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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
5
Classified items list for sale including house and lot with running hot water and barn space, truck or auto access, location details and farm tools. Also notes pipe fittings and tools for sale, plus a separate line about pear ripening temperatures 65 68 degrees Fahrenheit per UC and USDA report.
Court of Honor events begin at 7 30 o clock in room 14 as the Shafter Kiwanis club sponsors Troop 44. Tenderfoot second class first class and merit badges will be awarded with assistance from sponsors and troop leaders.
Menno nite Brethren church chorus performed at Willow Creek Mennonite Church near Paso Robles in the morning and at the 12th Regimental Chapel Camp Roberts in the evening. Army officers showed the group around the camp in the afternoon and guests shared dinner with church members after the morning program.
Use of tobacco in any form should be forbidden around mate plant beds, according to C. E. Scott, specialist in the University of California Agricultural Extension service. He notes it may cause infection of plants with tobacco mosaic.
Reports to the Shafter indicate sugar stamp books may be issued to all residents and used by grocers and wholesalers. Teachers could survey community numbers and issue stamp books, though no method or school dismissal has been confirmed by local boards or the rationing office.
The Shafter Public Utility District board approved a four inch water line along the Potter tract alley from James and Shafter Highway to connect with a two inch line east of Poso Street near Richland school grounds. The project aims to boost fire protection and area water access. Directors W. H. Hitchcock Bill Lachernhaier H Midgley and District Engineer T V Little attended the special meeting at city hall Tuesday afternoon.
The Pacific Union College A Cappella choir, making its fifteenth California tour, will perform at Shafter High School Monday night March 16 at 8. Thirty five voices from California’s best young men and women form a sacred music program unified by a continuity speaker. Soldiers in uniform admitted free.
Carrots are shipped from Lerdo at about two cars daily, per Jack Hare, affecting Kern County's 500 acres. Ben Sill and J H Maurer crops near harvest in two weeks. A truckload of topped carrots was sent last week for army consumption amid market competition with Imperial Valley.
J Harvey, resident of Shafter for about three months, wrecked a stolen car on Lerdo road near the east city limits and was jailed after being treated for injuries. The vehicle belonged to Nora Schrimser of Bablersfield. Officers report Harvey has a prior criminal record and was found intoxicated.
An advanced First Aid course began Monday evening at Shaffer High School bungalow building with Jack Hare of the Red Cross and Fred Schaffer of Bakersfield as instructors. A second class starts next Tuesday evening, and plans were made for nine more classes in Shafter involving the Volunteer Fire Department and local civic groups.
A tractor class at the Shafter Farm Workers community was authorized by members of the Kern County Union High School Board at a Bakersfield meeting. The class will follow district plans to boost war production and will use a shop building for training.
A meeting at the county building with Donald D. Dauwalder outlined the initial formation steps for a civilian defense welfare committee in Kern County. Dauwalder said communities across the county are organizing subconnections within the civilian defense program.
Mrs John Sade and daughter Imogene and Rosele visited Mrs Doune’s sister in Modesto last week. Callers at George home included Mr and Mrs Fleming and Mr Randolf Fleming. Mrs Ora McClellan and Miss Myrtle Haag attended the meeting in paberetcle tas a day.
A historical notice reports a sale of come izers in California reaching over 2.65 million tons with an expenditure around 15 million dollars. The fragment notes an all-time high in quantity and cost, reflecting a major industry action of the period.
War Production Board explains passenger car rationing with figures from Phil Channeson of the Shafter Council of Defense. Each 24 cars not built saves material for a 27 ton medium tank, 1,000 food cans, 700 cars save aluminum for a fighter plane, 100 pounds of nickel steel for armor, and 2,400 brass cartridge cases for .30 caliber ammunition.
J D Brown reports ongoing potato flour experiments at the Kingsburg Seed Company potato mill. He notes interest from Peretate Con Santi and says the product shows bak ing suitability. Brown adds the livestock feed mill may run through the coming year with sun dried potatoes and molasses marketed as Chuckwagon meal. price signals will guide production and use.
The reef yielded 24 percent of the gold mined in the United States in 1941, more than any state or territory, highlighting its leading contribution to national output.
Kern County Farm Bureau directors gather in Bakersfield to oppose sales below parity and support Senate Bill 2255. The board also denied the Shafter Farm Center’s bid to buy a $100 defense bond and pushed various parity aligned actions.
A final county membership meeting is held in Bakersfield today as part of the district wide effort.
About 400000 workers in California are engaged in essential war industries, accounting for 19 percent of non agricultural employment.
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