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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
3
Local notes report residents vacationing in Santa Barbara Shaver Lake Huntington and Long Beach with trips to Bakersfield Lodi and Yost as well as visits from Portland Calgary and Tehachapi. New home plans include Ed Merkel moving to Bakersfield and various relatives visiting kin in Lodi and Santa Monica.
Guests Tuesday at the Dan Wendland home were the Rev and Mrs William J Bestwater Mr and Mrs Bill Bestwater and their daughter sharing a dinner in a small social gathering of local residents.
Kern county wheat farmers are urged to attend a meeting next Monday at 8 o'clock in the Agricultural Building, 2610 M Street, Bakersfield. The discussion will cover avoiding excess wheat penalties, wheat marketing quotas for 1942, and various aspects of the 1942 wheat program.
Bakersfield to Shafter range could turn Kern County shops into a defense production hub. Hopper Machine Works inspected by Lt. Col. Baird officials found equipment for high volume eight inch shell work. Secretary Hoffman urged county cooperation as Taft and other shops may join. Plant may need 125 workers to produce 100 shells daily.
Nate, former Newsboys Protective Union president, started a Boston Harvard scholarship in 1906 to fund education for low income newsboys. The plan aimed to raise $5,000 so the interest could provide annual free tuition, turning poor paper sellers into professionals like a heart specialist, CPA, architect, and teachers in the Philippines.
A reporter explains the term Metropolitan Boston covers over 12 divisions, from small communities to large city networks. It notes areas tied to Boston for water, services, and taxes, listing bodies like the Boston planning commission, transit, police, parks, and utilities, with the planning commission as the widely used gauge of 43 cities and towns.
In St Gallen Switzerland a French Alsatian sergeant Francois Heidegger, interned in a Swiss camp, found a carved name on an old oak near his camp. The inscription reads francois Heidegger 1871, cut by his grandfather who fled Prussia in the Franco Prussian war and was interned in the same village.
In Peoria Illinois researchers at a new laboratory are testing ways to produce synthetic rubber from corn stalks and other fibrous plant residues. Department of Agriculture scientists wage experiments to prove feasibility of turning stalks into usable rubber.
Mrs. W. O. Crump and a cousin used an artificial bird on a joke hat to lure a young bird to perch beside it. The approach succeeded in catching the fledgling after failed attempts to trap it.
The plan, announced by Henry Morgenthau Jr, allows taxpayers to purchase U S Treasury notes to pay 1941 taxes. Series A offers 25 50 and 100 notes while Series B covers 100 500 1000 10000 and 100000 with different interest rates. Notes may be used next year for taxes and redeemed later at face value. A second note on cattle feed links prickly fiber to bloat causes, per UC agriculture researchers.
Sheriff Loustalot outlines second annual Kern County barbecue set for August 24 at Kern County Park with stars possible guest appearances. Tickets on sale Tuesday, safety teams named, and a large entertainment program planned. Attendance expected around 25 000 with traffic control by deputies and public notices by Undersheriff Huston.
The city appropriates 110000 dollars to hire an engineer to address traffic congestion. Classified Ads in The Shafter Press pay.
Rio Bravo beat Civilian 14 to 5 to stay tied for second in the league. Mr and Mrs Paul Wilson spent a week with relatives in Lostes and vicinity. Mrs Paul Enns drove to Monterey for a week. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Jack Thoson Mrs Birdie Hollbrook and Mrs Helen Brandon. Friends of the War den family gathered Monday at the Huston home to wish them farewell as they prepare to leave for Oregon.
A J Zimmerman known as Jack served as notary public and insurance counselor while also working as a public weighmaster in the automobile sector. His varied public service marked a notable career across multiple civic roles.
California saw 275 traffic fatalities in May, the highest monthly total on record for the state. Officials cite factors such as increased travel and severe crashes contributing to the surge.
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