25 High School Students Named To C.S.F. Honors
Shafter High School names 25 students to the California Scholarship Federation honors after semester grades. recipients include Bob Albright Barbara Becker Joyce Bender Betty Boyd Opal Evans Tom Fletcher Floyd Hampton Evelyn Handel and others.
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Shafter High School
California Scholarship Society
Amelia Cornell
C.S.F
Bob Albright
Barbara Becker
Joyce Bender
Betty Boyd
Opal Evans
Tom Fletcher
Floyd Hampton
Evelyn Handel
Lloyd Handel
Faye Jordan
John Kelly
Pat Kelly
Tom Kelly
Marvin Kirschenmann
Roy Ko
Veterans May Get State G I Loans For Home Repairs
California veterans may obtain loans for repairs and improvements at the same 3 percent rate as original purchases. Loans cover repairs, remodeling, and deterioration with amortization and special terms for termite or dry rot damage. Information available at state VA offices in Sacramento San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles San Diego Long Beach San Bernardino Santa Barbara Fresno and San Jose.
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California
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Service
Sacramento
San Francisco
Oakland
Los Angeles
San Diego
Long Beach
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
Fresno
San Jose
State Campaigns to Fill Forestry Jobs
The State Division of Forestry plans about 1,100 forest fire season positions from April 15 to November 1. The State Personnel Board in Sacramento lists openings with starting salaries and filing deadlines, urging able-bodied men to apply.
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State Division of Forestry
State Personnel Board
Sacramento
Forest Fire
Shafter Celebrates 38th Anniversary of Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America mark their 38th anniversary during Boy Scout Week February 6 through 12. Worldwide 2,120,000 members, 545 local councils, and 68,500 units participate in activities highlighting charity, safety, and community service with reports to the President, Congress, and the United Nations.
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Boy Scouts of America
Durin Boy Scout Week
Young America
United States
Congress
United Nations
Boy Scouts
World Friendship Fund
Boy Scouts International Bureau
London
Corence
World Scout Brotherhood
Boy Scout
America
Sarver Earns All American Junior College Honor
Bakersfield College back Charley Sarver has been named to the All American Junior College Second Team by the Williamson National Rating System. The 19 year old, 160 pound back led the Renegades to the 1947 Metropolitan Conference football title with 9 wins in 10 games, 57 points and 30 completions on 53 attempts for 458 yards and six touchdowns. He is a Bakersfield High School graduate and was the Renegade standout athlete of the year.
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Charley Sarver
Bakersfield College Renegades
Williamson National
New Orleans
Ed Simonsen
Bakersfield College
Sarver
Paul B. Williamson
Renegade Star
Bakersfield High School
Psychiatric Casualties Rise in World War II Compared to World War I
The 1947 Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year notes that wartime theaters in World War II produced two to three times as many psychiatric casualties as World War I. The chief cause is blamed on greater terror and mental hazards in modern warfare versus trench fighting of 1918.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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