Santa Fe Engine Bell Ends Rail Service Takes New Job
A long serving Santa Fe locomotive bell, whose exact history is uncertain, is retired from rail duty and given a new role as a sportsmanship trophy for Shafter and Wasco High Schools. The bell has traveled from Chicago to San Francisco and witnessed many rail crossings and weather, earning its new duty through its faithful service.
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Santa Fe
Bell
Casey Jones
Chicago
San Francisco
Shafter
Wasco
Lions Clubs
Santa Fe Railroad
Secr Ital
Wasco Lions Club
Topeka
Kan
Disability Insurance Changes Raise Benefits in 52
California workers disabled by illness or injury gain higher weekly benefits starting January 1. Max weekly payout rises from 25 to 30 dollars for eligible claims, with a 70 percent earnings cap when combined with wages. Hospital confinement at 8 dollars per day remains available, and new rules allow direct hospital payments and coverage for those leaving work due to a trade dispute under specific conditions. San Francisco noted as a later item in the telephony history piece.
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Edward A.arrell
California Department of Employment
Bakersfield
Farrell
More About Kelly continues through a life of public service
Pat, a familiar gridiron and basketball figure, remains a 49 year old track inspector at the West Coast Relays in Fresno a role he has held for 24 years. He moved to Kern County in 1938 and rose from attendance officer at K C High to principal of Shafter High in 1943. He later partnered in real estate and insurance after wartime duties and helped organize the Community Chest. He arranged George Harrison Day speaker J Earl Coke and Chamber of Commerce speaker Clifford E Peterson, reflecting broad civic leadership.
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Pat
Fresno
John Loustalot
Kern County
K. C. High School
Shafter High School
Phil Ohanneson
Shafter
George Harrison
J. Earl Coke
Chamber of Commerce
Clifford E. Peterson
New Agriculture Book Printed by University Press
The University of California Press releases a new agricultural title by Elbert T Bartholomew and Walton B Sinclair from the Citrus Experiment Station Riverside. The volume, a 30 year study titled The Lemon Fruit, details composition physiology and 75 lemon products and uses. It notes extensive lemon use in beverages and citric acid's industrial roles.
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University of California
College of Agriculture
Elbert T.bartholomew
Walton B. Sinclair
Citrus Experiment Station
Riverside
United States
Cotton stalks bloom as new market via compression molding
Fred Hughes, Sacramento research engineer, told Kern County Chamber of Commerce that cotton stalks, waste in Kern’s farm belt, offer a lucrative compression molding market. Stalks may replace wood shavings in panels, flooring, and decorative boards with lower compression and no hydrolysis.
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Kern County
Fred Hughes
Sacramento
Hughes
Clifton Clemens
Wasco
County Chamber
Kern
Clemens
County Chamber of Commerce
Interior Egg Quality Chart Available
A pictorial chart showing opened egg quality in color is available from the U S Department of Agriculture. The chart displays 12 eggs in natural size with high average and low samples for four quality grades AA A B C to help breeders assess interior egg quality beyond candling. Copies are obtained from the Marketing Services Division Poultry Branch USDA Washington DC.
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United States
Oan al Ment
Agreeulture
Marketing Services Division
Poultry Branch
Production and Marketing Administration
U. S Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
D.C
Street Work Advances on Munter Street and Wall Street
City street crews finish mid winter projects under superintendent Jack Harris. A project lowers Munter street grade on California avenue while utility crews install a new four inch water line on Wall street replacing an old iron line.
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Jack Harris
Munter Street
California Avenue
Wall Street
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Ight
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Dusty) Rhoads
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O. D. Handel
Lee Bonds
H. G. Wood
Dan Bledsoe
George Terry
Dale Kleft
Wasco High School
Layton Lynch
Shafter School
Kelly
Kern County Union High School
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield Assembly of God Church
Chapel of the Air
Pacific Bible Institute
M. B. Church
Assembly of God
Wasco Nazarene
Voice of China
Sunshine Boys
Wheeler Furniture Co
Back To the Bible
Bakersfield Mission
Shafter - Wasco
H. W
Pat) Kelly
California
O. K
Lordo Hwy
G” Street
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Flavor Seal Corporation
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