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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
5
Bible school at 9 a.m. led by P A Schmidt, morning service at 11 with the sermon The Night Cometh When No Man Can Work. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. sermon Strangely Inconsistent. Prayer League 6:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Bring friends.
Alfred T Chandler minister leads Sunday school at 9 50 a m with Junion choir and church service at 11 a m preaching The Christ of Every Road Somer Livers directs choir All welcome at the Union Church home of Methodists Congregationalists English Lutherans Presbyterians Disciples and others not represented Denominational youth meet 6 30 p m with Miss Dorothy Johnson program committee The Goal of Life all high school and college youths invited
Edgar H. McAllister serves as pastor at the First Baptist Church located on 289 East Lerdo Highway. The brief notice lists the church leadership and location for community reference and contact.
A brief notice describes a branch of The First Church of Christ Scientist connected to the parent denomination, outlining its status within the religious movement and its local presence.
The Sunday schedule includes 10 am Sunday school and 11 am service. Lesson themes cite First Peter on Mind with Isaiah and Romans selections. Readings emphasize wisdom knowledge salvation and the one infinite Mind per Science and Health.
George Henderson was elected chairman of the Kern County Water Association at a Bakersfield meeting, representing the North Kern Water Storage district. John Nale spoke for the Shafter-Wasco district. The association will appoint an executive secretary in two weeks to replace the former secretary-manager role.
Capt Roy Galven of the Bakersfield California Highway Patrol spoke to Shafter High School students on traffic safety and license requirements. He warned that parents may be liable for minors involved in accidents and noted similar courses cut county violations. The class, started at the semester, has 30 students with two exams to complete a six week course.
City treasurer Ford Hudson and city clerk Frank Shaw released the 1938 financial report yesterday. Receipts since incorporation on January 11 show total $15,901.31 with disbursements at $13,402.33, leaving a year end balance of $2,499.08.
Shafter high schools Generals host McFarland Friday at 2 45 p m to battle for a Sierra league second place. Shafter seeks a win to tie McFarland while McFarland arrives with a 2 1 league mark and a prior 23 15 win over Shafter.
A collision at the Lerdo road and Scaroni avenue intersection Friday afternoon left Clifford Crow of North Shafter slightly injured. Abe Toews faced reckless driving charges and R W Young of Shafter was charged with driving without a license per Constable John Reily. The report cites this as the fifth accident in six weeks caused by neglecting boulevard stop signs.
This week the agricultural department released 66 pigs will be entered by boys listed as James Bobst Roy Carter Ted Collins Omer Evans Jack Fry Bud Janzen Myron Myrick Marvin Neuman Marvin Potter Louis Starrh Emil Reich Ray Rexius Alvin Roberson and Victor Voth.
At a regular meeting the Richland School District trustees decided to invite bids on a sewer line for the old building. They also discussed sprinkler options for the new Shafters school grounds noting a larger sprinkler system reduces the number of sprinklers needed and lowers total cost. The board is interested in installing one such system soon at Beardsley school grounds.
Bruce Payne presented the Kern County Boy Scout council charter to Maple Scout troop sponsored by the Shafter-Wasco Kiwanis club at a Shafter meeting. Guests came from Fresno Bakersfield Taft and Palmdale while Wasco troop 31 and Wasco 20-30 club were represented.
Mobilgas executive cites 1938 district reports showing accident rates on widened highways falling to a fraction of former totals. Four lane strips on Coast Highway 101, Valley Highway 99, and east west Route 70 with center neutral zones reduce crossing conflicts. Expenditures by motorists and geloline tax funds drive 1939 Pacific Coast tourism surge forecast, with four billion dollars in tourist spending.
Sunday morning a 15000 gallon oil tank at the Shafter oil field burned, owned by Superior Oil. Insurance covers the loss estimated near 1000 dollars. The blaze near the center of the field north of Seventh Standard Road was blamed on exhaust from a gas engine. A fire truck and two county trucks arrived in time to save adjacent property with help from field workers.
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