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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
8
State employees led by the governor accepted pay reductions to balance the budget. Teachers received salaries on time and in cash, with broad approval of the London system. No Kansas student lost schooling opportunities.
Kern County Farm Bureau launches a membership drive from October 28 to 31 led by A H Walker with R W Blackburn of the California Farm Bureau Federation attending. Distribution of visitor cards and the slogan Every Farmer Visited aim to boost local Centers and strengthen state and national farm organization unity.
Deputy sheriffs trace a theft of 200 sacks of garlic valued at $200 from a Clayton ranch near Gilroy. Oak Creek patrols followed leads, recovering some garlic and detaining suspects pending investigation.
A line from Uncle Eben defines friendship as a friend who knocks at your door rather than sneaks in behind your back, illustrating a practical ethic of trust and openness. The remark reflects communal values and personal integrity in everyday life.
T. M. Martin recalls key milestones from 1914 onward including creation of the farmer organization, first county ordinance requests for squirrel control, distribution of poison bait, pursuit of water and seed programs, and involvement in cotton and fertilizer initiatives.
The Christian Science Society, a branch of The Mother Church, in Wasco, Massachusetts, holds Sunday services at 11 a.m and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Wednesday meetings occur the first Wednesday each month at 8:00 p.m with the topic Probation after Death. The Lesson-Sermon includes selections from the Bible and Science and Health.
A Bavarian cross on a mountain peak near Oberammergau is said to be struck by lightning more often than any other site. After each severe storm a new cross is erected, illustrating a long tradition tied to the Passion Play town.
A speaker attacks the Roosevelt administration claiming one fourth of a worker's wages and a farmer's income are taken as federal taxes. The charges focus on hidden taxes that citizens do not see.
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