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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
1
A reader argues against predicting Franklin D Roosevelt by past actions, asserting he remains unpredictable and thrives on the unusual and bold. The piece notes his enduring grip on Americans and jokes about misread motives.
Education in the Shafter area shows near complete enrollment with about 42 percent of work assigned to all grades. Miss Alma Hiebert leads the Shafter staff with Mrs Ed Peters and Mrs Mary Retzlaff assisting. Maple site converts a nearby residence into a small chapel to serve the Released Time Education program, overseen by Mrs Chris Ummel. The Maple addition, like Shafter, uses the same curriculum and expands the total to about 600 children under the Shafter Ministerial Association supervision.
Bakersfield Red Cross Chapter representative will discuss Red Cross activities for service members overseas at the Wednesday Afternoon Club meeting on February 7 at the Clubhouse. Mrs. John Peters will sing with Mrs. Gordon Haycock, and a dish towel shower for the kitchen is planned. Guests include Mrs. Charles Burns and others. executive board to meet February 6 at Mrs. T. V. Little's home.
In McFarland, Shafter High School defeated the McFarland Cougars 35 to 27 after trailing 25–25 late in the fourth. Harold Gipson sealed the win with late baskets as Shafter secured a three-game sweep by the B and C teams, led by Anderson Mouser and Homer Rodgers.
Private Clifton Brizendine is reported missing in action since December 13 while deployed at a base in Luxembourg. Military officials say search efforts continue and await further word on his status.
A historic note from about 2200 B.C. recalls Emperor Shun of China building a legendary chariot of the air and performing a parachute drop, described in scattered accounts of early feats.
Radio news at press time states John T. Elms of Shafter, son of Mr and Mrs W C Elms, is among four hundred American prisoners liberated in an unfolding conflict.
Cecil Meadows Kern County Airport superintendent told the Shafter Business Men’s Association he is studying possible sites for a Shafter air port and will report soon. He said after the war residents will be flying and want an airport close to town.
Mrs Thomas Wedge marks twenty years as librarian of the Kern County Free Library Shafter branch. She began February 1 1925 in a frame bungalow now site of the American Legion Hall. The library now holds about 3500 volumes as she served under four county librarians including Julia Babcock John Henderson Gretchen Knief and Eleanor Wilson.
The Shafter Red Cross surgical dressing program seeks volunteers for daytime and evening sessions at the County Fire House. Instructor Mrs. Al Kruger reports current two month total of 4 195 dressings, short of the 8 000 target, with February and March quotas doubled to 16 000. Volunteers may join Thursday 9 00 to 4 00, Friday 1 00 to 4 00, or Monday 7 00 to 9 00 p.m., and are urged to attend regularly.
Z M Shorty Durrett of the Seabees is on furlough from New Georgia and visiting his brother-in-law Al Nikkel.
A thief broke the window into the grease pit at Thomas' Standard Station on Lerdo and Santa Way on Tuesday night. Stolen were gasoline stamps, about ten dollars in cash, and two packs of cigarettes. The Gilmopé Station across the street was robbed the same night.
Lopez describes naval bombardment and beach landing damage, Jap withdrawal to hills, and heavy fighting with artillery and infantry. He notes Filipino guerrilla assistance, prisoners moved by trucks, scarce Japanese equipment, and widespread cruelty by Japanese forces toward locals.
C. C. Neufeld returns from a trip visiting his brother A. C. Neufeld and mother Mrs. Abram Heber in Lodi. They went to Eureka where his brother bought a farm to cultivate eastern lilies.
Early returns show Shafter residents big in donations to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. J W Frizzell, agent chairman, notes strong community support as Cub Scouts and local groups contribute in the business district.
A 13 year old with 22 years in Shafter is interred at Shafter Cemetery. Survived by a nephew, Fred Luders of Shafter. The German Grand Duke family member moved to Switzerland where Mr Mleuser was born, later to England, then to Rosedale when the boy was 14.
Members of the Women’s Auxiliary of Leslie L. Robinson Post 213 American Legion are selling a hand-made quilt donated by Mrs. Bert Hebel. Proceeds support child welfare work. Tickets cost three for 25 cents and the quilt is displayed in the Shafter News Agency window next to the post office.
Ed Brown Ed Kirschenmann Emil Kirschenmann Simon Mettler and Bob Neuman travel from Chicago to Shafter after attending the United Fruit and Vegetable Association convention at Stevens Hotel January 2 to 25. The group reports that the OPA will revise ceiling price orders on potatoes.
Local fire department was called out to extinguish a fire on January 26 for the first time since December 16. The blaze involved an oil sump at the Rio Coeut site, with crews battling flames and evacuations as needed.
A Mennonite Brethren Church will host a 9 30 Sunday evening service with singing led by Willis Reimer.
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club will meet tonight at Shafter Motel with the theme City of Shafter. Each member brings her employer or a local businessman as guest. Judge E K Grant will speak on Shaffer history while guests give one minute talks on their business contribution.
Kern County Farm Bureau directors at a recent meeting passed a resolution urging legislation for strict inspection to eliminate ring rot in potato seed. Attending from Shafter were John De Vincenzo and A. W. Eckman.
Engineers of the Bureau of Reclamation promised the Southern San Joaquin Utility District in Delano a water contract from Fri ant Dam. The distribution system costs about $5 per acre and is payable without interest over forty years. Number 1 water would cost $4 to $5 per acre foot and overflow water about half that.
Robert Harry "Pop" Childs narrowly escaped death after an incident near his home last week. He emptied trash into a container, stepped on a box to compress it, and a broken bottle severed an artery. Unable to reach a doctor, he summoned a local physician for aid.
Fred G. Gurley president of the Santa Fe Railroad will address the Kenney Potato Growers Association and guests at the third winter meeting to be held Wednesday February 7 in the Spanish Ballroom El Tejon o Hotel Bakersfield.
Report describes Inyokern and Ridgecrest as booming camps with 000 civilians living in trailers shacks and tents. Government allocated 50 million for the project. Labor turnover runs 40 percent weekly. Prostitution, liquor restrictions, bootlegging, high meal costs, and long trial distances are noted along with wage and work conditions. Officials quoted include a sheriff and local authorities.
The report notes Kern County holds about half of California's oil wells, underscoring the region's dominance in state crude production. The fact highlights local energy leadership and economic significance for Bakersfield and surrounding districts.
Dr Frank, president of Fresno State College and Rotary District 106 governor, told a morning gathering at a motel that America has never known what to do at the end of a successful war.
In 1826 Mitchell first identified a prehistoric horse in New Jersey marking an early paleontological milestone in North American science. The find highlighted rising interest in extinct fauna and spurred further exploration across the region.
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