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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1960
Page
11
A local reminiscence notes a poor start in acting leading to later success and a famous actor Fredric March advising, reflecting on early business struggles in Shafter. The writer recalls a decade spent becoming a groceryman only to become a “half cracked” newspaperman and closes with two quotable maxims about reasons and faults.
Kern County manufacturing shows record growth in 1958 with value added reaching $60,277,000 and payroll at $30,788,000. Employment rises to 5,529 across 215 establishments, 50 with 20 or more workers, while capital expenditures hit $7,547,000. The Bakersfield area is now included in the Census report, boosting economic outlook.
The Shafter Branch Library announces new fiction and nonfiction titles in the latest shipment. Books span mystery, biography, and agriculture, with authors including Barker Brand Carr Castle Catto Colette Crane Creasey Davis De Vries Lampedusa Dowler Fleming Franken Fullerton Gebler Hull Joselyn Lewis Lockridge Loring Van de Water Weidman White Young and numerous nonfic tion works by Bradley Crichton Seabury Bowie Cav anah Holt Markins Teale Metcalf Mosby Villiers Keyhoe Johnson Smith Sarton Lamb Amory Fleming Catton Truman plus notes on forthcoming tomes arriving August 17.
Fresno County surveys start to detect angular leaf spot in sprinkler irrigated cotton. The effort aims to map disease occurrence for accurate data and research progress, urging growers to watch fields and report to gin managers for expert guidance.
A new brochure highlighting Kern County tourism will be published and mailed by the Board of Trade to over 1500 National Reclamation Association delegates. It promotes Bakersfield hosting the 1960 parley from November 16 to 18 and spotlights local attractions including Bingham Art Gallery Pioneer Wil winter sports and oil ventures led by manager James Radoumis.
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