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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
8
The Junior Women's Club hosts a rummage sale on Saturday October 14 in the Beauty area. Items for sale will be brought to the venue between four and five PM. A forthcoming November election will be the fortieth American presidential contest.
WACs of the Army Air Forces instruct pilots in instrument flying using a link trainer. Pfc. Vicki new of Putnam Connecticut demonstrates and maintains the trainer at Minter Field California. She says she is glad to serve and helps in the war effort against Hitler.
Buttonwillow California October 10 1944 a reader argues about centralization of government and the role of economic pressures in voter participation. He cites employer and lender influence shaping political engagement and urges more tolerance between employer and employee for better governance.
Chief of Kern C Fire Department sets Ordinance 392 requiring a permit for burning trash or weeds. Burns must occur between 6 AM and noon with prior station approval to avoid wind hazards. County residents burning after noon on the West Side and elsewhere cited. A classified ad will solve it.
Rio Bravo News reports new games added to a community playground including croquet horseshoes and a soccer field for boys. It lists several social visits from Downey California to local homes with multiple dinner gatherings and weekend returns.
Mrs. Willa Monroe, Delano home economics instructor and Federal Home Canning Project head at Dedand, spoke Thursday night in Maple School auditorium. About 18 women from Shafter and Wasco attended and were urged to bring others. a minimum of 10 attendees is required and appointments with Mrs Monroe are needed to spend a day at the project.
A historical note states that children born to colonized, leprous parents do not contract the disease if they are taken from the colony by the second week of life. The fragment suggests early intervention as protective.
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