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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
5
Insurance of every description Fire Auto Life Compensation Bonds etc H J Harder 303 Pacific Ave Phone 505 We will not be responsible for bills contracted after January 12 unless made through requisi tavail.
Resolutions urging all dairymen in the Kern County Cow Testing association to join the Farm Bureau were adopted. The meeting in Bakersfield also endorsed expanding the Bakersfield Livestock Show over a county fair and approved a $10 donation to the March of Dimes.
Alfred T Chandler announces church school at 9 50 a m and a church service at 11 a m with sermon On Seeing Face to Face Miss Marie Cakin and Alfred Smith and James Livers to lead music during an interdenominational service. Christian Youth meet at 6 30 p m with all cordially invited.
Minister welcomes worshipers this month with Sunday morning prayers at 11 and 4 Sunday eve. German services follow at 7 30. An open invitation goes to unaffiliated worshipers. Sunday school begins at 10 with psalm verses and readings from a science textbook excerpt on truth and faith.
First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway led by Pastor Edgar H. McAllister scheduled services on Sunday January 22 with Bible school at 10 a m and a morning sermon "Bartimaeus The Blind Beggar" at 11 a m Young People Societies Prayer League 6 30 p m service at 7 30 p m plus a note that "Three Eternal Verities" was postponed from last Sunday On Wednesday January 25 a service of prayer praise and Bible study was set for 7 30 p m.
Sunday programs at the Orthodox Missionary Church Baptist in Shafter California are led by Pastor Sam Wilcoxon with Don ald Graves as superintendent. Sunday school 9 45 a m preaching 11 a m young people service 7 p m evangelistic service 7 30 p m mid week prayer 7 30 p m Lamont Baptist youths to lead Sunday evening service. Everyone invited to attend.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston announces Sunday services at 11 a m with scripture from Deuteronomy as the Golden Text for the Lesson Sermon on Truth. The weekly Lesson-Sermon centers on spiritual truths and adheres to the standard church format.
Shafter growers move into 1939 potato planting with seed spuds cut and fertilizer arriving as district activity ramps up. Farmers like J. J. Siemens & Son Elmer Chindberg and D. L. Schellenberg plan early plantings. District-wide planting likely next week and heavy by February 10, with the county allotment at 16775 acres, below last year.
A Tuesday 5 PM collision at Scaroni and Tulare in Wasco involved a truck driven by Albert Harder of Shafter and a car with Mrs. William Klassen and her daughter of Wasco. Minor injuries reported, with a possible fractured leg for Mrs. Klassen.
The City of Shafter adopts a datum plane at the center top step of Shafter High for all surveys and public works. The ordinance cites WPA sidewalk and curb projects urgency and immediate effect, with publication and council voting details.
Multiple notices from Shafter City Clerk and notaries announce a dog vaccination date of Friday January 27 at Shafter City Hall and the intent to circulate a petition to dissolve the city of Shafter under the Sixth Class municipal code with reasons attached and sworn acknowledgments by local residents and officials.
Notice states an election in the Shafter Wasco Irrigation District California on February 1 1939 to fill Director from the 2nd and 3rd divisions. Polls open 8 am to 4 pm at the designated precinct polling place within the district. The notice specifies the election will be held in the legally designated polling places.
Engaged in selling alcoholic beverages notices filed January 13 1939 in Shafter Kern County seeks license for on sale beer only at premises four miles north of Shafter on Santa Fe Road Protest grounds may be filed with the State Board of Equalization in Sacramento California by concerned parties Ben Sill and Bill Brown authorize the application.
Citizens seek to submit a dissolution question to electors arguing continued city existence imposes tax burdens and provides no substantial benefits. The text asserts dissolving the city would better serve taxpayers residents and the area. Signed by C C A M N R U H J12 F2.
Fire Monday afternoon at 3 30 o clock destroyed a ranch work er s home on the Phil Channeson ranch in the Lerdo district. The fire was started it is believed by small boys who were playing with gasoline.
Superior Oil Co. yesterday credited with discovering a new oil field in Kern, aligning with the Shafter and Greeley fields along an uplift extending to Wasco. Vedder sand reached at 11 120 feet with 70 feet penetrated in the McClung well, the fourth drilled and first successfully completed. casing and production test planned next.
Girl Scouts working on their second class badge held a Thursday afternoon meeting at the Legion hall to test memory of landmarks. A scrapbook for souvenirs was given to the secretary. Many first class testers aim for the Land Animal Finder badge in nature study.
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