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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1938
Page
5
A Shafter resident A D Klassen received American citizenship in Bakersfield. Local visitors included Ezra Schneider and Emma Myre of Pond area. Other items note library hours on Lincoln's Birthday and several residents visiting family in Wasco Helena Oklahoma and Oakland.
Shafter High School forms a rally committee and a guard of honor to welcome rival schools. Faculty advisor W. B. White oversees the group, with drill sergeant Mary Virginia Edwards leading as yell leader. Other members include Rhona Mettler Mary Helen Connel Irma Wendland Paul Barret John Channeson and Marlien Neufeld.
The article traces historic measurement roots based on body parts and body-based standards. It notes English and Scottish definitions for inch and yard, Roman pace and mile, and Bavarian foot, with examples like hands for horses and poles formed by ten men to gauge a ten-foot length.
The term Juneteenth appears as an expression common among colored people in the South for Emancipation Day in this historical note.
The early cold season pushes people indoors yet spurs a rush to hills and skating ponds. Skiing, once rare, becomes the king of American winter sports as transportation firms and manufacturers report record activity. Bobsledders chase sharp curves while Sun Valley offers outdoor heated pool recreation.
A historic dedication of the Ann Rutledge train recalls Abraham Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge. The story recounts the 1830s courtship in New Salem, the betrothal to John McNeil, Ann's malaria death, and Lincoln's brief heartbreak before rising to prominence.
Word of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hieb of Oakland was received in Shafter Monday by F. W. Handel and Chris Handel. She died in an Oakland hospital after an operation. Funeral services were held in Oakland Tuesday. The Hiebs were well known in Shafter and had visited often. Chriseenen and Mrs Herb left for Oakland via Lodi.
Glenn O Nay a Shafter agricultural instructor and president will preside at the regional conference in Fresno. Local delegates include Herb Neuman and Omer Evans. Faculty members will attend.
Dr Lawrence Mc Grane formerly a bomber pilot of the 97th Aero Squadron outlined aircraft history and modern trends at the Shafter Exchange Club noon luncheon on Tuesday. He offered an entertaining, informative account and even made a few forecasts for the future.
Part of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island San Francisco features major projects including the $77,000,000 San Bay Bridge. The event will attract visitors to the Pacific pageant and related displays.
A wind storm cut electricity at Richland early Wednesday, forcing school to dismiss pupils after nine. Heat could not be circulated, shutting down furnace fans in the two main buildings and prompting an orderly early departure.
Junior Hi Y gathered Monday night at Union Congregational church with Lincoln Goddard in charge, organizing their activities and plans for upcoming events.
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