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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
5
P Poultry Ranch in Terra Bella advertises KIGER’S White Leghorn red rock and Hampshire chicks at 6.00 each for 1 000 to 75.00. Sexed pullets priced 15.00 to 18.00. Bronze poults listed at 00.00.
The text lists Sunday services at Mennonite Brethren and First Mennonite churches with German and English sermons, Sunday school in two departments, German and American preaching, music, youth groups, midweek prayers, and candlelight communion. A closing proverb notes the convert’s choice of riding the running road.
The First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway Shafter lists Edgar H McAllister as pastor Bible school at 10 a m led by superintendent P A Schmidt morning services at 11 with the sermon By Faith Not by Sight Young people societies and Prayer League meet at 7 p m followed by an 8 o clock evening service with the sermon The Two Witnesses an exposition of Revelation 11 Midweek prayer service is Wednesday at 8 p m.
St. John's Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco. Rev. Owen McMullan pastor Mass Sunday 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Confessions Saturday 7 p.m. Christian Science-Christian Science Society Wasco branch of The Mother Church First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Corner Sixth and E Wasco. Sunday services 11 a.m. Sunday school 10 a.m.
Patricia Lindsay Bauty discusses unwritten office laws shaping promotion, stressing grooming and neat personal presentation. A corporate officer adds rules seen as essential as the golden rule, emphasizing tidy appearance and subtle dress and makeup.
A vintage style office etiquette piece offers cautions on manners in the workplace. It covers dress restraint avoid personal chatter during work hours temper toward staff keeping personal items out of sight maintaining a tidy desk and staying professional.
An account of John Bidwell leading American emigrants from Missouri in 1841 across the Great Plains and deserts to California. Guided by Thomas Fitzpatrick and Father De Smedt they crossed South Pass, faced shortages and raids, wandered salt plains, followed the Humboldt and Carson rivers, carried on six months to the San Joaquin valley, and marked a pivotal trek toward the mid 1840s pioneer era.
Shafter Merchants host McFarland town team in the second game of a doubleheader at Richland diamond. Kiwanis Juniors lead Rio Bravo in the opener. Ralph Lachenmaier likely to start for the Merchants while catcher Elmer Lachenmaier is sidelined by a finger injury.
The California Division of Fish and Game reports a red letter June for lion hunting. Jay Bruce took nine lions in the southern Sierras, Charles Ledshaw eight in Lake and Glenn counties, Bob Dye four in Orange County, and F W Keeler two in Trinity County. Since 1907 the division has disposed of 8529 lions, with hunters noting a lion can kill 52 deer annually and live 12 to 15 years.
The ohm honors German physicist Georg Simon Ohm the ampere honors French physicist Andre Marie Ampere the volt honors Italian Count Alessandro Volta the coulomb honors French scientist Charles Augustin de Coulomb the joule honors English scientist James Prescott Jones the watt honors Scottish inventor James Watt and the faraday honors English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday.
The text explains that ammonia was once obtained by destructive distillation of animal horns and hoofs, producing a gas solution known as spirit of hartshorn.
A humorous exchange recalls a boy asking about his great childhood ambition and the father answering that his goal was to wear long pants, claiming no one else in the country wears longer pants than he does.
A witty dialogue contrasts a hopeful mother praising a boy’s future and a father deeming his words hollow, highlighting the tension between public promise and real achievement. The exchange suggests skepticism about political ambitions and the value of eloquence without substance.
A brief exchange centers on Mrs. Gnaggs asserting wit and money matters with the speaker retorting that he is no fool and never parts with a dollar. The dialogue plays on common sayings about fools and wealth.
A brief reminiscence notes that Pop says there is nothing to do so one can walk to school just as the writer did. It emphasizes solo or simple routes and normal daily routines without elaborate plans.
The dialogue hints at enduring fame of women across untold ages, contrasting recognition with a male counterpart. Subtle cultural reflection appears in brief exchanges.
Federal engineers responded to an unexpected earth slide at the Grand Coulee dam by applying a large ice pack to the excavation area. The ice containment stopped the slide and saved the government over 100000, with experts deploying freezing methods from the Bureau of Reclamation to control the situation.
The Shafter Merchants rallied for five runs in the fifth inning to beat Superior Oil 6 to 4 at Richland. Tex Campbell opened with a hit, with walks by Taylor and Annis and a key two run double by Tuffy Janzen tying the game before error miscues and a fielder’s choice produced the decisive rally. Sam Fisher started for Superior and Ralph Lachenmaier pitched for the Merchants. Both teams had five hits.
City Judge F. E. Manuel returned last evening from a vacation trip to Oakland where he stayed with his daughter Miss Elsie Manuel. He also attended the San Francisco fair during the absence.
In Kansas City a frustrated motorist discovered three flat tires after stepping from his car. He smashed windows and lights with a hammer before walking away. Police say the owner may reclaim the vehicle by reporting at headquarters.
F F Latta, Shafter Kiwanis speaker and local historian, traced Kern river’s early course near the current Shafter airport and south of town. He cited 1862 and 1868 floods altering the river’s channel, noted old crossings and landmarks, and mentioned a Paleolithic view of Poso Creek as a glacial river feeding inland seas.
W. E. Johnson Safeway manager drove to Hermosa beach to spend a day away. He returned with Mrs. Johnson who had vacationed at the beach for two weeks.
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