Western Harness Racers Plan 40 Day Hollywood Meet
Harness racing at Hollywood Park runs Oct 9 to Dec 5 under the Western Harness Race Association. Top trotters and pacers, including Florican and Ford Hanover, headline a 1953 slate with major stakes like the Golden West Pace and Golden West Trot, plus the San Diego Pace and Los Angeles Trot.
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Hollywood
California
Western Harness Race Association
Hollywood Park
Direct Rhythm
Japan
Tassel Hanover
Sam Hanover
Sampson Hanbleley
Hanover
Prince ‘Alice Rige
Ford Lin Trailr
Florican
Ford Hanover
Italy
San Diego
Hal
Dudley Hanover
Los Angeles
Pronto Don
Chris Spencer
Long Beach
Meadow Rice
Elby Hanover
Newport Star
Pacers
Hillsota
Shafter Area News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Ron Brown of Shafter Brown admitted to Stanford next fall. Richland School concert April 23 at Shafter High gym features band. About 75 Boy Scouts from Shafter and Maple District to weekend campout at Jim Beard ranch. Bakersfield visitors Mr and Mrs Gerald Clif Ford and son Steve stayed with Frey family. Valley Office Supplies sold to Gaylord Fox of Bakersfield. operations to shift soon. Atomic bomb tests near Las Vegas discussed at Kiwanis. Rotary dinner-dance at Bakersfield Country Club Friday. Bruno Baggianis host as guests Mr and Mrs Anlo Isola of Roseville. City Council approves alley closure on Minter avenue for home development. Mrs Grace Miles visiting son-in-law John Jacobsen in Buttonwillow. Little Miss Sherrian Busby recuperating at home in Buttonwillow. Tut Anderson of Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co recovering in San Joaquin Hospital after collapsed lung. Noble Nelson of Shafter shares new street sweeper at City Council. Mrs Elizabeth McLean resigns as Shafter High dramatics teacher per Kern County Union High School District.
Mr and Mrs Nick Johnson Vacation Snow Reports
Mr and Mrs Nick Johnson of Pacific Street returned from a trip reporting heavy snow at Donner Pass and in Reno. They visited Placerville Carson City and Virginia City during the vacation and noted winter weather conditions along the route.
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Nick Johnson
Pacific Street
Yosemite
Reno
Placerville
Carson City
Virginia City
Donner Pass
Dry Bean Storage Down for Period in California
California bean warehouses on March 1 1953 held 1,665 362 bags of dry beans, down from 2,395,576 a month earlier and 1,793,187 a year prior. Stocks by type include Standard Limas 721,353 bags and Small White 319,569. shipments in February totaled large volumes of Standard Limas 248,000 and other varieties.
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California
California Bean Dealers Association
PTA Visitation At Richland School Noted By Officials
Seventh district Parent-Teachers Association leaders visited Richland School with county educators. Attendees included Mrs. Jack Bertrand Mrs. J E Brigham chairman Mrs C A Bowker and others. Educators present were Winston Barrett George Handley Jose Stockton and others. Bakersfield became Kern county seat in 1872.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Richland School
Bruce Crawford
Jack Bertrand
J.E. Brighham
C. A. Bowker
H. L. Klakoff
J. W. Eplay
Adrian E. Bellinger
Winston Barrett
George Handley
Jose Stockton
Fred Zannon
Dale Easter
Don Edinger
Bakersfield
Kern County
Relatives Spend Night in Shafter
Relatives of Mr and Mrs P J Richert Riverside drive spent Saturday night with them in Shafter They were his nephew and family Mr and Mrs Jack Richert with Roger and Gary of Rosemead who left Sunday morning Arriving Monday were Mrs Richert's son and his wife Mr and Mrs Darrell Campbell of San Fernando who stayed until Tuesday
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P. J. Richert
Riverside Drive
Shafter
Jack Richert
Roger
Gary
Rosemead
County tax second installment due Monday says Tax Collector
County property owners are reminded that the second installment of property taxes is due Monday. Tax Collector J Perry Brite announced the deadline and urged timely payment to avoid penalties.
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J. Perry Brite
Japan Dignitary Visits Wordens in Buttonwillow
Dr and Mrs Ted Worden entertained Jun Tsuchiya a senior Japanese diplomat director of European and American affairs at the foreign office. Tsuchiya flew from Mexico en route to South America and spoke briefly at a Buttonwillow school assembly on Real American Diplomacy.
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Buttonwillow
Ted Worden
Japan
Jun Tsuchiya
Bureau of European and American Affairs and Foreign Office
Tsuchiya
Mexico
South America
Washington, D.C
Tokyo
Ehrhorns Host Wasco GAA Girls Evening Out
Maple Mr and Mrs Arthur Ehrhorn hosted Wasco High School Girls Athletic Association members on Friday. Dressed as hobos they enjoyed a hay ride from the school to the Ehrhorn ranch with Beverly Bowman driving the truck. A steak bake followed as the group played shuffleboard and pingpong. about 50 attended including adviser Gloria Lapis.
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Maple
Arthur Ehrhorn
Girls Athletic Association
Wasco High School
Ehrhorn
Beverly Bowman
Clifton Clemens
Ruth Penner
Gloria Lapis
Association
Maple Relatives Attend Reedley Wedding
The wedding of Miss Betty Harold Leppke was solemnized at Khe nanite Brethren Church in Reedley Friday. Relatives from the Maple district attended including Elmer Engel and daughter Nancy Dan Heinrichs and family Bonnie Heinrichs David Heinrichs Leo Heinrichs and Mary Finnley.
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Betty Harold__Leppke
Khenanite Brethren Church
Reedley
Maple District
Elmer Engel
Nancy
Dan Heinrichs
Bonnie Heinrichs
David Heinrichs
Leo Heinrichs
Mary Finnley
Gift Day Drives Donations at Reedley Home for the Age
Shafter residents will attend Gift Day in Reedley on Friday. Donations including sheets towels and other necessities will be collected for the Home for the Age, a project sponsored by the Mennonite Brethren Church.
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Shafter
Reedley
Mennonite Brethren Church
Reynolds Family Visit and Local Anecdotes Noted
Sunday guests at the Reynolds home included sister Mrs Kate Lance and her son-in-law plus Mr and Mrs Orville Frost Sharn and Gail of Fresno. Departure on Monday morning marked by brother Roy Reynolds of Wewoka Oklahoma and father Ben Reynolds of Ramona. Monterey County history mentions Native American jade use dating back nearly two millennia.
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Anynolds
Pit
Kate Lance
Lance
Orville Frost Sharn
Gail
Fresno
Roy Reynolds
Wewoka
Okla
Ben Reynolds
Ramona
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Ron. Brown
E. A. Brown
Maine Avenue
Stanford
Shaf High School
Seuth
Andhestra
Jim Beard Ranch
Gerald Clifford
Steve
Jack Frey
Larry Frey
Valley
Gaylord Fox
Fox
Don Hart
L. A. Camp Co
Kersfield
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Las Vegas
Rotary Club
Bakersfield Country Club
Bruno Baggiani
Anlo Isola
Roseville
Isolas
Minter Avenue
Grace Miles
Stockton
John Jacobsen
Sycamore
Sherrian Busby
T. J. Busby
T. N
Tut) Anderson
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
San Joaquin Hospital
Noble Nelson
Brown-Bevis, Industrial Equipment Co
Eldabeth McLean
Kern County Union High School District Board of
Ernie Hofman
Ph. Shafter
Brandt Investment CO. Real Estate and Insurance
18Th St. Bak Shine
LO J. Brandt
J. C. Penner Estate
Notary Public
Central Ave
Shaf
T Acme Finance CO
18Th St
Bakers‘field
PTA
Richland
Maureen O'Hara
Errol Flynn
Tangier
Wordens
Ehrhorns
Wasco Gaa
Lemonade Sunkist Brand
Wan
Safeway
U. S. Choice
EXCEL
Dalewood
Monte Cristo
Philadelphia
White Rose Am
Cut
Birds Eye
Green
Fordhook
Green Peas Birds Eye
Mayo Nu
Duchess Brand
U. S
Byers
Lucerne Dairy Foods
Ewer
Lucerne
Dea Reynolds
Monterey County
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