Disney Buys Rights to Pigeon Fly Home
Walt Disney Productions completed purchase of television movie and other rights to Pigeon, Fly Home! by Bakersfield writer Thomas Liggett. The tale about a boy and a racing pigeon was published April 15 1956 by Holiday House. The New York Times named it a standout adventure for boys. It is available at the Shafter branch library.
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Dole Skeles
WLS
Disney Productions
Walt Disney Productions
Thomas Liggett
Bakersfield
Holiday House of
New York City
New York Times
Shafter
Buttonwillow Lions Train Ride Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Buttonwillow Lions Club Train Ride and Barbecue, set for May 6, go on sale this week. The fourth annual event benefits Wayne Long, a Tupman boy blind by a stick. Prices are 4 dollars for adults, 2 for children 5 to 12, and free for under five. Write to P O Box 588 Buttonwillow to secure them.
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Buttonwillow Lions Club
Wayne Long
Tupman
Aie
Kern County Sheriff's Posse
Jesse James
Lions Club
P. O Box
Buttonwillow
From by products to profits in postwar feed industry
The piece notes new uses for waste items such as hydrolyzed poultry feathers and citrus pulp turning them into profitable feed ingredients. It cites almond hull meal from hulls once burned and dried bread crumbs with tallow as feed. It also reports grain prices and 1956 U.S. auto production.
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L. A
California
L.A
Harvey production by SHS students planned for May
A tentative SHS cast for the comedy Harvey is announced for performances on May 3 and 4. Miss Janet Chapman directs with Louene Lee as Mrs. Chauvenet and Rex Tudor as Duane Wilson. The show centers on a giant unseen rabbit who influences Mr. Dowd as he clashes with his sister Vera and stirs up chaos at the Chumley Rest.
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Shafter High
Harvey
Janet Chapman
Louene Lee
Mrs. Chauvenet
Norma Graves
Miss Kelley
Rex Tudor
Duane Wilson
Roy Ryan
Lyman Sanderson
Howard Duck
William R. Chumley
Pat Cornell
Betty Chumley
Gary Wilson
Omar Gaffney
Tommy Richards
E. J. Lofgren
Nadine Bellows
Kay Stieber
Mr. Dowd
Vera
Chumley
Wheaton College honors student Bill Siemens for first semester
William L. Siemens of 17360 Wasco Road Wheaton Illinois earned scholastic honors for the first semester at Wheaton College He participated in the honors convocation in the campus chapel and was recognized for maintaining an average of 22
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William L. Siemens
William M Siemens
Wasco Road
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Illinois
Nature Club Desert Field Trip Recalls Local Finds
Victorine Bair reports a Nature Club outing on April 6, 1957 to a desert area. Daisy Kuhns and Vernon Kuhns led the group. they collected rattlesnake bones, horned toads, lizards and rabbits. Brenda donated a horned toad. plans to display the dried snake skeleton.
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Daisy Kuhns
Vernon Kuhns
Brenda
Nature Club
Mark
Bruce Montgomery
Butch
Mark Gray
Randy Paree
Ricky
Montgomery
Ernest
Myself
Victorine
How old am I
California homemakers quiz readers with figures 68 60 30 51 33 45 as a playful prompt tied to PG and E advertisements. The ad touts younger appearance due to modern appliances and claims PG and E rates let a houseful of machines run for about half the cost of lipstick, highlighting utility savings.
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Stringham’s
Shafter Drug Store
Central Ave
Phone Pioneer
Mettler and Sons
United States
SHS
Bill Siemens
Nature Nook
By Victorine Bair
Siemens
Iservice
Jack Hammons
Coberly and
Plumb
Shell NH
Shaffer
Pacific Gas and Epectric Company
Manny
Guy A. Bobb
San Francisco
Robert Mize
Mill Valley
Edna Short
Rollin Jaberg
San Eens
George Mosle
San Carlos
Dolores McHugh
Mrs. Salzman
Daly City
Charles Vellenga
Redwood City
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