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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1936
Page
4
The Shafter Press looks forward to a happy and prosperous New Year 1987. The columnist reflects on holiday cleanup and traditions as the year ends.
In 1936 the Shafter district sees a record year for construction with at least a dozen homes costing 4000 dollars or more, reflecting strong demand from both residential and commercial sectors.
The article notes a 1937 outlook of continued expansion in Shafter with about 50 new small dwellings and several modern business buildings, causing a housing shortage and full occupancy of business spaces. It highlights new subdivisions, planned homes, and four new business structures, plus growth driven by potato production, nearby oil, and improved roads.
Christmas January 5 story notes fishing boats from Rodanthe North Carolina reaching Shafter amid celebrations as communities mark the season with local maritime echoes.
J. W. Bergen presides at Minister Services with German Service at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. followed by a 7:00 p.m. Young People program. New Year’s Day services begin at 10:00 a.m. with invitation extended.
The Reform Church announces a New Year service on January 1 1937 at 10:00 a m with Pastor A Funck delivering a message from Hebrews 13 13 14. Also listed are Sunday School January 8 1937 at 9 30 a m and sermon at 10 30 a m plus Bible and Catechism Instruction on Saturday at 11 30 a m.
A fragmented poem about weary cotton pickers and a New Year party scene. The verse contrasts hard labor with fading cheer, followed by a narrative of Enton Dumont meeting a despondent girl on a bridge as the year turns and a cafe reunion offers tentative solace.
The King Mounds near Wickliffe Kentucky sit above the Ohio and Mississippi rivers where nine burial mounds hold 158 burials of three types bundles reburial extended and cremated. Artifacts include pottery tools flints bone implements and jewelry.
A Montreal Herald verse extols a New Year’s resolution that aims at better health, patience, and peace of mind. It promises to avoid fret, quarrel, and grieving while trusting for better days and striving to deserve happiness.
The Shafter record covers November and December events: high school football titles, the Shafter Exchange Club charter, church and school leadership appointments, a county teachers' institute session, a fire brigade formation, a new north south road opening, an oil gusher near Shafter, a WPA sewer project rejection, Christmas gatherings, a Bank of America branch robbery, and expectations for a big New Year.
Mohammedan custom holds that wives should be veiled in public and is rarely broken. Women may only remove the veil within the privacy of their home, where a black covering is common.
For sale sixty acres of land three miles from Shafter comprising lots 22 238 and 24. Contact O M Withrow Arroyo Grande Calif. Also offered used radios washing machines and gas stoves from $7.50 at Shafter Mercantile Co.
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