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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
5
Richland school A and B teams closed their seasons with strong showings. The Cubs A team went seven and one in the first half, seven and two in the second half, while the Cubs B team went seven and zero in the first half and eight and one in the second. After two weeks of playground practice, indoor schedule begins.
Minister Alfred T Chandler presides over church school at 9:50 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. service with a sermon What Can We Believe About God and a Ministry of music led by Miss Marie Cakin. Youth meet at 6:30 p.m. in Hitchcock hotel. Junior and senior choirs rehearse after school and Thursday evenings for Easter music.
The Church With Message and Melody Rev William J Bestwater minister services Sunday February 5 Sunday school 9 30 a m sermon by Rev J S Dick of Dinuba communion services Christian Fellowship meeting 6 30 sermon by Rev Mr Dick at 7 30
Edgar H. McAllister is pastor with Bible school morning service at 11 o clock sermon Another Essential Requirement For a Real Revival. P A Schmidt superintendent. Evening service 7 30 sermon The Offering of Isaac. Young People Society Prayer League 6 30. Wednesday prayer praise and Bible study 7 30.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston Massachusetts announces Sunday service at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m. The Golden Text for the Lesson Sermon is Spirit and includes Psalm and Corinthians passages.
Shafter Highs Generals defeated Tehachapi Warriors 27 to 25 in Sierra League basketball after a scoreless first overtime and a sudden death second OT. LaVerne Kliewer sank the decisive basket as Tehachapi led 24 all at regulation. Final lineup included Pot ter Kirsghenman Evans Kliewer McCoy Hein Smith for Shafter and Mettler Witcher Kirschenmann Paloma Myers Janzen for Tehachapi.
Bakersfield Rotarian Frank Hornkohl spoke on commercial chemistry and its applications to Kern county industries agriculture oil and mining noting soil and water tests for land buyers and oil exploration. Entertainer Ernest Nickel performed whistling numbers and discussed his twenty five years in entertainment. An upcoming talk by Kern county chamber of commerce secretary Emory Gay Hoffman was announced.
The finance committee of Beta Mu Sigma at Kern Academy announces a Saturday evening program on Hawaii featuring motion pictures of the islands a lecture by Mrs Hutchinson of Hanford who spent many years there and songs by the girls choruses of the school.
An excerpt from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures states that God is everywhere and nothing apart from Him has power. The passage emphasizes divine presence and sovereignty as foundational to Christian Science.
Dr. Smith leads a 1939 nationwide drive against syphilis calling it a public enemy costing lives and money. Social Hygiene Day observed on February 1. Kern County health department promotes a yearlong program with speakers and a film for clubs churches and groups.
Officials say the Superior Oil Company plans to reach 18 000 feet using enhanced 500 psi boilers a 220 foot derrick and heavy drawworks with no location announced for the new well. Rumors of drilling near Shafter Wasco or Walsh property are denied for now with no immediate plans.
A note on fish trade highlights that most French sardines and anchovies originate from Algeria, signaling regional dependence.
The City of Shafter amends Sub-section 5 of Section 17 to set barber shop fees at 5.00 per quarter for one chair and 1.00 per quarter for each additional chair. The ordinance was introduced January 23, 1939, but denied by a council vote of Ayes Lachenmaier Midgley Fair and Nay.
The United States civil service commission announces open competitive exams for junior professional assistant roles in botany forestry geology home economics pharmacy plants veterinary and more and for loftsman at Charleston Navy Yard Full details from John E Reésham secretary at the Sharfer post office.
Notice by voters of Shafter Kern County intending to circulate a petition to dissolve the city a Sixth Class municipal corporation and submit the dissolution question to electors. Affidavits by Winnie Ayers C A Unruh Mrs Chas Johnston G C Skaggs James F Morrison cite reasons citing tax burden and little stated benefit.
Z C Bartel was reelected chairman J W Nickel secretary H C Bryson treasurer and Milton Wedel vice chairman of the board of directors of the Shafter Wasco Potato Growers Cooperative Inc at a recent meeting L A Grant also serves on the board Thirty five potato growers participated last year marketing their crop and buying seed and fertilizer through the cooperative Bartel and Nickel helped form the cooperative.
Forty eight babies were examined at the well baby clinic held Friday afternoon at the Legion hall in Shafter. Local doctors Mary Houston, public health nurse from the county health department, and members of the American Legion Auxiliary assisted with the work. The clinic is held on the fourth Friday of each month from 1 to 3 PM.
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