Builder Says Shafter Pools Best In State
Shafter pools receive acclaim as the best in the state with features like sunlit purification areas and separate boys and girls dressing rooms. The facility includes a heated boiler room, foot baths, six showers per dressing room, and a raised tile deck to reduce dust. A vacuum cleaning system will maintain pool interiors. Rotary club events showcased the project with Al Ingraham presiding and Paul Newell leading the program as guests and speakers from Bakersfield, Wasco, Taft, Patterson, and Stockton attended.
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Brown
al Ingraham
Rotary
Paul Newell
Bakersfield
Ralph Ray
Fresno
Fred Bryant
Ernest Hofman
Clarence C. Gerrard
Shafter
Fresno Valley Project to Accelerate Water and Power Development
The text urges quick progress on the Central Valley Project stressing urgency to resolve 160 acre limitation disputes with the Bureau of Reclamation. It highlights the need to maximize water and power development in the Southern San Joaquin Valley to support land development, food supply, and economic investment, calling for political action in Sacramento and Washington to push both water and power aspects forward.
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Bureau of Reclamation
San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento
Washington
Central Valley
Frances Stockton Pioneer of Kern County Dies at 82
Frances Engle Stockton a longtime Bakersfield resident and Kern County pioneer died at 82 after being surrounded by six sons and a daughter in Bakersfield. She was born in 1866 and married R L Stockton in 1885 later serving as Kern County’s first superintendent of schools. Funeral services are at Payne and Son Chapel with burial at Horse Shoe Ranch. She leaves 23 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren and was a member of Native Daughters of the Golden West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Engle Stockton
M. J. Stockton
Shafter
J. E. Engle
Bakersfield
Stockton
Kern County
Warren Stockton
Jess D. Stockton
Ralph T. Stockton
Marion J. Stockton
Irving Stockton
Frank R. Stockton
Clara Stockton Ionerreree
Altaena
James—Williams
Frank Wiseman
Fred Lavers
Fred Engle
R. L. Stockton
Norma Craig Hosts Party for Lynn Enns at Craig Home
Norma Craig acted as hostess at her parents Homer and Mrs Homer Craig residence for a gathering honoring Lynn Enns daughter of Arnold and Mrs Enns.
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Norma Craig
Homer Craig
Lynn Enns
Arnold Enns
Elliott Primes Bakersfield Indian broadcasts in Kern county
Bill Elliott will handle play by play for the Bakersfield Indians this summer, broadcasting 140 games from KERO. The column notes Elliott’s popularity, plans for a Shafter baseball team, Wasco title runs, and local sports hype amid regional headlines and power shortages in Bakersfield and Kern county.
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Bill Elliott
Bakersfield Press
Don Engel
Kern County
Y Shafter
Hugh Sill
Shafter Press
Bakersfield
Kern Herald
eAnyway
Engel
Kero
Elliott
Bakersfield Indians
Bill
Indians
Shafter
Poppy’ Scales
Wasco
Dick Lynd
Lynd
Wasco Merchants
Home Tailoring Meeting Tuesday at Maple School
The Home Department of the U S Agricultural Extension Service will hold its first pre tailoring meeting next Tuesday February 24 at 10 am in the Maple School sewing room. Those registered are urged to attend and bring a sack lunch. A few registrations remain. contact Mrs R C Sturges Shafter at 4361 for info.
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Home Department
U. S. Agricultural Extension Service
Maple School
R. C. Sturges
Shafter
Pet dog missing near Shafter from Bonlie family
The Bonlie children report their male 2 year old Chow and Australian Shepherd mix named Fido has disappeared from their home one mile east of Shafter. Mrs V C Bonlie requests any information contact 30945 East Lerdo or Shafter 4103. Fido is black with brown Australian Shepherd markings and responds to his name.
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V. C. Bonlie
East Lerdo
Shafter
Bonlie
American singers shine in New York concert season
Sunday saw performances by American-born artists including Germaine Barre pupil in Boston and New York debut with Paul Althouse. Arthur Kent, William Hain and Helen Olheim highlighted major engagements with the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, NBC radio and prominent societies and festivals.
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Sacred Heart
Germaine Barre
Boston
New England Conservatory
New York
Paul Althouse
NBC
Arthur Kent
Metropolitan
Steel Pier Opera Company
St. Louis Municipal Opera
New York Oratorio Society
National Symphony
New York Schola Cantorum
William Hain
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Boston Symphony
Bell Telephone Hour
Hammerstein Theatre of the Air
Squibb
Philco Hour
Chevrolet Hour
Palmolive Hour
Cincinnati
Helen Olheim
Columbia Grand Opera Quartet
Metropolitan Opera
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Frances Stockton
Kern
el Car House
Tobin
Baby Foods
Gerbers
Prune Juice
del Monte
Catsup
Black Pepper
Schilling
Mortons
Justesen
Peg
Phil Horwith
Taft
Oildale
Delano
Palmdale
Mojave Desert
Truman
Radio & Appliance CO
Shafter Mercantile CO
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