Maple PTA plans final potluck program and bylaw change
Maple PTA executive board met January 7 to finalize the potluck and program for January 12 and to discuss a bylaw change on operating expense allotment. Minutes were read, a budget reported, and Mrs. Alex Dobrenen presided. Events include January 15 district meeting in Fremont and January 19 operetta program at Shafter High School.
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Maple Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Alex Dobrenen
Fremont
Kern County Music Education Association
Shafter High School
Don Neufeld
Roger Neufeld
Kenneth Kelley
Clyde Johnston
John Siemens
Ruben Siemens
Roger Frantz
J. C. Goldston
Vie Enns
Mason Is Speaker At Lady Lions Club
The Shafter Lady Lions met for their monthly dinner on Monday January 4 at the Shafter Motel. Fred Mason a sixth grade teacher at Richland School spoke about his experiences guiding visitors at Hearst Castle San Simeon and showed an inside view of paintings and artifacts.
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Mason
Lady Lions Club
Shafter Lady Lions
Shafter Motel
Fred Mason
Richland School
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
Shafter‘ Lady Lions
Scout Board To Meet on Friday
Kern County Council of Boy Scouts executive board will hold a dinner meeting Friday January 15 at 6 45 at Freddie's Top of the Hill Bakersfield. President H W Pat Kelly says plans for the coming year including finance membership and training will be discussed.
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Kern County Council of Boy Scouts
Freddie's
Bakersfield
H. W. Pat Kelly
Whiskey Flat Days Parade Set with LeRoy Galven Marshalling
Kernville dates Feb 18 to 21 for the ninth Whiskey Flat Days include a parade on Saturday Feb 20 at 11 am. Sheriff LeRoy F Galven returns as grand marshal and Tulare County Deputy John McNally will announce entries. The event recreates the 1860s gold rush with mounted entries carriages floats bands and costumes. Winners receive sweepstakes and division trophies. entries close Feb 15. parade formation details from Parade Chairman Lloree Knowles.
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Kern County
LeRoy F. Galven
Kernville
Kern River
Tulare County
John McNally
Lloree Knowles
Whiskey Flat
Knowles
Parade
P.O Box
Five U S Cotton Research Staff To Attend National Meetings
Five members of the U S Cotton Research Station Shafter agronomy unit will join national cotton conferences in Atlanta Georgia this month. John Turner will present on glandless cotton seed at a Jan 11 meeting. Turner Cooper and three others will attend the Jan 12 13 Cotton Improvement Conference followed by Beltwide Production Conference Jan 14 15. Turner will tour mills in North and South Carolina evaluating spinning tests on new Acula fiber from the one variety district.
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U. S. Cotton Research Station
Shafter
Atlanta
John Tuner
National Cotton Seed Producers Association
South Carolina
Kendall Mills
North Carolina
Joanna Mills
Spring Mills
U. S
Lanes Added to U S 99 South in San Joaquin Valley
Construction on State highways in the southern San Joaquin Valley may cause brief delays this week. District Engineer W L Welch of the Fresno office of the Division of Highways announced the updates to U S 99 South.
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San Joaquin Valley
W. L. Welch
Fresno
Division of Highways
Pla n t Infestations Found By Local Man
A cooperative effort to curb fusarium wilt in four valley cotton fields was launched by the California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors and Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Seldon Morley. The voluntary plan bars infested seed from planting and limits ginning of nearby seed. The program targets about three growers and three gins and aims to prevent further spread in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Four Valley
California
Kern County
Seldon Morley
California Department of Agriculture
U.S. Cotton Research Station
Shafter
CPCSD
Kenneth Frick
Arvin
Morley
San Joaquin Valley
Robert M. Pratt
Riverside
County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
Pratt
Texas
Hagen bill seeks extending Social Security for minor beneficiaries
Congressman Harlan Hagen introduces legislation to allow students who are Social Security annuitants to continue receiving benefits until age 22. Current law ends benefits at 18 for minors who receive annuities due to a parent's death.
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Harlan Hagen
Banquet Finance Report Details Shafter Event Donations
Banquet chair Arthur H. Johnson reports total donations from the Legion Chamber of Kiwanis Lions Rotary 20 30 Club and Associated Student Body of Shafter High School. Banquet tickets sold 141 at 2.50 each. Disbursements 630.80 include 473 for dinner and speaker 7.80 for flowers 25 to Future Homemakers Service. Beginning balance 64.44, expected year end 61.14.
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Legion
Chamber of Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Shafter High School
Automobile ownership rates among American families
Eighty percent of U S families own automobiles reflecting widespread car ownership. This statistic highlights the prevalence of personal vehicles across the United States.
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United States
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