National Spud Chief Recalls Ups and Downs
E. J. Peters president of the National Potato Council, based in Wasco, recalls the potato industry’s history from postwar lean years to wartime surges. He notes how policy, price ceilings, and government programs shaped planting and marketing, stressing nature and market forces in harvest outcomes.
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National Spud
E. J. Peters
National Potato Ncil
Wasco
Cember
OPA
Steagall
California
OPS
Chamber Activities Highlight Local Projects And Events
The Tehachapi chamber reports involvement in Kern County Fair booths and sponsoring the Rieker Tract road-system inclusion. It supported Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival events, Taft traffic safety efforts at Hill, and the Taft fire department July 4 fireworks. It opposed the McClain propositions and hosted guest speakers at Lee's Dining Room, including Gordon Smith on mosquito control.
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Tehachapi
Kern County
Rieker
Shafter
Taft
Hazardous 36 Hill
Fire Department
McClain
Lee's
Gordon Smith
Duncan Gleason to Exhibit Sea Themed Works in Shafter
Los Angeles artist Duncan Gleason renowned for nautical scenes will present an exhibit in Shafter on January 30 at 7 30 pm in the Veterans Memorial Hall. Sponsored by the Shafter-Wasco Art Association the show will include colored slides and a nautical painting that will be donated to the association. Gleason, a California native, has sailed on many vessels and served in the Coast Guard during World War II while earning national athletic titles and studying at prominent art schools.
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Duncan Gleason
Los Angeles
Shafter
Shafter-Wasco Art Association
S-W Art Association
Veterans Memorial Hall
California
Glea
Gleason
Dorothy
Coast Guard
John Hopkins Art School
San Francisco
Chicago Art Institute
San Carlos Academy
Mexico City
Art Students League
New York
Architect To Show Sketch Of Shafter City Hall Plan
Bakersfield architect Ernest McCoy, retained to draw a tentative sketch of Shafter City Hall, will present first samples at the January 12 council meeting. The project funds total about $9,000 with financing via the Shafter Public Utility District and sale of the old City Hall site for $5,000. McCoy will outline costs and follow the planning commission pattern used in early California government centers.
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Ernest McCoy
Bakersfield
Shafter
Shafter Public Utility District
Central Valley
Highway and Pacific
McCoy
Shafter Planning Commission
California
Flashing Red Lights Protecting School Children Rules
Kenneth Pipkin of Richland School District clarifies that all motorists must stop when flashing red lights are active on school buses. The signals apply only when pupils cross the roadway during boarding or dismounting. drivers may proceed when students do not cross.
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Kenneth Pipkin
Richland
California Highway Patrol
Reése
Kern Refuge Hunt Hearing Planned by Fish and Game
The California Fish and Game Commission schedules public hearings in January to decide if three year refuges should open to hunting. Refuge 1 M in Kern County and Refuge 1 6 in Tehama County face status hearings, with sessions in Bakersfield Red Bluff and Fresno.
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Fish and Game Commission
California
Kern County
Bakersfield Inn
Bakersfield
Red Bluff
Tehama County
Huntington Lake
Fresno
Department of Fish and Game
Australia One of the Seven Continents
The text notes that Australia, sometimes classified as an island, is among the seven continents.
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Australia
Continents
New TB Cases Reported in Kern County 1952
Kern County Health Department reports 150 tuberculosis cases in 1952 with eleven from the Swatte place. Mrs. Elmer Richards notes that each case costs about $14,000 in tax money and urges Christmas Seal supporters to fund the mobile Chest X Ray unit which screens for early TB and may be curtailed without contributions.
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Kern County
Kern County Health Department
Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Elmer Richards
Neuman Family Hosts Christmas Day Party
Neighbors of Mr and Mrs Harvey Neuman of 279 Cross Street were entertained at a Christmas Day party with friends and local residents attending the event.
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Harvey Neuman
Cross St
Rosedale Carpenter Fined $150 for Reckless Driving
Niles Pederson, 63, was fined $150 and given a 120 day suspended sentence by Judge Frank Shaw after a drunken driving incident. The crash injured 17 year old Charles Ray Young who was repairing a car when Pederson’s vehicle rammed into him.
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Niles Peder Pederson
Rosedale
Frank Shaw
Pederson
Charles Ray Young
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Peters
America
Leo Ves
AAA
Tfa ‘ R
OOPS
Rieker Tract
Western Automotive & Radio
Central Avenue Shafter
McMahan
Furnitur
Fred *Bryant
Ace
Mortimore
Bert Ware
Paul Newell
L. J. Woodard
Art Hemingson
Bill Johnston
Ryland Jacobus
P. C. Clarkin
Woodard
Harlin Wilson
Ware
Robert N
Merton Wiedmann
John J. Peters, Jr
Chamber
James and
Sunset Streets
Wednesday Afternoon Club
Kern Refuge
Bakersfield Savings and Loan Association
Pei Ee Saheres i
Tare
Niels Pederson
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