Kern County Needs Aggressive Push for Salt Water Barrier
Shafter editorials urge Kern County to lead in securing inexpensive water. They critique reliance on state and federal plans and back H. W. Pat Kelly’s Salt Water Barrier study as the county’s best chance for affordable irrigation water, calling for an impartial, expert assessment and action by local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Feather River
San Francisco Bay
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Water Projects Authority
State Department of Public Works
California
Kern County Board of Trade
Names of Needy Families Sought in Toy Campaign
Shafter firemen seek lists of needy families from churches and charitable groups to distribute toys to the region's most desperate children. Chief Engineer EF Bender urged cooperation to ensure aid reaches those in greatest need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
EF. Bender
Loophole Amendment Debate Cites United Nations Law Clash
Proponents argue Bricker Amendment risks making UN treaties supreme law if ratified while opposing view notes UN charters and 200 treaties awaiting action. The measure would need approval from 36 states after Congress to become a constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Bricker
Thanksgiving Dinner Guests of Mr and Mrs Grumbles
Thanksgiving guests included Mr and Mrs Ben Grundy with Sharon and Sandy, Mr and Mrs George Haworth Jr, Mrs Lottie Liles with Laverne and Bobbie, Miss LaVeda Wells, and Mr and Mrs James Leak with Mike of Bakersfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grumbles
Ben Grundy
Sharon
Sandy
George Haworth, Jr
Lottie Liles
Laverne
Bobbie
LaVeda Wells
James Leak
Mike
Bakersfield
Elder McDonald Assigned as Sunday School Coordinator
Elder McDonald returns home after serving roving missionaries and will be coordinator and first assistant to the superintendent in Wasco Sunday School. He will also teach in the priest quorum. His mission approval came from the twelve apostles in Salt Lake City. He is son of Mrs Zella McDonald and has six brothers Wayne Llady H Homer Ray Wilbur Len Lavor and five sisters Eleanor Annis Olive Conkle Marjorie Cavestri Nancy and Joyce McDonald.
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McDonald
Wasco
Salt Lake City
Utah
Zella McDonald
George
Wayne
Llady H
Homer
Ray
Wilbur
Len Lavor
Eleanor Annis
Olive Conkle
Marjorie Cavestri
Nancy
Joyce McDonald
Police Seek Park Vandals After Weekend Destruction
Police say vandals damaged Manner Park causing heavy costs to taxpayers. Chief John Reily noted five beer bottles left behind and misused items including cutting hoses, overturning tables, and breaking tree limbs. Taxpayer Tom Routes faces extra losses from an antique flower pot stolen and smashed in the park.
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Manner Park
John Reily
Tom
Central Avenue
Don Zachary and Parker Families Share Thanksgiving Dinner
Mr and Mrs Don Zachary and two boys enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with Mr and Mrs Clint Parker and family. The gathering marked a warm family celebration with relatives present.
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Mrs
Don Zachary
Clint Parker
Memorial Funeral Services for Dr Alvin Gaede
Memorial services were held Nov. 23 for Dr. Alvin Walter Gaede who served in Shafter for 15 years before moving to Bakersfield. Rev. Arthur Flaming officiated and Dr. P. R. Lange delivered the sermon. Interment followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park with a quartet and organ music provided. He was born in 1898 in Hillsboro Kansas and practiced in Kern County. Surviving are wife Lena and four children Calvin Dom Carlos Jimmy and Béatrice. mother and others noted. Dr. Gaede lived at 211 Oleander Avenue in Bakersfield.
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Alvin Walter Gaede
Shafter
Bakersfield
Hopson Mortuary
Arthur Flaming
P. R. Lange
Tabor College
Greenlawn Memorial Park
Alvin Eckmann
Ediger
Dick Classen
Alfred Heap
Saalt
Ers
Harry Wwoot
Henry W. Voth
Keith S. McKee
William H. Moore
J. E. Vaughn
Seymour Strongin
Joseph. K. Smith
Jack.m.nicholson
John Richert
Reinald Richert
Glen Bergthold
Pete Kliewer
Ronald Clark
Hillsboro
Kan
Gaede
Kern County
University of Kansas
Lena
Calvin
Fresno
Dom Carlos
Jimmy
Béatrice
Rotary Club and
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph K. Smith
Charles Nixon
Oleander Avenue
Educational Films Reinforce Learning in Richland Schools
The article details wartime and postwar use of motion pictures in classrooms. It notes government film programs, projector availability, daylight screens, and scheduled in-class showings. It cites retention gains from visual materials and describes Richland's film library usage and teacher planning.
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William Keitel
America
Richland
Kern County
Bakersfield
Parking congestion on Mannel avenue prompts one hour limits
Area residents complain of heavy parking near campus as a resident cites a bridge club being unable to park nearby. Proposed cure is one hour signs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. but a councilman notes club members would still lack parking nearby.
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Mannel Avenue
Bridge Club
Motion Picture Called Revolutionary in Education
A prominent educator declared the motion picture “the most revolutionary instrument” since the printing press, suggesting its potential to transform teaching and learning across schools.
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Ous
Holiday Bridge Party At Mrs P C Golden West
Mrs P C hosted a bridge club gathering on Monday night at her Golden West Avenue home. Guests enjoyed banana cream pie coffee and candies. high scorer was Mrs T V Little with Mrs Eyron Hanson second and Mrs Sylvia Baughman low. Attendees included Mesdames J W Little William Lowe E B Stringham Sylvia Baughman J W Frizzell P C Guenther T P Rootes and Egron Hanson.
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P. C
Golden West Avenue
Bridge Club
High Scoder
T. V. Little
Eyron ‘Hanson
Sylvia Baughman Low
Mesdames
J. W. Little
William Lowe
E. B. Stringham
Sylvia Baughman
J. W. Frizzell
P. C. Guenther
T. P. Rootes
Egron Hanson
San Jose visitors of C. H. Hein Richs with Schultz trio
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hein Richs of San Jose visited over the weekend with his sister and her husband Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Heinrichs
San Jose
Harry Schultz
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Jim Radoumis
Shafter’ Chamber of Commerce
National Editorial
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Maidacher
Jack Fleming
Gear
Genee Schoorertien
Department of Public Works
Richmond
San Rafael
Richmond-San Rafael
Education Today
Ross Harrington
Hitler
Germany
Pentagon
Benjamin Franklin
Liberty
Con- Tithe
BUICK
Milton Berle
Wasco, Calif
S. Buick
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Dean Moore
B.T.U
Jack Maxberry
W.W.U
Sam Wilcoxson
Jewel Box
Victoria
Central Ave
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pool
Standard
San Francisco
Lake Tahoe
Lake
Tahoe
Standard Oil Company OF California
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