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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Finis Bailey announce the opening of their third food market in the area set for Friday September 2 in Oildale They already operate a store on Central Valley highway North Shafter and another in Alpaugh with eight years at the first location and eighteen months at Alpaugh Mrs J B Unruh is spending several days visiting in Los Angeles.
Bakersfield College opens fall registration with through September 1 guided by dean Burns Finkinson. New students must interview with a counselor and may take entrance exams to refine educational plans. Mrs Bob Holmes and her children visited Santa Maria and Pismo Beach with Bob Fiterrer joining.
Representative Hagen notes substantial benefits for the 14th District from the recent Congress session. He highlights $17,000,000 for eastern Kern County bases, a Livestock Market News Service office in Visalia, increased Forest Service funds for California, and surface use legislation expanding public access. Airports receive support via matching funds, with Delano and Kern planning use of the federal allocations. A hearing on the Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District distribution is scheduled for October 11-12 in Delano.
Kern County's display at the California State Fair will include live cotton plants for the first time. The Acala 442 cotton was grown under guidance of local agricultural efforts and will travel in large containers. Keith Skidmore designs integrate the plants into the broader Kern exhibit showcasing petroleum, potatoes, minerals, and melons. The fair runs September 1 11 in Sacramento.
The Kern County Fair runs Sept 26 to Oct 2 with numerous community displays planned for the large educational building. Oildale through its chamber of commerce aims for top awards, while Arvin Shafter Vasco Delano plan elaborate center exhibits in a new format.
Lola Galli of Tres Pinos Calif is the first entry in the stock horse division of the senior horse show at the 1955 Kern County Fair announced by Clive Gibson. She will ride Mr Fox and is noted as one of California's top stock horse riders with wins in Salinas Santa Barbara Livermore Monterey and Elko Nev. The stock and cutting horse segment is expected to draw record entries and the contest will be held on Saturday night October 1 during the five night show.
Ed and Mary Brown journeyed to Tule Lake Bass Lake and Lake Tahoe hosting and visiting friends. A 3000 year old dragon tree in Scod Tenerife Canary Islands is noted for its large 50 foot circumference. Local displays planned for year draw about 170,000 attendees. Civic leaders urged to enter community exhibits via Fair Office Bakersfield.
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