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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
2
Publication note shows a listing published weekly on Thursdays at 169 Central Avenue Shafter Kern County California with contact telephone 57.
Community leaders in Bakersfield discuss reviving a Kern County fair after 1930. They envision a county show window highlighting Kern products and livestock, uniting Bakersfield Mojave Wasco Taft Delano and other communities. A public meeting will address finance scale and cooperation. Let's have a fair.
The California Medical Association created The California Physicians Service to provide health and hospital care on a monthly fee basis. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur heads the board of trustees with a 50 member medical administrative group. The plan divides California into 10 districts with trustees setting fees and services, likely excluding insanity alcoholism drug addiction and possibly childbirth. Fees tentatively range from 1.50 to 6 per month with possible group rates, start-up within two months in larger cities, and a goal to keep health out of politics while not interfering with private hospitals or practices.
Kern County plans a new public library to replace cramped quarters in Bakersfield. The 1922 appeal by Julia Babcock leads to 1939 urgency as population rises from 80 000 to over 120 000 and book circulation climbs from 509 497 to 811 709. The 1938 highway bond payoff frees funds without new taxes or bonds.
Shafter-Wasco farmers urged attendance at a public meeting in Richland auditorium on January 26 at 7:30 PM to review tax notices, spending, and results of the district. Directors plan to discuss farmer grievances and possible policy revisions.
The piece quotes Ernest Thompson Seton arguing Indian culture surpassed white American culture in arts, morals, and spirituality. He claims the red man’s religious tolerance, rhythm, and honesty were superior and that adopting these ideals could curb crime and raise social and economic standards. It also notes David Selznick selecting Vivien Leigh to star in Gone With the Wind, signaling major production plans.
The Shafter Business Men's Association hosted a 125 plus attendee banquet at the women’s club hall with a long table, speeches by Alfred Harrell J O Hart E I Wallace and W H Hitchcock, and a post dinner program including a film at the reopening of the Cozy theatre under John Isaac. Community groups plan meetings at Richland school and a Legion post benefit show with local talent is arranged.
Bottles are among the earliest forms of glassware produced in American history, representing primitive container craftsmanship and material use in early settlements.
A J Zimmerman known as Jack Zimmerman serves as notary public and insurance counselor with duties in public weighmaster and automobile fire matters referenced in the notice.
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