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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
7
A sermon centers on Samson as a cautionary tale of promise and divine calling followed by moral decay. It traces his Nazarite birth, his God given strength, and the ultimate downfall caused by sin leading to death, urging vigilance against fleshly temptations.
RP Kirkham, a Rio Bravo sub station resident, leads a rapid expansion at the Shafter oil field with a modern air conditioned cafe and service station at Seventh Standard road and Shafter Taft highway adjacent to Republic Supply warehouse. Four gas pumps will stock General Petroleum products. Local builders and businesses supply materials. Kirkham foresees continued growth including cottages and a grocery store after completion.
Merwin Schirmer son of Mr and Mrs H Schirmer is a convalescent patient at the Sehirme tome in Shafter after an operation three weeks ago at St Vincent hospital in Los Angeles. He was returned to Shafter last week in the Janzen ambulance. The operation used a piece of leg bone grafted into his back to heal a back injury with unknown cause. He will be confined for an indefinite period.
Harvey Gaede of Shafter hit a go ahead double in the ninth and scored on Payne’s double to lift the Shafter team to a walkoff win over an Orange Belt league opponent in Bakersfield.
The article notes France repels many invasions but is stumped by an unusual aggressor, an invasion from the United States featuring muskrats and red foxes along with nutria or beaver. It frames the encounter as a friendly yet surprising challenge from American wildlife.
A dog shot on the Karl Malofy ranch by Chief Murray Arnold tested negative for rabies. Investigators ruled the animal sick from a back injury after being stepped on by a cow. no employee was bitten. The dog was to be disposed of and an examination ordered.
The Shafter Safeway store has a new 8 by 10 foot refrigerator with a large perishables compartment and display shelves for butter cheese eggs and bottled products. The back storage box uses cork insulation six inch walls and ammonia coils maintain 34 to 35 degrees. Four glass doors face the display side at the back of the store. Subscribers to The Press.
Monday services were conducted at Janzen Funeral Home for Lillian Ann Heibert the five day old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Heibert of Shafter who died Friday morning at the Heibert home. Rev Gustav Frey of the First Mennonite Church officiated with burial in Hillsboro Kansas. Survivors include the parents and several eastern relatives. grandmother Mrs D A Heibert and uncle Monroe Heibert arrived from Kansas to assist.
The queen bee focuses on egg laying and is highly efficient at reproduction. She cannot produce wax or carry pollen, unlike worker bees, and plays a different, specialized role within the hive.
Ernest R. E. White, civil engineer, begins designing fall and placement for sewer lines at Richland grammar school. Plans call for connecting three buildings to the local system with pipe laying by competitive bid and completion by fall opening.
Historic note credits Leonardo da Vinci with an early wheelbarrow design featuring a single wheel and two handles. The concept evolved from an older handbarrow that carried a box by two men.
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