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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
3
Tuesday April 20 is the final date for paying the second installment on county taxes per Perry Brite county tax collector. Taxes not paid by 5 p m that date become delinquent with an additional three percent penalty plus the cost of advertising.
The piece warns against grace pride the idea of being better due to divine favor. It contrasts self righteousness with humility noting many earnest people in Chicago Moody Tabernacle share faith. It urges readers to avoid face place and grace pride and esteem others higher.
Modesto Trust and Savings Bank becomes the Modesto Branch of The Anglo California National Bank after closing on Saturday April 10. W W Giddings steps in as Modesto branch manager with former Modesto Trust executives continuing in new roles. The move makes this the tenth out of town branch for the Anglo Bank serving Stanislaus and surrounding counties.
Ramona Outdoor Play resumes its fourteenth season with performances on April 17 18 24 25 and May 1 2 in Ramona Bowl Hemet San Jacinto. About 250 cast members including townspeople star in the Helen Hunt Jackson adaptation drawing large regional crowds. General manager Lloyd D Mitchell enters his second year.
Religion Getting Help From Religion by J. G. Gilkey argues for strength faith and courage from religion across 11 chapters. Sociology Rich Land Poor Land by Stuart Chase advocates broad reclamation of land and resources. Literature Snow Covered Wagons by Mrs. J. C. Altrocchi retells the Donner party tragedy in verse. The People Yes by Carl Sandburg portrays people as heroes with humorous lower-class humor. After The New Deal What by N. M. Thomas analyzes the US as of 1936 with glimpses toward 1940 and beyond. Biography An American Doctor's Odyssey by W. G. Heiser stresses usefulness for teachers editors ministers and civil servants. The Man Who Caught the Weather by Mrs. B Aldrich features short stories with consistent quality. Eternal Deeps by S. W. Bassett Cape Cod romance with New Yorkers observing locals. But Beauty Vanishes by Richard Blaker and Hester Billiter follows two grown children after a night of murder in the Caucasus. Great Laughter by Fannie Hurst tracks the Neales and Gregannie’s guiding presence. Great-Aunt Lavinia by J. C. Lincoln depicts Cape Cod when autos were new. American Acres by Mrs. Peattie follows a family loving the Illinois homestead. Fortunes of Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini new adventures of a famed historical hero. Shore Excursion by E. H. Yotes begins with Imogene Ingalls’s hat landing in John Casablanca’s lap.
Howard A. Crawford of Shafter sues Earle C. Anthony Incorporated for 87266 in Bakersfield alleging his wife Dulsena was killed in a January 4 automobile collision at Riverside Avenue and Beech Street near Shafter. Sherman Appell, driver for the defendant, died days later from injuries.
Recent dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Koenig included Miss Ida ee ae ee school teacher and Miss Iva itanphe sid L. & cmhe 02 Cee Angeles.
March withdrawals at Shafter library rose to 400 books, lifting February borrowings. Mrs. Thomas Wedge, librarian, notes strong demand from grammar school classes held twice weekly. February 1936 figures show adults 704 and juveniles 1997 with a 2095 grand total for the year ahead of 1601 in 1936.
Kern county grape and fruit tree growers may receive payments under the 1937 agriculture conservation program for cover crops in vineyards and orchards and to aid in removing unprofitable plantings. Other soil building practices include weed control and permanent soil conserving crops such as alfalfa. Noxious weeds targeted include bermuda grass puncture vine Johnson grass nut grass hoary grass morning glory Russian knapweed and alkali mellow. Total payments average two to three dollars per acre with varying rates by grower.
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