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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
1
Shafter plans a December 11 gala bond show to raise at least 1000 twenty five dollar War Bonds. The event, outlined at a War Bond meeting at the American Legion Hall, aims to top the $310000 Sixth War Loan quota with a spectacle featuring stores selling tickets and community support for the drive.
War prisoners from Germany will be contracted to Arizona growers to harvest cotton by December 1. They will receive 80 cents daily under Geneva terms, with growers paying the U.S. Government $2.25 per hundred pounds picked. Expected output is 125 pounds per man per day, tied to local gin operations in Wasco Shafter area amid picker shortages.
Students at Rio Bravo School raise funds and spend 320.15 on a war related item. The program involves classroom activities and group donations to support the cause.
Cpl. Fillmore, born in Bakersfield and a Bakersfield High School alumnus, worked at General Petroleum Distributing before entering the Army in February 1943. He shipped overseas in April 1943 and took part in the invasion of France.
A Shafter Rotary Club auction raised 4000 in Sixth War Loan Bonds to grant Phil Channeson a one week immunity from club fines at a Tuesday noon sale at the Shafter Motel. Merrill-Thomas conducted the auction. next week’s meeting will again offer the immunity badge. The program included newsreels on Rome and the Normandy invasion. Birthdays in November were noted with fines, and a schedule of future meeting chairmen was announced.
Civic leader Stringham, who arrived in Shafter in 1919, opened the Shafter Drug Store in 1919 and later ranStringham & Janzen in Wasco. He is a past president of the Shafter Business Men's Association and Rotary Club, praising community cooperation and the area’s fine farmland.
Mr and Mrs Bill Johnston spend Thanksgiving with Mrs Johnston's kin in Bakersfield, sharing dinner and family time in a local gathering.
The Motel promises delicious home cooking with daily lunches and dinners except Monday. It caters to travelers and business visitors and draws Hollywood celebrities for weekend duck hunting trips.
The Junior Women's Club schedules a dance at the Women's Club building with Lee Foster and his band performing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission is 1.20 dollars per person with 60 cents for evening features. Tickets go on sale to members soon. the planned December 6 meeting was canceled. The group will join the Senior Club for the Bazaar and dinner on December 13, and sponsor a food booth selling homemade cakes and cookies.
Mrs J W Frizzell was hostess at a dessert bridge party at her home last Wednesday evening. Her guests included Mrs J H Fuller Mrs Ed Brown Mrs Dick Arnold and Mrs Christine Roscamp.
A campfire gathering will be held next Monday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Miss Beulah Bartlett in the Shafter area.
The Minter Field Flyers face Gardner on Thanksgiving night November 23 at Griffin Stadium Bakersfield in the first all-service gridiron clash. The heavyweight line averages near 200 pounds and includes a Yale all conference guard. The veteran squad aims to form an impregnable wall on both sides of the ball.
The Shafter Volunteer Fire Department commends cooperation but cites incidents where residents started incinerator fires or left fires burning after noon. They note a recent call at 10 p.m. lasting over two hours and urge residents to stop starting fires after noon and to extinguish morning fires by noon. They seek community effort to make Shafter the fire-free city.
War Department confirms Navy crewman Ernest Merkel AMM i e was killed in action somewhere in the South. Edward Merkel has received the notice of his son’s death.
The Wasco Tigers finished their season with a 6 to 6 draw against the Shafter Colonels after a late evening game. Jar was also noted as the opponent in the season finale.
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