Mighty Sun Seeks Little Brown Jug Crown at Delaware
Mighty Sun, Sol Camp's three year old pacer, is a top candidate for the 1950 Little Brown Jug at Delaware Ohio. The week long Grand Circuit meet starts Sept 18 with purses totaling 106000. Camp also fields four three year olds in the Old Oaken Packet Trot and entries include Jon Pie Key Orpha Come Abbe Primrose and Volo Rays.
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Sol Camp
Mighty Sun
Delaware
Ohio
Joe Neville
Camp
Mighty
Sun
Ariel
Ahird
Geers
Goshen
Lexington
Jon Pie
Key
Orpha Come
Abbe Primrose
Volo Rays
Ranger
Hanover
Broncho Boy
Giakon Backes
Gazette
Peters Attend Southland Shows
Peters family from Wasco-Pond traveled south to Los Angeles for theater visits. Phyllis Peters spent Friday in LA with Machard Crowder and saw Patrice Munselin in Rose Marie at the Philharmonic Auditorium. The group also visited the Biltmore Theater to see Death of a Salesman and picked up nieces Patsy and Margy Tucker in Santa Monica before visiting Glenville with son John.
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John” Peters
Wasco-Pond
South
Phyllis
Peters
Los Angeles
Machard -Crowder
Wasco
Patrice Munselin
Rose Marie
Philharmonic Auditorium
Péters
Los’ Angeles
Biltmore Theater
Santa Monica
Patsy
Margy Fucker
Tele-fun by Warren Goodrich
Reader advice from Pacific Telephone on telephoning etiquette asks callers to pace their calls, wait between rings, and allow others to reach the line, noting courtesy in dialing and room-to-room movement during conversations.
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Warren Goodrich
Pacific Telephone
Savings Bonds Totals Reported for July and Year
Savings bonds sales in July across Kern county and Southern California reached 286657 for KS and other series. National totals show 321849.67 in various denominations. First seven months 1990 sum to 2516595.42 with Southland regional gains and ongoing year to date at 120305531.97. Francis Boehmer, formerly of Shafter Press, has enlisted in the air force.
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Keri
Wort Sarrest AG
HH. A. Witham
Courts Charan
Witham
California
J 1 Messick i Atate
Treasury
U.S Savings Bonds
Southland
Francis
H. Boehmer
Shafter
Air Three
Tree
Wiera County
Shafter Press
Campfire Girls Crusade To End Hoarding Pledges
In Shafter this week Campfire Girls aim to curb hoarding by obtaining pledges from homemakers. The pledge commits families to buy only what is necessary for daily needs, including sugar fats nylons and canned goods, to ease shortages. Mrs Ed Brown leads the project and expects wide participation.
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Shafter
Ed Brown
Cotton Acre Report Shows Farmer Compliance
California reports indicate general compliance with cotton acreage allotments. July 1 cultivated cotton in California totals 614000 acres, 26 percent below last year, state allotment 642599 acres. Nationally, July 1 cultivation runs under allotment in most states, with weather and quotas affecting production. If harvest followed allotment trends, total 1940s era acreages would yield about 18.4 million acres, the smallest since 1885. Lead described as a malleable ductile gray metal.
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Department of Agriculture
E. H. Speer
California Production and Marketing Committee
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Alabama
Jack Janzen Wins Sears-Roebuck Sophomore Scholarship
Jack Janzen of Shafter wins the Sears Roebuck sophomore scholarship announced by Cal Poly president Julian A. McPhee. He will enroll at California Polytechnic College in the fall, is 20, and is pursuing a three year animal husbandry course. His parents reside in Shafter.
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San. Luis
Obispo
Jack Janzen
Shatter
California State
Polytechnic College
Cal. Poly
Julian A. “McPhee
Sears
Cal Poly
Jack
Shafter High
FEA
Calle’Poly
Johnny Janzen
Shafter
SW Concert Drive Underway for Shafter Wasco Series
Membership cards are being mailed for the Shafter Wasco season. Community Concerts will be held in Wasco Taft Delano and Porterville. Subscriptions cost 6 dollars for adults 3 dollars for students and may be obtained from Mrs. Horace Gris 709 Griffith St Wasco. Board members listed include Mesdames Rolf Jacobsen Art Hemingson John Peters J C Ohanneson and Walter Nicol.
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Shafter- Wasco
Wasco
Taft
Delaho
Porterville
Mey
Horace Gris
Griffith St
California Calf Brucellosis Vaccination Program Report
California ranchers receive free brucellosis vaccination for calves through the state department of agriculture. Dr. Swenneth McKay of the UC Berkeley extension advises six to twelve month old calves receive Strain 19 vaccine, with veterinarians paid 75 cents per vaccinated calf. The program aims to reduce Bangs disease and includes obligatory vaccination for all female dairy calves under state law.
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Californie
Swenneth McKay
Agricultural Extension
University of California At Berkeley
State Department’ of Agriculture
California
McKay
California Department
Hybrid Beet Formula Research Aims At Sugar Beet Boost
University of California researchers and Farm Adviser Roy M. Barnes test hybrids between cultivated and wild beets to slash thinning costs. Avcross red garden beets yield high sugar content and machine friendly roots. Breeders pursue curlytop resistant and 100 percent hybrid seed crops with pollenless varieties. One hybrid showed 15 percent more sugar per acre than top commercial strains. New varieties will reach growers after local tests prove value.
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Roy M. Barnes
University of
Alifornia Agricultural’ ‘Extension Service
Adventist Camp Ends for Youths From Greenhorn Mountain
Seventy three children aged nine to fourteen from the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Ikkern county completed a week long camping trip at Greenhorn Mountain. Camp counselors and cooks from Shafter assisted the group led by Marvin Dirksen and a long list of local volunteers including M M Fenderson Dave Ruth William Isaac Walter Zimmermann Arthur Mitchell Matilda Dirksen Mary Barting Kate Jensen Juanita Fenderson Gloria Brockett Eleanor Fisch Claude Voth and Donald Few.
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Adventist Church
Ikkern County
Greenhorn Mountain
Shafter
Marvin Dirksen
M. M. Fenderson
Dave Ruth
William Isaac
Walter. Zimmerman
Bakersfield Firm Wins Sewer Bid at Shafter High School
Glanville Plumbing Company of Bakersfield won the bid to install a new sewer system at Shafter High School for 1757 dollars. The board authorized fences around the athletic field and approved a transportation agreement with the school district and district staff.
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Glanville Plumbing Company
Bakersfield
Shafter High School
Burley Dooley
Shafter Marines Get Overseas Battle Assignments
Report from Richard E. Smith Jr. indicates at least two Shafter Marines head for overseas duty likely in Korea. Dave and Donald Mixon may join their brother across, while Lt Kenneth Smith transfers to an engineer unit. Raw recruits Vernon Unruh and James R Youell begin four weeks of boot camp before full Marine status. Smith expects departure shortly.
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Shafter
Korea
Richard E. Smith, Jr
Shatter Press
Mixon Brothers
Dave
Donald
Ted States
Shirley
Smith
Shafter Group
Vernon Unruh
James R. Youell
Marine to Deploy with Amphibious Unit in Korea
A Marine, attached to an amphibious unit, expects to go to Japan for staging before moving to Korea with the First Division. The report notes confirmed assignment and imminent overseas travel amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Japan
Korea
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Alpine County
Tun Mul Merchan
Go . Te Lyse
Long Beach Motor Inn
Mitchell Long Beach Cal
Sprouse-Reitz
Adventist
Shafter Marines
Kenneth ©. Smith
The
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MC Clure Drug Store
Imperial
Webster
Chrysler
America
Chrysler Imperial
Irvine
Shafter, California
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