Sky Watch Volunteers Fill Shifts Amid Duty Waivers
W C Walker missed his regular job at Superior Oil and his two teenage sons Alvin and Kenneth covered his two hour post shift. Post Supervisor Cathy Morgan and Chief Observer John Badgett praised the boys for their alertness. G O C Silver Wings were awarded to Jim Paul and Jim Del Rio for ten hours of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Walker
Superior Oil Company
Alvin
Kenneth
Cathy Morgan
John Badgett
Jim Paul
Jim del Rio
Morgan
Floyd Graves
Salinas
Bakersfield
Kern County
Teddy Smith
Teddy
Art ‘Kirkman
Shafter
Joann Hern
Smiths Corner
Jona Nickel
Saleman
Richland Chevrolet
Jona
Captian
Sam Dirksen
James Barnett
U. S. Air Force
Kathy Morgan
Barbara Morris
Shafter Volunteer Ground Observer Corps
South Labor Camp
Planes and Cyclamen Notes From The Post
A post incident reports three large jets overhead and urges readers to visit the Bakersfield filter center. The piece then gives cyclamen care tips for home growers, detailing temperature, light, watering and resting periods, ending with a reader call to inspect the post at numbers 9146 or 9254.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Stover
Bakersfield
Farm policy and tax cuts shape 1956 Congress agenda
The 1956 session opened with promises of farm legislation and a soil bank plan as major issues. Tax reductions for individuals are likely, with budget balance contested, while President Eisenhower will push his program piecemeal amid election year politics and looming nominating conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ET Shafter
California
Cocomat
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Evra Taft Benson
Soil Bank
Washington
D. C
John Q
Lyndon John
George
Georgia
Eisenhower
Christmas leave for airmen from Lincoln and Cheyenne
Airman Warren Mullins of Lincoln Air Force Base and his brother Airman Wayne Mullins from Cheyenne Warren are spending Christmas leave with their parents at 160 West Lerdo Avenue. Also notes Mrs. Sarah Foust visiting San Jose, veterans convalescence home operation, azalea care tips, and several local Christmas dinners and visits in Wasco Delano Lerdo Avenue Wasco and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mullins
Lincoln A. F. B
Nebraska
Wayne Mullins
Frances E. Warren
Sarah Foust
San Jose
George Guenthers
Foust
Shafter
Collins Crosby
Dianne
Randy
Delano
Wayne Bradshaw
Michael
Bakersfield
Steve Roberts
California Avenue
State Street
Dewey Bridges
Baty Sigler
Gayle
Wasco
Bridges
Charlie Hardoin
Willard Stinett
San Luis Obispo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoover
Central Ave
Skywatch
Mr. Morgan
Dorothy Hale
Sherman Long
Tulare Avenue
Little Lynette Long
Bill Long
Stringham’s
Elwood
Angie
Barbara
Bob
Russell
SAM L. Becker Insurance Agency
Wood's Shoe Store
Shafter Mercantile CO
Santa Fe & Central
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