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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
7
A compact report notes a religious education lesson dated January 28. It describes scripture readings used in International Bible study materials and profiles the session’s aim to teach faith-based interpretation.
In Matthew 21, Jesus presents himself as King to Israel, entering Jerusalem on a colt and prompting mixed reactions. The lesson highlights preparation, fulfillment of prophecy, acceptance and rejection, and Jesus cleansing the temple while showing mercy to the blind and lame.
The Firemen host Pontiac at 8 pm in the high school gym as top action opens the week. Pontiac seeks an upset to join a four way tie with Firemen Central Market and Tip Barbers after a week of strong recent showings.
Roy Hazelwood is held in Orange County by officers in connection with the passage of about 120 dollars in worthless checks. Reported by Constable John Reily in Shafter and Wasco on December 23, Hazelwood faces check charges in the southern county and will be tried there.
Jess Hillman a 26 year old Kimberlina ranch resident died Saturday evening when a parked car he sat in was hit by a machine driven by 30 year old Joe Buckley of Wasco one and a half miles south of Wasco.
Shafter high school band director P. L. Arnold calls for community donations of old instruments mainly clarinets. The school owns larger instruments but students must buy others. 31 current members seek loans rentals or sales to join the band. Concerts have already happened and more are planned, with the spring concert in May. Patty Stringham and Robert Curtis are among the members.
Eugene Enns, Harry Hofman, Louella Johnson, Merwin Olson, Charlotte Skinner and Milton Nikkel, clariets, Helen Sly, Billy Becker, Gwendolyn Voth and Doris Skinner, saxophones, Letha Bartel, Omer Evans, Jean Grose, Marvin Lane and Ruben Mettler, trumpets, Joe Glover, Wesley Nikkeland Josephine Stegal, E-flat horns, Richard Becker, Arnold Funk, Clarence Katten horn and Donen, trom bones, Myron Annis, baritone, Levi Gorsching and Bill Hildebrandt, basses, Glenn Bender, string bass, Kathleen Janzen, snare drum and tympani, Philip Haag, bass drum, and Leland Bell, cymbals.
Experimentation with a chemical deodorant called cloroben began this week at the disposal plant south of town. The deodorant, manufactured in New Jersey, is claimed to eliminate odors and repel flies and mosquitoes.
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