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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
1
The city council approved a 93 cent tax rate at a Monday night meeting. With an assessed valuation of 523 325 dollars, the city expects about 4 866 dollars in income next year. First payments due November 1 with delinquency on December 5. The vote followed a lack of protests and included a verbal resignation from Councilman O H Strom due to ill health.
Rio Bravo plans a community fair tomorrow at the Rio Bravo school under Farm Bureau direction. Walter Haag says 4-H livestock crops and foods will be shown, a baseball game and foot races added for the afternoon, and a musical dramatic program plus motion pictures in the evening. Local oil firms and Union Oil enter displays. admission is free. The fair marks the revival of a 13 year lapse since the last event.
Councilman O H Strom will leave Shafter indefinitely to seek a health related climate change. His doctor ordered the move after months of poor health. If his resignation is accepted, the council may appoint a replacement. the Strom home will be occupied by William Bean during the absence.
Dr Howel Williams of the University of California describes a great Cascade eruption clearly seen by nearby observers. An old cave there yielded over 200 charred sandals and many arrow points buried under volcanic ash at Coxe site.
North Carolina runs a student operated bus system with about half of the drivers being school aged. Student monitors direct traffic while riders cross, creating a unique campus transit scene as the school year opens.
Shafter High opens practice under Coach Bill White with a squad of over 20 after the 1937 season. The line averages 168 pounds and the backfield includes track athletes seen as a fast combination. Early league play is expected evenly matched with McFarland and Maricopa rated formidable.
Registration at Shafter high school begins tomorrow and runs through Saturday with building hours 9:00 to 4:00. Principal Jones urges timely enrollment before Monday classes start, as teachers will be available to assist and provide bulletins on graduation and graduation requirements. New courses include remedial reading household arts and homemaking.
A Berkeley extension executive notes farmers feed the world yet many farm families struggle to feed themselves amid rising costs and scarce access to resources. The report highlights systemic barriers and calls for targeted support to rural households.
Alvin Robertson of Shafter won the grand championship with a Hereford steer at the Sacramento State Fair ahead of 78 entries. Robertson also took first in showmanship and his other steers placed highly. Shafter High School won sweepstake horticulture honors and local Future Farmer members earned multiple top potatoes, wheat, cucumbers and watermelons awards.
Beet digging at the Phil Ohan neson experimental acreage in the Lerdo district will start before the first of the week. Fertilizer is used on alternating plots to test soil adaptability for beets.
The Terrible Townies and Country Cousins of Shafter clash at the local diamond at 8 15 in a head to head ball classic. Managers Wedge and Rieker promise surprise lineups and claim their squads will win easily or are a toss up, with sluggers and pitchers named on both sides.
Superior Oil pauses drilling at Helbling well after hitting depth around 14 500 feet and conducts Schlumberger formation tests to gauge the value of drilled structures. No results released but observers expect updates on continuation toward a deeper producing sand or completion from drilled structures.
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation district board set a tax rate of 1.25 dollars per hundred assessed valuation. The board equalization met Tuesday. no protests were filed for the county figure 2,452,300 dollars, including land values only, for 28 months of expenditures through 1939.
Shafter patrol officers investigate a case involving Looney who was reportedly leaving the station when an address was recorded as Box 174 after the incident. The details remain under inquiry with officials emphasizing the timing and location of the departure.
In San Francisco Bay a San Francisco East exhibit will feature priceless state jewels from Johore. The display highlights the wealth of the Malay sultanate and its famed treasures as part of an Asian exhibit touring the West.
Leo B. Hart led incumbent Herbert L. Healy by a narrow margin in the race for county superintendent of schools. The contest reflected local turnout and political alignment as returns favored Hart across several precincts.
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