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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
1
The speaker argues Roosevelt is beholden to Hillman and warns against a labor led government. He calls farmers, workers, teachers, and professionals to unite against what he calls a real threat to the American system and urges defeat of Roosevelt in November.
Major Norman Voth spends a few days in New York and reports to Mrs. Voth that his son is progressing well. Another son, Pfc Louis Voth, serving in the Infantry at Camp Cook, visited home over the weekend.
Beulah Neuman Francelia Hangen and Joanne Becker all graduates of Shafter High School plan to attend Fresno State College this fall as they pursue higher education opportunities.
Shafter residents will join a paper drive organized by Boy Scout Troop 53 under Scoutmaster Marion Crockett with curbside bundles by 8 a.m. Saturday. Outside-city residents may bring bundles to Richland School. Local horse racing interests grow as William Lachenmaier plans a half mile track behind Shafter High School, with recent Corcoran race results highlighting King Abbey and Dimple Gratton achieving top finishes.
The Eighth annual Victory Foods Fair begins at Kern County fairgrounds Bakersfield featuring a gala horse show and the largest entry list in years. Prizes across ten divisions total 19 350.75 with awards in beef and dairy cattle swine sheep poultry rabbits plates agricultural mechanics home and horse sections. Charles Adams the Alhambra auctioneer will again oversee Saturday's 1 pm sale. Friday and Saturday evenings host a gala horse show at 8 pm staged by the Fifteenth District Agricultural Association and Bakersfield Frontier Days Association. Admission for the horse show and public areas is charged while rest of the fair is free.
Emory Gay Hoffman of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce spoke on the organization’s purpose and its projects at the Shafter 20 30 Club meeting held at the Shafter Motel on Wednesday evening. Hoffman also took pictures of club members. Vice-president Greg Malory presided in the absence of president Harvey Gaede.
Shafter Cub Scouts will hold the first pack meeting of the fall season next Tuesday night at Richland School Cafeteria. J. W. Gwin, Cubmaster, announced today. Seven new members will be installed and veteran Cubs will receive their advancements.
Dewey Tai Word reports Mr and Mrs G J Siemens and Mr and Mrs J J wed soon after returning from a trip to Canada when an accident occurred.
Dewey Club aims to boost voter registration with a deadline of September 28. Earl Weil is chairman of the Shafter registration committee, assigning members to districts to verify registrations. Maple district chair Dave Gloeckler has not announced his team. Absentee ballot applications are available from Hitchcock and at the campaign office when opened.
Jack Zeman closes his radio store in Shafter and relocates with his family to Oregon where he plans to open a new radio shop. The move marks a change of location for the family business as they pursue opportunity in the Pacific Northwest.
Wasco Tigers coach Frank Griffin says his team seeks revenge for last year while Shafter’s Lowell Todd aims for a second straight win over Wasco in ten years. Both expect a close hard hitting game with officials yet to be announced.
The Wednesday Afternoon Club of Shafter backs a teen project to run a youth center in a vacant building. Student leaders led by Bob Davich and Marjorie Olson seek adult volunteers, officers, a constitution, and committees to administer the club as adults and clubs collaborate to keep youths off the streets at night.
Citizens are urged to drop service man names in Stringham's Drug Store before October 1 to ensure placement on the American Honor Roll. The call emphasizes filling the box with eligible veterans' names for recognition.
James returns from a federal airport development assignment in Washington and will confer with city officials in the afternoon. He will meet members of the Shafter Business Men's Association at a 7 p.m. dinner at the Shafter Motel.
Landlords who rent rooms or houses must register with the local rent control board or face misdemeanor. Kern County rent control director Harry Sheehan warns. Shafter landlords should register at City Hall with Frank Shaw while Buttonwillow landlords may register with Judge C. T. Kemp. Tot Burns to Death in Automobile Fire. Sixteen month old William T. King Jr. died in a car fire. caretaker fled and hid, fire department arrived too late, body buried in Delano.
The August issue’s leading article in Archives of Pediatrics was written by Dr. Alvin Gaede of Shafter. The piece on Osteogenesis Imperfecta Congenita details a rare bone disorder in newborns and has earned commendation from Kern County physicians and national colleagues.
Bob argues a Shafter Youth Center would benefit teen boys and girls by providing a venue for dances games soft drinks and meetings. He notes limited local options beyond movies pool halls and bowling alleys and emphasizes self management to avoid extra school janitor duties.
First day results from Bakersfield show list winners in Shafter entries across Agriculture Mechanics and Swine divisions. Fred Starth leads with multiple firsts in farm equipment and related crafts while Charles Hitchcock Albert Homer Thomas and others win top placings in truck panels halters poultry crates and hog troughs.
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