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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
5
The press acknowledges receipt of a letter from Mrs Alyce Gamegan secretary thanking the paper for publicity given the club. The note expresses appreciation for the splendid publicity and requests continued support.
Alfred T Chandler ministers church school at 9 50 a m with junior choir singing special music. Church service at 11 a m features Lincoln Memorial Service emphasizing the spiritual values of Democracy. Sermon titled Lincoln as a Religious Man with special music readings and a welcome to all. Christian Youth meeting at 6 30 p m for older youths. Junior choir rehearsals Monday and Friday after school. senior choir Thursday 7 30 p m.
Edgar H McAlilister pastors First Baptist Church at 289 East Kerdo Highway offers Bible school at 10 a.m. with P A Schmidt as superintendent. Morning service at 11 a.m. features the sermon Now to Appear in the Presence of God for Us. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. presents Man's Part in the Salvation Soul. Prayer League and Young People's Societies meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer and Bible study also at 7:30 p.m.
The Mennonite Brethren church announces day school at 9:30 a.m. with H. A. Janzen and Abe Isaac as superintendents. Morning service at 10:30, sermon by J. N. Willems of Wasco. Evening services at 7:30 led by J. N. Willems, starting a revival series continuing nightly until Friday evening February 17.
Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church in Shafter California invites all to worship the week of Sunday February 12 1939. Sunday school 945 am with Dons ald Graves as superintendent preaching 11 am BYP 6 pm evangelistic 730 pm midweek prayer Wednesday 730 pm The note asks readers to attend and mentions 136 in Sunday school last week aiming for 150 next Sunday.
Christian Science society in Boston Massachusetts at Sixth and E streets holds Sunday school at 10 a m and Sunday service at 11 a m The Lesson Sermon titled Soul includes the Golden Text from Isaiah and Psalm verses praising God and trust in the Lord
Mr and Mrs Ed Schnaidt have returned from a month long journey through the south and middle west reporting a pleasant trip and many state experiences with likely stops and sightseeing noted during the travels.
Mrs C E Nightingale returned Saturday from Los Angeles where she had medical attention at White Memorial hospital. She is now at the H B Duerksen home. Mr and Mrs A F Krause spent the week end in the Dinuba district visiting friends and relatives.
J. H. Porterfield, once a Shafter high school teacher and current Mc Farland high school principal, visited Shafter on Tuesday to attend a Shafter Rotary club gathering.
Bakersfield accountant H. R. Whaley plans to relocate with his wife and daughter to Shafter this week and establish himself there in the near future.
Wasco Kiwanis club hosts a joint Wasco Boy Scout troop and Maple troop meeting with sponsors Wasco 20 30 and Shafter Wasco Kiwanis. The event draws Kiwanians from Fresno Bakersfield Taft and other clubs to Cafe Neuman in Shafter. M A Lindsay county farm advisor outlines farm economics and labor trends noting a stronger market and better potato prices. The board of directors will meet at J W Frizzell's home Monday as Wasco men lead attendance.
Hawaii the Paradise of the Pacific was the subject of a motion picture and speaking program at Kern Academy Saturday evening. Mrs. L. L. Hutchinson of Hanford presented the event under the Beta Mu Sigma club. Music by Leo Suckeut and Justin Wieshaar included steel guitar performances and the academy glee clubs also sang.
A Christian Science passage states by losing the false sense of Soul we gain the eternal unfolding of Life as immortality brought to light. It notes the LORD as sun and shield granting grace and glory to the upright.
Daniel Beard credits his 88 years of good health to proper living. Surrounded by friends, he is congratulated by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, highlighting this year's Boy Scout Week as a tribute to Uncle Dan for his lifelong sponsorship of the national youth movement.
Buck Osborn a well known Shafter resident announces the purchase of the Shafter Market grocery department. He will run the department personally and pledges to meet competition on quality and price while inviting old friends and forming new friendships.
Officials announced a potato by products plant may be built near Shafter with land leased south of Lerdo Road. Martin and McKinnon, organizers of Kern Starch, plan to use Cull spuds for starch and by products. contracts have already bound most local shippers to sell unmarketable spuds to Kern Starch for 50 cents per ton.
Miss Jane Turner and Miss Le Turner of Washington carved initials on the ancient tree, joined by Noble B. Turner, their grandfather who will be 90 in November. He carved his initials in 1862, and his father did so in 1848, marking five generations of inscription.
Peafowl devour snails frogs and insects and with freedom on estates they rarely have insect trouble. They are said to provide better protection than a typical watchdog. Their alert calls scare away trespassers and alarm owners at any unusual sight or sound.
The passage explains leather types including undressed kid skin which is undressed on one side. It defines Vici kid as chrome tanned and glazed. Wax calf describes a heavy calf skin with a wax finish. Suede from calf or kid is buffed on an emery wheel. Box calf denotes calf leather with an irregular stamped finish.
The Pioneer Mercantile Co of Bakersfield is opening a wholesale auto parts branch in Shafter. Located in the C. V. Hitchcock building at Lerdo and Munzer, the shop will serve garage operators and county customers, led by Clair G. Dragoo and his wife who moved from Bakersfield. The firm plans to expand later with additional lines.
A temporary state income tax examiner will be in Shafter on February 21 and 22 at the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District office. The examiner will answer questions and accept returns, as announced this week. Subscribe for The Press.
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