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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
7
A dated religious instruction note outlines January 12 lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected by the International Committee on Religious Education. The memo records intended curricula and usage guidance for teaching.
A devotional piece urges balanced living through Jesus example. It highlights valuing people, serving others over self, and proper Sabbath use. It notes humility when seeking status, the dangers of selective hospitality, and the call to generous outreach beyond self.
A Shafter column laments federal housing funds and local needs while mocking an airport idea. It questions income tax clarity, lists taxpayer concerns, and urges practical city improvements like parking stalls and street trees. The piece blends satire with civic critique, noting migrants and Salvation Army aid in Kern county.
More than 50 contracts awarded in California since July 1 target the aircraft sector with total orders of 506,769,000. The announcements highlight substantial investment in aerospace manufacturing and related defense programs.
F Fichthaler of the Southern California IRS division outlines drastic 1940 federal tax changes delayed by Congress. Lowered filing thresholds raise expected filers to over 925000 in 10 counties. new Defense tax adds 10 percent to the regular tax, with returns due March 15, 1941.
Sequoia National Forest and Kern County opened a new winter sport area at Shirley Meadow on Green Horn summit, two and a half miles south of Ice House grade. The road from Ice House by state highway was widened and piled. Shelters are available and three skiways ranging from 1,090 to 1,600 feet have been constructed.
Members of the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department will receive fire fighting instruction from John Woollomes beginning Tuesday evening January 21. Woollomes is an instructor for Kern County Fire Wardens and the State Division of Forestry as announced by Art Craig, the Shafter fire warden.
Weeds are a major handicap to farming operators and cause banks to hesitate on loans. Citrus fruit growers in California report income 20 percent higher this year than last season.
The General Petroleum corporation reveals S J Dickey as new president succeeding retiring A L Weil. The board names R J Minckler and Fred Isaacs to directors and notes Dickey’s 21 years with the firm and wartime service. Weil retires after 30 plus years, and Fred Isaacs and Robert Lee Minckler join the board with prior refinery and industry roles highlighted.
The first shipment of broccoli, totaling 416 crates, left Kern county this week from the Edison district as part of an extensive crop program.
The Shafter Library adds numerous new titles across adult and juvenile shelves. Highlights include American Nabob, Love and Other Stories, For When the Bells, Matilda, Kitty Foyle, The Thibaults, and World End, along with children's books like King Arthur and Arabian Nights Entertainment.
A listed compilation of various books and authors including children’s titles such as Games Outdoors and Berra Learning to Swim, poetry collections, geography books, biographies, and historical works. Notable names: Parker, Stults, Skinner, Farjeon, Weatherly, Parkman, Guerber, Huntington, Smith, Wallace, Sanford, Hunt.
At Crawford's cafe the Shafter Business Men's association held a meeting to review cemetery improvements without enlargement and a proposal for a new Shafter Wasco cemetery location. They urged investigation of the plan and asked members to lobby Congress and Postmaster Lois Berry for a depot mail box. Chester Schaaf was introduced as a new local businessman.
Civil service jobs open including senior automotive instructor and storekeeper positions. Full details available from John Roskam at the Shafter office.
California faces invasion of over 500 alien weed species with 5 000 000 acres dominated by nonnative plants. Puncture vine and Klamath weed have devastated thousands of acres across multiple counties, with Russian knapweed infesting about 1 005 acres in Fresno and hampering farming.
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