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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
5
Kern county farm advisor M A Lindsay urges growers to inspect fields for lygus pests and dust cotton with a sulfur Paris green mix. Apply 10 to 15 pounds per acre on small plants, increasing to 25 to 30 pounds as they grow, with dustings July 1 July 15 and August 1. Do not dust when blossoms are open. dust at night when closed.
Funeral service was held Monday at the Janzen chapel for Mrs Katherine Peters 81 who died Friday at the home of a daughter in Riverside drive. Rev H P Wiebe of the Mennonite Brethren church officiated and interment was in Shafter cemetery. She was born in southern Russia and survived by six daughters three sons 37 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Fresno project crews pour the millionth cubic yard of concrete at Friant Dam as it hits half completion, drawing level with Shasta Dam progress. The milestone signals progress toward the massive irrigation and flood control structure.
Ten members enroll in a newly formed 4H club in the Shafter Farm Workers' community. Allen Bennett, assistant manager, announces the group with Henry W. Loftig aiding the organization. President Raymond Lytle. secretary Pilly Duke. acting secretary Hewell Treat. Members plan potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries, and chicken projects.
Merchants set to host Bakersfield at the local diamond this Saturday evening starting at 8 o clock. Manager Eugene Ford says Bank of America visits will provide strong competition and a hangup game is anticipated. Future Tuesday and Thursday outings are planned.
Dr Grace Langdon authority and writer on child care visited the Shafter Farm Workers community this week. She studied expanding the nursery school from about 40 to 100 pupils and lengthening hours from 9am 3pm to 8am 6pm. Langdon is with WPA Nursery Scholar of Family Life Education and was accompanied by Mrs Neimeyier of the State WPA nursery schools office and George King district supervisor.
Cortie Dverksen of Shafter was elected noble grand of the Wasco Odd Fellows lodge and Roy Abney, also of Shafter, named vice grand at a recent lodge meeting at the Wasco hall. A closed installation ceremony will be held next month. Outgoing noble grand is Jim Stone of Shafter.
Serious infestation reported this week in the farm area east of Highway 99 with efforts to control pests using poison mash before crops are damaged. Some grasshoppers reported in Shafter farming district east of town, but conditions not yet serious there.
Mennonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern led by H D Wiebe holds Sunday School at 9 30 with age divided classes and a German sermon at 11 10. Vacation Bible School program set for June 20. First Baptist Church led by William Jackson announces shorter services during hot weather with 10 am Bible school and 11 am morning worship. Evening services at 8 pm with prayer leagues and a midweek 8 pm prayer meeting.
St John’s Catholic Church located at St and Broadway in Wasco lists Mass Sunday from 7 to 9 am and confessions on Saturday. Pastor is Rev. Owen McMullan.
Dry ice or solid carbon dioxide is deployed by Connecticut forest rangers to fight woodland fires. It is placed in a 200 gallon water tank to produce a high pressure stream as it evaporates, aiding fire suppression efforts.
In Conneaut Ohio two elderly long time house wreckers O E Lincoln 84 and C I Pease 81 persuade owners Howard and Pease to allow them to tear down a house. Lincoln notes morning stiffness but full days work follows. Pease sustains a fall from a roof but resumes work despite the hazard.
Gen George C Marshall told senators the army plans a National Guard in Alaska as part of a new defense program. He cited a 12 million dollar appropriation and said armories would be provided. Units may form in Seward Anchorage Fairbanks Ketchikan Nome with an Alaska University ROTC.
In Bradford a saloon crowd filled St Mary’s church as the vicar defeated them in a dominoes match. The stakes offered beer for the losers and church attendance for the winners, drawing patrons who had long avoided services.
Florence Arizona reports claim a long abandoned Spanish gold mine of fantastical wealth has been located in the Superstition range. Prospectors filed land claims naming sections Lost Dutchman 1 through 4 and 52, while Barry Storm and Walter Upson examined passages and tunnels suggesting Spanish-era workings though doubts remain about identifying the Lost Dutchman.
L H Snyder of Mijo Telephone Co urges neighbors to listen in on party lines arguing it aids emergencies and social planning. He notes 200 plus subscribers across 24 party lines in southwestern Johnson and northern Miami counties and describes social uses of tapping calls as beneficial during illnesses and community events.
SHAFTER California Ralph Short's spare time hobby is carving replicas of famous weapons. His collection includes a Haiti dueling knife, a Chinese dagger, a 1912 U.S. Marine issued machete, a gun used by outlaw John Wesley Hardin, a Wild Bill Hickok revolver, an English pistol, a cap and ball pistol linked to a Judge Roy Bean case, and early Colt models from the 1850s.
Homestead residents working nights in steel mills say daytime sleep is needed as wedding celebrations with loud car horns disturb rest. Munhall and Homestead police chiefs have been asked for stringent enforcement of anti noise laws to curb the disturbance.
Shafter residents report visits to San Pedro Bakersfield Los Angeles and Santa Maria plus trips planned to Arkansas Tennessee and Louisiana. Local families welcome guests at Isaac home and attend gatherings in Fresno San Francisco and King City while principals and families plan vacations in Oregon.
A two year old girl from Belmont nearly died after swallowing a spring from a toy Easter bunny. Dr. Joseph Factor placed a clothes pin in her mouth to keep it open and helped her breathe until she reached Cambridge Hospital. She later almost choked again during transfer and received artificial respiration from the doctor and a police sergeant.
P J Karber underwent his second operation this month at Kern General Hospital in Bakersfield for stomach trouble. At Catalina island, Mr and Mrs Harvey Gaede and Mr and Mrs W E Johnson spent the past weekend. Fred Uriate formerly of Shafter visited from Fresno for a few days. Boxing matches in Bakersfield Monday evening drew attendance with Henry Armstrong, former three time world title holder, serving as referee. In San Diego Robert Neuman and Bill Neuman returned to Shafter after a four day C F L convention.
In Warsaw Wyoming County's jail system a prison farm began three years ago to cut costs. It now operates a 227 acre farm where inmates work daily earning maintenance funds and selling surplus crops, reducing taxpayer burden.
Cambridge researchers dispute 5 000 year old estimates and claim North American civilization dates back about 25 000 years. Stone implements were found with prehistoric fossils in Lindenmeier valley Colorado. Harvard geologists Kirk Bryan and Louis L Ray examined the age of the tool makers.
DETROIT. Warner Treuter's plane crashed on a second aircraft during an attempted landing at a nearby airport. He was injured and his plane damaged. Mrs. Treuter, who had pursued a divorce and alimony case in 1987, learned of the accident from newspaper reports. She obtained a new warrant.
Beeccles war emergency committee imposes a ban on awakening roosters for the duration of the war in Beeccles. The measure aims to curb early morning noise and maintain order during the wartime period.
HAYS KAN Parental objection prevented Ignatia Lang a Romanian native from marrying the woman he loved so he wed another. He later met the daughter of his old sweetheart and they were married. The second wife Mrs Lang is 25 years younger than he.
Dublin Ohio resident Fay Eberly began keeping a town ledger in 1878 at age 12, recording births deaths and marriages. The hobby expanded to nearby villages as he maintained a worn ledger and drew viewers to his meticulous records.
Philip W. Oliver reports a thief raided his yard clothesline at 1424 Stratford Avenue three times in a month. He recovered two bathrobes towels stockings and warned the culprit to return for fitted garments to match.
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