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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
2
Publisher H. G. Comvronrt lists office at 160 Central Avenue with an annual subscription rate of 923.00 in advance. The notice emphasizes payment terms and location details for readers.
A compact survey traces Thanksgiving feasts from Daniel Webster and Dickens in 1842 to Hamilton Fish’s ice cream pivot, Thackery’s guest, and Roosevelt’s four meat reveal. The piece then returns to 1939 expectations with a classic roast turkey menu and simple sides.
The Kern county council will hold a December 11 meeting in the club building. Shafter Auxiliary of the American Legion will serve dinner. New agricultural clubs form in Wasco and Shafter with pig and calf clubs organized locally. A car collision near Taft injured no one seriously. A main street free-for-all resulted in $10 fines for two combatants. A Boy Scout bonfire and Camp Fire Girls event drew many attendees at the Henry Miller ranch.
Last Wednesday evening the Ladies Sewing circle of the Men nonite church held an auction of hand made articles. Quilts embroidered center pieces lunch cloths and Christmas nov elties were sold. The auction raised 400 for foreign missions. Each year the ladies gather and make lovely items for the sale and consistently realize a goodly sum.
Five dairy cattle belonging to Woods Stone and four belonging to Nell J. Morgan were on the Kern County Cow Testing association October honor roll. They ranked among 446 cows out of 2,222 producing more than 40 pounds of butterfat that month. Top producer was J. J. Nord of Rosedale with 101.2 pounds. average for all cows was 25.4 pounds.
University of California College of Agriculture releases Circular No. 28 on pullet management and circular topics. Authors are W. E. Newton and M. W. Buster. The guide covers brooder type and placement, brooding season, chick handling, diets, and young pullet management. Free copies available from Berkeley or local farm advisors.
Mike Janzen of Shafter starred late for Bakersfield junior college in a 0 0 tie with Taft junior college played at Bakersfield. Investigators from Bakersfield SRA survey Kern county migrants to count those picking cotton and those seeking work. Shafter high school agricultural students visited Bakersfield to view hog slaughtering demonstration. pig owned by Charles Harris.
World news item reports the Netherlands passenger liner Simon Bolivar sinking in the North Sea after striking a mine with possible loss of 140 lives. The Nation section lists labor, political, and economic developments including Roosevelt mediation, German actions, and US trade measures, with multiple dated notices and regional political notes.
The story profiles Rev. P. J. Pietsch, pastor at the Shafter Farm Worker's camp and county camp, who quietly aids Okies and Arkies as a friend, listener, and adviser. His work relies on personal outreach, welfare help, and weddings and funerals, funded by diverse supporters in California Hawaii and local churches.
The passage marks M Day as the first day of global conflict, signaling initial mobilization and wartime preparations. It highlights its historical role as a reference point for declaring war and beginning military actions.
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