Shafter Poised to Grow as Northern Kern Business Center
Shafter shows potential to become the prime business center of Northern Kern County with a stable population, rising postal revenue, and plans for major building projects in 1958. The Chamber of Commerce led by Joseph Sales will pursue new developments while agriculture diversifies to offset crop risks.
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Shafter
Ford Showroom
Gene Guenther
Guenther
Minter Field
Airforce
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
DMV Sets Temporary Offices in Shafter and Wasco for Licenses
Assemblyman H. W. Pat Kelly helps establish temporary DMV facilities in Shafter and Wasco to issue new car licenses. Office operations are led by director Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W
Pat) Kelly
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Shafter
Wasco
Lewis
Reverend Wilcoxon Honored After Twenty Years in Shafter
The community salutes Reverend Sam Wilcoxon for two decades as minister of the First Southern Baptist Church in Shafter. He has helped build a better community and, with his wife, raised a notable family active in local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Wilcoxon
First Southern Baptist Church
Shafter
Wilcaten
Wilcoxen
Nick’s Drive In
T and B Buffet
Nick’s
T and B’s
Mobile Gas
Shafter Faculty
Pacific Yeast
Packard
Thurs
Mobile
Barbers
Pac
Yeast
Planting and caring for All American roses in gardens
The guide recommends planting roses now with stock in good condition and at least three healthy canes. It provides steps for planting pits 16 to 18 inches deep, mixing manure peat moss and leaf mold, straightening roots, and avoiding crown contact. It urges sun exposure, avoidance of excessive alkali, and monthly feeding from growth begins through early October.
Your Legislator at Work on Space Era Education
California legislators push to fix engineering education after Sputnik. Subcommittee findings show insufficient faculty and facilities, lack of accreditation, and disparities with national standards. Authorities warn state colleges cannot seek accreditation under current agreements, hampering engineer employment amid space race pressures.
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United States
California
University of California
Sputnik
Arkansas
West Virginia
Engineering Council For Professional Development
State Board of Education
Don Nicol’s Impressions of New Zealand Visit
Don Nicol writes to his parents about a six month stay in Auckland and travels across New Zealand. He describes rally heckling and the audience’s questions, notes the two Maori and pakeha populations, and mentions upcoming photography classes in February.
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Don Nicol
New Zealand
W. E. Nicol
Heckler
Nicol
Auckland
North Island
Pictorial
New
Canibals
Demonstration on Refinishing Furniture in Bakersfield
A do it yourself refinishing demonstration is set for Friday morning January 10 at the Farm and Home Advisors office 2610 M St Bakersfield. Miss Jean Fritz outlines wood samples and step by step directions to remove varnish and redo pieces at home for Shafter area attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm and Home Advisors
Bakersfield
Shafter
Jean Fritz
James Albright
Shafter Group
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North Kern
Wasco Woodard
Bank of American
Rev. Wilcoxon
Shafter Progress
Central Valley Highway
Calif
Pioneer
Fairview
Fornia
Eka Ee Ae
Paul Newell
James G. Tucker
Robert Nagey
Dorothy Hale
Assembly
Kodak Flash
Kodak
Stringham’s
Shafter Drug Store
Rexall Drug Store
S&h
Shafter-Wasco-Buttonwillow
Wringer
Bendix
Keefe and
Merritt
Central Avenue Shafter
Ralph W. Grober
7Th St
Ernest W. Burton
Incomes Tax Service
Schnidt's
Central Ave
Shafter 8
Tfe
Paul Rodney
Carpenter & Builder
Shafter Ave
Co. L. Wright
W. Euclid
Ed Merkel
Pacific Ave
Schirmer’s
P. O
East Marengo
Klassen Drive
Fresno Avenue
West Marengo
Thomas Lane
Riverside
Alamo Street
Walnut
Atlantic
Lerdo
James
Good Street
E. Marengo
Lerdo Street
Allen L. Zenk
R.E
Broker Ranch
Pacific Ph. PI
Inc
Ash Avenue
Orange Street
Deeter Construction, Inc
Ite
Ser
Shafter Avenue
Kern
Oak
Orange Ave
Santa Fe Way
Central Avenue
Schnaidt
City
Lge
Clara J. Schnaidt
Bakersf'ld Realty Board
Real Estate Insurance
Notary
BEST
Cor
James St. Ph
Richland Coop Gin
Isaac Bros
Furniture &Xtures
Chesterfield
Misc
Stone St
Ford
Allis Chalmers
Minneapolis
Moline
Moline Farm
Siameeen
Charles W. Hensley, SR
State St
Rea
W. Euclid Office
J. R. Friesen
E. Euclid
DeWitte’s Paradise
Fresno Ave
Acme Finance CO
18Th St. Bakersfield
Basketball League
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