This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
5
For sale a 25 pound tractor grease gun full of grease with hose and connections ask $12.50. Three John Deere digger blades like new priced at $4. John Deere contact Karl Crandall Lerdo Road 313.
Shafter high school athletes scored nine points in class A and eight and one third in class B at the Kern county track meet held Saturday at East Bakersfield. Rosie Daniels tied for second in the high jump and third in the broad jump. Glenn Bender finished third in a 9.9 hundred. Wilbert Kirschenmann earned second in the shot, and tied for first in the pole vault at 11 feet 1 inch to set a school record. Doyle Bagley took third in the shot. Dudley Pasley ran third in the event.
Dr and Mrs Taylor Tabb motored to Fresno Sunday to join relatives from Gilroy for a family gathering.
For rent notices describe furnished rooms and small two room cabins with locations near Santa Fe Tulare Ave Matlie Riggs Shafter Mayer Wasco Wasco streets and markets. Listings mention electric refrigerators modern conveniences and garages.
Richland high school held an intra mural track meet at Shaf ters high school with 50 top athletes. Monty Montgomery and his team ran the event in one hour and the results cover classes A B and C with winners listed in relays sprints throws and jumps including Rodriquez Langston Robbins Reeves and Bayless among others.
Three vineyard tests in Kern county studied a fog spray method to control grape vine little leaf. Dr. W. O. Williams of the University of California led the trials with N. D. Hudson assisting at the A H Walker vineyard Arvin Red Malagas and Delano Caratan in Sierra Vista ranch. Early observations showed some leaf burn but penetration into vines was noted. Hudson says success could offer the cheapest control method yet devised.
The San Jose State College A Cappella Choir, about 60 voices, will perform Wednesday evening in the Shafter High School gym under the direction of Joseph Running a former member of the St Olaf choir and student of P Melius Christiansen.
The group brings a sacred program to Shafter with soprano Marjorie Miller and baritone Andy Holme. The program includes Tschaikowsky and Grieg works, two Latin hymns, and Christmas carols. The choir is organized by local churches and hosted with a dinner and a silver offering to cover travel costs. Daisy Gloeckler and Roda Kunk will appear.
Coach Monty Montgomery will take a full squad of Shafter high school track and field athletes to Lemoore Saturday for the San Joaquin valley small schools meet. The event concludes the season with potential invites to Fresno relays and a path to the state meet for small school winners.
The annual band and glee club concert of Shafter high school musical groups will be presented May 23 in the high gym. Glee club leader Arnold is R. L. Gates. The program honors local efforts to secure uniforms for band members and new uniforms are expected by the concert date.
New car sales in California totaled 83 159 for the first three months, rising 41 percent from 1940 and marking the highest first quarter on record. Also noted is the spread of pink wines, a term for certain grape varieties ripening in California with colors from light ruby to orange.
German spokesman says sympathy for Iraq but no material aid to fight Britain. Britain reports troop withdrawals from Greece. Germany claims heavier losses for Britain. American convoys with arms for Britain reach Suez. Churchill reshuffles war cabinet. Fighting reported between British and Iraqi troops. Nazi warnings of attacks on American ships. Greece occupation completed. Inflation measures to curb prices. DOJ probes meat industry pricing. Roosevelt urges round-the-clock industry output. Oceanside chase ends with suspects escaping. Berkeley guard increases at service station. Olson veto on county relief bill. Delano district reports geophysical activity and summer recreation plans.
A state meeting at the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles heard plans to construct recreation buildings in several communities affected by nearby destructive sects. Ten million dollars has been set aside for the project. Earl Gilmore leads California efforts while Rev. Alfred T. Chandler of the Shafter Business Men's association heads local action and seeks more details from Gilmore.
Art Johnson of Shafter High School agriculture faculty plans to buy 25 to 35 feeder lambs in California. The lambs would be groomed by Future Farmers for fall and winter stock shows with several breeds sought.
A whimsical estimate suggests that if all cars in traffic handled by Southern Pacific Railroad last week were placed end to end, they would form a single uninterrupted train stretching from San Francisco.
Present West Coast lumber production operations are the highest for the industry since 1930, and exceed calculated capacity. Record demand supports surging mills in key coastal regions and boosts shipments to builders and distributors nationwide.
About two thousand attend local M. B. meetings with roughly seven hundred dollars in offerings. Prof. J. P. Rogalsky of Dinuba named general chairman for next year’s convention to be held in Dinuba. Ernest Siemens of Shafter elected general chairman of the Christian Fellowship convention. Offerings directed to City Terrace Tabernacle in Los Angeles and remaining funds for foreign missions and convention expenses.
Union Congregational Church at 311 James Street Alfred Chandler minister Carol Pulcifer director of Christian Education announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m Church Service at 11 a m Children’s Sermon The Man Who Came Back Mothers day sermon Worthier to Be Loved Mrs Ethel Allen will sing Schubert Ave Maria Nursery for babies and small children next door to the House during services Christian Youth meets at 6 30 p m at Plymouth House Mennonite Brethren Church 400 Kern Pastor H D Wiebe 9 30 a m Sunday school 11 a m Morning Worship German sermon 11 16 a m American sermon Due to a scheduled wedding there will be no Christian Fellowship Bible reading or revival sermon Sunday night Mid week prayer service Wednesday 7 45 p m If you have no other church come to us at home worship with us
The Wall tract J. P. Glynzer presents in a sermon titled The in Mother Mothers Day at 7:30 p m with a special evening program. A Wednesday 7 30 Bible study and prayer session invites all. Lincoln
The Seventh Day Adventist Church one mile west of Shafter on Lerdo highway lists pastor L S Meléndy. Events include a missionary volunteer meeting May 9 at 7 30 pm, Sabbath school May 10 at 9 30 am, divine worship May 10 at 4 pm, long service May 11 at 8 pm with a sermon "Three Steps to Heaven" and a prayer meeting May 14 at 8 pm. Visitors welcomed and radio hour "Voice of Prophecy" Sundays at 4 45 pm on Mutual stations.
Shafter and Wasco groups joined in Cinco de Mayo ceremonies Monday evening at the Mexican colony south of Shafter. Club Catolico and Club Athletico led arrangements with Jose Almaraz as chair and Alex Estavillo handling plans. After speeches and songs, a street dance followed and city officials Mayor and Mrs. Phil Channeson spoke briefly. Mexican food booths operated late.
Shafter High School announces a week of Book Week from Monday to Friday led by librarian Miss Carol Pulcifer. The event aims to spark reading interest, reward student slogans essays and poems, and promote summer reading with public speaking classes presenting previews.
St John’s Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco lists Mass Sunday from 8 to 10 AM and confessions on Saturday at 7 PM led by Rev Owen McMullan castor.
Bombing of Britain disrupts England’s milk output as air raid noise unsettles cows, reducing lactation. Officials warn milk shortages may follow if raids continue.
Bean planting progresses in Shafter community with estimates of 7000 to 10000 acres planned in the San Joaquin valley south of Fresno. Baby limas begin planting in bean growing districts as cleaning and sacking of much valley output is expected at the Siemens and Hitchcock warehouse in Shafter.
Defense contracts totaling 879,488 787 have been awarded to San Francisco and Bay Area companies. Contracts cover diverse items from household supplies to minesweepers, signaling broad military procurement activity in the region.
Gitenn O Nay head of the Shafter high school agricultural department and Holger Hansen a member of the agricultural faculty were named to livestock committees for the Kern County Livestock Show by C J Cheek president of the fifteenth agricultural district Hansen serves on the sheep committee Nay on the beef committee for the fair committees in Kern County
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.