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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
3
County recorder Charles H. Shomate renewed old ties in Shafter on a business visit while Emory Gay Hoffman of the Kern County chamber discussed plans with W. H. Hitchcock. Many locals spent weekends in nearby towns and two visitors from Nebraska arrived for a short stay.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Sly with grandson Kenneth Unruh visited Ket tleman City relatives Mr and Mrs Richard Schadle and, before returning to Shafter, stopped at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Wilson in Avenal. Mrs Schadle is the Slys daughter.
Mr and Mrs E C McNew hosted guests from Fort Worth and Montesano. Ed Weidenbach toured Bakersfield to view a 21 passenger Douglas plane for a Kern County Pilots Association ball. Garnet hunting at Tejon ranch drew Walter Nicol and A R Duehren with Kern County Mineral Society members. Roy Woollomes met Shafter locals during a supervisors visit. D H McClure and son visited P V McClure. Jona Frey and Donna Jean Frey of Hillsboro Kansas stayed with George Hiebert as they plan to visit Rev Gustav Frey. Eugene Ford and Guy Garrard attended Fresno adult education, while WPA coordinator George King and Garrard discussed nursery schools in Shafter.
F F Latta spoke Tuesday evening to Rosedale farm center members about his late spring boat trip from Bakersfield to San Francisco.
Week long guest register at Shafter Migratory camp lists Mr. and Mrs. Robert LaFollette of Chicago Illinois Jesse B Gilmer and Watson Cowen of Farm Security Administration Amarillo Texas Dr Evelyn Alylesworth of Sacramento state department of social welfare Mr and Mrs Paul Winter of Rio Bravo and Mr and Mrs Vernie Grose traveled to Banning Monday for a Pentecostal Church of God Fellowship meeting They spent the day in southern California Shafter high school faculty met Monday evening to discuss report cards Refreshments were served by Miss Goode Mrs Cornell and Miss Guidinger
Mr and Mrs Ralph Janzen plan to move this weekend into their new house behind the Janzen Funeral home on Lerdo avenue. Construction began late summer and was completed several days ago.
Holger Hansen an agricultural teacher at Shafter High School attended Saturday a meeting of the California Agricultural Teachers association held at Fresno State College. He spent Sunday at his family home near Fresno.
Mr and Mrs A E Halverson of Los Angeles were weekend guests at the home of Mr and Mrs George Norin. Halverson plans to depart soon for South America to work as chief engineer for the Associated Oil company.
A reconnaissance survey of the probable route for a Bakersfield Porterville direct line highway will be completed soon. Kern and Tulare county representatives with the California Highway Commission discussed the plan in Sacramento. An expenditure of 300000 dollars was recommended when the highway line is defined, with Tulare county supervisors pushing the project. Funds were set aside after a recent commission meeting in Porterville. Engineer Fred Grumm said the survey is nearly complete and will be available shortly.
A September mid month survey by the Gian nini Foundation for the California University using crop reporting data shows farm prices falling nearly 50 percent from the September 1929 average. Twenty two of twenty four agricultural items declined since September 1937 with eggs the only exception at 31.3 cents.
A mid month comparison shows declines from a year earlier across items including lambs down from 8.30 to 6.50 per 400 pounds milk fat 38 to 28 cents per pound butter 36 to 27 per pound alfalfa hay 13 to 8.20 tons and other hay 12 to 7.70 per ton oranges 3.60 to 1.25 per box lemons 4.70 to 1.80 per box apples 60 to 55 cents per bushel and a dozen as against 26.3 cents year prior. Giannini Foundation notes these prices reflect mid month figures and ignore later fluctuations.
Cotton growers will decide December 10 on establishing marketing quotas for next year under the federal control program. March voting produced a nine to one support for quotas on the 1933 crop, with a two thirds margin required. The outcome could shape future farm legislation and may lead to similar referendums on tobacco and wheat quotas.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid held Friday at Mrs. Neils Pedersen's home discussed a rummage sale on November 4 and 5 with Pedersen in charge. They also voted $2 toward building a parsonage for Imperial Valley church.
Winter cover crops sown on grain fields show potential to boost yields next year. The study is led by Prof. B. A. Madson of the University of California Davis agronomy division.
A brief note explains S O L as American soldier slang meaning Soldier out of luck or short of luck. The acronym is described as used informally among troops.
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