Poly Royal Invites Shafter Residents to College Fair
Dave Ohanneson invites Shafter residents to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for Poly Royal a two day country fair on a college campus now in its 14th year on the 2000 acre campus. The event showcases the State’s only technical college for agriculture and industry with open house activities for thousands of visitors.
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San Luis Obispo
United States
Shafter
California Polytechnic College
Dave Ohanneson
Phil Ohanneson
Ohanneson
Cal. Poly
Poly Royal
Agriculture and Industry
Know Your Public Health Nurse Week Proclaimed in Kern
Kern county will celebrate Know Your Public Health Nurse Week from April 7 to April 13 to recognize the vital work of public health nurses. The proclamation was announced by Mrs Lillian Howen president of the Kern unit of the California State Organization for Public Health Nursing. Co W Harty, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, will sign the proclamation.
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Kern ‘County
Lillian Howen
Kern
California State Organization For Public Health Nursing
Potato Growers To Meet Here In April
The Kern County Seed Potato Association holds its annual meeting April 18 at Shafter High School Farm. The group serves commercial potato growers and invites all seed potato producers or buyers to attend. A full program includes seed trial plot inspections, fertilizer plots, and a potato problems discussion.
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Kern County Seed Potato Association
Shafter High School
Five Shafter Men Enlist in Army from Kern County
Five Shafter men were among twenty seven Kern County enlistees in March at Bakersfield. Herbert H. Howard Bill J. Baker Elvin R. Bryan James A. Howard and Johnnie E. Padgett are named among the inductees.
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Shafter
Kern County
Bakersfield
Herbert H. Howard
Bill J. Baker
Elvin R. Bryan
James A. Howard
Johnnie E. Padgett
Elliott Urges 50 Million For Vet Hospital Facilities
Congress on the floor backed by Representative Alfred J. Elliott would provide 50 million dollars in match money to fund veteran hospitalization facilities. The Lanham amendment would allow federal grants covering up to 50 percent of costs for public and private agencies. Elliott cited California needs with nearly one million veterans returning and 7 000 beds required now, urging immediate action before 1948 1949 or 1950. He noted recent legislation funded beds but none for California and warned tuberculosis care remains urgent.
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Washington
Alfred J. Elliott
House
California
Landham
Federal Works Administrator
Elliott
Congress
J. W. Wadsworth
New York
Republican
Civilians in Kern County Get Red Cross Plasma
The American Red Cross announced 516 units of dried plasma for civilians in Kern County. Dr. William C. Buss and Howard Nichols said the plasma, surplus from wartime donations, will be provided free to those in need. Additional supplies will come from the state health department as Kern’s stock depletes.
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Kern County
State Department of Public Health
William C. Buss
Howard Nichols
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
California
Cubs Lose In Close Tilt In Softball Opener
The Shatter Cubs fell 4 to 3 to Beardsley Cubs at Beardsley field in a five inning game that needed two extra innings after a 4 4 tie. Dale Scales pitched well and Rex Allen hit a Shafter homer as a crowd of Shafter fans watched. Returning game set for April 14 in Shafter.
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Shatter Cubs
Beardsley Cubs
Beardsley Field
Dale Scales
Rex Allen
Shafter
Caulder
Scales
Allen
Tudor
Hill
Unruh
Kirkham
Brown
Stewart
Jacobsen
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Cal
Poly College
Union Oil Products
Art Hein
Firestone
Seaside Products
Emerald Seaside Service
Shafter Highway
Walter Emerald
Alex Sleven
Roy Parks
Dynamic Youth Evangelist
Youth For Christ
Church of the Nazarene
West Lerdo
Dye’s Transfer & Storage
Sumner Street
East
Weesner Bag CO
P.O. Box
Stockton, Calif
Stockton
EI Tejon Hotel
Cecil Weesner
Bing Taylor
Shafter Brick Co
California Ave
Shatter Press
RSDAY
Cubs
P.O
Bakersfield, Calif
Bank of America
Bank of America National
Association
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve SY
Bration
Food Town
J. W. Frizzell
Frank Johnson
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