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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1942

Page

4

Potluck Dinner Guest Speaker At Richland Legion Hall

Society member Miss Hazel Johnson of the Richland school faculty will speak at a potluck dinner tomorrow evening at 6 30 in the Legion hall hosted by Leslie L Robinger Post 213 American Legion Auxiliary. Johnson, who taught in Alaska at Douglas and Nome, will display items from her Alaska trip.

Hazel Johnson Richland School Legion Hall Leslie L. Robinger American Legion Auxiliary Legion Miss Johnson Alaska Douglas Nome

Musical Pepe Offered At Rotary Club Meeting

A noon Rotary Club meeting featured a musical program by Helen Burt Maxine McLain and Georgia Sagen of Bakersfield Junior College and High School. E B Stringham announced a Valentines party at the motel and a March of Dimes drive raised 4 60. Guests included Roy Woollames Delano Horace Gray Woodland Clyde Jordan Los Angeles and Sam L Bechter. Visiting Rotarians were Al Eckmann Fisk Harlow and Frank Hornkohl from Bakersfield.

Roy ‘Woollames Delano Horace Gray Woodland Clyde Jordan F Los Angeles Sam L. Bechter al ‘Eckmann Fisk Harlow Frank Hornkohl Bakersfield

Tehachapi Warriors Defeat Shafter Generals On Mountain Court

Tehachapi Warriors beat Shafter Generals 22 18 on their home court with sharp shooting and guard play. The win follows Tehachapi also topping Shafter 23 33 in another Mountain division game as Raiders forfeit due to practice gaps. High scorers Ramos and Castro led Tehachapi with 12 and 12 points respectively while Janzen topped Shafter with 11.

Shafter Tehachapi Ramos Castro B’s Bob Janzen Tipolite Get Warriors Generals Cloud . F Woods Jackson Smith Schnaidt C’ Madding Becker G Ramos Wilcoxon G. Haliine Potter Scort

Local residents on visit and travel notes

Mayor and Mrs Phil Channe son spent the weekend at Palo Alto visiting their son John at Stanford. Photographer Lester Jennison has returned to Shafter after more than a month’s fitness and three weeks in Santa Barbara’s Cottage hospital. Mr and Mrs Al Anderson plan a weekend in San Francisco to see Nels Anderson of Kenosha Wisconsin on business. Betty Spry of Shatter plans to leave Sunday for San Francisco to enter the Stanford school of nursing. Ralph Tucker, U S Army, on the coast, is visiting Shafter this week.

Phil Channe Palo Alto John Stanford_university Lester Jennison Shafter Santa Barbara Elatives Fresno al Anderson San Franc Betty Spry Shatter Exchange San Francisco Stanford School of Nursing Ralph Tucker United States Army

Fresno State Student Visited Shafter Over Weekend

Fresno State college student Jean Henderson visited her parents Mr and Mrs J B Henderson in Shafter over the weekend.

Jean Henderson Fresno State College Shafter J. B. Henderson

Shafter Sun Maid Members Urged to Attend Meeting

All Sun Maid raisin members in Shafter are urged to attend the monthly meeting next Wednesday evening at 8 o clock at Richland school.

Sun Maid Raisin Shafter Richland School

Rio Bravo Social Roundup Notes From Oakland to Martinez

Paul Garrett spent the weekend in Oakland visiting relatives. Clyde and Cliff Zachary hosted a party at Old River. Rosa Ise of Burbank visited the Haag home. Virgil Clevenger from Texas stayed with the J. B. Garretts. Richard and Willie Griffith returned from Oregon on a business trip and visited the Martins. Mrs. Albert Lane spent a week at Cose Hot Springs. R D Perry is ill at home. F W Haag and family returned to Martinez after six weeks away, joined by their son James and granddaughter Myrtle. Richard Garrett, son of the Garrets, reports an honorable army discharge.

Paul Garrett Oakland Clyde Zachary Cliff Zachary Old River Rosa Ise Burbank Haag Virgil Clevenger Texas J. B. Garrett Richard Griffith Willie Griffith Oregon Martin Albert Lane Cose R.D. Perry F. W. Haag Martinez James Myrtle Richard Garrett

CCC Enrollees Assigned to National Defense Duty

Civilian Conservation Corps Director James J. McEntee approves use of CCC enrollees for national defense. About 236 corps areas with a core strength of 25,000 are available to construct maintain and repair facilities of urgent military and strategic need.

ACME Stimson Civilian ‘Conservation James J. McEntee

Mood of Christ sermon inspires Shafter Kiwanis meeting

Dean Hamilton told Shafter Kiwanis members that no man is a real man without the mood of Christ. He urged living a Christlike state of mind and helping others rather than the selfish “live and let live” philosophy. Presiding was Herb Midgley with guests Earl Bender Bill Bender and John Ware.

Christ Dean Hamilton The Highway Shafter Kiwanis Club Shafter Motel Hamilton God Herb Midgley Earl Bender Bakersfield Bill Bender John Ware Kiwanian

Defense Stamp Sale Starts at Shafter High School

Shafter High School launches a defense savings stamps drive led by the Elementary Business Training classes. Students visit classrooms to promote stamps in ten, twenty-five, and fifty-cent denominations, with two speakers Kelly Grant and Elsie Dahl addressing the assembly under instructor Ruth Graham and assistant Patricia Sepulveda.

Shafter High School Kelly Grant Elsie Dahl Cassas Bill Arnold Angswill Ruth Graham Patricia Sepulveda

First Aid for ailing house by Roger Whitman

A 14 year old cesspool file and grease trap advice for kitchen drains. Creosote leaks from an old chimney point to roof flashings, cap installations, and proper flashing repairs. Veneer vs solid stone walls, dampness, downdraft cures, linoleum warming, and soft wood floor protection with felt rollers.

Roger 8. Whitman

Public classes on to public callathenics at high school

At Shafter high school gym twenty residents have attended a play night for three Wednesdays. The sessions, led by Principal Eugene Ford, will continue next months with adults welcome. The Union Congregational church groups initially funded attendance to keep the class open.

Callathenics Shafter Eugene Ford Shafter Evening School Union Congregational Church Ford

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