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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1939
Page
4
Mr and Mrs John Dalke hosted a waffle supper at their home on Thursday evening. Attending were Mr and Mrs Ed Friesen and son Mr and Mrs Jake Siemens and son and Mr and Mrs Ben Peters.
The sixth in the season's series of dances sponsored by the Wednesday Afternoon club will be held Saturday evening at the clubhouse with plans for a pleasant evening. Hostesses include Mrs J H Fuller chairman, J C Channeson, Richard Kirkham, G L Starrh and J D Camp. General chairmen are Mrs A B McKinley and Mrs P L Arnold.
Crochet teas hosted by Wednesday afternoon club members continue to raise a banquet cloth begun at the start of the club year. Mrs. Karl Wells hosts this afternoon with two teas planned tomorrow at the Channon and Warren homes. Future teas will be given by Mrs. Herbert L. Comfort and others as the series proceeds.
Bakersfield night school principal Guy Garrard will address the Shafter Teachers club banquet at the Congregational church on The Challenge to America. Miss Sepha Larson will sing, Bobbie Haag will play piano, and Leo Hart county superintendent is expected to attend. Arrangements by Miss Lela OConnell and Miss Edna Prieve.
J. H. Rice was honored Saturday evening on his eighty fifth birthday when 52 friends and relatives gathered at the home of his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Oscar Rice of Rio Bravo for a dinner party. Thanks was offered preceding the dinner by L. S. Barnes.
Dr. L. H. McGrane will be principal speaker at the Wednesday Afternoon club meeting at the clubhouse. His topic is national defense. Mrs. Donald Baum presents readings. Hostesses include Mesdames Comfort, Pierce, Olson, Meadows and Guenther. Mrs. Taylor Tabb chairs.
Indiark, a surviving member of the Yow] May'-Nee tribe once inhabiting Kern river regions, will visit Shafter as a guest of F. F. Latta. At 83, he speaks fluent English and plans to discuss early Kern County history with Latta and local residents before the Kern County Historical Society gathering set for Monday at the junior college.
Arthur H. Pritschke 49 owner of Wasco Mercantile died in Kern General hospital after heart trouble. Pioneer of Wasco district since 1908, he served as sessor for Shafter Wasco Irrigation district and held roles in Wasco Masonic lodge American Legion Kern County and other groups. Survived by widow Fay two brothers Fred and Herb post master of Wasco two sisters Lillian and Louise.
Five girls compete for the campus queen title at Shafter High School under the Girls' league. Students and staff vote by depositing pennies in milk bottles in the front corridor, with proceeds to charity. Contestants are Leola Kirschenmann Mary Connell Betty Lou Reily Minnie Koop and Hattie Mecham.
Explains when to report income for tax purposes under the cash receipts and disbursements basis. Names of employees earning over 1000 dollars annually must be reported on Form 1099 with Form 1096. Includes salaries wages commissions bonuses tips and various fees as taxable income for individuals and federal officers.
The article describes how early settler furnishings, especially bride boxes and dowry chests, express colonial folk art through decorative painting. Most pieces date to the eighteenth century, with some from the seventeenth and early nineteenth. Boxes were pine, plain inside, painted outside in bold colors, often given as wedding gifts.
Siskiyou California Chief of Police Charles D Doggett reports a startling encounter while tracking a deer. He felt his hand tickle as a 30 inch rattlesnake tongue touched him under long grass, shocking him during the pursuit.
William J. Warrington 88 once gave away a fortune to 500000 homeless wanderers. His 40 room ancestral mansion now houses Warrington House a women s center a boys home and a workshop. He runs the programs alone aided by his dog Hob o a tan and white mongrel and hopes the city will take over his relief efforts.
Pierre Brunelle a 97 year old hermit of St Hyacinthe Quebec died in poverty yet relatives say he left a fortune between 300000 and 400000 dollars. Authorities report 160000 in bonds 6000 in gold and cash hidden in the home along with other assets. His relatives refused comment and neighbors recall a frugal life with modest earnings from property and a furnace man job at a convent.
Speck the spaniel earns his owner embarrassment by retrieving and bringing home a 6 by 9 foot porch rug then a smaller rug. Mr and Mrs Hazel Richardson search the neighborhood to locate the source but fail. They finally return the rugs with a large bottle of peanut butter.
In Oroville California traffic officer Carl Rabe received an urgent citizen call about a man described as acting crazy near a flower shop. Details about the suspect and outcome were not provided in the readable text.
Thomas F. Whiteside, serving a murder sentence in Texas, earns recognition as a short story writer. Two national magazines published his tales from The Walls, with earnings exceeding $600. Once an attorney, he now writes about criminals and draws inspiration from O. Henry and Bunyan, seeking craft and redemption.
James Rautsaw, 16, has fled three times this year and logged 31 escapes in a year while at Berkshires detention, prompting industrial school authorities and relatives in Penn Yan to seek ways to keep him from running away.
In Adelaide Australia a message sealed in a bottle sent by Lieut Henry Blunt in 1915 to his fiancée Miss G M Severen was found ashore near Albany about 60 miles away. The note was delivered to Severen, whom Blunt had married in 1919 after returning from World War I.
In Dallas a detective assigned to a wedding reception protects the gifts but is asked to guard the wedding cake and keep the hostess’s cat from jumping on it.
Possibility of a new oil field emerged in the Arvin area when Jewett No 1 well was drilled to 6270 feet and indicated capacity of 500 barrels daily of 31.1 gravity oil. Standard Oil, Superior Oil, and the Texas Company formed the project consortium.
Theodore Pyle and Edward Lie were arrested Thursday in Shaffter for drunken aging and Friday sentenced by Judge F. E. Manuel to fines of 50 dollars and 30 day jail terms suspended for two years.
New lights installed at intersections in Shafter by Pacific Gas and Electric company were turned on Tuesday evening for the first time. They will burn each evening, and plans are in place to install several additional lights.
The amethyst, a quartz, ranges from cigar purple to bluish violet due to manganese. The dark reddish purple is most prized. Wade's Textbook notes the Siberian amethyst shows a large red component shifting from grape purple by day to red under artificial light rich in red rays and low in blue.
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