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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
8
A layette shower and dinner for Mrs J W Carter were given Tuesday at the Experimental Farm north of Shafter. Guests included Mrs J C Gunther Oildale and Marion Harrison, Beulah Hare, Edna Craig, H Heck, J C Channeson, Ruth Hubbard and Mrs Carter and her son Lyle.
The funeral for John Kruger 73, who died Friday, was held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Mennonite Brethren church with bilingual sermons by Rev W J Best of Shafter and Rev Jake Hofer of Rosedale. Pallbearers included C G Linquist and others. burial followed at Union Cemetery in Bakerfield after services conducted by Janzen Funeral Home. Kruger leaves a widow and children and grandchildren from several cities.
The A Capella choir of Pacific Union College directed by George W. Greer will give a sacred concert at Wasco High School auditorium on Friday night March 14 at eight. The 35 member group, renowned in the state, travels from campus to Kern County and is sponsored by the Shafter Home and School Association.
Modesto trip by Ted Vignolli on Sunday spent the day visiting. P. L. Arnold spoke at Kern Academy on planning a commercial career. Jane Shank returned to Mariposa after visiting Shafter friends. Glen O. Nay and Arnold inspected dairy cattle near Exeter. W W Tannahill traveled to Fresno for a business visit and planned to return to Shafter. E P Jones led a meeting of the Sierra League to set schedules for baseball track and tennis.
Family members Johnnie Mabel Rubena and Lena Shultz and Mrs Walter Warkentin left for Dallas Oregon by auto early this morning to attend the funeral of their grandmother Mrs Julia Willwock who died Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Erwin Gage and their daughter Muriel drove to Randsburg Sunday morning to visit friends and have dinner. In the afternoon they returned via the petrified forest where they spent some time.
H. D. Hempleman arrived from Los Angeles on Wednesday and assumed the duties of chef at Valentine’s Fountain Cafe on Thursday.
Kern County Farm Bureau survey finds 68 percent oppose Bankhead act and any compulsory farm production control. Ninety-two percent favor equal domestic market protection for agriculture. The county home department outlines plans for an April 1 home garden tour.
Shafter High School basketball, strong in the Y M C A tournament, defeated Comrade Club and reached the final against Taft. Taft beat Shafter 27 to 20 to claim the Kern county title as Willie Shultz starred with top tournament scoring and a place on the all tournament team. Taft and Shafter advance to the San Joaquin Valley event in Hanford March 20 and 21.
Friday afternoon the thinly clad tracksters of the local high school open the season with the inter class meet led by a junior class heavy favorite. Seniors vow to defend titles in running and field events as the public is invited for a 2 30 start.
The Mennonite Brethren Church with message and melody invites the public to morning Bible study sages by Rev P P Rempel and Prof T R Nickel. Evening speakers include Dr Crandall Wasco and Rev P N Hiebert Bakersfield with choir men’s chorus and a quartet providing music.
The Reform Church Pastor A Funck outlines Sunday services 9:30 Sunday school 10:30 morning service and 7:15 English Bible hour. The sermon contrasts the old law with the grace in Christ focusing on Romans 7:5 6 and the dispensation of the New Testament.
Members of the Church of Christ who held services at the Adventist Church now meet in the east end of the old Richland grammar school building. Sunday services start at 10 with Bible study and song. A sermon and communion follow on March 7 at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
Miss Irene Parker spent the week ending in Fresno visiting her parents.
Wanted notices seek a capable man with a family to run a ranch on a wage basis or perform ranch work with a furnished house. Enoch J. Baldwin Box 185 Buttonwillow. Also a family of four seeks any farm work by an experienced operator in Shafter with general delivery.
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