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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR reads as a note on lessons for February 9 involving Leitdy-aubsérts and Scriptfre texts used by an International figures education program. The readable text is heavily garbled, but indicates an educational context and reference to specific text types.
A local civic group proposed sowing wildflower seeds on vacant city lots several months ago and still supports the idea as a beneficial community project.
Sermon notes contrast riches with faith in God based on Luke 16 10 18 19 23. The lesson urges choosing God over money, defines wealth as neutral and requires faithful use, and warns that love of money harms the soul. It links earthly life decisions to eternal outcomes and cites Lazarus and the rich man as contrasts.
The sage values inner knowledge yet avoids display and maintains restraint in public behavior. This maxim emphasizes humility, self awareness, and measured self presentation. It notes the virtue of silent strength over flashy display.
In Shafter, the Logals lose three games to Maricopa. The Colonels fall 32 to 14 to the visitors, Bucks drop 25-18 and Generals lose 25-21. Wilbert Kirschenmann leads Logals with 15 points amid tough luck as Maricopa’s Hall and Moore pace the winners.
North Kern Fish And Game Association formed in Wasco with Wray Phillips as president. Officers include Clay Kilbreath vice president and Arch Beckes secretary. The group aims to involve Shafter McFarland Delano and Lost Hills, seek membership across the northern district, and operate as a branch of the Kern County Fish and Game Association to boost game bird ownership.
A letter from Emily Satterberg, a nurse and missionary in Sona Bata, Belgian Congo, recounts daily life among natives, traveling nurses, and the Congo hospital. She describes power outages, radio devotion from the United States, and field work including smallpox and sleeping sickness checks, village visits, and crossing a dangerous rope bridge with students.
Shafter bowlers beat Taft by 116 pins in Sunday games at Neuman Alley. Total scores reached 2626 for Shafter and 2511 for Taft.
A Bakersfield event will honor local farm workers with a banquet on February 18 in the Palm room at Motel Tan. Ray B. Wiser, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation, will speak. Shafter residents and nine local bureau members help sell tickets. Dinner time set at 6:30 p.m.
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