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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
6
Lesson stresses the command to honor and obey parents per Exodus 20 12 and Ephesians 6 3. It highlights Jesus as a model of obedience Luke 2 46 52 and reminds that care for aging parents remains a lifelong duty. It warns against parental provocation and urges grace in discipline.
This editorial opposes Proposition 13 on the November ballot. It warns of 5000+ new boards and commissions with dictatorial spending powers, a repeal of the two thirds bond vote, and broad authority for cities and districts to fund railroads and utilities, urging voters to defeat the measure.
Members of the Orthodox Missionary Baptist church gathered for a fifth Sunday meeting featuring special singing and an evening service. A church dinner followed, organized by the women of the congregation.
Workmen at the George F. Gettywell Ramsay No 3 in the Shafter oil field completed 136 feet of hole this week reaching a depth of 10 436 feet Tuesday morning. Operations are reported to be running smoothly.
Seed potatoes are being stored in Shafter and district sheds along Santa Fe tracks for aging before planting. Daily truckloads arrive, with estimates of about 100,000 sacks. Local growers increasingly produce their own seed to cut costs, led by Kirschenmann brothers in Tehachapi and Ed Schnidt and G L Klassen near Santa Maria, replacing earlier heavy imports from Oregon and Idaho.
Regular session at 10 15 A M with all present. Minutes approved and large claims allowed. Business licenses issued including veteran licenses, free dance license to 20 30 Club. Illegal warrants cancelled. assessment rolls corrected. Deeds for Panorama Park and Taft Office Building site accepted. England Palestine mandate resolution adopted. Taxes on par and section 4-30-28 cancelled. Parish authorized to sell junk in Dist 2. sale confirmed. Insurance premium refund and overpayment refund checks. stall rent at Fairgrounds accepted. Reports filed Exhibitor Agreement G G I E. Purchase of additional land for airport completed. Bicycle concession at Park awarded to Gus Balasis. Viewers Report 997 continued to Nov 7. Claims allowed. visitations approved. temporary assistant granted coroner. Assessor to place untaxed property on rolls. Mojave Public Utility District formation hearing set for Nov 14 at 10. Mojave territory annexation hearing set for Nov 14 at 11. Board adjourned.
Sheriff Champness declares a stand against illegal rackets including slot machines punch boards dog racing and crooked games. He says he has support from legitimate county leaders and will continue enforcing laws against cheaters and payoffs while vowing to keep Los Angeles influence out of Kern County.
A petition filed with Kern County Board of Supervisors by the City of Shafter seeks annexation of the north half of Lot 2 in Section 16, Township 28S, Range 25E, M D B M. Hearing set for November 14, 1938 at 11:00 a.m. in Bakersfield to hear testimony under Annexation Act of 1913.
Walter M. Booth organized a Downey for Bancroft club to show the city’s stance in the Senate race. He said Downey did not want to appear connected to Sheridan Downey known as the Ham and Eggs man and opposed Bancroft, Walnut Creek farmer. Booth invited Bancroft to speak at the club.
The C P Morgan estate led Kern County dairy judging in September with Clar mont at 75.9 pounds butterfat for 30 days. Ww Stone’s cow earned 74.5 pounds for second, Lizzie produced 60.2 pounds for eighteenth, and Morgan Estate placed four additional cows in top positions including Snowball No. 2 sixth, Carmel a II tenth, Morgan Zampa eleventh, and Pontiac seventeenth.
A report notes Gore Holstein with a butter fat recording, naming Joe Klipstein of Panama in connection with the dairy measure.
The fragment notes that the initial settlement at Rio de Janeiro was established by the French in 1555. It highlights early European presence in Brazil and marks the 16th century colonial context.
Virginia once used tobacco as currency with salaries of ministers and officials set in pounds of tobacco. The practice persisted until the United States stabilized a currency under Hamilton in Washington's first administration.
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