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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
7
A compact note notes the February 23 schedule for religious education or youth instruction. It mentions likely sessions or activities and references associated organizers or locations. The fragment emphasizes a calendar entry for a community or church group.
A devotional contrasts prevailing prayer with powerless prayer, urging real daily prayer over formalism. It cites Luke 18 and 11, emphasizing humility, perseverance, and reliance on God rather than self. The piece warns against publicity seeking prayer and highlights the justified posture of the humble seeker.
A quotation from Thurlow Weed argues that life here is incomplete without belief in another world to balance inequalities and give moral meaning to our existence. It contends creation extends beyond the present life.
The fragment cites a Tennyson line about three forces guiding life toward sovereign reign power. It presents a terse literary reflection without additional context or events.
A former Shafter high school faculty member and her husband recount a journey through Cochabamba Bolivia to Cuzco in Peru. They study the Inca remnants at the Temple of the Sun and Sacsayhuaman, describe stonework, terraces, and a pass lake, and note how Spanish forces altered the sites.
Charter 35 and Auxiliary held a dinner meeting last Sunday afternoon at Weit's in Wasco. A famous Weit chicken dinner was served to attendees.
Thursday evening at the Neuman alley featured Commercial League bowlers with notable totals. Wasco Hae Mocker posted 148 172 164 for 474. E Burkett 166 498. Cannon 118 137 176 431. E Wallace 142 187 199 528. F Barker 169 190 175 534 with 2465 series. Eastside league players included E Lammeford 169 132 132. B Thompson 156 196 170 522. C Thompson 133 124 164. B Johnson 125 141 90 358. Zoupie 208 146 22 575. final tallies 91 739 777 2307.
Enrollment at Richland School reached 1360 yesterday, up 57 from January 2 when 1303 were enrolled. Earlier, on February 1 1940, enrollment stood at 1481 as per university agriculture study.
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