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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
1
The article discusses Kern County becoming a highly mechanized farming region with rising land values and water costs. It notes falling number of landholders and laborers per acre, the rise of specialty crops, alfalfa as key, and the need for co operative plans for small farmers to access equipment seed water and markets while laborers gain higher living standards.
Shafter and McFarland fire crews joined by Delano and Kern County Land Company aide fought a grass grain field fire two miles south of Famoso on the west side of Highway 99. Approximately 400 acres burned.
The Ladies Aid of the Congregational Church will meet on May 10 at 2 30 p m at the church. Mrs Elizabeth Ingram will host and the program will be in charge. Mrs Ed Brown will beGuest speaker and Mrs Thomas Nelson of Bakersfield will attend.
Retur n from visit Osth Mrs 2 2 Evant and Patsy Ann Ronnie returned this week to share a two week stay with friends in Kingsburg Shafter pattern of travel note from local column.
Iwo Jima report highlights Marine private first class Billy Harrison from Shafter California. While trapped in Dead Man's Gulch by a pillbox machine gun, Harrison crawled forward hurled a smoke grenade and drew fire, enabling his unit to retreat and seize the enemy position.
A structural fire at Myrick's Corner began Monday at 6 02 p m causing about 600 in damage. The owner John Pryor of Walnut Creek and tenant G H Elt lost the cabin and contents. Two Shafter and Frank Russell fire trucks and Wasco Fire Chief C C Barnet responded to the scene.
Haehl urged the Shafter Wasco district to negotiate now with the Bureau of Reclamation for Central Valley water. The experienced San Francisco irrigation engineer outlined dropping water tables and the need to stabilize supplies by sourcing Central Valley water, a plan previously printed in the Shafter Press. Directors, including John Schroeder, acknowledged the seriousness but took no action at the meeting.
Shafter War Bond Committee outlines plans to raise the 430000 quota for the Seventh War Loan. Co chairs Glenn O Nay and H W Kelly say the target is 60 percent higher than the Sixth War Loan and call for broad citizen support. local drive plans to be announced in the Press.
A large crowd is expected for a Saturday night 8 o'clock Youth on the March meeting at the Woman's Club house. Rev Menno Schellenberg heads the sponsoring group with Shafter churches backing the event. The program features group singing two quartets Pasadena College and Emanuel Male Quartet and a presentation A Message That Moves by Bob Hubbard with Verna Hubbard at the piano and Ruby Thiesen as soloist. All youths from Shafter Wasco and nearby are invited and organizers plan additional meetings if this one succeeds.
The Rotary Club sponsors a teen-age dance at the Woman's Clubhouse this Friday. The Smith Family orchestra will perform from 8 30 p.m. to 11 30 p.m. Bring friends and enjoy an evening of music and dancing.
A reward is offered for information leading to the apprehension of those who stole U. S. C. property from the Women s Clubhouse dressing room. Items missing include wrought iron drapery rods a floor lamp and about twenty five records.
Ninety percent of Filipinos are Christians, a result of 306 years of Spanish missionary work led by Catholic priests.
Secretary Morgenthau announces a seven billion dollar Seventh War Loan with four billion in E Bonds as the federal drive urges payroll savings and increased War Bond purchases. He stresses civilian sacrifice and total victory as the path to win the war and vindicate Americans' faith in their service.
Betty Taylor and Patsy Kelly of Richland School spoke on how American girls can help maintain a good government in the Speech Congress. Taylor discussed the Four Freedoms while Kelly highlighted Bretton Woods conference benefits. O T Olson chaired, H W Kelly presided. ladies night set for next Monday at Richland School cafe. Guests included Ray Due and Norman Polaski.
Firefighters from Shafter and Wasco responded to a Lang Trucking tanker truck and trailer fire on Enos Lane near Rio Bravo School. The blaze was contained quickly with only minor damage reported. One Shafter unit remained on scene under radio instruction after other units were recalled.
Funeral services for Edward Little 87 a pioneer Shafter resident will be Friday in Cran Manitoba where his remains were returned by his son Thurston Little He was last surviving member of Bolton's Scouts who quelled the Real Rebellion in Manitoba in the mid 1800s and received a Hudson Bay Company medal in 1935 Born in Lincolnshire England on March 15 1856 he came to Canada in the 1870s and later settled Manitoba He lived on extensive land holdings then moved to Shafter with his son in 1920 Survived by three sons Thurston Vere Magnus and one daughter Doris Collingswood and ten grandchildren Burial will be in the family plot.
Gene Harless was elected president of the Shafter High School Student Body for the 1945 term by an overwhelming majority. Chuck Hitchcock becomes vice president, Freda Holsenbake secretary, and Patricia Mettler social chairman.
The text notes that almost one fifth of Tibet’s population are lamas and that lamas comprise nearly a third of Mongolia’s male population. It highlights religious leadership concentrations in both regions.
The Shafter 20-30 Club hosts a pre harvest dance at the Woman's Club house on Saturday May 12 with Ray Martinez's orchestra providing music. Proceeds fund holiday cheer for area children this winter. Members plan 500 candy fruit and nut bags, aiming to avoid leftovers as 3 000 children once claimed them.
Shafter grows lively for what may be the biggest potato season in the district. Digging starts in Cawelo next Monday and in Shafter vicinity around May 15 as Edison harvests proceed with local operators.
Richland Grammar School will hold graduation Thursday May 10 at 8 00 p m in the High School Gymnasium. The program includes processional Broadway March G E Holmes Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key invocation Rev Orval Seago Trumpet Solo One Fleeting Hour Lowell Bergan Honors of the Day H Hunt Richland Band Prayer Perfect E J Stenson Shadows Over the Sea Girls Glee Club Ella Mae Starrh John Murdoch Wrangler cow boy ballad Roy Carter I Love to Whistle and Trio from Sparkletts Warbler s Club Pat Kelly Presentation of Auxiliary Awards Miss Beulah D Bartlett Presentation of Diplomas M L Thomas Recessional Always Jolly Music Mildred Christopherson director Prayer Perfect and Shadows Over the Sea Girls Glee Club Ella Mae Starrh
Harold G. Janzen son of Mr and Mrs Henry A Janzen of Shafter earned his wings with the 30th graduating class at the San Marcos Army Air Field Texas He received a commission as a second lieutenant marking completion of flight officer training during Saturday morning exercises.
Cub Scouts of Den One with den mothers Mrs. Ralph Jacobsen and Mrs. Ed Brown and Den Four with den mother Mrs. Helen June man and den chief Tom Kelly toured Minter Field. Lt. Price led an extensive educational field tour that the boys enjoyed thoroughly.
Redon Baber becomes manager of the Food Town meat department after leasing the market from Frank Johnson, who has enlisted in the army.
Three juveniles accused of burglarizing Clint Parker's store on May 23 were apprehended by Constable Hanley Witcher and certified by Judge E K Grant to the Juvenile Court. They resided at the Government Camp.
Two junior students at Shafter High, Jerry Mathis and le Bartel, will represent Shafter at the California Boy State in Sacramento June 20 to 27. Principal H W Kelly announced. Mathis is an honor student and junior class business manager sponsored by Shafter Rotary Club. Bartel, a top athlete and Scout Troop 53 leader, is sponsored by the American Legion. The eight year program trains California high school students in government operations and leadership.
A staged magic performance featuring Virgil and Julie is set at the Suites Auditorium with proceeds aiding Kiwanis youth activities including a Boy Scout Troop. Acts include The Garden of Allah and The Oracle of Tibet as ticket sales go through local high school and Richland students and Kiwanis members.
A geographic note states Canada is slightly larger than the United States including Alaska and just smaller than the Continent of Europe, placing it between two major landmasses in size.
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