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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
5
High grade chick lot available including Reds New Hampshire Cornish game Seked Leghorns. Hatchery names Jake Neufeld opposite Brock's on 20th in Bakersfield area. Delivery with March hatch dates. Location three miles east of Shafter. 4416
The Lindsay Gazette notes R H Shoemaker owns an 1854 lithograph map of California by J H Colton. It depicts Tulare County with Lake Tulare and Owens Lake, Benicia as capital, and counties then adjoining Los Angeles San Bernardino Mariposa. The piece hints at changing borders and coastal range to Utah and New Mexico.
A historical map description notes a canoe journey from Quaking Aspen Meadow east of Camp Nelson in the High Sierra down the Tule River to Tulare Lake and along the San Joaquin to the Pacific. It recalls 1939 flood reconnecting the valley ends and a Bakersfield to Treasure Island trip, with San Francisco labeled but Fresno and Los Angeles minimally shown.
General Petroleum boosts Mobilgas and Mobilgas Special with higher octane and new base, promising improved road performance mileage hill climbing and all around operation under any climate. Don Dawson cites ongoing research and a wide newspaper campaign to alert Pacific coast motorists.
The Pentecostal Church of God on Marengo Street announces an old time revival led by Rev. O C Wilkins of Oklahoma City with 36 years in ministry. Local pastor Rev. Jay Fuller says Wilkins is nationally known and has preached in major U S cities. An open invitation is issued and special singing is planned for each evening.
New directors appointed by Governor Olson include E Batchelder Albany Joseph Grace Santa Rosa and Thomas Tupman Arvin. Board plans for the Sacramento fair feature rebuilding projects from Treasure Island including the Floral Hall now moved to the capital and a Press Radio Host building. Agro operations note crop-dusting help due to rain.
A damaged OCR fragment notes wool production in the United States in 1940 totaling 449. It mentions Gaian or Gaia as a possibly garbled term and lacks clear context or additional details.
Gold footballs were awarded at an assembly at Shafter High School for Sierra League champions. The ceremony honored numerous players with letters and emblem awards in classes A B and C. The program included basketball letters for several players and church notices followed.
Church news item announces a meeting tonight at 6 30 p m at Plymouth House inviting attendees to discuss parish matters and upcoming services.
The bulletin lists the Kern street church with H D Wiebe as pastor. Sunday school at 9 30 a m in two departments, 11 a m German preaching, 11 10 a m American preaching, and 6 30 p m prayer meeting.
First Baptist Church invites the public to Sunday services on March 23. A Bible School at 10 a.m. led by P Schmidt for all ages, morning worship at 11 with Edith Tiller speaking on missionary outlook, evening worship at 7:30 led by the pastor. Choir practice follows at 8:30.
The Pentecostal Gospel Mission in Shafter lists Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. led by Mrs. Vinasti Reynolds, with a 11 o’clock preaching by the pastor F. L. Doyle. Junior PYPA meets at 6:30 p.m. with W-Rose in charge, and junior band practice occurs weekly. St. John’s Catholic Church in Wasco outlines mass at 11 a.m., Sunday school at 10 a.m., and a first Wednesday meeting every month at 8 o’clock.
Kern County agricultural officials urge cotton growers to back the supplementary program to curb overproduction as 1940 cotton yields rise by about 21 percent. The plan offers 10 cent cotton stamps for planting less than 1941 allotments, with limits for sharecroppers and tenants, funding totaling $25 million nationwide.
Americans bought 5.88 million gallons of California wines in January, up 7.26 percent from January 1940, reflecting growing demand for West Coast vintages.
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