Two Girls Honor Parents at Whitfield Silver Anniversary
Misses Wanetta and Velva Whitfield hosted a Maple-A turkey dinner to mark the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Whitfield. Guests included Mrs. Hatlie Clipper, Mrs. Ora Demery, Luther Clipper, James Cherry, T. Pitts, Ray Pettys, and John Glover. The Whitfields wed in Las Cruces New Mexico and have nine children. one son has served in Korea with the Air Force and is expected home soon.
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Maple
Wanetta
Velva Whitfield
Daniel Whitfield
Whitfield
Hatlie Clipper
Ora Demery
Luther Clipper
James Cherry
T. Pitts
Ray Pettys
John Glover
Whitfields
Las’ Cruces
Nineildren
Air Force
Korea
Mental Hygiene Expert Principal Speaker at Meet
Praertia Bell Hume a leading mental hygiene expert will speak at the Henrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic sponsored Richland PTA meeting in Bakersfield Harvey Auditorium Little Theater at 8 p.m. February 18. Dr Hume will discuss The Community Service Program of the State Department of Mental Hygiene and has credentials from UC medical college with specializations in psychiatry and neurology.
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Praertia Bell Hume
Henrietta Weill
Richland Parent- Teachers Association
Harvey Auditorium
Bakersfield
Shafter Area
Dr. Hume
State Department of Mental Hygiene
University of California Medical College
Hume
International Psychoanalytic
Agricultural Flying Drives Kern County Farm Growth
Bakersfield aviation executive Les Buchner says agricultural flying now dominates Kern County aviation, with 30 crop dusting aircraft active across county and neighboring areas. Dusting runs April to November, costs rise due to parts shortages and high engine prices, while aviation remains vital to farm economy.
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Kern County
Les Buchner
Bakersfield Aviation Executive
Buchner
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
Kern
Yeounty
Three Students Named Nominees For California Scholarships
Three Shafter and Buttonwillow youths were named among 355 California State Polytechnic College students to qualify for the president's scholarship. The honorees include Jack F. Janzen Maple District Douglas S. Peters and Robert L. Smith Buttonwillow. The president’s List recognizes fall quarter averages of B or better across all courses. Registration for the fall quarter totaled 2200.
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Shafter Area
Buttonwillow
California State Polytechnic College
Jack F. Janzen
Jack. Janzen
Shafter Ave
Douglas S. Peters
E., J. Peters
Maple District
Robert L. Smith
W.L. Smith
Julian. A. McPhee
Canned Vegetables Output Expands in California
California now processes about 60,000,000 cases of canned vegetables annually, a growth from 1,000,000 in 1901. Vacuum packing flash sterilization and better cans boosted quality and nutrition and spurred new products like tomato juice.
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California
C. E. Lachele
Lieutenant Attends Texas Battery School
First Lt. Joseph L. Henderson, a Shafter High School graduate, attends an associate battery officer course at Fort Bliss Texas for 15 weeks studying antiaircraft gunnery tactics guided missiles and communications. He served 30 months overseas in Japan from December 1945 to June 1949.
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Joseph L. Henderson
Shafter High School
Fort Bliss
Tex
Henderson
Japan
San Francisco Clay Street Cable Car Line Opens
The Clay Street Line becomes the citys first cable railway running on Clay Street from Kearny to Jones and back, marking a milestone in urban transit.
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San Francisco
Clay Street
Kearny Street
Jones Street
California fruits lead U. S. production in 1951
A USDA report shows California produced 100 percent of certain fruits and led overall with 51 percent of the nation’s output. Figures include fresh figs 98 percent dried prunes 9 percent grapes and plums 95 percent apricots 93 percent walnuts 88 percent avocados 8 percent pears 47 percent oranges 37 percent apples and cherries 8 percent grapefruit 6 percent.
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California
USDA
U.S
Seed Act Violators Stopped by Bureau
Six interstate shipments of seeds suspected of violating the Federal Seed Act were reported to federal authorities by the Bureau of Rodent and Weed Control. California officials stopped sale of 130 noncompliant seed lots, and 60 samples from foreign ports were inspected with four found carrying secondary noxious weed seeds.
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Bureau of Rodent and
Ann White and the Spirit of Service
A trainee named Ann White begins a telephone job and learns the spirit of service that guides operators. She gains confidence meeting diverse calls and recalls a memorable day when she located a lost child’s father, illustrating the value customers place on courteous, efficient service.
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Ann White
Ann
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