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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
3
An outline lists topics for November 29 covering religious education materials and seriire texts. The note suggests copyright considerations and usage practices for education activities and reference to international acts.
A sermon outline on the church as a divine organism and its sevenfold mission. Holiness of life, divine power, unity in faith, service, love in action, obedience to the Holy Spirit, and the call to fellowship. Ends with urging personal commitment to church life and mission.
Listings show multiple Shafter residents hosting and visiting relatives for Thanksgiving. Guests include Dr. and Mrs. G E Sievers of Glendale, Mr. and Mrs. Moody of San Pedro, and families from Santa Maria Bakersfield Los Angeles and Spokane. Names include Arnolds Reub Camp Chandlers Lassiters Enns Janzen Ritchey Hart Codd Fair and Martins.
Pvt Clyde W Voll stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo and his wife visited his aunt Mrs J A Roscamp. They were greeted by his mother Mrs J E Voll of Menno SD, Mrs Leon Gering Freeman SD, Mrs Kenneth Bohner Sioux Falls SD, and Mr and Mrs Fart Roscamp of Cuya. The group will stay at the Roscamp home for some time.
Mrs. Clarence Lenox of Oakland visited her niece in Shafter and also called on sister Mrs. Joseph Moody in San Pedro. The page notes Bible Institute conference attendance in Los Angeles, weekend trips to Reedley and Dinuba, and a Bay Area move for Emil Stoller’s family. Judge Rightmire plans return from illness, and Parlier visitor J J Klassen stopped with John Reimer. Multifamily reunions and Andersons from Russian River are mentioned along with Northam guests from Las Vegas.
Theodore Casteel dies November 17 in Bakersfield at 2 6 in the Janzen Funeral Home chapel. Born September 20, 1879 in Montreal Missouri he was 63. Survived by wife Nora and five sons Clarence Charles Earl James Henry, three daughters Mary Jane Marie. one brother J P Casteel and three sisters Maude Yates Mary Fridenburg May Kite.
Investigators for a U S Senate committee led by Senator Downey and joined by California figures plan the most comprehensive farm labor shortage study. Hearings in Fresno aim to quantify impacts on next year's production with farm groups and University of California experts providing evidence.
Lawrence Clark Powell notes Diderot’s 355 volume encyclopedia aimed to rebuild civilization before the French Revolution. The Los Angeles exhibition shows engraved plates of arts crafts and sciences, illustrating democracy and dignity of labor.
First Baptist Church on E Lerdo highway led by Pastor E M Anderson opens with 10 a m Sunday school led by P A Schmidt. Morning worship at 11 with the sermon Over coming Every Fear. Junior B Y P A at 3 p m, prayer league at 7 p m, Young People's meeting at 7 p m and evening service at 8 with Keeping the Commandments. Thursday 7 330 p m Thanksgiving prayer service. Union Congregational Church at 311 James street with Sunday school at 9 45 led by J Donald Atkins. service at 11 focusing on The Strength of Confidence. David Powell directs choir. Miss Doris Davis is organist with chapel choir. Bible reading and prayer at Chandlers home Friday 8. Choir rehearsals Wednesday 7 30 p m. St John’s Catholic Church at Ninth and Broadway Wasco led by Rev Owen McMullen offers Masses at 8 and 10 a m.
The Christian Science Society a branch of The Mother Church in Boston announces Sunday services at 11 am. Sunday school at 10 am. Wednesday evening meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at 8 oclock. Located at the corner of Sixth and E streets Wasco.
California Wool Growers association adopted war related policies at its 82nd annual convention in San Francisco to boost meat and wool production for the war effort. The California Cattlemen's association plans a yearly meeting in San Francisco December 13 and 14 to address war issues facing the livestock sector.
Kern County's farm commodity value placed it ninth among U S counties in the 1940 census, with reported values of about 17.8 million dollars. Los Angeles, Tulare, Fresno, and Riverside counties led California, while other states claim notable counties. Data comes from the Bureau of Census and A M Lindsay, Kern County farm adviser.
San Francisco accounts for 16.40 percent of the state’s taxable income while housing 9.17 percent of its population, highlighting a pronounced concentration of wealth in the city.
Latest figures from the National Tuberculosis Association, via the California Tuberculosis Association, show increases in England and Wales by 12 percent from 1939 to 1941 and Scotland by 19 percent. Paris reports a 10 percent rise in the first half of 1941 versus 1939, with notices from Germany and other regions indicating broader spikes in TB alongside diphtheria and scarlet fever.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced immediate apprenticeship opportunities for high school youths at Mare Island Navy Yard. Applications will be available this week at civil service offices in post offices statewide. Competitive exams will be held in December with appointments around January 4, 1943.
Daniel De Luece, Loyola University alumni and war correspondent, warns that India may face intensified conflict as monsoon season nears. He cites Japanese air strength and Chinese pleas for US bases to aid Burma routes, noting underarmed Chinese troops and aging Italian tanks. He praises Australian, Russian, and German sharpshooters as elite in the conflict.
A new work by Dr. William J. Feliner assistant professor of economics at the Berkeley campus of the University of California is published by University Press. The book, based on a Bureau of Business and Economic Research study from Oct 1941 to May 1942, argues direct controls alone fail to curb inflation without proper fiscal policy. An asbestos mining industry may develop in California.
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