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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
3
Shafter residents report meetings visits and leisure across multiple towns including Corcoran Delano and Chowchilla. The record notes numerous business trips family visits and sporting events with individuals such as Harold Fox Everett Gray J P Howland and Floyd Lee Combs among others.
Herb Midgley left yesterday for Los Angeles then will take a streamliner eastward visiting relatives in Chicago and Pennsylvania. He will drive a new car to California and plans to be away about three weeks. Miss Mary Epp Visits Parents in Shafter while attending Bible school at Reedley and returning to the northern city Sunday.
Dr A W Gaede of Shafter was admitted to Mercy hospital Bakersfield staff. Dr Eric F Colby of Bakersfield was elected president of the staff at the same meeting.
Mrs James Oaks, Doris Forbes and Leonard Forbes of Los Angeles joined a group for dinner and an afternoon of visiting.
East Bakersfield junior squad shut out Shafter lightweights 14 to 0 during half time and after the varsity game. Eddie Hall directed the midgets at quarterback as Bakersfield’s roster used 29 players and showed promise for next season. Final game is Saturday against Bakersfield high C team.
A movement by gas industry members to raise gas cookery standards introduces the Certified Performance seal CP. Miss Boradori, appliance demonstrator, says households will recognize economy, durability, and efficiency at a glance on ranges passing 22 strict criteria set by engineers from the American Gas Association and the Association of Gas Appliance and Equipment Manufacturers.
Four acre plot to plant with WPA aid under Camp Manager Charles Barry. Camp families fund a caretaker through two cents daily contributions. Produce shared among participants with surplus sold to fund the garden. Joe Carter commits full time. seed provided by Farm Security Administration. A 20 acre alfalfa plot for hogs to be fenced and planted by year start, run cooperatively with similar terms. All residents may join and may sell their stake on leaving.
Porterville Judge Audrey Lumley advocates dividing Tulare County into east and west regions with a proposed Putnam County seat at Porterville. She seeks repeal of the state law banning county divisions to facilitate creating an east side county. locals argue travel to Visalia burdens Porterville and that west and east areas pursue different agricultural livelihoods.
Mrs Nellie Ralstin a six year Shafter resident died Tuesday morning at Tulare Avenue home after pneumonia onset following a cold. Funeral services were at St Johns Church Wasco with Rev Father McMillen. interment Union Cemetery Bakersfield. Survived by widower C A Ralston two daughters Mrs L G Carruthers Shafter and Mrs T W Reynolds Pasadena four grandchildren two great grandchildren.
The Rev Herman D Wiebe of Dallas Oregon will conduct a series of special meetings at the Mennonite Brethren church in Shafter beginning Sunday morning Rev Bestwater announces. Topics include A Manifestation of the Glory of God The Call For Service The Difference Between the Sins of the Believers and the Unbelievers Christ in the Scriptures Does God Answer All Our Prayers
Rev Bestwater commends Rev Wiebe as a gifted speaker and invites the public to attend nightly meetings at 7 30 o'clock Friday evening and Friday through the weekend under the Gospel of Christ and The Appeal of the Cross banners.
A. G. Rinn, supervisor of agricultural education in the San Joaquin valley, spoke to members of the Shafter Future Farmers organization at Shafter High School. He was on an inspection tour of Kern county agricultural departments. The meeting included Powell McCoy reporting that the chapter dinner would be held November 29 to December 2.
Principal item of the meal will be steak prepared and served by members of the school home economics classes.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Eastman veto and Chester in Wyoming with unclear details about an event or official action. No concrete names, dates, or actions are readable to confirm specifics.
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