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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
7
Fragmentary text notes a religious council and education committee involvement. Details are unclear but indicate a lesson plan dated June 23 focusing on scripture texts and educational aims.
A study of Malachi 3 7 18 focusing on apostasy robbery judgment and blessing. The lesson notes Israel's spiritual illness after returning from exile and urges honest tithing repentance and fidelity to God with reminders of divine promises and blessings for obedience.
The piece extols kindness and deeds done for others, contrasting the value of a helpful heart with merely a helpful hand and asserting the heart's greater goodness. It emphasizes generosity as a timeless moral virtue.
A reflective line warns that what appears correct to a person may lead to destructive outcomes. The text contrasts apparent paths with the ultimate danger of choosing wrongly and emphasizes moral consequence.
In Shafter E B Stringham reported a costly thermometer placed on his sidewalk by Friday morning. He returned three minutes later to find it missing, a bold but brief act of theft.
Town talk centers on a city cleanup crew where a boy with protruding toes sought shoes. Merrill Thomas and Mrs Bessie Thomas lent pairs from Merrill while word spreads that a third pair also circulated at another nearby home.
The judge tripped over a chain and tesl on a Ratersfield street. Two elderly women rushed to ask if he was hurt. He rose with cracked ribs and replied in jest that neither could duplicate his stumble.
Agricultural Inspector Jack Hare faces trouble from E Ratto of Watsonville who tried to unload doubtful lettuce in Shafter and steal potatoes. Ratto is fined 10 for selling without a license and 2 for illegal parking. He pays with a check that bounces repeatedly.
A columnist defends gossip as various roles from friend to god-relative and notes its limits. The piece contrasts idle tales with dinner table intrigue and recalls medieval editor fighters who signed controversial pieces.
The Shafter News reports a letter from the Kern County Sheriff to the paper noting improper newspaper name listings in the communication. The note mentions only three of eight Kern county papers were listed correctly and references a flower garden near Central Avenue.
Story recalls a terrier born without front legs in Mexico and traveling upright. The humorous anecdote contrasts human beliefs about universal rights with observed quirks of a canine companion.
Shafter Rotary club members met at noon to map strategic moves for a softball game against the Delano Rotary club at Delano high school grounds. Manager Bill Lachenmaier listed nearly all members as possible players but withheld positions. President Orvin Mettler warned of consequences for any absence.
Grain growers in the Tulare lake basin gain relief as lake level declines from 190.64 to about 190.60 feet. Wheat behind levies ripens while water recedes. preparations begin to pump floodwater to nearby lands where barley was harvested. Some predict the basin may dry before the next rainy season due to pumping and evaporation.
A Shafter Business Men's association meeting named a committee to place American flags before each business house in town. The flags will stay up until the end of the current European war. The group, led by E. A. Weil, includes H. Midgley and Laurence Baughman and works with Leslie L. Robinson Post No. 213, American Legion. A Tehachapi Exchange club letter invites attendance at a Fourth of July celebration in the mountain town on July 4.
The menace of grasshoppers in the foothill area of Tulare County is reported to be lessening as the result of an active poisoning campaign launched early in the season.
Harry West displays a bound edition at Camp West Lowe office. The package includes 12 monthly issues for the year 1873 from the Illustrated Journal of Agriculture.
A sergeant tests recruits with ten rounds, but Private Perkins misfires and earns praise for hitting a ball instead of the target. The joke ends with the sergeant noting the ball is displaced by a hundred yards.
A man visits a doctor seeking treatment for a limp saying he has struggled two years. The physician discovers a broken ankle and asks why he delayed, while the man blames his wife for threatening to ban smoking if he speaks up.
A brief exchange plays on remedies for a headache with a joking reply that suggests bad whiskey or a bad cold as humorous options. The line embodies a light conversational tone and everyday humor from a historic source.
The district attorney candidate toured rural districts and at Hoyts Corner distributed campaign cards. He told farmers he would represent their interests, claiming he grew up between two corn rows. Uncle Eph called him a punkin, by gum.
Witty exchange on marriage roles compares a wife’s cooking to reaching a man’s heart. He argues wives expect an easy path, while she suggests the route is paved with many hard expectations.
A mother and child discuss what makes a character fictional and whether Little David is a fictitious figure. The dialogue centers on imagination and labeling of a made up persona.
A school scene shows Aunt Sue asking Jimmie if he took his cough medicine as prescribed. A boy named Johnnies Smith offers two apples in exchange, and a saved apple is given to another child.
A vivid reminiscence describes a tense encounter in the jungle with a tiger lingered in close proximity. The speaker recounts the moment of staring down the predator while a companion, the Girl Listener, imagines the fear for both.
BlowfishInski fires back claiming another’s achievement was no triumph as he taunts the rival over a recent feat. He asserts he could have surpassed it and questions the opponent's handling and skill.
Dora jokes that the author has finally become familiar with royalties revealing his high social position. The line suggests the writer now enjoys wealth from his work and implies status.
A rustic exchange shows a hired hand asked to shoe a mule and a farmer’s frustration. The new worker misunderstands and mentions burying the animal, revealing tension in farm life and communication.
Virginia City and Alder Gulch in Madison County Montana rebound as ore shipments rise with 122 lode outfits and 16 placer operations. Norris and Virginia City host many headquarters while historic tunnels yield gold as old camps attract new prospectors.
Milwaukee report notes H Basil Wales of the U S Forest Service explains sap remains in the tree but moves slowly. He cites experiments in the United States and Europe showing winter-cut logs weigh the same as summer cuts, contradicting the idea that sap rises in spring and falls in fall.
In Salem Ohio Eddie Howell 48 the United States only blind Scout commissioner received the silver beaver medal the highest honor for a Scout leader appointed six years ago he expanded scouting in Salem doubling membership and forming cub packs despite his impairment his rapport with boys and dedication earned wide trust
New York grocers and restaurant operators will observe Iced Coffee Week from June 23 to 29 as part of a summer campaign. The announcement came from W. F. Williamson secretary manager of the Associated Coffee Industries of America.
Cambridge Harvard junior Richard Andrew of Pleasantville N Y arrived to a class of ten as the sole attendee. Professor Frank S Cawley nonetheless continued, outlining the lecture to the lone student and maintaining course expectations.
The Shafter Merchants fell to Lost Hills 14-12 Friday as Ernie Neu feld and Harvey Gaede homer for the Merchants while Tom Woolley and McNutt connected for Lost Hills. Merchants had 14 hits. Oilers eight by the fifth inning surge. Final box shows strong hitting but a costly late rally.
Fruit growers of California voted by more than a two thirds majority in favor of amendments to the Federal Marketing Agreement for fresh California Bartlett pears and Elberta peaches. Ward B. Studt announced the action from the division of marketing and marketing agreements in San Francisco. Official tabulation by number.
Second installment of district taxes is due next Monday at 5 PM. Assessor and secretary Fred Pritschke announced the delinquency time. Payments may be made at the Shafter office on Salita Fe way or at The Wasco News Press office in Wasco.
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