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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
5
The notice concerns rights at the Friant dam site within the Central Valley water project. It outlines claims and actions related to water rights, property use, and regulatory oversight affecting the dam facility and surrounding lands. Public stakeholders are referenced in relation to the project’s scope and legal procedures.
The University of California Medical Center in San Francisco prescribes a weekly bouquet for all hospital and clinic patients. The plan, started by the Center’s Volunteer Unit of women workers, is a great boon to patients.
Jewell Stone of McFarland is named grand prize winner in a national essay contest on Rubber Tires on Farm Tractors and Implements. He will tour Goodyear facilities in Akron August 19 with nine other winners, traveling by boat and car to Timagami Ontario, visiting Niagara Falls Toronto Dionne qu? Callander and Finger Lake New York on return.
The fragment notes a plant or herb named lime that reportedly leaves a tingling sensation on the tongue. It highlights the stem as the most distinctive feature within Hindu contexts.
Gretchen Bowers twenty three, an artist's model, shot herself in her apartment as a romance with Frank M. Weaver, a paint salesman, ended. Weaver, at Riverside, learned of the tragedy after returning home. he said the affair had faded and denied a planned engagement.
In a campus tale at Henshaw College Inn, Martin Dale confesses his long fascination with Joan Gifford. After a series of calls and courtship, he asks and she accepts, sealing a betrothal that links two central figures in a gentle college romance.
In Highwood, Mrs. Albert Dughi finds 200 goldfish missing from her garden pool. Police Chief John Smith investigates, wading in with boots and a stick, but concludes the fish are likely at the pool bottom spawning rather than stolen.
CAMBRIDGE MASS Scotty the two year old bird dog earns praise for locating a live American eagle during a local wildlife chase. The canine instinct and training drew attention from onlookers as the animal tracked the rare bird through limited brush and trees.
Professor Martin Dale begins life at conservative Henshaw College where he seeks leisure for research. He discovers Joan Gifford, descendant of founder Thomas Gifford, at a president’s tea, sparking curiosity about life at the campus and his future there.
Folklore in County Kildare speaks of the Earl riding a white horse across the plain each year. The tale ties the figure to the Fitzgeralds and the silver shoes said to signify events connected to local families and fate.
The church announces 9:15 a m Sunday school with H A Janzen and Abe Isaac as superintendents and 10:15 a m morning service with German devotional by the pastor. Edward Schellenberg and Ernest Siemens speak. At 7:30 p m the Charis Male Quartette of Los Angeles performs a sacred program endorsed by the Bible Institute of LA on a western tour.
Alfred T. Chaffdler minister leads church school at 9 50 a m with W H Livers in charge A Christian Youth meeting at 6 30 p m with James Livers in charge All are welcome to attend
The church at 224 Marengo invites the public to Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. An open air meeting each night features Evangelist Albert McGovern preaching the old fashioned gospel. Come one, come all.
The Christian Science Society in Boston announces Sunday services at 11 a m with a Scriptural lesson from Psalms Isaiah and Science and Health readings. The Golden Text proclaims the Lord’s mercy over all created works and supports renewal of strength for those who wait on the Lord.
The author argues against dwelling on inevitable penalties for transgression. They urge reassurance in the law of Love and claim God does not punish honest labor or acts of kindness, even if they bring hardship or exposure.
Vern L. Roberts of the California State Highway Patrol issued 31 driver licenses on Friday with six renewals. The office operated from 9 a m to 5 p m in the American Legion hall and will be back in Shafter at the same location a week from tomorrow.
The walled city of Carcassonne in southern France, built over two millennia, is famed for a magic well said to conceal a gate to Fairyland at its bottom. The tale endures in local lore amid the historic fortress's allure.
Internal revenue officials draft rules for payments totaling 6 008 353 dollars to be refunded by the government following the repeal of the 1934 cotton and tobacco levies. The refunds arise from collections under the Bankhead Cotton Control act and the Kerr Tobacco act.
Continental Oil well near Vedder remains deep and not yet reached the discovery depth. The Wasco Wildcat C-1 sits below 12 701 feet with no notable oil shows reported as of last week advancement progress remains uncertain.
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