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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
2
California will issue new light reflecting license plate stickers for 1957 to about 7 million motorists. The sticker program runs January 2 through February 4, 1957, announced Paul Mason Director of Motor Vehicles.
The article explains the difficulty of counting camellia species due to new finds and taxonomy, noting Japonica Sasanqua and Reticulata as familiar types. It describes Camellia Japonica’s history in Japan, Sasanqua’s smaller blossoms and varied forms, and Salanqu a or Salanqu a’s simple blooms, plus Reticulata as the large flower hybrid with distinctive leaf venation and annual growth cycle.
Entry enters four picture classifications offering teens a share of 5000 dollars in prizes. Previous winners include a school cafeteria scene and a blond junior by first pony ride. Details point to awards and the address Awards 343 State Street Rochester New York for information.
Davis January 24 and 25 mark the Agricultural Engineering conference at the University of California Davis with separate programs on farm machinery farm safety rural electrification and structures. Roy Bainer will open with The Challenge of Soil Completion while EAM Mrak will speak on Trends in Food Technology at a Thursday dinner.
A record shows GD firms employing about 10 000 workers with an annual payroll around 25 million dollars.
Dr. Jack Hayes of Bakersfield is secured to present a travelogue. The program includes films of a snake farm and a serum. A potluck supper in the school lunch room at 6 30 precedes the meeting. All friends of the school are invited.
Victorine Bair Brown and eight Brown family members hosted twenty three neighbors for a New Year holiday party at their Octoraro Creek cabin. Seven Brownies led games at nine tables with prizes and a prayer ending the evening.
Readable fragments list individuals including Irvin Fike Mrs Dave Buller Lawrence Becker Richard Nations January 4 1957 and other named attendees such as Mn BS Hull Barry … Raymond Banks A J Allen Gregory Melvin Minn. January 7 1957 Mrs Oscar Nati Rita Kenny Sandewont G Kerit Alberta Glenn Dana Johnson Marie Kloeppel Sepha Wiebe Fern Perkins with scattered names across dates in 1957 and 1987.
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