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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1936
Page
1
Mrs Hazel Montgomery 21 of Shafter died after a rear tire blew and sent her car overturning one mile south of Wasco. Companion Miss Mildred Oblander 18 suffered minor injuries. both were taken to a Wasco physician.
J W Frizzell arrived with his family from Eagle Rock and will assume active management of Payne's grocery in Shafter Monday morning. He resigns as director of the L A Grocers association after five years. The Payne store will keep its dry goods shoes and clothing and add new lines. Plans for another Shafter enterprise are nearing formal announcement.
The Columbia film Devil's Squadron arrives at Shafter Aindome Theatre for Tuesday and Wednesday showings. The drama features Richard Dix with Karen Morley and Lloyd Nolan as featured players, showcasing aircraft from freight carriers to high speed race planes amid a futurist air-transport theme.
The film San Francisco opens Sunday at the Shafter Auditorium with Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy in the lead roles. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer chose the city as the setting for the musical drama after the 1906 disaster, highlighting its cosmopolitan culture and artistic heritage.
Final absentee ballots swung the Fourth District supervisor race to Stanley Abel 2541 over Leonard McClintock 2533 after a tense count. McClintock may contest in court. Bradshaw barely trails Welsh and Taylor, setting up a November rematch. Chairman Roy Woolcome extended his lead in the absentee tally.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Camp and daughter Willene and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Channeson returned to Shafter Saturday after an extended motor tour through the American and Canadian northwest. They visited Crater Lake and Yellowstone and rode a boat to Alaska to view the historic trail of 98 linked to the gold rush era.
In a 6 to 1 ruling the California Supreme Court removed the proposed repeal of the sales tax from the November ballot. The court found the title misleading over petition signatures and said it tended to deceive signers.
California employers owe 4 740 685 to the state unemployment insurance fund after compiling returns from 8690 accounts for the first six months of 1936. Officials announce the amount as the constitutionality of the act is being tested.
Shafter high school plans a larger enrollment with new courses and a part time history and English instructor Miss Eileen Woodburn from Santa Monica. Existing staff return, adding mechanical drawing and an advanced homemaking course, German to third year, and a wider curriculum as the term begins September 11 and 12.
A detailed Kern County soil survey led by Dr. Ralph C. Cole is 40 percent finished with 800 square miles mapped north of Seventh Standard Road and 1 200 square miles remaining in the valley. Borings to six feet and soil analysis are conducted with University and USDA checks. maps and reports will cover soil types, climate, population, settlement, irrigation, and agricultural features, with expected completion in April 1938.
The forest service will plant one million seedlings next spring from the Susanville nursery in denuded areas of Modoc Lassen Plumas and Shasta National Forests.
Betty Gentry and J Rob Henderson were married in the mouth of Daisy a 62 foot whale on exhibition here.
A notice explains a first come, first served option offering a selection between a book and gym lockers. It outlines how applicants select their option on arrival and the distribution method.
A small fire in the rear of the Shafter Mercantile Co. caused minor damage to a power saw while a pile of shavings and lumber burned briefly. The blaze, possibly incendiary or cigarette related, was extinguished before causing more harm. Local officials report no knowledge of related oil deal rumors.
The enlarged and remodeled Shafter Mercantile Co will throw open the store Saturday morning for a big remodeling sale. Bargains cover every department with new lines offered for the first time. H Midgley and staff worked nights to ready the store, aiming for an appearance befitting a much larger town.
The 1936 cotton harvest begins next week as Camp West Lone gin will operate on a major scale Monday. Growers and ginners anticipate one of the most successful seasons on record with everything ready for the swing into action.
Kern County Chamber of Commerce discussed a plan to number rural homes after Ben Cooper of the state division of forestry highlighted that many rural fires are misreported due to missing numbering. President W. H. Hitchcock of Shafter led the meeting.
Richland Grammar School will open Monday September 14 at the usual time. Buses will follow last year’s schedule. The text contains garbled remnants but confirms the date and start time for the upcoming term.
Friends gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Jacob Schnaidt Sunday evening to witness the marriage of their daughter Emma Jean to LeRoy L Levi. Levi is connected with a grocery establishment.
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