Piano Lecture Recital by Allan Bacon Set for Jan 19
Shafter Wednesday Afternoon clubs host Allan Bacon, Pacific College faculty pianist, at 8 o'clock in the Women’s Club House. Bacon's talk titled Music the Universal Language and Its Role in the Achieving of World Peace precedes a 35 minute musical program featuring Debussy, MacDowell, Bach and Scarlatti, followed by audience Q&A and discussion, lasting about ninety minutes.
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Allan Bacon
Bacon
College of Pacific
Stockton
Gordoni Haycock
Parsons
Iowa
California
Debussy
MacDowell
Bach
Scarlotti
From where I sit. by Joe Marsh
A humorous column explores how small annoyances spark big judgments. The narrator muses on tolerance and race prejudice, admitting his own quick temper over two missing buttons and contrasting tastes with his wife’s patient sewing.
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Joe Marsh
Joe
Retired Santa Fe Agent Harrison Dies in Fresno
G B Harrison retired Santa Fe Railway freight agent, died at the hospital in Fresno after a career of over 35 years with the line. He retired in 1948 and had served as Fresno freight agent since 1936. Survived by his widow, son Al Garrison, and daughter Mrs Pes Possons, all of Fresno.
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Santa Fe Railway
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Fresno
Shafter
California
Harrison
Santa Fe
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al Garrison
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Motor Vehicle Owners Should Register Now
J Herbert Harris of the Department of Motor Vehicles warns Bakersfield motorists to renew early to avoid last minute penalties and long lines. Bring both copies of business or potential registration cards and use the 1948 white card if needed to receive 1949 license tabs immediately. If not received by January 20, visit the nearest DMV office.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
Bakersfield
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Shafter
Cence
Harris
Benny Faces Tax Hit After Radio Empire Sale
Comedian Jack Benny, shown with a dour look, sold his incorporated radio enterprises for 2.26 million to another network. He hoped capital gains at 25 percent would apply, but the Treasury ruled such transfers taxed at 77 percent regular income rates, widening the tax bill by about seventy thousand dollars.
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May
Uncle Sam
Benny
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Radio Enterprises
Treasury Department
Radio Recital Show Highlights Kern County Talent
A Monday evening radio recital on KERO at 8 30 features Patrice Kelly a 16 year old flutist from Bakersfield High School and Joseph Marino a Sunset School teacher singing three solos. They perform works by Chaminade Ibert Debussy Mozart Mascagni Faure and Dhlarlot. The event, at the Little Theater Harvey Auditorium, is free and sponsored by the Kern Philharmonic Society Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission and KERO.
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Little Theater
Harvey Auditorium
Patrice Kelly
Bakersfield High School
Chaminade
Ibert
Debussy
Mozart
Joseph Marino
Sunset School
Vineland District
Weedpatch
Lola Bianca
Mascagne
Kern Philharmonic Society
Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission
Santa Fe Car Loadings for Week Ending January 8 1949
Santa Fe System car loadings for the week ending January 8 1949 totaled 21 869. This compares with 26 145 for the same week in 1948. Cars received from connections were 9 478 versus 9 271 in 1948. Total cars moved reached 31 347, down from 35 416 in the prior year. The system handled 27 507 cars in the preceding week.
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Santa Fe System
Santa Fe
State Newsmen to Converse at Fresno Meeting
California newspaper publishers gather at the Hotel Californian Fresno for the annual California Newspaper Publishers Assn meeting. More than five hundred expected with an Awards Luncheon on Friday January 21 and Governor's Dinner on Saturday January 22. Subsidiary groups meet with the CNPA membership.
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Fresno
California Newspaper Publishers Assh
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