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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
7
A study of Revelation 1 3 outlines four interpretive schools and favors futurist view. It explores Ephesus and Smyrna as two of Asia's churches with lessons for today, noting Ephesus active yet lacking first love and Smyrna under persecution but promised the crown of life.
Kern County growers use 1937 aerial photographs and soil maps from the University of California and Federal Bureau to diagnose production issues. Officials provide farmers with detailed personal land maps and eight inch to the mile photo enlargements for precise soil condition analysis.
Shafter branch of the Bank of America promotes California's 91st Admission Day with a pictorial booklet Cornerstones of California. It features dramatic state episodes and notes Kern county representation by Fort Tejon barracks and a trowel wood from timber used in the construction of A. B. Giannini’s San Francisco headquarters.
Jerry Campbellton, nearing his 103rd birthday, quits smoking his pipe citing health fears. He has switched to chewing tobacco as his new habit.
The State of California greets you You are ordered to appear in the Justice's Court of the 16th Township Kern County to answer a verified complaint within ten days if served in Kern or thirty days elsewhere The document is dated September 10 1941 and signed by Justice of the Peace H A Rightmire with the seal and a clerk's note A Peter O Channeson appears in the record
The Civil Service Commission announced new examinations for defense related roles including link trainer operators and instructors, junior meteorologists, office machine operators in Washington, and script engravers. Pay rates range from 1,260 to 2,900 dollars a year with specific qualification and training requirements and closing dates in 1941.
In Des Moines Iowa William L Richardson 44 reunites with son Weldon William W Richard son 24 after 21 years. Weldon volunteered under the selective service act and both learned they lived in the same city for the last decade. The meeting at Fort Des Moines followed a long search by William L who had moved from Des Moines to New York and Emmetsburg.
California produced 214,642,000 board feet of redwood lumber during the first six months of 1941, a 21 percent increase over the same period in 1940, signaling strong industry activity.
A. W. Garrard, Palm Springs airport manager, lands his plane on a highway near Wilmington Delaware after using a wheat field and then the highway as emergency fields. Police halted traffic briefly as he taxied the craft into a driveway and left it overnight before taking off next morning.
In Portland Australia youths outsmarted coast guards by rescuing the ketch Pengana stuck on a reef 200 yards offshore. They sent a kite with a tuna line and balloon, then attached a sinking weight and heavy line to haul the crew aboard.
Boston officials adopted a water billing strategy aimed at curbing nonpayment by cutting water flow to delinquent homes. Public works officials said the plan shifted unpaid bills from a $200,000 annual deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus over three years, reducing losses for the water division.
The Army Air Corps has run six months of glider experiments for troop carrying craft. Twelve officers finished glider flying courses to train as instructors plus six more in Elmira and six more expected this month. The program remains experimental with talk of a future glider force and training for nonrated personnel.
The Army Air Force, via the Corps of Engineers and Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, develops portable landing mats to permit use of unprepared fields. Heavy bombers and reconnaissance planes will use three successful mats, with lighter types planned for pursuit and lighter aircraft. The welded bar and rod grip mats are easy to produce, transport, camouflage, and are skid proof.
The Selectives Board No. 137 announced 25 electees will depart Wasco by Santa Fe for a Los Angeles induction station on the morning of September 10. The group includes 23 white men and two colored men, with several named individuals from Wasco, Shafter, Buttonwillow, McFarland, and surrounding towns, plus two from Stamford and El Centro.
Smithsonian researchers report several newly identified white tailed deer subspecies across Georgia Florida South Carolina Mexico and Vera Cruz. Finds include a black faced Blackbeard Island type on Georgia coast a Seminole deer in the Everglades smaller Hunt ing Island prototype and a Sierra Madre snuff brown deer among others with distinctive coats and antler shapes.
The church invites members and visitors to Bible school morning worship Communion and evening service with the theme But Your Sins. Junior intermediate and senior B Y P U meet evenings, and Prayer League gathers in the auditorium. Soldiers receive a warm welcome. church offers help and home atmosphere. The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston is noted with location and dates through September.
Sunday school with two departments at 9 30 a m at Mennonite Brethren Church 400 Kern led by D Wiebe. German service at 11 a m on Drei Grundgedanken in erste Petr i and 11 10 a m Without Christ vs in Christ with choir 6 30 p m prayer circle 6 45 p m Christian Fellowship 7 p m Bible reading 1 Peter ch 1 ins study 7 45 p m general singing. Jugendverein 8 p m mid week prayer Wednesday. First Mennonite Church Edgar Toews minister September 7 1941 10 a m Sunday school John Unruh superintendent 11 a m morning worship sermon The Christian Attitude Towards Sin 7 30 p m general Christian program Work and Its Blessings led by John Neufeld following Christian Endeavor Jake Quiring shares experiences in lumber camps and teaching vacation Bible school during summer. You are invited to attend.
In California the J. John's Catholic Church on Broadway and 9th Street lists its Sunday schedule with morning services and Saturday sessions. Parish activities include outreach and community sessions.
Windy season raises trash fire danger in Shafter. Fire Warden Art Craig warns fires near inflammables are illegal within 100 feet. Country area burning allowed noon until noon. city area allowed 6 to 9 am. Open burning requires permits from the Forestry building on Santa Fe Way. In a fire, call 78 for the department. directory lists County Fire Department. If busy, ask the operator to connect.
Housewives will pay about 55 to 60 cents a dozen for first grade eggs by November, according to current estimates.
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