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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
3
Residents and former neighbors return from trips to Prescott Fort El Tejon San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Families host guests from Texas Oregon Oklahoma and California while several locals take weekend trips fishing and sightseeing in Los Angeles Alameda and Clifornia Hot Springs.
Week end guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Dave Unruh included Ruth Boucher Tehachapi Jack Leach and son Dale Virgil Leach and Bud Schanhem Long Beach.
Miss Farlene Skaggs of Shafter spent the weekend in Sacramento at the California State Fair. She appeared in the Union Oil company booth handing out ounce samples to advertise the company and Kern county.
June Lachenmaier plans to leave Shafter today to enroll at Santa Barbara State College. The item notes other local moves and visits including S. B. Lingo's two week trip through the Mid West and into Louisiana, and various weekend visits to Catalina Island and nearby towns.
The advice recommends feeding underweight babies according to the weight they should reach rather than their current weight. This approach focuses on achieving appropriate growth targets and may inform care plans by emphasizing expected milestones and nutrition.
The Rev. Alfred T. Chandler presented a summer trip resume at a Shafter Rotary noon meeting at Ruhlmans. He commented on conditions and personalities in eastern states. Guests included A. S. Monroe of Bakersfield and Ray Albers of Wasco. visiting Rotarians were Roy Adams, Robert Wasson, George Kunst, L. B. Jeffries, Howard Nichols, Frank Digier and A. W. Echmann.
Merwin Olson son of Mr and Mrs O T Olson and John Ohanneson son of Mr and Mrs Phil Ohanneson plan to leave early next week to enroll at Stanford university.
Alvin Roberson and Walter Kirschenmann of Shafter Future Farmers received State Farmer keys from Governor Culbert Olson at the California State Fair closing in Sacramento. Roberson earned his for Hereford steers livestock project and Kirschenmann for his poultry project linked to Shafter High School agriculture work.
The Great Seal of the United States was adopted on June 20 1782. This historic act finalized the national emblem representing the new republic with the design and authority of the time.
A. J. Zimmerman known as Jack is associated with bonds and serves as fire official, notary public, insurance counselor, and public weighmaster in a diverse professional capacity.
The Better Vision Institute reports that over three quarters of U S air force pilots have blue or blue-tinged eyes, suggesting a link between eye color and perceived strength and nerve. The finding is presented as support for popular belief in physical fortitude.
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