Drivers Warned To Check License Expiration Date
State drivers chief Paul Mason alerts motorists to renew before August 27 as two year licenses expire. After that date only valid licenses are the four year type issued by a photo process. Motorists urged to verify address and apply for renewal if within thirty days of expiration. Driving with expired or wrong address licenses is a misdemeanor under California law.
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Paul Mason
Mason
Ime
California
Merchants Face Lost Hills In Playoff Softball Clash
In the tri city league playoff, the Jensen club of Lost Hills travels to meet the Merchants tomorrow evening under local lights. Lost Hills won game one last week 7 3 at Lost Hills Diamond, giving the Merchants a must win in game two.
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Jensen Club
Lost Hills
Shafter
Merchants
Lost Hill
Saets Sesiow Cua
Eighteen Companies Back Billboard Elimination Campaign
Eighteen companies join the Associated Clubs of Pennsylvania in a campaign to remove billboard advertising from rural roadsides. They cite 800000 women members and endorsements from the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women and the State Planning Board. A California bill on similar roadside scenery improvements was stalled in committee amid protest by sign painter unions and industry reps.
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Associated Clubs
State Federation of Pennsylvania Women
State Planning Board
California
Ed Tickle
Carmel
Sign Berger Union
Bho Corpore
State Farmer Awards Slated At Sacramento Fair
Fifty of 78 California farm youths will receive gold state farmer keys at the State Fair on Governor's Day September 7 in a ceremony before the grandstand. Governor Culbert Olson will present the awards, with the other recipients to be honored later at the Pomona fair.
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California
Future Farmers of America Organization
Culbert L. Olson
Los Angeles
Pomona
Slow towns and service in a Maine tourist tale
A Maine tourist told a hotel clerk how slow his town was and recalled seeing a greyhound chasing a rabbit while both walked. The piece notes a service station using speed as its edge, arguing service as the middle of its business model in a competitive market.
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Maine
Morgan Cow Tops Purebred Class In County
Zampa Morgan from the Nell Morgan herd at Shafter led the Kern County Cow Testing Association purebred class for July with 83 pounds of butterfat. Fiorini Brothers of McFarland owned a Holstein with 131.4 pounds butterfat as the top over all dairy cattle, while several Morgan and Woods Stone cows earned honors. The average butterfat across 2308 tested cows from 2689 owned was 28.4 pounds. a Fiorini cow completed a 270 day lactation at 14,857 pounds milk and 833.6 pounds butterfat, a likely yearly high.
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Nell ‘Morgan
Shafter
Kern County
Stone
Association
Fiorini Brothers
New Orientation Course For Shafter High Freshmen
A new first semester English course for Shafter high school freshmen will include a mimeographed text from Southern California educators. The work titled Personal Problems covers fitting into school life, study, leadership, etiquette, habits, dates, home life, citizenship, vocation, money and health.
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Southern California
Shafter High School
E. P. Jones
Claude C. Crawford
University of Southern California
Ethel Grace Cooley
Fullerton
C. C. Trillingham
Los Angeles
Moratorium Lifted On Delinquent Tax Properties
Kern county lifts the six year moratorium on delinquent tax property auctions on August 20 with sales starting August 21. Delinquent parcels deeded to the state may be sold. redeeming prior to sale allows refunds of interest, apply to principal. Redemptions are made at the county auditor's office.
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Kern County
J. Perry Brite
Bucket Brigade Extinguishes Fire At Morgan Dairy
An old fashioned bucket brigade responded to a fire at the Morgan dairy seven miles west and south of Shafter shortly after 10 o'clock Monday. Loss was under 100 dollars. farm buildings and equipment were threatened. Local fire truck arrived as the brigade had the blaze under control, believed caused by a switchbox short.
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Morgan Dairy
Shafter
Rio Bravo 4-H Delegates Picked for Davis Convention
Rio Bravo 4-H sponsors named delegates Rose Huston Curtis Elnor Schierlman oldest senior girl in Kern county was asked to act as camp director at the Davis convention. Members will travel by special train from Bakersfield September 4 visiting the state fair and the San Francisco fair. Robert Curtis presided at the meeting. The group enjoyed a swim in Wilson reservoir during the evening.
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Rose Huston
Curtis
Elnor Schierlman
Kern County
Extension Service
Bakersfield
San Francisco Fair
Robert Curtis
Wilson Reservoir
Time Waster Stirs Talk in Chinatown Sage’s Quote
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown criticizes a man who boasts about his family as a waste of time. He argues true worth shows in deeds, not words, and that boastful talk often signals little real achievement.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
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