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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1937
Page
8
Pastor Gustav Frey conducts German services at 9 80 a m with Sunday school at 10 a m English services at 11 a m Bible study and Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m each week in the church program.
Southern Missionary Baptist will hold services at the German Seventh Day Adventist church one mile west of Shafter on Lerdo road. Sunday school is at 10:00 a.m. Morning service at 11:00 a.m. Evening service at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. C. C. Van Gorkom leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m. A Young Peoples service follows at 6:30 p.m. Evening service is at 8:00 p.m. All are welcome.
The article lists Sunday services at 11 am and Sunday school at 10 am at the Christian Science Society in Boston at Corner Sixth and E streets. It notes a Wednesday evening meeting the first Wednesday of each month at 8 pm and highlights the Lesson Sermon themes with passages from Paul, John, and Mary Baker Eddy, focusing on God is Love and the command to love one another.
A child nods to grandparents tales shaping early views of history. The speaker recalls Wild Bill Hickok, Custer, John Brown and Harper’s Ferry as vivid verities, affirmed by grandad’s voice, blending folklore with historical memory.
The House of Representatives has approved an interior department appropriation carrying 12.5 million dollars for the central valley water plan. The bill is now with the president. A 10 million dollar unexpended balance remains from the last appropriation.
Sacramento 4 H clubs plan a stronger display for the state fair with fifteen members expected to submit entries. The group aims for higher quality exhibits and broader participation this year.
Civilian Conservation Corps crews at Shiloh National Military Park plan to restore the six acre Peach Orchard at Landing Tennessee to its wartime appearance. They will plant new peach trees in period patterns and remove sedge and pines to revive conditions of April 6-7 1862.
Nature creates refuge on Crowley's Ridge a ten mile wide elevated strip along the Mississippi from Cairo Illinois to hundred miles. Geologists say wind and rain erosion with Mississippi and White River waters built the ridge. Benjamin Crowley of Georgia settled there in 1821 earning a land grant for War of 1812 service. Arrowheads and relics indicate early Americans used the ridge for flood protection with a similar rise known as Mason's Ridge in Louisiana.
In Ind, night hunter Bix Price owns two coon dogs famous for treeing. While hunting the White River bottoms, he shot a coon that sank in four feet of water. After multiple dives by his dogs, one retrieved the dead coon and swam to shore, completing the hunt.
A new bronze bust of Mayor W. A. Gunter is placed in a vault in Montgomery awaiting its final display. Officials say no pose will be shown publicly before it is set in the city hall niche under construction.
The discovery that ultra violet rays tenderize tough steaks is noted but Hawaiians prefer papaya leaf wrapping. Island cooks have long used papaya leaves to achieve the same result, citing abundant local supply.
Archaeologists trace writing to Sumerian temple accounts in southern Mesopotamia. The earliest clay tablets record temple finances, loans, and land purchases as urban economy spurred bureaucratic needs. Dr. W Gordon Childe argues writing arose from practical urban commerce and office work.
Workers on a dam project by the Kura river in southern Russia uncovered a cemetery dating from the first to third centuries. Women were buried in large clay jugs as coffins, often richly adorned, while men were buried in the ground without shelter. A young woman found in a jug wore red leather shoes and bronze ankle clasps with beads and clothing.
A skull of a previously unknown ancient human type older than Neanderthals was found in a Steinheim gravel pit near Stuttgart. Scientist Dr. Fritz Berckhémer of the Württemberger Museum of Natural History examined the specimen, noting it is largely intact except for the lower jaw and some facial fragments.
A home made filling recipe accompanies a note on California dairy and farm data. California's 1986 ice cream output reached 16,664,734 gallons while butter and milk were impounded or condemned for quality concerns. Weather shows extreme temperatures in San Bernardino county and electrification stats favor California farms. John Muller of Ducor yielded nineteen sacks of wheat per acre across 160 acres.
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