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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
4
A gust sends a woman’s hat sailing into the Central Park sea lion pool. A sea lion lifts and bobs the hat with its nose, struts onto a stage pose, then preens for onlookers as if mirroring a reflection. The woman’s fate with the hat remains unclear.
In the Social Realm the Minihacas entertained the Tuhohees at the American Legion hall on a spooky night. Skeletons bats and pumpkins framed a Grand March as guests danced, posed in costumes, and received prizes. Paula Raney dazzled as fortune teller. activities included apple bobbing broom relay and crafts.
M A S members and husbands attended a Halloween party hosted by Mrs Durward Annis and Mrs Albert Peters at Peters home. Guests arrived in costumes and enjoyed a ghostly den decor with hay, webs, pumpkins and eerie lights. Prizes went to Harvey Gaede Nathan Williams and Ernest Schnidt Harlan Wilson for costumes and games.
The Rio Bravo 4-H club hosted a Halloween party and dance in the school auditorium sponsored by senior Rio Bravo members. Leonard Duck and others supervised games for younger children, while Tom Devlin and Albert Lane led the dance program. Prizes honored costumes and waiters. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Haag received a gift from Bobby Devlin, as the Haag family plans relocation to San Jose.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hamilton was celebrated at a Sunday family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hamilton. Six adult children and many relatives attended, marking 50 years since their Texas marriage.
Miss Martha Wedin of Shafter high school and Miss Evelyn Carlisle of Richland elementary joined a California Home Economics association central section gathering in Fresno. Noted speakers included Dr. Ellen B. McCowan and state leaders Maud Evans Florence Ritchie and Grace Blount. Helen Johnson led luncheon planning.
The Ladies Aid of the Union Congregational Church will hold a regular monthly meeting next Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Elmer Chinéberg’s home. A social and business program is planned for the gathering.
The Old Settlers annual supper will be held Saturday, November 9, at 6 p.m. in the Big Bravo school cafeteria. Committee includes Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Calder, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rice, and Mrs. Carl Haag. Menu features chicken pie, salad, baked beans or scalloped potatoes, and pie.
Miss Jewel Kidd of Shafter and James Wegington of Pond tied the knot in Las Vegas Nevada on Monday. The newlyweds plan to reside in Lost Hills after the ceremony with Mrs Wegington having lived in Shafter for about two and a half years at the E P Grant home.
Ardis Walker of Kernville spoke on Kern County history at a Wednesday Afternoon club gathering. Introduced by chairwoman Mrs. J. J. Peters, the meeting was presided by Mrs. E. P. Jones with hostesses including Mesdames Ben Tabb H. G. Comfort A. B. McKinley Dick Arnold and Janes.
Ninety boys and girls will sing at the Richland P T A meeting on November 12 at 2 30 in the Richland lunch room. Miss Evelyn Marshall will conduct the group. Mrs. George Vannatta will report the membership drive results. A. W. Brink will speak on citizenship and juvenile protection. Sixth grade mothers hostesses.
Members of the newly organized Business and Professional Women's club of Shafter raise a Christmas charity fund. A portion will aid the annual community children's party organized with local civic groups and theater owner Ernest Panero. Luncheon meetings are held at Crawford today.
At the Kiwanis luncheon in Shafter plans for the annual charity show were outlined for November 14 and 15 at Shafter High School gym. Jim reported strong advance sales for general and reserve seats. Laurence Baughman discussed the Halloween parade from the previous Thursday and Dr. John Channeson of Alameda spoke briefly. Guests included R. N. Ellis of Los Angeles and Howard A Weibel of Wilmington Delaware.
Enrollment in Richland district schools stood at 1346 in the first part of the week, down slightly from 1348 a year earlier. Officials say these figures indicate slower in-migration to this part of California, with a 306 rise since schools opened last September.
Charles Harris of Shafter Future Farmers received a silver pitcher trophy for showmanship at the annual Future Farmers banquet closing the Great Western Livestock show in Los Angeles. Congress man James Thorpe presented the award, with Safeway stores as the donor. Harris’s hogs were among the prize winners at the Los Angeles event.
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District will hold a board meeting next Tuesday at 2 PM at the district office on Santa Fe Way in Shafter. The session is open to the public and will cover only routine matters after last Tuesday’s regular meeting was moved up due to election day.
Harvard mathematicians confirm seven solar pulsations in 12 proposed cycles from Smithsonian 15 year data. Measurements show sun heat at Earth's outer atmosphere varies day to day with 9.5 11 21 25 39 46 68 month periodicities, potentially impacting Earth weather. The 23 year composite cycle links to broader sunspot activity and complex atmospheric effects.
Roger Keener a 14 year old Boy Scout established a weather bureau in his Canaan Connecticut home. He records wind velocity direction humidity barometric pressure and precipitation with instruments and predicts weather accurately. He says he hopes to pursue weather study as a profession.
London reports Private D Baddie a 5 foot 2 inch Canadian force member in England among the bantams. He hitchhiked 230 miles to a recruiting station, was rejected, then walked 350 miles to Edmonton where officials passed him for the army.
A 10 pound at birth dwarf calf that resembles a small dog is attracting neighbors at the D. E. Lee farm in suburban Whistler, Mobile.
Bakersfield junior college instructor Jere King outlined three peace forms for Europe at a Shafter forum. He warned a German victory could lead to continental mercantilist control, while an English victory might yield a different peace outcome and a dangerous Nazi influence persisted in Europe.
Helena Montana report notes that John Joseph Haytin, elected mayor, preferred to be called Jack rather than John or Mr Haytin. Readers recall that after election some addressed him as John J and even Mr Haytin, while he insisted his name remained Jack.
Eugene Ford, Shafter High School dean of boys, presented a plan at the Business Men's Association meeting to place seniors in local businesses for practical experience. Students would not be paid, school credit earned for labor in stores, and the program aims to train future personnel without displacing current workers. The association expressed support for the proposal. A. P. Channeson reported about 130 dollars raised for the children’s Christmas party, with total receipts near 150 dollars, to be held at the Shafter theatre before Christmas.
A directional road sign was placed at the intersection of Kimberlina road and Shafter highway by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The sign lists the U S experiment farm Shafter and Taft. Signs were installed weeks ago on 99 highway and Kimberlina road through cooperation of Auto Club officials and Shafter Businessmen's Association members.
The Appalachian trail for hikers runs 2050 miles along the crest of the Appalachian range from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Mount Oglethorpe in Georgia.
The Shafter Kiwanis Hallowe'en parade drew elementary students in costumes through the business district on Thursday evening. The Shafter high school band led by P L Arnold performed as prizes were awarded to Bertram Fuller Barrie Burns Roberta Skinner Gregory Ohannesson Donna Baughman J J Price Mary Frances Ohanneson Dorothy Lamar James Tucker and Lloyd Stalcup. Laurence Baughman served as general chairman with club members assisting.
The term arrowroot reportedly derives from South American Indian practice of using freshly cut roots as a remedy for arrow poison.
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