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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1943
Page
3
Staff Sergeant Cecil Comer known as Tiny reports a dramatic change in size and weight. His waist expanded to 53 inches, up four inches since June of last year, while his weight rose by 32 pounds to 311.
A concise notice in The Shafter Press announces a classified ad offering services of a Japanese chaplain for community or personal rites. The item specifies availability and contact method for arrangements.
Multiple local notices record births, returns from military service, leave from the armed forces, and travel for work and visiting. Names include Richard Hays, Dorace Teague, Gary Erwin Teague, Milton Nikkel, Clyde Garrett, Frank Williams, Walter Reed, Roy Robins, Wayne Hooks, Fred Mettler, Tillie Mettler, Ensign Helm, H Forrest Wood, Rody Paulson, Priscilla Lynne Paulson, Rosalie Hitchcock, Frank Sachder, Nema Wiebe, J. P. Hansen, H. V. Wiebe, A Buttles, Riley Marsh, Maxine Hall, Blaine, J C Penner, and others with dates around Armistice Day and mid‑November.
An ad touts a beverage called CANADOIS Mixture manufactured in the United States. A sip or two allegedly soothes bronchial irritation, relieves coughing spasms, and eases heavy breathing. McClure's Drug Store is listed as a supplier.
Postmen prepare for the thirty seventh annual Christmas Seal sale beginning Monday with mail delivery expected to bring in contributions. Kern County Tuberculosis Association will supply seals to those not receiving them in the mail. Postmaster Rosenstier of Shafter notes the busy day, but says the effort may save lives.
Waste paper is being collected by Boy Scouts of Kern county and residents with paper are asked to contact local Scout members. Kern county lacks storage facilities so no general intensive collection is planned. Mills can absorb only limited amounts, so a tempo, not full drive will be pursued.
A report notes blue diamonds weighing one to three carats were found in Nevada in 1892 but later buried by shifting sands and have not been rediscovered. Meanwhile seventeen year old Eugene Starkey of Tehama County has been named the Star State Farmer of California by the Future Farmers of America.
Mrs. Lee Gloria Shuck survived on a cliff edge for a day and night after falling 350 feet. Soldiers and Coast Guard rescuers reached her at the narrow ledge in California near Palo Verdes.
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