National Merit Commendations for Three Shafter Seniors
Three Shafter High School seniors Philip Anderson Ralph Wood and Lorin Neufeld received formal letters of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for scoring highly on the qualifying test administered last spring The awards place them among the top three percent of U S high school seniors across the nation with the NMSC noting many scholarships beyond the Merit program will be awarded for the freshman year alone
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Shafter High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Philip Anderson
Ralph Wood
Lorin Neufeld
Arthur H. Johnson
Phil i
Elmer Anderson
Lorin
Oliver Neufeld
Ralph
Doris Wood
NMSC
Jeff
Kern County housing boom tops 94 thousand units by 1950s end
Kern County has built 24 434 dwelling units since the 1950 census reaching a county total of 94 377 homes an all time peak. If current rates continue the county may exceed 100 000 by late 1961 or early 1962. Board President Joseph M. Gannon cites rising residential construction as a sign of growth and prosperity with 11 month activity totaling 2 197 dwellings valued at 25 979 671 dollars and county wide construction 41 639 542 dollars.
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Kern County Board of Trade
Kern County
Board
Board of Trade
Kern
Joseph M. Gannon
Gannon
California Alcohol Tax Revenue in First Nine Months 1959
The Board of Equalization reports nine month alcohol tax revenue of 31.48 million dollars. Distilled spirits produced 77.8 percent of total receipts, with beer and wine contributing smaller shares. Revenue rose due to a 9.2 percent gain in distilled spirits movement and a 7.1 percent beer volume increase, offset by tax hikes.
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Board of Equalization
California
Lemanario Names CTA Chapter After Lerdo Rio Bravo Meet
Twenty six Maple School teachers attended the California Teachers Association chapter meeting at Rio Bravo School. Jean Phillip of East Bakersfield High spoke on school finance research and funding proportions. The next Lemanario meeting will be in January at Lerdo School. GO TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY SHAFTER CHURCHES WELCOME YOU.
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Maple
California Teachers’ Association
Rio Bravo
Lemanario
Lerdo, Norris
Jean Phillip
East Bakersfied
Kern County
CTA
Teacher’s Association
PTA
County Department of Schools
County Board of Education
Stanford
University of Minnesota
Lerdo School
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Central Avenue
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America
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East Lerdo Road
Phone Pioneer
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Shafter
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Southern Baptist Corn & Sunset
Rev
Sam Wilcoxon
Crisco
Tastewell
Spalk
Dubuque
John
Pillsbury
Durrees
Danish Creamery
Campbell’s
Cock—O
Foodmart
State ST
Post Office
H. C. Hight
Pacific Telephone Family
Pacific Telephone
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