North Kern Scouters Plan Special School Weekend
North Kern District scouters met at Shafter Scout Hall to plan a March weekend leadership training school in the mountains. Topics included National Boy Scout week and court of honors with district troops urged to stage their own programs. Bill Siemens reported improvements at Camp Kern and attendance listed names of local scouters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Kern
Shafter Scout Hall
Bill Siemens
Maple District
Camp Kern
Shafter
Albert Finkbeiner
E. F. Bender
Leonard Duck
Antonio Basquez
Jack Morris
Reuben Siemens
Bill Go
County Allocates Aviation Gas Fund To Local Airports
State Controller Thomas Kuchel announced $197,701.54 in aviation gas tax refunds to California cities and counties for airport capital outlay. The funds, from July to December 1951, will be apportioned annually beginning after December 31, 1952. Kern County receives $5823.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Thomas H. Kuchel
Kuchel
Kern County
Doctor Wordens Wartime Shanghai Survival Portrait
Dr Ted Worden and his wife lived in Shanghai before World War II and endured Japanese rule from December 1941. They describe confiscations armbands and curfews, continuing private practice until internment in the Chapel concentration camp near Shanghai, where life was harsh yet tempered by human resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fleming
Button Willow
Ted Worden
Chapei
Shanghai
China
Worden
Yokohama
Japan
Orient
Sweden
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Wordens
Chapel
Tremendous New Power in Engine Design Promises Big Gains
Sensational claim highlights 160 horsepower and terrific acceleration on regular fuel. Advertises power steering, super-safe brakes, no-shift driving, electric window lifts, and other features as major advances in a new engine design.
New State Fish and Game Regulations Take Effect
California final regulatory action sets about a dozen major changes for 1952 hunting and fishing. Trout season runs May 3 to Oct 31 in coastal streams and many northern counties, while inland lakes include May 30 to Oct 31. Deer season spans Aug 9 to Sept 14 on central and south coasts, with buck hunting Sept 20 to gM. Pheasant season opens Nov 22 with two birds per day, hens allowed in several counties. Clam season off Ventura area ends Aug 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Modoc
Lassen
Plumas
Sierra
Nevada
Placer
Eldorado
Amador
Alpine
Calaveras
Tuolumne
del Norte
Humboldt County
Bucks Lake
Plumas County
Tahoe
Donner
Boca
Almanor, Butt
Pillsbury Lakes
Diego County
San Benito
Monterey
San Luis Obispon
Kern
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Orange
Riverside
San Diego
Imperial
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Kern Scouters Plan
Shafter High School
Josephine Lopez
Dan Contreras
Dick Heber
Shirley Harris
Dick Smith
Colonels
Smith
America
Desoto
de Soto
Pollock Motors
Groucho Marx
Desoto-Plymouth Dealers
NBC
Mari
Fish and Game Commission
O. K
Lerdo Hwy
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