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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
3
Social items list visitors and weekend trips around Shafter California. Eli Hart and daughter Ramona Georgia Mae welcome family in Kern County. Tehachapi snow trips and mushroom gathering are noted along with travel to Los Angeles and Greenhorn.
Jim Beard Ray Ferguson and Don Christensen spent Sunday at Frazier Mountain park enjoying winter sports. They report deep snow and a number of persons in the park.
Donald Little spoke to Ned Marksheffel's class at Richland grammar school about minerals and their uses. He displayed his mineral collection and plans were made for him to address local Boy Scouts in the future.
Mr E H Gamegan and Mrs Gamegan plan to leave Shafter today and establish their new home in Richmond. Mr Gamegan works for the Santa Fe railroad and has been transferred to the northern city.
Emil Stoller, manager of Home Appliance, with wife and family Mrs and Mrs Ben Stoller and family, Mr and Mrs Paul McCoy, and Edi son, Mr and Mrs Albert Herr and Mr and Mrs Eddie Schnabel, drove to German and spent the day participating in winter sports.
Members of the Rio Bravo 4-H club and guests enjoyed a snow party at Frazier Mountain park on Sunday. Attending with the youths were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sears Mr. and Mrs. F J Schierlmann Mr. and Mrs. R W Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Carl W Haag and Albert Lane.
Mayor Phil Ohanneson spoke to the Farm Workers Camp council as it adopted a new constitution to prepare for an officers election. In Shafter the agricultural department instructors Glenn Nay Holger Hansen and Arthur Johnson will attend a San Joaquin Valley agricultural teachers meeting in Fowler to discuss poultry handling and visit poultry projects.
D L Schellenberg is expected to arrive home from Hillsboro Kansas Saturday after attending a meeting of the directorate of Tabor college. Miss Ruby Ayers formerly of Shafter spent Sunday with her parents. Ayers has been at Sunnyvale for several months. Helmuth Hehn Martha Trottnow John D Schenk and Clarence Heiser visited Los Angeles Sunday for a Kellogg program broadcast from National Broadcasting Company studios. They also visited friends in Santa Monica.
Ray Dye and his wife announce the sale of their Shafter business interests and will move to Santa Rosa to start a poultry operation on a ranch they purchased. Dye closes his hotel business here, while Mrs Dye’s beauty shop is bought by Mrs Troutman. The sale includes the building and lot to W J Young of Santa Rosa. Mrs Troutman will run the beauty shop with help from H Fowler.
Members of the Shofter American Legion heard a report by J C Channeson on a proposed Boy Scout building at a regular meeting in the Legion hall. Several locations were noted as under consideration and the Legion dance set for Saturday was postponed to February 18.
A Los Angeles firm promotes peeled No 1 potatoes in 35 pound boxes to ease cooking and reduce weight and nutrient loss. The peeling process uses a high heat retort and sulfur bath to produce smooth ivory potatoes sold to hotels, apartments, and other buyers. A prior Edison Shafter pack trial in 30 pound boxes failed to gain market demand due to higher costs.
The Shafter Business Men's Association approved a plan to require all solicitors to obtain permits from a secret committee. Members who fund others without a permit would face fines. The measure aims to curb high pressure and illegitimate schemes while allowing legitimate projects. Ford, Hudson chair the investigating committee urging action by original directors to ensure legal business can be conducted. Original board members still in Shafter include Midgley, E. B. Stringham, E. K. Grant, and W. H. Hitchcock. A letter was read from the ...
Central California Tourist association asks a Businessmen representative to attend a Fresno meeting on Saturday to discuss future activity of the tourist group. It was announced the attendee would be named later.
Local men Eckmann McGrane and Janes were named to county Y M C A standing committees. The summer camp committee and church cooperation committee were announced at a Bakersfield Y M C A board meeting with Fred M Hansen from the Pacific Southwest area addressing attendees.
The Santa Fe railroad company secured authorization to lay a drill track for loading at the Shafter Farms potato shed on Santa Fe way. Work will begin after the board of supervisors approves the track across Shafter highway.
Kern joins seven counties exempt from vegetable production quotas. Fresno County Agricultural Conservation association notes Tulare Kings Madera Merced San Bernardino and Sutter also exempt as noncommercial producing areas.
Members of the Girls' letter club of Shafter high school plan a student body assembly where school organizations will present entertainment numbers in competition for a prize from the club. A campus queen contest will also be sponsored by the girls’ organization.
A Treasure Island policy permits up to 308 persons to drink simultaneously from outdoor fountains. The limit governs crowd size during public access scenarios and ensures safe water use at the site.
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