Girls Glee Club Sings Christmas Music at Kiwanis
Shafter High School Girls Glee Club performed a Christmas program at the Shafter Kiwanis meeting at Cawelo Motel. Director Ernie Graf led pieces including O Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night. Earl Weil reported progress on the local scout building during the business session.
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Shafter High School Girls’ Glee Club
Shafter Kiwanis Club
Cawelo Motel
Kiwanians
Ernie Graf
Earl Weil
Jack
al Binkheigers
Bill Carpenter
County Polio Group Initiates Emergency Fund Appeal
Kern County chapters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis held a joint meeting at El Tejon Hotel after declaring a county health emergency and polio epidemic. Since January 1, 1948 there have been 216 polio cases with 15 to 20 daily at peak, prompting a March of Dimes drive to replenish depleted research funds.
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Kern County
National Foundation For
Public Health Department
el Tejon Hotel
Los Angeles
State Vet Loans Last Month
Four hundred California veterans secured low interest loans in November through the State Department of Veterans Affairs. The 400 loans, including 396 homes and four farms, total $2,754,650 with repayment up to 20 years at 3 percent interest. Director Lawrence C. Stevens called this the highest November total since 1946, marking an upswing in 1948.
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California
Director of Veterans Affairs
Lawrence C. Stevens
Stevens
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Shafter Cagers Lose Twin Bill to Lindsay Quintets
Shafter High opened its cage season by dropping two non league games to Lindsay High on the valley floor. The Generals fell 43 to 34 while the Colonels were defeated 35 to 23. Roy Packard led Shafter with 19 points as Lindsay's quintet continued its fifth game early in the season.
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Shafter Cagers
Lindsay
Shafter High
Lindsay High
Shafter
Generals
Colonels
Maple Court
Roy Packard
Bergen
Gamble
Generals Lindsay
Packard
Wells
Burgin
Bryant
Teeane C
Cato
Adams
Houston G
Longacre
Wilson S
Hartman
Warneke
Bivens
Crabb Lesrensseens
Harth
Johns
Ber
FE Willienenee
Edwards G
Nesbritt
T. Kelly
Roberson
New Premier Sun Fo Takes Charge of China Crisis
Sun Fo aged 53, new premier and president of the Legislative Assembly, son of China's founder, authorized to form a war cabinet with emergency powers to end the government crisis caused by Communist advances.
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Sun Fo
Legislative Assembly
China
America
Zodiac Signs Divided into Twelve Equal Segments
A historical note outlines the zodiac as twelve signs each spanning 30 degrees, presenting the divide as a standard celestial scheme. The text appears fragmented, with garbled phrases and missing context.
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Canada
Spud Men Meet Committees Named for Valley Potato Market
One of the nation’s largest potato grower meetings convened at Emerson School in Bakersfield to discuss marketing agreements for the Southern San Joaquin Valley. A committee was appointed to study terms and practicality. W B Camp of Bakersfield was chosen chairman. Members include C R Annin Joe Guimarra Claude Botkin E J Peters W L Kiggins Clarence Baugher D Flory Ed Loescher Frank Long Dick Markarian Frank Martin Lloyd Nelson Warren Ochestre and Loren Voth Wasco to represent the Farm Bureau.
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Emerson School
Bakersfield
San Joaquin Valley
W. B. Camp
Kern County
C. R. Annin
Joe Guimarra
Claude Botkin
E. J. Peters
Tulare County
W. L. Kiggins
Clarence Baugher
D. Flory
Fresno County
Ed Loescher
Frank Long
Dick Markarian
Madera
Frank Martin
Lloyd Nelson
Kern County Marketing Act Committee Names Reappointed
The Kern County Marketing Act program committee members were reappointed for the year 1499. W L Smith of Buttonwillow will replace Paul Wiebe of Shafter, while other members return to office.
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Kern County
W. L. Smith
Buttonwillow
Paul Wiebe
Shafter
Shafterites Named on Bond Group
Shafter men named to the Kern County Agricultural Savings Bond Committee this week include S. A. Camp Bernard Sasia Phil Ohanineson and Jack Sill.
Messiah Presented Here at First Baptist Church
The Messiah was presented Sunday and Tuesday at the First Baptist church by local members from here and Wasco. The cast included Linda Gloeckler Aghes Koehn Helen Branner Lee Bergman Edwin E. Hughes Bill Hildebrand Lloyd M. Ker Frank Enns T G Heinrichs and Arnold Bergen.
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First Baptist Church
Wasco
Linda Gloeckler
Aghes Koehn
Helen Branner
Lee Bergman
Edwin E. Hughes
Bill Hildebrand
Lloyd M. Ker
Onan
Frank’ Enns
T. G. Heinrichs
Arnold Bergen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Girls Glee Club
Kiwanis
Shafter Press
Shafter Progress
Paul C. Newell
Phil. Horwith
Paul C. Newell and
Florence J. Newell
Helen Neessen
An Wether
Panetting
Shwfter
FOX
Kroehler
Central Ave
Shafter, Calif
Wiebe
Shafterites
Truxtun
Spaulding
Jones and Macgregor
Ben Hogan Irons and Woods
Shakespeare
Orvis
Martin Motors
Dad
Mom
TayKit
Colman
Pendleton
Bird Shooter
Columbia and Pope
Roux & Kuentzel
Eye Street
Elmer S. Hargis
P. O
Monrovia
Calif
Yard
Delano
Cecil Ave
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