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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
6
Bank of America officials released their statement of condition as of dime 29 showing new high marks in deposits capital funds and loans to business and individuals. The report frames these gains as evidence of California’s economic health amid unsettled global conditions and notes the bank as a barometer of state conditions.
An air cooler has been installed at the Shafter branch of the Kern County Library system to cool the interior and provide air conditioning through the rest of the summer. High taxes have driven farm mortgage foreclosures in the last eight years.
Kern County agricultural officials expect cotton acreage measurements to finish by July 15 with price adjustment eligibility letters issued after farm or farm group verification. Farmers sign applications in Berkeley, and payments should arrive four to five weeks after signing. A second measurement period will begin August 1 for over planted farms.
Foundations have been poured for a new 18 by 42 foot cooperative store at Shafter Farm Workers community. The glass front building will feature modern interior fixtures. Ray Abney becomes manager replacing Charles Nere who moved to Bakersfield for other work. The camp cooperative store has operated for months, profits funding recreation and activities and offsetting a lower rent rate.
Sierra Pete and Pecos Sam, two desert rats, chase a gold vein seen in a gulch and lose their map to Music the burro. After a storm they vow to search again, sharing a lifelong bond and calling each other pardners despite hardship.
The city recreation softball league resumes under lights at the Richland diamond with first games at 7 30 and second games at 9. The schedule lists Kiwanis FSA camp Mexican Colony Buttonwillow and other teams with multiple matches through late August at Buttonwillow and other sites.
The watermelons in the Kingsburg district are coming on despite later planting. About 3,000 acres are under cultivation in the area.
Total excess reserves in member banks of the Federal Reserve System exceed 6000 million dollars, rising by 2000 million in the past year.
A $25.00 reward offered by the manufacturer for any corn or callous that the GREAT CHRISTOPHER POSITIVE CORN SALVE cannot remove. Claim at E. B. Stringham Drug Store.
About 60 families from the Shafter Farm Worker's community moved north this week to seek fruit work, says manager Ray Mark. At peak season 248 families, excluding permanent residents, were housed in the camp as New Deal personnel numbers and payrolls are cited for January 1940.
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