Farm Committee Discusses Citrus Milk Water Power
The Kern Kings and Tulare Farm Research and Legislative Committee pledged support to orange growers to secure fair prices. They reported growers receiving as low as 22 cents per box while costs reach 1.10. They voted a program to narrow producer consumer price gaps, halt auction markets, and seek FOB prices before harvest. They urged milk subsidy returns, opposed the Rockwell irrigation power bill, and supported the Miller Eagle bill to integrate Folsom Dam into the Central Valley Project. Officers are Sam Miller chair Terre Bella W W McIntire vice chair Earlimart and Mrs Catherine Sullivan secretary Bakersfield.
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Delano
Kern, Kings, Tulare
Rockwell
House of Representatives
Senate
Folsom Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Army Engineers
Sam Miller
Terra Bella
W. W. McIntire
Earlimart
Catherine Sullivan
Bakersfield
One Out of 37 In Kern On Direct Relief
In Kern county for December 1947 about 2.7 percent of residents, or 5,734 people, received public relief. The county paid 259,064 dollars in December, with 2,860 aged relief, 139 blind relief, 1,138 dependent children, and 1,597 general indigents. State totals show 181,175 aged, 6,563 blind, 35,092 dependent children, and 54,977 general indigents receiving aid.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
General County
Central Valley Highway Group Earns Praise for 1945-48 Progress
The Central Valley Highway Association marked its third anniversary with a banquet at Kings County Country Club. The group outlined plans to formalize a 100 mile corridor from Kings Fresno line to Kern Tulare line as a state highway, detailing completed sections and future funding aims.
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Central Valley Highway Association
Kings County Country Club
Central Valley Highway
Kings-Fresno County
Elkhorn Avenue
Central Valley Road
Wasco
Corcoran
Sunrise City
State
Kern- Tulare
Kings County
Kings-Fresno
Alcorn
California
The
Highway Association
Central Valley
Selma
Bakersfield
Hanford
Guernsey
Angiola
Alpaugh
Pond
Charles R. Chambers
Kings
Kern
Tulare
Fresno
Kern Man Gets Post on State Fair Group
Louis Merrill announces the appointment of Tee Clark to key committees of the Western Fairs Association as the four day Sacramento convention opens February 11. Clark joins from Kern County Fair management after work with the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce.
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Louis Merrill
Western Fairs Association
Sacramento
Tée Clark
Clark
Kern County
Bakersfield
Pacific Coast
West Coast
California
Pianist and Baritone Featured on Starring Kern Co. Artists
Miss Carolyn Gibson pianist and Dr. Francis Schuler baritone were featured on KERO last night in the seventh Starring Kern County Artists recital. The program from Standard School auditorium at 8 30 p m is part of a half hour series directed by Warren Mead. The contest is co sponsored by the Kern Philharmonic Society Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission and KERO. The winner earns a guest appearance with the Kern Philharmonic Orchestra and a Baldwin Aerosonic spinet piano donated by Fred Gutcher. Public invited to all recitals at Standard School auditorium and admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Gibson
Francis Schuler
Kero
Kern County
Standard School
Warren Mead
Kern Philharmonic Society
Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commissiin
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra
Baldwin Aerosonic
Adams Purchases Alameda Dairy Near Bakersfield
Mr and Mrs Frank Adams who sold their dairy south of Shafter two years ago have purchased the Alameda Dairy on Union Avenue south of Bakersfield and plan a 300 cow dairy on the sixty acre setup. The Alameda dairy includes 60 stanchions and modern barns. Mr Adams also bought the 100 acre Model Farm at Poplar and Orange roads near Shafter to grow alfalfa hay for the dairy.
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Frank Adams
Shafter
Alameda Dairy
Union Avenue
Bakersfield
Alameda
Adams
Poplar
Orange Roads
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Shafter Press
Shafter Progress
Walter C. Nelson
Central Avenue
State of California
Central Valley Highway Group
Plumbing & Electrical Contracting
Plumbing
Loewen
California Ave
Hatty
Gus
Tire Shop
Bobby
Richmond
S. Shafter Ave
State Fair
Kern Co
Rt Iine
Aquavox
Ceare
Radio & Appliance CO
Trseing
General Motors
Pontiac
Koop’s
Lerdo
Santa Fe
Lerdo Road
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