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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
3
Many Shafter events include visits by relatives and friends from nearby towns. Highlights list birthdays births in Kern General hospital Bakersfield and weekend trips to San Jose Los Angeles Visalia Edison Greenhorn and Buttonwillow with varied family gatherings and community activities.
South Carolina resident Mrs. Eula Connley from Camden arrived in Shafter Friday evening for an extended stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. V. McClure. She is the sister of Mrs. McClure.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dequines returned Monday from a weekend drive through Los Angeles Long Beach San Pedro and Santa Barbara. They left Shafter Friday and visited friends and relatives in southern California.
Kenneth Hienrichs of Sanitar ium Calif spent the weekend at his grandmother Mrs William Epp's home. Ed Magee of Santa Monica, brother of high school faculty member Lawrence Magee, visited Shafter at the Magee home. Lavern Buller, Pacific Union college student at Angwin, spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Buller. The Rev Edgar H McAllister improved after flu confinement at the church parsonage. Prof F R Wendall and guests toured Glendale and Loma Linda visiting friends. Kern Academy seniors socialized at Emma Isaac's home with chow mein and pie a la mode. Wasco Grange members attended a meeting in Wasco to discuss farm programs chaired by Walter Nicol.
Sam Friedman and Jacob Jonas both business men and J Robert Arkush attorney all from Los Angeles were guests of W H Hitchcock at a Shafter Rotary Club meeting in Shafter California during a regional visit.
Mr and Mrs Ira Unruh drove to Sanger to spend the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Weber former Shafter residents. The trip was followed by a Sunday return.
Editor Jim Rockwell of the Murphysboro Illinois Independent compiles a column of social service orders with sample cases. Readable fragments describe families needing aid including illness unemployment rent debt and housing issues with varied moral and social notes.
Save The Children representatives in Kern County announce a 1 o’clock luncheon Monday at Union Congregational church parlor in Shafter. Ministers, welfare workers and all interested in the fund's use will attend with Mrs Neils Pederson overseeing arrangements. Speakers include Dr William C Covert vice chairman of the fund in New York Fred A McCarl California director and Mrs John Ferguson associate director.
The House appropriations committee urged a $1,000,000 appropriation for the Friant Kern county canal unit of the Central Valley project in addition to $10,000,000 for the project. If approved, work could start soon and Kern county farmers see this as a major step bringing Kern into the valley project, urged by Commissioner John C. Page of the reclamation bureau.
Shafter high school's tennis team traveled to Delano Thursday for a practice tournament with the Delano squads. Ruben Mettler and Harold Jansen won singles, Elmer Dahl lost, and a Paul Garrett match ended at one set each due to darkness. In doubles, John Channeson with Merwin Olson and Clark Wiedman with James Livers both lost.
A Shafter booster day article celebrates progress from a small country town to a modern incorporated city. It highlights clean streets, painted storefronts, new buildings, and pride in planning, urging community effort and faith as the foundation for continued growth.
A Bakersfield company developed a new oil applied last week to Shafter High School track baseball diamond and tennis courts to settle dust prevent weed growth and keep sand down. The oil penetrates about one inch creating a smooth springy surface and does not stain clothes. About 2000 gallons were used and one application lasts a year with a smaller second coat. The oil is being used on other valley playgrounds.
Five amendments to the Shafter High School student constitution received a favorable vote during Monday’s school election. The changes place yell leaders on the executive board and require the board to approve all expenditures except salaries for game officials. Concessionaire designation applies to clubs classes groups or individuals raising funds.
The document outlines sobriety rules for student leadership, including removal for three unexcused absences and election procedures. It notes polling hours from 8:30 AM to 4 PM and appointing election officers. Biographies mention Dr. Russell’s university service since 1921 and his Stanford PhD, and Dr. Perigord of UCLA discussing France policy and a league of nations mindset.
Dr. Frank M. Russell of UC Berkeley will address an open forum of the Bakersfield evening school on March 23 at 8 PM. He will discuss a political science topic to be announced.
The jaguar adapts to habitats from Texas to Paraguay and can kill a man, but attacks are rare. It tends to flee when pursued and only fights when cornered, showing fearless aggression in danger.
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