State fair horse show draws Kern county entries
Three Kern county horse lovers enter the California State Fair show in Sacramento including Harry West of Shafter with a draft team from Coberly West Co. Bakersfield entries include a 6 gaited horse Peavine's Easter trotter and Iska's Genius in harness. The 1952 event features 300 exhibitors and about 500 horses across 11 days with new sections like dressage and United States Equestrian Team points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Harry West
Shafter
Sacramento
Coberly West Co
Norman Pucholz
Bakersfield
Peavine
Oscar Idnick
Iska
West
Oregon
Les
FBI
Zone 10
United States
Parrishs Move to New Fresno Home
Mr and Mrs Chuck Parrish relocate from the Atlantic avenue home of Mrs Laurence Baughman to their new residence in Fresno Mrs Parrish formerly Esther Gloeckler married this summer
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Chuck Parrishes
New
Fresno
Chuck Parrish
Atlantic Avenue
Laurence Baughman
Parrish
Esther Gloeckler
Dr Collins Returns From Vision Training Workshop
Dr George Collins of Shafter reports many children have vision defects missed by routine tests. He returned from the Vision Training Workshop in San Jose where equipment and methods for vision training were demonstrated. The program emphasized that school work strains vision and that modern training can reduce fatigue and improve reading and overall vision through coordinated eye and brain function training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Collins
Shafter
San Jose
California
Collins
50 Families Attend S-D-A Camp Meeting
About fifty families from the Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church joined a nine day Santa Cruz camp meeting led by Pastor A V Bentz. The event drew roughly 7000 Adventists from 89 California church groups with R C Baker presiding as conference leader. Special Home and Parent meetings focused on youth issues along with Youth leadership courses and Voice of Prophecy radio and Faith for Today telecast casts. L K Dickson from the General Conference and West Coast leaders from Glendale spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Seventh-day Adventist Church
Santa Cruz
A.V. Bentz
California
R. C. Baker
Conference of the Denomeation
Voice of Prophecy
Faith For Today
L. K. Dickson
Denomination
Washington, D. C
Glendale
Sargasso Sea Drifts Slightly North and South Each Year
A historical note describes the Sargasso Sea area in the Atlantic Ocean shifting a few degrees northward and southward as part of yearly cycles, indicating natural drift patterns across seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargasso Sea
Atlantic Ocean
CVP irrigation districts assured full water supply for season
Twenty districts and water users served by the Madera and Friant Kern canals expect a full CVP water supply for the remainder of the season. Bureau of Reclamation officials said storage at Millerton Lake will support all requests while reducing releases from Friant Dam to satisfy Judge Peirson Hall's order. Channel work near Bank’s Island aims to allow a 200 CFS reduction. stream flow currently 1700 CFS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera
Friant-Kern
Central Valley Project
Bureau of Reclamation
Jack W. Rodner
Bureau
Millerton Lake
Friant Dam
San Joaquin River
Peirson Hall
Hall
Rank Vs. Krug
Paul T. Ragle
Bank’s Island
Ragle
Friant
Matera
Traffic Sign Awareness Key To Safer Driving Says Patrol
California Highway Patrol officials urge strict obedience to traffic signs and signals to prevent accidents. Commissioner Clifford F. Peterson notes signs act as life indicators and failing to heed them can be deadly. last year 232 deaths in California were blamed on ignoring signs. A Library of Congress exhibit on the Declaration of Independence is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Highway Patrol
Clifford F. Peterson
Peterson
California
TB Cases Hit 100 in Kern for 8-Month Period of 1952
TB cases in Kern County total 100 from January 1 to August 22, 1952 with 69 men and 31 women affected. Most patients over 20, cost per case cited as 14 000 to 15 000 dollars for medical care wages and relief. An x ray unit will operate September 4 at 2505 Alta Vista Drive inviting all over 15 for screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Kern County
Elmer Richards
Shafter
Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
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Arry West
Eams
Jose de la Torre
Mexico
Buddy Farren
Prairie Fire
Tevis Paine
Tevis
Ed Paine
C.w.hulse
San- Mateo
Aletha Bowman
Richard Collins
Dr. Collins
Dr. Hall
Chester Ave
Penny's
Bank of America
Sunset Avenue
Central Valley Highway
Adolf Kirschenmann
George
Ben) Grundy
Rolf A. Jacobsen
Jack Harris
Merrill Thomas
Robert Gates
H. H. Wheaton
Library of Congress
Washington
Aigas
Southern California Gas Company
Kirschenmann Tract
Walnut St
Blake Ave
Clara J. Schnaidt
Ph. Shafter
J.L. Dandy & CO
California Ave
First Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Hwy
Melvin N. Krug
E. Lerdo
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Geries
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Durwood Phillips
Mennonite Brethren Church
KWSO
Corner, California
and Kern
Waldo Wiebe
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Leonard Jordon
Shafter Press
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