Iris Festival Showcases Free Spring Exhibit at Kern County Fair
Kern County Iris Society presents the first annual Spring Festival April 16 and 17 in the floriculture building. Iris displays and bonsai, miniature plants, and various flowering arrangements decorate a room themed Iris Down the Century. The event, hosted by volunteers led by Will Goodrich and Ann Oglesby, opens 1 30 p m Saturday and 10 a m Sunday and is free to the public.
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Tris
Amos. Kleinsasser
Kern County Iris Society
Society
Kern County
Will Goodrich
Lloyd Stuteville
Edgar Thurston
Glenn McDonald
Harevey Sexton
Beatrice Barton
Ann Oglesby
Kern County Fair Board
Ctors
Lloyd. Stuteville
Iris Society
1959 Dodge 1 Ton Chassis and Gas Engine for Sale
Heavy duty ranch pickup in two wheel drive configuration with long wheelbase. Includes gas engine and cylinders, duals exhaust, suitable for use as a work truck. Asking price 450 dollars.
Pacific Telephone Pays Large Kern County Property Tax Installments
Pacific Telephone paid the first installment of 2 359 455 dollars for Kern County property tax for 1965 66. The second installment totaled 1 179 728 18 dollars after a December payment. County tax revenue rose about 205 329 06 dollars year over year.
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Pacific Telephone
Kern County
Jack J. Deckert
Leslie W. Weber
General County
Weber
Arvin
Bakersfield
Delano
McFarland
Tehachapi
Shafter
California
Pg&e
Unclear Moto Se Gains Slightly From Prior Year
Fragmentary text notes a 1 percent rise in some metric over the previous year, but lacks context, specifics, names, or locations to identify the subjects or the scope of the increase.
Flower Show at Kern Academy Promises Nautical Theme
Kern Junior Academy schedules a Sunday evening flower show in the school auditorium with a Ship Ahoy theme led by Bill Baker. Dinner from 6 to 7 30 p m costs $1 with proceeds to donations. Mrs Bill Schneider chairs the event inviting community entries in specimen and arrangement categories. A children’s sweepstakes will award the top scorer.
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Kern Junior Academy
Bill Baker
Bill Schneider
Tryouts Set Saturday for Centennial Musical In Bakersfield
Auditions for the Centennial musical For The Love of Maggie will be held at the Civic Auditorium on Truxtun Ave Bakersfield at 2 p m Saturday April 16. Kern County residents may audition for singing acting and dancing roles with the show to run May 27 and 28 as part of the Centennial celebration. The show written by Barbara Gardner and Ann Agabashian is produced by the Greater Bakersfield Cultural Council directed by Howard Miller and designated Official Centennial by the Centennial Observance Committee. The plot centers on a Tehachapi girl and an English lord amid Kern County oil real estate and saloon life around the turn of the century. Call 871-0634 or 831-5547 for information.
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Maggie
Civic Auditorium
Truxtun Ave
Bakersfield
Kern County
Kern
Barbara Gardner
Ann Agabashian
Greater
Kern’ River
Old 19Th Street
Entries Close for Exhibitors at 3 P.M Judging to Begin
Those wishing to participate should have their entries there. judging will begin at 3 after entries close. The notice sets a clear deadline for exhibitors to submit items to be judged.
Meyer Family Easter Visit to Shafter Camp
Dr and Mrs Victor Meyer and their four children from Rolling Hills Estates Los Angeles spent the Easter holiday in Shafter at the and Mrs Dwyer Camp.
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Victor Meyer
Rolling Hills Estates
Los Angeles
Shafter
Army Graduate Specialist Program offers pre enlisting training
Senior cadets may reserve a service school via the Graduate Specialist Program. Sgt Moloney of the Bakersfield Army Recruiting Station explains pre processing covers counseling testing and a full physical. The program guarantees early choice of a service school and includes transportation meals and lodging during pre processing.
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Army
Moloney
U.S. Army Recruiting Station
New Federal Building
Bakersfield
United States Army Recruiting Command
Truxtun Ave
National Library Week Observed Across Kern County
Residents of Shafter and Kern County libraries celebrate National Library Week April 17 to 23 with posters and streamers highlighting the theme Know What You're Talking About Read. William R. Poole stresses libraries as a community effort to boost reading and informed citizenship.
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Shafter
National Library
America
Kern County Library
William R. Poole
National Library Week
California
Snack Bar Break-In At Shafter High School
Shafter High School reported to police Monday morning that the school snack bar was forced open. Authorities suspect burglars gained entry by the roof.
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Shafter High School
Hasty Family Visits Pacific Grove With Twin Daughters
Mr and Mrs Fred Hasty spent several days last week at Pacific Grove with their twin daughters Mary and Martha and Lori Smith Fred grew up there and enjoyed visiting many of his boyhood friends who remained in the area
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Fred Hasty
Mary
Martha
Lori Smith
Pacific Grove
Fred
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