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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
4
Dr Gaylord executive secretary of Claremont Place will speak Sunday morning at the Congregational church. Mrs Ids will speak Sunday evening as part of the Congregational youth movement program. An evening service will follow a church lawn supper.
Outdoor flower stands have enriched San Francisco streetscape since the 1880s, adding color and local charm to urban sidewalks through decades of city life.
Dale Proctor returns from a two week trip to Proctor's old home in Weleetka Oklahoma bringing a 49 pound watermelon grown by Bill Wade, Oklahoma watermelon king. The melon is displayed at McCormac's grocery store. Proctor visited his mother Mrs P C Proctor and noted heavy rains and good melon crops in Weleetka this year.
The state flower of California, the poppy, was given the scientific name Eschscholtzia in a designation tied to the region around Sonoma County.
The Ladies Aid of the Union Congregational church will meet next Thursday at 2 30 PM at the church, with Mrs Jack Bat taglia as executive president announcing that Mrs Lafayette Baines will speak on the Near East. A Jade room exhibit at a San Francisco art store displays 45 jade shades and artifacts up to 2000 years old.
The Business and Professional Women's Club hosts an ice cream social tonight in the T. V. Little building between Lord and Golden West. From 7 30 to 9 00 the event supports Shafter listening posts, a second such fundraiser for the group.
Wilson G. Bingham of the FHA said repairs and alterations are permitted in defense housing areas and outside, with repair loans up to 2500 and remodeling loans up to 5000. He outlined when authorization is required, emphasizing essential repairs and maintenances over luxury work.
Ground School plans two new courses for enlisted personnel. One class covers airplane instruments and another focuses on propeller design. Captain Robert Bertindan will teach in addition to the airplane mechanics course. Models of major U S Army combat aircraft aid identification training alongside motion pictures.
Eighteen national forests earned the state 840000 dollars in the last fiscal year, up 140000 dollars from the year before. The notice promotes advertising in The Press.
A lesson outline notes selected scripture topics for September 13. The material appears to be a religious study guide used with permission from the International Council of Religious Education.
A devotional lesson on Joseph from Genesis 37 23 36 examines jealousy deceit and divine overrule. It warns against parental favoritism and hypocrisy while noting Gods plan in Josephs rise in Egypt and the virtue of faithful service in public life.
The Fox Theatre opens at 11 p m on Monday hosting a bond drive show by Minter's Jive Bombers. An air force band performs on alternating Mondays the 14th and 28th. Stamp or bond admission allows entry with KERN rebroadcast next day. In week one Bakersfield buyers totaled 7800 dollars. The event features Patsey Dwor nick and Paul Frey with master of ceremonies Spt. Bill Endicott. September is Salute to War Heroes month as the Treasury aims to move two million dollars in Victory bonds.
Plans for a barracks, new ward, and an administrative building at Minter Field’s hospital reach U S Army Engineer HQ. Final units of the 65-building program near finish including night lighting control building 75 percent done and sewage plant expansion 90 percent complete. Night lighting for runways and obstructions is about 65 percent finished. A supplemental finance building is planned at 3rd and B Streets.
Lt Col Roy L Jones outlines the unified Flying Line offices housed under one roof at Minter Field. The expanded complex centralizes the Office of the Director of Flying led by Lt Col Louis Proper with a mixed staff, and the Operations Office directed by Col Jones with Lt H F Stricklin assisting.
The text describes an air force facility layout with the Aircraft Dispatcher in one farge room and close coordination with neighboring sections. Lt. Ten Napel heads Communications in the opposite wing, Capt. Archinal runs Engineering sharing the middle with the weather group. The arrangement aims at efficiency in keeping aircraft aloft.
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