Public Response Favors Livestock Pavilion Drive Fund
Kern county participants lead a large response to a 200000 fund drive for a new Livestock Pavilion at the fairgrounds. The drive aims to match state funds and support county fair facilities with divisions led by Le Roy Rankin Ed Peters and Lloyd Frick overseeing cotton and potatoes.
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Association
Kern County
LeRoy Rankin
Ed Peters
Lloyd Frick
Arvin
Livestock Pavilion
Nay
Newfairgrounds
Kern Coun- Chamber of Commerce
Kern County Taxable Property Valuation Surges in 1951-52
The California Taxpayers' Association reports Kern County 1951-52 taxable property value at 533,693,595 dollars, a 58 percent rise over wartime 1944-45 valuations and 5 percent above 1950-51. The total includes 18,285,330 dollars in specific property values.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
Property values rise in Kern County totals and tax exemptions
The Kern County land value totals 146 890 280 dollars and improvements 78 319 150 dollars while personal property and money amount to 9 801 165 dollars in exemptions. California statewide assessed value for local taxes in 1951 52 shows an 78 percent increase since 1944 45 and an 8 percent rise over 1950 51. The Associated Press first used typewriters in 1885.
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California
Less Cost Seen For Construction of SIMUD System
The distribution system to bring Central Valley Project water to lands in the South San Joaquin Municipal Utility District may cost two million dollars less than originally estimated. Jack W. Rodner of the Bureau of Reclamation cautioned figures depend on date and awarded contracts and warned changes by the district could reduce the savings. The system’s completion aims for full operation by irrigation time in 1953.
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South
San Joaquin Municipal Utility
Kern County
Jack W. Rodner
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Rodner
R K. Durant
Range meeting dates set for UC Davis campus
The California Section of the American Society of Range Management schedules its annual meeting for January 4 and 5, 2952, on the University of California Davis campus.
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California
American Society of Range Management
Davis
University of California
Kern Junior Symphony Presents Winter Concert at Harvey Auditorium
The Kern Junior Symphony will perform at Harvey Auditorium on December 15 featuring 65 young musicians from Bakersfield area schools. Soloist Charles Brady with Beverly Brians Katherine Graff and Lee Carlson will join a challenging program including Ponchielli Ballet Music Haydn Suite No 10 Prokofiev Triumphal March and more. Admission is free with guest tickets available from orchestra members and local chambers.
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Kern Junior Symphony
Harvey Auditorium
Bakersfield
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra
Bevery Lambourne
Charles Brady
Delano
Kern County
Beverly Brians
Katherine Graff
Lee Carlson
Ponchielli
Haydn
Prokofieff
von Weber
Kabalevsky
L. Brockton
Kern County Recreation & Cultural Commission
Kern County Chambers of Commerce
Wilt-Resistant Alfalfa Promised Growers Soon
California growers will get Caliverde a wilt resistant alfalfa by next year UC Davis reports. The variety also resists wilt spot and mildew. Five pounds of breeder seed yielded 2000 pounds of foundation seed last year with seed sent to commercial growers statewide for the 1952 planting season.
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California
University of California At Davis
Don Little Named Chief Of Shafter Fire Department
Don Little, 26, elected chief of the Shafter Fire Department after 16 years in the department and rising from volunteer to captain. He will be installed after Jan 1 replacing Albert Finkbeiner. Ed Bender is assistant chief and Grady Bartlett secretary treasurer. Little, born in Shafter, works as a mechanical technician at the United States Experimental Farm and lives with wife Evelyn and children Donna and Richard at 219 Grant St.
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Don Little
Shafter
Don
T. V. Little
Little
Fire Department
State Firemen’s Association
Albert Finkbeiner
Ed Bender
Grady Bartlett
United States Experimental Farm
Evelyn
Donna
Richard
Grant St
Englewood
Decorations Up To Draw For Shafter High Cafeteria
To promote patronage at Shafter High School cafeteria, seasonable decorations are planned and daily programs set. Christmas decorations were put up by CSF under Donna Mixon and Mrs Wanda Colver, with a week of activities including recorded music, student talent, a noon movie, a game, and a faculty and parent talent show.
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Shafter High School
CSF
Donna Mixon
Wanda Colver
Research Centers Seek To Improve Agriculture
Agricultural centers work under ECA sponsorship to boost output in friendly nations. A Dutch visitor studies frost protection at the University and notes 5 to 10 percent crop frost damage in the Netherlands. A Japanese agronomist will discuss mosaic resistant tobacco with local geneticists.
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ECA
Netherlands
Japan
New Insecticide Fights Strawberry Weevils at Mount Vernon
Washington Experiment Station researchers at Mount Vernon report strawberries infested by root weevils respond to aldrin and dieldrin. Field trials used 100 200 and 300 pounds per acre with 300 pounds of 24 percent dust giving best control over two to three years.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
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Phil Wagg
Citizens’ Committee
Kroeger
Wagg
Board of Supervisors
Lewis A. Burtch
Hope
County Department of Agriculture
Bartch
California State Chamber of Commerce
Emory Gay Hofman
Chamber
Josh Clarke
Chamber Highway Committee
Mark Raney
Kern County Land Company
Roland Curran
Mobilhomes
Raney
Clifton Clemens
Wasco
County Chamber
Wasco Asea
Neil
Peters
Hollywood
Universal Electric
Westinghouse Dryers
Phenix
Westinghouse
Waffle Irons
Sunbeam
CIA Machine
Home Appliance & Furniture Company
Central Avenue
Shafter North
Dick’ Smith
Jim Broom
Shafter High School Generals
Garces High School
Kern
The
Associated Press
SIMUD
Westinghouse Laundromat
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