State Voters May Decide Fate of Rebel Plan
California voters may decide the Rebel Plan fate as Santa Clara County Farm Bureau pushes a petition to Governor to name an impartial committee to study the San Francisco Bay Project. The plan aims to conserve Sacramento River waters and develop the Bay with a two barrier system and canal locks, with National defense implications cited.
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California
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Santa Clara County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Warren
Wilton A. Stine
County Farm Bureau
U. S. Army Engineers
Santa Clara County Farm Bureau Board
California Farm Bureau Federation
Santa Clara
Stine
Truman
Lewis A. Pick
Corps of Engineers
Farm Bureau
Grange
Irrigation Districts Association
Parent Teachers Association
Labor Unions
Business and
Industry
Department of Defense
Reber
John Reber
San Francisco
Oakland
Salt Water Bay
San Quentin Point
Point Richmond
Sacramento River
Adviser to Study Grapes on Market
A. Nw Kasimatis, UC farm adviser, studies Kern county table grapes on the New York auction market with H. Richardson UC Extension Viticulturalist. They began a marketing survey of Thompson Seedless last year and will expand this work to help growers and shippers, aiming to identify buyer preferences and improve fruit quality for market. San Francisco's first Vigilance Committee organized June 9, 1851.
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A. Nw
Kasimatis
University of California
Kern County
New York
H. B. Richardson
University of California Extension
Richardson
Kern County Fair Promises Varied Exhibits at New Show
Kern County Fair officials say the 1951 fair will host hundreds of varied commercial exhibits in new 160 acre grounds. Albert Goode, fair board president, notes 100 ft square plots with concrete floors and utility outlets, and maps are available. The event aims for 170000 visitors Sept 22 28, with over 122000 already reached at the old site. Exhibitors span many fields, with space contracts signed by firms of diverse types.
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Kern County
Fair Board
Albert Goode
Goode
Automatic Feeders Boost Modern Broiler Farming
A single manager can oversee brooding and rearing 20 000 to 30 000 broilers using automatic feeders waterers and bulk feeding delivery. A modern farm with 20 000 birds under one roof needs about 80 000 pounds of feed in ten weeks. Ambrose Brownell notes that is too much for one man to tote.
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Ambrose Brownell
American Hatchery Federation
Bollworms Threaten Kern Cotton Fields
Farm Adviser Vern Burton reports cotton bollworms appearing across Kern county. growers should inspect fields, especially fertile ranks, and treat only when live worms are found. Early control is crucial before worms reach one to one and a quarter inches to minimize damage.
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Kern County
Vern Burton
Burton
Special Deer Hunt Slated for Fresno Tulare Counties
A hunter s choice deer season opens in the Barton Flat area of Fresno and Tulare counties the last half of November for 500 animals. Four periods allow 125 hunters each. Applications at Fresno Fish and Game Office August 15–16 require 1952 hunting license and 1952 deer tags. On August 18 a lottery names 500 applicants, posted publicly and in the Fresno Bee. Successful applicants may buy a permit for $5 with license ID.
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Barton Flat
Fresno
Tulare
Fresno Fish and Game Office
Blackstone Avenue
Fish and Fame
Fresno Court House
Fresno Bee
Fat Stock Sale Open to Youths
The 15th District Agricultural Association announces a fat stock sale at Kern County Fair limited to Kern County Future Farmers 4-H grammar school Junior Farmers and supervised by Don Edinger. Only Prime and Choice graded animals may be auctioned. Champions must be offered for sale and no family may have more than one junior exhibitor selling stock unless multiple championships are won.
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15Th District Agricultural Association
Kern County
Kern County Future Farmers
Grammar School
Don Edinger
California Beekeeper Output Reaches 28.446 Million Pounds in 1951
California agriculture records show honey production totaling 28,446,000 pounds in 1951. The figure highlights the state’s strong apiculture sector and sugar market trends influencing farmers and industry groups.
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California
TB attack hits twelve Kern County victims in July report
Mrs. Raymond Rees reports twelve July TB cases in Kern County with two deaths and a total of 86 cases since January 1, 1952. Nine males and three females were diagnosed, ten in far or moderately advanced stages, urging annual chest X rays for early detection to prevent spread to children.
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Kern County
Raymond Rees
Kern County “Tuberculosis and Health Association
TB Association
East West Football Match Stanford Versus Chicago 1894
On Christmas Day 1894 Stanford played the University of Chicago in San Francisco in the first East West football game. The contest matched rowing era opponents in a historic clash with strong regional interest and noted early college football rivalry.
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Stanford
University of Chicago
San Francisco
Quake Aid Wins Praise for Kern County Victims
Assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly of Shafter received praise from the chamber this week for aiding earthquake victims in Kern county. The chamber adopted a resolution commending his efforts to secure state assistance and to re-evaluate property assessments for tax purposes to reduce further losses from the quake.
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H. W
Pat) Kelly
Shafter
Kern County
Kelly
Observation Post Aides Needed to Handle Job
Buttonwillow officials seek volunteers to man the Aircraft Observation Post at the county maintenance yard. The post is active 24 hours a day on eight hour shifts. Post Supervisor Robert Leslie issued the call for volunteers to staff the re activated post.
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Buttonwillow- A
Buttonwillow
Robert Leslie
Sgt Rodney Wood Jr Korea Duty with 27th Regiment
Sgt Rodney Wood Jr son of Dr and Mrs R F Wood of Shafter has served on front line duty as AIDSman with the 27th Wolfehound Regiment of the Infantry Division since September. His unit handled the first Korean prisoner of war riot during a rest period on the island.
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Korea
Rodney Wood
R. F. Wood
Shafter
Wood
First Fort Bragg Willits train runs December 19, 1911
The initial train service from Fort Bragg to Willits and back operated on December 19 1911 marking the debut of this route.
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Fort Bragg
Willitts
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Sumner Street
Dick Smith
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L. G. Helm
Bakersfield
Shafter Billiards
Shafter Warehouse
City
Denier
Women’s Casuals
Oxfords
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile Co
DIAL
Pink
Roy Farrell
Irene’ Arreola
Mary Arreola
Jennie Arreola
Peggy Dominguez
Quake Aid
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