 13-10 halftime lead and pulled away after 10 minutes in the final period to beat Central Market 32-18 at the high school gym. Players for Pontiac included Marvin Voth 4 two baskets Burrel Harrell 7 points Potter 7 Handel 1 Zimmerman 2 H Gaede 1 Vaughn 4. Central Market tallied with Nikkél 9 and L Gaede 4 among others.
Central Market beat Falcon Oil 39 to 34 on the high school court ending the first half. Bob Wardwell scored 15 for Central and Ernest Schnidt led Falcon with 16 points. Leonard Gaede added 13 for Central while Schnidt and Annis were top Falcon scorers in a tight matchup.
Three new staff added to Shafter post office to handle the Christmas rush. The rear extension is temporarily occupied as work continues. Office will stay open Saturday afternoon until 5 with parcel post stamps and general delivery. Postmaster Berry urges patrons to address packages with box numbers and rural route numbers and to write clearly. Send Christmas cards in envelopes not red green or dark colored.
P. H. Douglas, 31, was sentenced to fifty dollars and 30 days in jail after pleading in police court before Judge F. E. Manuel for drunk driving. He was arrested Saturday evening by local officers.
The Kern county junior chamber of commerce chose Dudley Trudgett and Bennett Siemon to organize a fashion show and winter carnival at Mount Abel opening the snow sport season. They will appoint emissaries to secure merchant participation across the county and join the Community conference agenda.
A well baby conference will be held at the American Legion hall tomorrow with morning hours 10 30 to noon for weighing and measuring babies. In the afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock two local doctors and a county health nurse will provide examinations. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary under Kern County Department of Public Health. Afternoon conferences are held monthly.
Marvin Voth, Pontiacs forward, tops the city league basketball with 74 points in eight games. Firemen trio R C Franklin Bill Brown and Ralph Janzen trail, while Falcon Oil’s Ernest Schnidt sits fifth. Standings show Pontiacs 7 1 Firemen 6 2 Central Market 4 4 Falcon Oil 3 5 King Lumber 0 8.
The American Tobacco Company announced in December 1928 that the 1929 Lucky Strike advertising campaign would be backed by a $12,300,000 appropriation, likely the largest annual expenditure for a single product at that time.
The Shafter Business Men's association urged an investigation into a new cooperative store at the Shafter Farm Workers camp. The group passed a motion to seek review by the Associated Farmers and the Bakersfield Better Business Bureau. They cited lower gasoline and grocery prices as unfair competition and discussed annexing territory to the sidewalk improvement district, pending talks with F. S. Currie.
Eight members of the Shafter high school debate squad begin study for the Sierra league debate tournament set for February 10 and for several preliminary inter school debates after the holidays. Participants include Ruben Mettler Calvin Gaede Patty Stringham Merton Wiedman Letha Bartel Kathleen Janzen Bob Roebuck and Louise.
Elias Campos formerly of Santa Maria becomes pastor at a Baptist church in the Mexican colony south of town replacing Nieves Mendez who leaves for the Mexican Baptist Seminary in El Paso Texas. Campos brings his wife and three children to the parsonage at the camp while Mendez plans to pursue church work in Mexco after his instruction period.
Limburg may suggest cheese but in Holland Lim burg is noted for churches monasteries and some of the finest old castles to be seen anywhere.
Crafton plans a debate on the resolution That the Federal Government Should Own And Operate the Railroads. J. H. Walters of the high school faculty will coach the event. Both affirmative and negative teams will be chosen from the local squad.
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