Open Space Act Aims to Benefit Farmers and Public
Kern County supervisors have approved the Shade Open Space Appraisal in principle. California Assembly AB 2011 defines open space land within agricultural preserves or scenic easements and directs state and county assessors to value such land using restricted factors, not sales data, highlighting benefits to farmers and the public.
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Kern
Kern County Board of Supervisors
California Assembly
Vance Webb
Taft
California State Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Board of Trade
State Board of Equalzation
Webb
State Board of Equalization
County Boards of
Hyatt Family Reunion Bright Christmas Gathering
Five generations gathered for a Hyatt family reunion at the Delano Women’s Club on Christmas Day with 79 members attending. Family members listed include Lula Hyatt Mae Presson and manyHyatts from Delano Porterville Bakersfield and Tipton along with numerous spouses and children.
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Hyatt
Women’s Club
Delano
Lula Hyatt
Mae (Hyatt) Presson
Wayne R. Spears
Shafter
George Jackson
Johnney Akins
Haskel Harris
Jules Hayes
Porterville
Glen Pruett
Poplar Bluff
Roscoe Gist
Ronald Gist
Amil Presson
Long Beach
Johnney Thomas
Compton
Homer Hyatt
Howard Hyatt
Cecil Hyatt
Shorty Gray
Kenith Hyatt
Larry Hyatt
James Hyatt
Ronald Hyatt
Ronald Lee
Edward Hyatt
Bakersfield
Tate Jackson
Tipton
Phi Epsilon Phi Sorority Christmas Party Highlights
The Alpha Kappa chapter of Phi Epsilon Phi held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. Dave Muir Jr. home. Members shared childhood memories and a program on Christmas customs abroad featured Sweden Spain Hawaii Portugal Mexico. Attendees included numerous members and guests.
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Phi Epsilon Phi Sorority
Alpha Kappa Chapter
Dave Muir Jr
Roy Farrell
Sweden
Marshall Unruh
Hawaii
Gary Wilson
Spain
Portual
Mexico
Dave Muir, Jr
Paul Pilgrim
B. Jack Thompson
Don Zachary
Lloyd Robertson
Wayne Horn
Tom Leigh
Harvey Neuman
Charles Jackson
George Cooper
Chuck Hitchcock
Clayton Hutchings
Marshal Unruh
Rolf Jacobsen, Jr
Vernon Wilson
Wade Hamilton
Arliss Biloff
Jim Paul
John Dobbs
Robert Cloud
Bill Dauphin
Ben McCoy
Darrell Fletcher
Robert Thullen
Find One Car and Lose Another
Shafter police picked up one stolen car and another was reported stolen over the weekend. A car belonging to Ger aldine Betheney of Lamont was found at Wall and Stone. Mrs Virgil Whorley reported her husband’s 1950 Chevrolet missing.
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Shafter
Geraldine Betheney
Parish
Lamont
Wall and
Stone
Virgil Whorley
East Euclid
Platoon Sergeant Carter to Show Vietnam Slides at Woman's Club
Shafter Woman's Club meets at the American Legion Hall on Wednesday January 10. Platoon Sergeant Robert Carter of the U S Army Reserve will present slides on life and work of troops in Vietnam and the countryside. Club members run a care-packaging effort for service members in Vietnam with support from families and volunteers.
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Carter
Woman's Club
Shafter Woman’s Club
Vietnam
Combat Engineers
Robert Carter
U. S. Army Reserve Center
Bakersfield
Woman’s Club
Thomas W. Petrie
Charles H. Burns
Paul Ratzlaff
Steve Furman
Bud Johnson
R. M. Bongberg
Lowell Todd
Robert Freyberger
Leonard A. Duck
Mrs Adams Relatives Spend Christmas in Huntsville Home
L A Buckingham and daughter Eva Hall of Huntsville are guests at the R L Adams home. Eva will return to Huntsville school duties after Christmas. Gene Hall, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, flies to Florida for survival training before Vietnam duty in March. The Buckingham family also visited Dick Adams before returning home.
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L.A. Buckingham
Eva Hall
Huntsville
R. L. Adams
Buckington
R. L
California
San Joaquin Gardens
Fresno
Ohio
Gene
Edwards Air Force Base
Florida
Vietnam
Adams
Fred Buckingham
Dorothy
Porterville
Dick Adams
Mother-Daughter Christmas Tea at Hoover Home
The Shafter Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service hosted a Mother-Daughter tea at Mrs. Marvin Hoover’s home on Wednesday December 27 from 2:30 to 4. Guests included mothers and daughters from the Mexican Baptist church. The Mexican Baptist girls sang He’s Everything to Me from The Restless One while piano students of Mrs. Margaret Southwick performed. Dozens joined in Christmas carols as couples duetted, and the home featured festive decorations with punch coffee and tea cookies served.
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Shafter Methodist Women’s’ Society of Christian Service
Marvin Hoover
Mothers and Daughters of
The
Mexican Baptist Church
Girls Guild of the
Billy Graham
Margaret Southwick
Barbara Cota
Ann Car Ketanes
Lares Prender
Kathy Southwick
Coleen Southwick
Sarah
Lolly Rodriguez
Hoover
Bridal Shower for Tanya Sleven in Lloyd Robertson Home
A Dec 11 bridal shower honored Tanya Sleven ahead of her Dec 17 Los Angeles wedding to John Berekoff. Guests, including Tanya’s mother Mrs. Al Sleven and multiple local ladies, enjoyed a red and white color theme, persimmon pudding with hard sauce, tea and coffee.
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Lloyd Robertson
Tanya
al Sleven
John Channeson
Bob Krause
Bill Hildebrand
Curtis—Maynard
Mark Packard
Pearl McBride
Jack Stepp
John Arnold
Ken Pipkin
de Grundy
Sylvia Baughman
Lila Carthal
Diane Nearn
Pink bollworm threat to California cotton industry
UC Riverside entomologist Dr. Harold Reynolds warns the pink bollworm could devastate San Joaquin Valley cotton like the alfalfa aphid did in the 1950s. He cites improved soils, shorter growing seasons, shredding and defoliation methods, irrigation, and new chemicals as partial controls, but calls for a broader UC crash program with more funding.
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Riverside
California
University of California
Harold T. Reynolds
UC Riverside
San Joaquin
Palo Verde
Imperial
Coachella
Bakersfield
Reynolds
Mexican
San Joaquin Valley
Brawley
Lyle Carter
Shafter
Arizona
Veterans Eligible for G I Bill Training Allowances
Charles F. Hanna of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards announced that veterans enrolled in approved apprenticeship or on the job training programs may receive 36 months of skill training under the Veterans Pension and Readjustment Act. The law, effective October 1, requires state approval of programs and applies to those with at least six months active service since January 31, 1955. Governor Reagan designated the state agency to approve programs for the allowances.
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Charles. F. Hanna
Department of Industrial Relations
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Division of Apprenticeship Standards
Recere
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