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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
5
Shafter observes Christmas with charity drives and community events. Lois Berry announces mail distribution by Friday. churches, clubs, and schools plan caroling, parties, and gifts for needy residents. Officials warn drivers to slow as December brings more traffic hazards and pedestrian risk.
Advertisements note a 480 acre cattle and sheep ranch with live water and 120 acres broken, seeking a home in higher country. Also listed are a 1929 Essex motor for power take off work and a Jersey cow, with contact box numbers in Shafter California and Lerdo area.
A series of holiday departures and visits are noted. Rev. Alfred T. Chandler will spend Christmas with his parents in Oroville and attend a Y M C A conference in Asilomar on return. Mrs. D. G. Hiebert of Lodi plans Christmas at her son’s home. Other locals announce Christmas travel, visits, and family gatherings in Marin County Shafter San Francisco King City Fresno Long Beach Compton and Armstrong College vicinity.
Shatterites from the Seventh Day Adventist church gathered about 200 to Bakersfield for a rally hosted by the Adventists Sunday schools. Returnees from illness Mrs. Dale Smith, wife of Kern Academy principal, is recovering and now able to move about. Utah visitors L Davis E M Corey R Be bon and Ed Davies toured Shafter potato markets, meeting J J Siemens and local potato merchants.
Hayward resident J. O. Hassel will spend Christmas with Miss Gladys Davis. Rose M. Willis of Richland will spend Christmas Eve and Day with Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Wiedman, then visit Mrs. Ethel Thomas Dundas in Glendale, and finish vacation in Long Beach with Mr. and Mrs. George A. Willis to see the Rose Parade and a football game.
Two timely slogans "Take a Second for Safety" and "ing chance" highlight cautious holiday behavior. The messages stress careful actions during celebrations and shopping periods to prevent accidents and mishaps.
Welcome rain again fell at Shafter Wednesday night. The precipitation was not heavy but soaked into thirsty ground. Continued rains mean much to farmers here and hope rises that rainfall will soon equal last year.
The Shafter high School Generals defeated Wasco 17 to 14 on the local cage court Tuesday afternoon after leading from the start. Golding and Potter led scoring as the Generals posted a strong victory in a tight game following a defeat to Maricopa.
The Reformed Church announces a Christmas program by forty Sunday school pupils on December 24 at 7 15 p m. Christmas service and Holy Communion on December 25 at 10 15 a m followed by December 26 services including Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Morning Worship at 10 30 a m with an English Christmas service at 7 15 p m.
Church school at 9 50 and church service at 11 a m announced for Union Congregational. The notice gives service times and implies a Sunday schedule.
We express deep appreciation to friends for expressions of sympathy and floral offerings during our bereavement. Signed by Mrs. Jewell Hester Walton Hester Jacqueline Hester Mrs. Orland S Peabody Jerome Hester Roger Hester Ralph Hester.
Monday events list James Livers hosting a Christian Endeavor session at 6 30 p m with details noting local church involvement and worship activities.
The church lists services for December 26 including 9:30 a.m. Sunday school led by H A Janzen, 10:30 a.m. morning sermon by Prof T R Nickel on Beginning at Bethelham, and 2:30 p.m. report by Dr P C Hiebert on his South America travels. An 7 p.m. adults’ class Christmas program is planned with invitation to all, plus a Friday December 24 junior program and a Christmas Day service on Saturday.
A note invites readers to use all available services while acknowledging the morning time of 10:20. The brief mentions access to multiple offerings and extends a welcome to the audience.
The Wasco church of the Nazarene on Poplar and Fourth Street lists Sunday activities led by minister G F Webb. Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 with the New Years Message sermon followed by an evening service at 7 15 titled What Great Men Said about Jesus. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Young People meet at 6 15.
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