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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
4
The executive board considered placing a senior bench on the Shaf ter high school campus for seniors only. The board also voted to pay the California Scholarship Federation dues of two dollars annually.
This week closes the intra mural speedball contests at Richland school. The Cubs lead with five wins in six games, followed by Eagles, Giants, Drillers, Golden Bears, and Wildcats. Basketball practice starts next week.
Volunteers in Kern County prepare for the annual Christmas Seal sale to fund tuberculosis programs. George H. Hobson of Bakersfield, chair, says public support and unpaid work sustain the anti tuberculosis effort. Seals are distributed in sheets of one hundred with 166,000,000 seals now in circulation statewide as clubs, scouts, and women work on letters, envelopes, and folding while promoting prevention awareness.
Mrs. H. E. Unruh, 59, died at 1 40 this morning at her Shafter home after months of illness. Born in Russia in 1879, she came to America as a girl, lived in Kansas, then Lodi, and settled in Shafter in 1918. Survived by three sons Henry H. Unruh John E. Unruh Ernest Unruh of Shafter, two daughters Mrs J W Suderman of Los Angeles and Mrs Abe H Neufeld of Shafter, two sisters Mrs G G Suderman of Shafter and Mrs David Friesen of Reedley. Funeral service Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at Mennonite Brethren church.
Evangelist Jacob Miller conducts a week long series of meetings at the Pentecostal Church of God in Shafter. Rev R W Miller says nightly crowds gather and invites all to attend including Sunday morning service.
Shafter high school annual staff met Monday evening to discuss picture and ad placement. With larger classes and new clubs formed this year, the annual is expected to be larger than any prior edition.
The Sargasso Sea was first reported by Columbus during his West Indian voyage. The famous tale of ships trapped in seaweed proved false by the 1910 Michael Sars expedition.
A group including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wiedenbach Art Schettler and John Bezug spent Sunday at Kern River park enjoying a pleasant afternoon. Mrs. Wiedenbach prepared the picnic lunch.
In Troup Texas 13 year old Voyt Hagerty tried to decapitate a brown snake with an ax. The head remained on the blade and when he brushed it off his hand the snake bit him. He was treated for a copperhead bite.
Luther Shipman of Hendersonville invents the Odor Wave machine to scent out game and locate humans, metals, and even dead people. The device, built from a flower pot stand and headlight rims, uses 76 scent cells and claims accuracy up to 7 850 miles.
In Boone North Carolina the Tweetsie narrow gauge line runs between Boone and Johnson City. The engineer has 35 years on the job and the conductor 32. The train stops at farms and homes to deliver thread or wire and even pick up children. Locomotive whistles greet rather than warn in this folksy service known as the Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina railway.
Delia Muzzy aged 18 in Corunna Michigan keeps a pet skunk named Stinky that tags along with her and her brother Lester. Captured after its mother was killed six weeks ago the animal now behaves like a kitten and children no longer fear it though it warns off stray dogs with a dramatic display.
In New Orleans a private hospital operates two stork cars to deliver maternity care to families unable to afford it. When child welfare is alerted a nurse with a medical kit responds and a stork car rushes to assist at the scene.
Red Cross officials mark a nationwide drive to prevent accidental deaths and injuries. In the past year 295,028 people earned first aid certificates while 88,150 trained in life saving methods, with 2,454 emergency stations and 3,700 chapters aiding farm and home safety efforts. The annual Roll Call runs from November 4 to Thanksgiving Day to join or renew membership.
Beginning with Norse exploration around 850 A D Iceland saw a Culdee presence before Floki Vilgerdarson named the island in 866. He and Norwegian nobles settled in the southwest, triggering a Viking wave that led to Icelandic settlement by 930 A D and the Althing, founded in 930, marking a millennium in 1930 as the world’s oldest parliament.
El Salvador is described as the smallest country on the North or South American mainland, excluding Haiti as the smallest in the Western Hemisphere. It lies between Canada and Colombia without an Atlantic or Pacific seaboard and has the densest rural population on the mainland of the Americas. About 1.5 million people reside in an area roughly Maryland’s size.
The Scottish king Robert Bruce died and his friend Lord James Douglas placed the heart in a silver casket and bore it into enemy lines. He cried that the heart would lead as it had in life and Douglas would follow.
Shafter high school announces the cast for the modern comedy Louder Please to be staged in Richland auditorium before Christmas vacation. Director Miss Daisy Blaettler lists Marlien Neufeld June Lachenmaier Hattie Mecham Bill Hildebrand Paul Garrett Donna Gorsching Myron Annis Vivian Barnes Elmer Unruh Harold Janzen Patty Stringham Calvin Gaede Harry Hofman Eddie Hall among the cast. The plot follows a film producer seeking stars by any means with quirky characters and a plain clothes detective. rehearsals begin this week with multiple cast meetings planned.
Two contracts totaling 1 717 361 for relocation of 14 of 37 miles of Southern Pacific railway lines around Shasta dam, a key element of the Central Valley Water project, were awarded last week to California firms. West Construction Co of Monrovia got 904 981 for roadbeds and culverts, Grandfield Farra and Carlin of San Francisco 812 380 for roadbed and drains.
The Mennonite Brethren Church presents Sunday activities led by Minister Wm J Bestwater. Sunday school at 9 15 a m with H A Janzen and Abe Isaac as superintendents, morning service at 10 15 a m featuring Rev Herman D Wiebe of Dallas Oregon on A Manifestation of the Glory of God. Evening service at 7 30 p m with the sermon The Call for Service. All are welcome.
Alfred T. Chandler minister conducts church services with a 1 a m sermon titled Love and Lust. Worship is led by Jane Paslay Eleanor Eckman Fran celia Hansen and Irene Hoffman with music by Alfred Smith James Livers and Miss Marie Cakin. Interdenominational gospel services and youth meetings precede and follow in the day’s schedule.
First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway announces Bible school at 10 a m with P A Schmidt superintendent. Morning service at 11 features Sermon Children And the Lord. Evening service at 7 30 with Sermon Sins Against the Holy Spirit. Prayer League Young People meet 6 30 pm Dedication service and Wednesday prayer praise Bible study 7 30 pm with Law and Grace study.
The Orthodox Missionary Baptist Church in Northern St. Shafter California welcomes worshippers with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m Pastor Sam Wilcoxon leads the church with activities including P Y P U at 7 p m evangelistic service at 8 p m and mid week prayer at 7 30 p m Wednesday The notice invites real Christian fellowship good singing and old time gospel preaching.
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