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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
3
Clarence A Campbell of Wasco a Kern county leader spent Monday in Shafter on a business visit. The page notes numerous guests visiting Shafter and Los Angeles during weekends, with locals traveling to Bakersfield Santa Maria and Tulare region for events.
H M Deucks entertained a Sunday crowd at their home with Mr and Mrs Peter Rempel and Mr and Mrs J M Deuck of Dinuba Mr and Mrs John Nord of Bakersfield and Mr and Mrs H H Deuck and Mr and Mrs Frank Deuck of Shafter Also Mrs J W Thiessen of Herbert Saskatchewan Canada is seriously ill per a letter to J J Siemens brother of Mrs Thiessen She has many friends in the Shafter district who have visited here.
Miss Agnes Roscamp of Bakersfield spent the weekend in Shafter with her mother Mrs J A Roscamp. She recently announced her engagement to Frank Muttart of Bakersfield and expects to marry in November. AC Casners guests of Partridges in Shafter. Mr and Mrs A C Casner of Selma visited Mr and Mrs R W Partridge on Sunday.
F. L. Gribble of Bakersfield toured Shafter on Tuesday calling on friends in the district. He was in charge of construction at the Shafter migratory camp during the building period.
Mr and Mrs H H Bridges returned Sunday from a weekend event in Los Angeles and Ontario. Bridges is employed by General Petroleum in the Shafter oil field. Mr H H Unruh entertained at dinner with Mesdames Schroeder Weyand Carter Gaede E Unruh and family and Mr Sam Schultz.
Paul Newell in his Kern County assembly bid pledges focus on people needs and problems. As Kern Herald editor he supports improved living conditions, school advancement, and expanded public recreation. He aims to stimulate farm store and factory business to create better paying jobs. In the August primary he won Republican nomination with 45 percent and carried Bakersfield Delano and McFarland by large margins.
Sportscaster Will Speak At Shafter High School Doug Montel of National Broadcasting Company sport authority will address Shafter High School students in a Thursday morning assembly. Principal E P Jones announced Montel will also show motion pictures of outstanding Pacific Coast football plays from the current season. Montel is familiar to Shafter football fans for radio broadcasts and national hookups covering Pacific football this year.
Senator Hiram W Johnson endorses Philip Bancroft for United States senator of California. He lauds Bancroft’s honesty, courage, and steadfast Progressive record and recalls Bancroft’s role in the state’s anti-Southern Pacific fight. Johnson urges voters to support Bancroft as a steadfast, forthright campaigner with character above reproach.
Shafter Library reports 65 new books added including adult and juvenile fiction and non fiction. Notable titles cover history mystery romance and science with authors such as Janvier De LaRoche Crofts Loring Mowery and MacDonald among others.
Jud Tunkins remarks that some men are drawn into temptation while others spend their lives seeking it, framing temptation as a personal pursuit rather than a universal fate.
Final health examinations were given to ten families at the Shafter migratory camp. A selection committee of Shafter Wasco business men farmers and camp officials met to choose families for permanent houses. Names will not be released until government officials complete checks.
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