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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
7
LaVerne Buller a student at Pacific Union College in Napa County spends vacation at his parents home Mr and Mrs A E Buller The family plans to attend the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena on New Years day.
The name Isabella likely derives from Jezebel meaning consecrated to Baal, with some sources noting chaste meaning. It traces through royal figures such as Isabella of Bavaria, Isabella d Este, and Isabela of Scotland, linking to legends and historical anecdotes including Columbus financing and a siege anecdote about Ostend.
Detroit News notes the constitutional drafting involved careful planning. A July 24 1787 committee proposed a draft on August 6 and debate continued until September 8. A style committee led by Morris Madison Hamilton revised the draft reporting its final form by September 12.
Omar Khayyam, born near Nishapur in Khorassan in the eleventh century, became a renowned mathematician and wrote a standard algebra text. He was summoned by the Sultan to assist in astronomical observatories and calendar reform, though his poetic Rubaiyat, popularized by FitzGerald, eclipsed his scientific fame.
A mute swan carries her young on her back during long swims and sometimes overland, with the brood following in single file. The text also notes opossum mothers carry their eight to ten young on their backs by curling their tails around hers, enabling quick forest travel.
The walnut caterpillar feeds on leaves of walnut hickory beech oak willow and thorn apple trees. Females lay about 200 eggs on leaf undersides. Larvae creep down trunks to molt. Full grown caterpillars pupate in the ground and overwinter there.
A Chesterton reflection touts laughter as a freeing force. He links joy to faith and inspiration, suggesting humor unfreezes pride and yields to something greater than self.
Jo schemes to steal the car to attend a bridge party after her husband Art fabricates a garage tale to justify his absence. He reveals the ruse was to arrange driving lessons for Jo, leaving her shocked but reconciled as they share a hug and cancel the farewell.
Tim Kelcher, longtime Chief Special Agent at S C Central and later Illinois Central, recalls leading the Union Pacific Mounted Rangers in the late 1800s against outlaws of the Wild Bunch. He cites Butch Cassidy and Harvey Logan as key figures, notes Ranger tactics, and reflects on the fading era of train robbery.
The first mention of wind mills appears near the end of the Twelfth century. The oldest surviving mill dates from 1665 and stands at Outwood in Surrey.
At Margate inquest two spinster sisters hid their mother Mrs Florence Matilda Ward for three months to avoid a feared burial. The body lay in a padlocked upstairs room with a bed and clutter until the door was left unlocked and the crime came to light.
In Marysville California two inmates used a single cheap teaspoon to dig mortar from between bricks, creating a gap large enough to escape, proving the jail is not spoon proof.
A devotional lesson interprets Matthew 2 1 12 and John 3 16 defending Christmas as a sacred day. It contrasts genuine worship with hollow study, urging readers to seek the Saviour, worship Him, and let Christ transform their lives for joy and blessing this season.
In Kennebunk Beach Maine a road construction gang has adopted a wild partridge that responds to a whistle and follows like a dog. It perches on hands arms and even heads of the workers, becoming an unusual part of daily operations.
The souls of the sons of God are greater than their business and are sent into life to be a sacred lineament of the Parent Mind. This Martineau reflection speaks to divine tint and purpose beyond mere labor.
The statement argues national progress results from industry energy and uprightness while decay stems from idleness selfishness and vice. It frames moral behavior as the core driver of a country’s advancement or decline.
Rev Wm J Bestwater leads Christmas services at the church with Sunday school at 9 15 morning and a 10 15 service. A Christmas program by senior Sunday school classes at 7 30 p m and junior program on Dec 24. Revival with Evangelist Sister Polk starts Christmas night and continues as led. All welcome to worship and Homecoming barbecue on New Year’s Day for those saved.
Special Christmas service Sunday at 10 a.m. combines church and Sunday school with the church youth participating. Morning service moved ahead one hour to aid Christmas hospitality prep. Christian Youth meeting at 6 30 p.m. for school age young people.
First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway announces Bible school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent P. A. Schmidt. Morning service at 11 with sermon No room for Them in the Inn. Evening service at 7:30. Christmas program by Sunday school under P. A. Schmidt. Prayer and Bible study on Wednesday December 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Pastor E. T. Edwards leads the Pentecostal Gospel Mission with services at 7:30 p.m. weekdays and a Saturday 7:30 p.m. session. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. followed by the Sunday morning worship at 11 o'clock.
Five hundred copies of an 84 page cook book printed by The Shafter Press were sold by the Home and School Association of Kern Academy. Two sales groups of 25 members compete for prizes. the most books sold by an individual wins a prize and the losing group will entertain the other. Sales expected to be completed within two weeks.
Funeral services were conducted in Bakersfield for John Frank McClain 67 a farmer in Kern County for five years and father of Otis McClain of Shafter He died Monday in a Bakersfield hospital Interment was in Greenlawn cemetery He is survived by his widow three sons Leslie of Tralumne Curtis of San Francisco and Otis of Shafter and a daughter Geneva of North Hollywood.
The fragmentary text mentions F. Rawlees receiving treatment for a severe cold. Other readable parts reference a person and nearby names, but the passage is garbled and several terms remain unclear.
The Pentecostal Church of God at 224 Marengo Street announces weekly events led by Pastor R. W. Miller. Tuesday P Y P A at 7 30, Thursday prayer and praise at 7 30, Saturday evangelistic at 7 30, Sunday school at 10, Sunday evening service at 7 30. Christmas day services noted.
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