Property Value In Kern County Shows Increase Over Past Year
Taxable property in Kern County rose to an average per capita value of 2088 dollars for 1948 49 from 1912 48 and 2079 for 1941 42. Total county assessed property value reached 466 077 450 dollars in 1948 49 up from 399 351 180 the prior year. County population was about 223 200 on January 1 1949. California statewide assessed value averaged 1188 per capita for 1948 49 with total value 12 193 012 251 dollars. Valuations for 1949 50 are being set.
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Kern Country
California Taxpayers’ Association
Association
California
State Board of Equalization
Taxpayers’ Association
Solons Invited to Valley Board Meeting in Sacramento
Legislators from seven counties in the Central Valley Empire Association are invited to meet with the board of directors and local chamber presidents at Hotel Senator in Sacramento on Thursday March 10. The group plans to discuss valley wide problems and potential joint action, with warning about possible property tax increases. Pat Kelly of Shafter announced the invitation, and Joseph Kimble, association president, emphasized closer cooperation among valley counties.
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Central Valley Empire Association
Association
Chambers of Commerce
Sacramento
Pat Kelly
Shafter
Kimble
Kelly
Dramatics Club Pins Revealed at Shafter High School
The Dramatics Club of Shafter High unveiled new club pins featuring two masks for comedy and tragedy. Evelyn Rikard, secretary, announced the design with gold masks on black enamel and officer guards like the gavel for president and crossed keys for treasurer. Members listed include Ivan Bartel Dana Baughman Wesley Brown Beverly Duke and others.
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Ohs
Ahs
Dramatics
Shafter High School
Evelyn Rikard
Torch
Ivan Bartel
Dana Baughman
Wesley Brown
Beverly Duke
Mary Edwards
Doris Gilwitz
Goldie Gipson
Sybie Nelms
Henrietta Ray
Bernice Reed
Evelyn
Lawrence Kattenhorn Attends Hardware Convention
Lawrence Kattenhorn of the Shafter Warehouse Company was in Long Beach on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Hardware Convention held in that city this week.
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Lawrence Kattenhorn
Shafter Warehouse Company
Long Beach
Club Advisors Named for Rikard Betty Stringer and More
Rikard, Betty Stringer, Hazel Aselton, Virginia Willeford, and Jean Wright are listed. Margarette Smith berg serves as club advisor.
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Rikard
Betty Stringer
Hazel Aselton
Virginia Willeford
Jean Wright
Margarette Smithberg
Wheeler Rest Mattress With Coiled Support System
Wheeler's mattress feature a 220 coil prebuilt unit with a center weighted for hip support. It uses 35 lbs of felted cot ton linters and blends 20 percent staple cotton with 80 percent first cut linters. Tailored in damask with rayon border and turning handles to Wheeler Co. rigid specs. A 242 coil foundation provides exact support.
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Wheeler
Wheeler Co
Leask Succeeds Clark As Head Of County Fair
The Fifteenth District Agricultural Association announced the resignation of Lee Clark as Kern County Fair manager. W. H. Leask was named his successor, effective March 17, and will oversee the 1949 Kern County Fair. Leask, a former Bakersfield YMCA secretary, replaces Clark who cited mutual differences over fair policies.
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Fifteenth District Agricultural Association
Lee Clark
Kern ‘County
Albert S. Goode
Howard K. Dickson
The
Agricultural Association Board
W. H. Leask
Clark
Leask
Y.M.C.A
Bakersfield
Kern County
George Wendt
Chamber of Commerce of
Greater
Board of Supervisors
Bal
Barnes
Popular Painting Exhibit At Shafter Library Draws Crowds
The Shafter Branch Library hosts ten oils and water colors this week with a plan to rotate in ten more next week. A public vote by the Artists of the Southwest named The Old Vagabond by Christian Von Schneidau as first choice, followed by Eucalyptus by Ralph Hammeras and Forgotten Dreams by Sylvia Winslow. The exhibit, aided by Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission and Bakersfield Art Association, attracted many student voters and will tour county libraries with seventeen paintings at Baker Street library and twenty touring elsewhere.
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Shafter
Artists of
Southwest
East Bakersfield
Christian von Schneidau
Ralph Hammeras
Sylvia Winslow
Kern River Canyon
Paul Lauritz
Lurg
Edwin Forker
Baker Street
Kerni Ty Recreation and Cultural Commission
Bakersfield
Excise Taxes Show Decrease Across 1948 Revenues
State excise tax receipts for alcoholic beverages in 1948 totaled 16 719 990 dollars, down 1 percent from 1947. Distilled spirits produced 13 122 278 dollars, beer 3 200 000 dollars, and wine 400 000 dollars. Wine taxes rose 20.8 percent, while distilled spirits declined and beer revenues fell 5.7 percent.
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James H. Quinn
Kern County Kennel Club Dog Show Set for Sunday
Harold R. Harshman announces final plans for the Kern County Kennel Club Dog Show at Bakersfield Fair Grounds on Sunday February 27. A record 800 dogs have been entered from across the state for judging and display.
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Kern County Kennel Club
Harold R. Harshman
Fair Grounds
Bakersfield
Brownell Returns Home From Mercy Hospital
Arthur Brownell has returned home after major surgery at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield. He says he feels well and can resume duties as manager of the Western Auto store for part of each day.
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Arthur Brownell
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Western Auto Store
Mr and Mrs Bradley Shelton Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Bradley Shelton and their sons Dick and Don were Saturday evening dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Jake Siemens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Shelton and Sons
Dick and
Don Ofer Field
Jake Siemens
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Solons
Valley Board
P. C. Guenther
Frank Migdal
Tehachapi
Beatrice Lambertz
West Los Angeles
Migdat
San Joaquin Hospital
Wheeler Furniture
Central Ave
Shafter Press
Kern Kennel Club
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