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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
3
San Luis Obispo resident Don Hughett visits Shafter for Christmas holidays. Locals host relatives and friends during the holiday season with trips to Los Angeles, Glendale, Bakersfield, Tehachapi, Inglewood, and Wasco. Fresno AAF base expands with new bomber units, impacting local ties.
The Highway Commission budgets 400000 for road construction in Merced county in 1941 42 with 135000 allocated for the improvement of Pacheco Pass.
First payment on bonds for sidewalks in assessment district No 1 in Shafggr will be delinquent January 2 1941 a 1 percent monthly penalty applies. The initial payment covers one tenth of principal plus half a year interest while the second due July 2 covers the remaining interest for the year. Bond payoff is possible any time with due amount plus the next interest. Payments are accepted at city hall after notices were sent.
Bakersfield junior college student actors performed College Formula at the local high school gym to raise money for band uniforms. The program featured between act numbers by the band and included marches and Christmas selections directed by P. L. Arnold.
Fred Pritschke the assessor announces that the first installment of Shafter Wasco Irrigation District taxes becomes delinquent December 30. The second installment is due the last Monday in June. Payment is accepted at Santa Fe in Shafter or at The Wasco News office in Wasco.
National Livestock Marketing Association reports show a drop in hog production across United States farms for the year 1941 based on compiled estimates.
Herb Midgley and Leon Smith of Shafter were honored Thursday evening for completing a weekly Scoutmaster training course. The ceremony, held at a Delano meeting of Boy Scout leaders, also drew Al Anderson and Lawrence Kattenhorn. An advanced training school is set for Shafter starting January 9 with County Scout executive Chet Bartlet and North County Scout district head Harry Paulden leading. All interested in Boy Scout leadership are invited to attend.
Officials of General Petroleum report Wallace Well No 2 reached 8 600 feet Tuesday morning in the Shafter Greeley area on land owned by Shafter residents. A derrick remains up at Oughton No 4 and Sullivan No 3 is below 7500 feet in North Greeley. Caldwell No 5 redrilled to 10703 feet in the Shafter field corner.
Shafter high school seniors are invited to rate themselves and be rated by peers on traits key to business success. The chart covers cheerfulness initiative obedience personal habits social attitude self control industry knowledge neatness and other character traits. Students assess themselves then rate others and a faculty member assigns the final grade A to F. Results are returned to students for consideration.
Wasco residents consider improving the Shafter cemetery and district administration. The Wasco News notes a cemetery committee report, planning input, and funding needs including a six cent tax to finance improved sites in Shafter and a Wasco burial ground.
Ten acres in the Hollywood tract of section 19, 25-26 southeast of Delano were granted to William Cherna baeff and wife by General American Life Insurance Company for 18000 dollars, per county records.
The article notes Joseph Djugashvili later adopted the surname Stalin meaning steel. It discusses the name change and its symbolic link to strength. No other events or people are described.
A series of vocational talks will be given to Shafter High School senior problems class between February 3 and March 6. Speakers include Henry Nightingale on The Work of the Employment Agency and others covering Farming, Mechanics, Highway Patrol, Police Work, Secretarial Work, Department Store Work, Aviation, Nursing, Grocery Stores, The 5 and 10 Cent Store, Banking, Teaching, and Recreational Work. Each talk covers history, type of work, education and training, experience, advancement, finances, and how to pursue the vocation.
A concise guide detailing job prospects across counties and the state, including numbers employed, likely future trends, and general advantages and disadvantages of various occupations. It also covers how to secure work and related employment facts to help readers understand career opportunities.
Potato digging and planting in the Edison and Arvin districts has been held up by storms of the past few days, according to reports from those areas.
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