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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
7
The sermon urges true revival through returning to the Lord, putting away false gods, and gathering for prayer. It warns against modern idols like money and status, notes Israel’s shift from military to prayerful reliance, and emphasizes God’s power to deliver.
In Brittany a Saint Anne pardon animates the region with cattle blessing and a sea goddess heritage. Widows and fishermen march behind silken banners to vesper services while elders dress in exquisite ancestral costumes preserved for the day. The procession, drums and litany changes create a medieval spectacle.
Jamaica hosts about 2 100 plant varieties earning the title botanical garden of the New World. Pimento and annotto are notable with pimento yielding oil as a dye. Jamaica ginger grows on red hillsides, roots valued, with yearly yields around 2000 pounds per acre. Orchids bloom wild amid yucca and tropical flowers. bougainvillea, poinciana, melon cactus, and the so called Woman Dildos producing wool are noted.
The text describes electric fishes such as electric eel electric catfish and electric ray capable of delivering shocks. It notes the eel’s freshwater habitat in the Americas and its ability to paralyze kill and stun. Humboldt’s account reports Brazilians and Guianans driving horses into eel waters to exhaust power, aiding capture for food.
The text discusses the law of conservation of mass in chemistry and physics. It states that the elements a body was made from remain present in the earth or atmosphere, regardless of changes. It emphasizes that matter is not lost, only transformed.
Pete Goertzen of Shafter details a six month trip from Chicago to the Mexican border and up to Ketchikan Alaska. A 28 foot fishing boat carried him from Seattle to Ketchikan where the vessel ran aground off the Canadian coast during a calm spell, narrowly avoiding capsizing as the tide ebbed and flowed.
The Kern County Farm Bureau through its Pure Seed Department under James E. Haag of Rio Bravo supplied last year several thousand pounds of the new No. 23 sudan variety to county farmers. The seed was sold locally with many planted for pasture and some for seed. expected yield gains exceed 20 percent over the old sudan strain. Buyers include Bakersfield and numerous local farmers.
A fragmented OCR item notes the Globe Theatre in London with references to people and a scene. The readable text hints at a theater setting and some names, but details remain unclear.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for Storekeeper (Engine) with a vacancy in the U S Army Transport Service War Department for duty on transports from Fort Mason San Francisco California at a salary of 1242 a year less 252 for quarters and subsistence with 3 retirement annuity deduction. Information and forms available from the Secretary Board of Civil Service Examiners Post Office in numerous California cities before September 14 1938.
Sellers of selected dairy sires might do well by giving a sample pedigree with each bull. This would help purchasers gauge the productive value of each animal in the sire's pedigree as suggested by G. E. Gordon ex extension of the University of California.
The 8 foot 8 inch Robert Wadlow from Alton Illinois will appear at the California State Fair in Sacramento on Friday and Saturday September 2 and 3. The 20 year old giant weighing 485 pounds will join a Children's Parade and miniature circus. Children under 16 get free admission on both days labelled Children's Days.
Shafter Wasco association members were invited to tour the migratory camp north of town and the adjacent agricultural laborers homes on half acre plots. Arthur W. Siemers and Charles Barry outlined grants and housing plans with irrigation on a 40 acre tract and one year leases for qualified applicants. Barry said there are no secrets at the camp.
The Ha plantation system is examined by Dr Langley, dean of the School, who has just returned from a review on the mainland. He notes the health condition of workers and suggests agencies monitor developments.
Seven members of the First Mennonite Church of Shafter returned Sunday from a five day religious program at Camp Gaines on Lake Sequoia. Attendees included Frank Krause Oliver Eitzen Lester Neufeld Ruby Gaede Donna Gorsching Edna Neufeld and Mildred Neuman. Activities included boating hiking and games. The group later joined Reedley church youths for a Wiener toast and breakfast.
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