Cotton Research Station at Shafter Boosts Valley Quality Over 43 Years
The Cotton Research Station at Shafter, tied to Kern County, has spent 43 years breeding better cotton from global seed sources. Director John Turner notes it can take 12 to 15 years to introduce a new trait, with Acala 442 predominating in the Valley. Yields rose from 503 pounds per acre in 1942 to 1,070 today, and Valley cotton earns premiums of 5 to 15 dollars per bale, aided by a cooperative effort among growers, the U S Department of Agriculture, the University of California, and Kern County.
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San Joaquin Vally
Shafter
John Turner
Council of California Growers
Turner
San Joaquin Valley
California
U.S. Department of Agriculture
University of California
Kern County
Pre Centennial Parade Planned for May 8 in Bakersfield
The pre centennial parade is set for May 8 at 10 a.m. in Bakersfield. The event invites residents to participate and celebrate the community history with civic leaders guiding the program.
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Bakersfield
VA restructures to preserve services after hospital closings
Veterans Administration plans a broad reorganization to relocate 2974 beds and close facilities at Rutland Heights Bath Lincoln Castle Point Grand Junction Fort Bayard Dwight Brecksville Miles City Summitt New York Texas while offering all staff jobs within the VA system and achieving annual savings over 23 million dollars. Women Marines total about 1 percent of the Marine Corps force.
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orThe
Rutland Heights
Mass
Bath
New York
Meetings Scheduled for Round Robin Mission Conference
Seven missionaries from conservative Baptist Foreign Home Societies will travel between Delano churches January 27 to 31 for evening meetings at 7 30 p m and Sunday services at 1 50 a m and 7 00 p m. Speakers include Mrs Woolett on literature distribution in Japan and Rev Floyd McElveen on Alaska missions. Byron King, San Francisco Jewish community worker, speaks Sunday at 10 50 a m. Rev Roger Hedlund, Italy appointee, leads 7 00 p m service with his wife performing musical numbers. Everyone is invited.
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Baptist Foreign Home Societies
Delano
Woolett
Japan
Floyd McElveen
Alaska
Calvary Baptist Church
9Th
Browning Sts
Don Bigelow
Ivory Coast
United States
Wheaton Academy
Wheaton
Ill
Africa
Demies Byron King
San Francisco
Roger Hedlund
Italy
Cadet John R. James Leads Inaugural Parade
West Point cadet John R. James 19 son of Mr and Mrs Richard G James 180 Poso St Shafter marched in the Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington January 20 as part of the U S Military Academy Corps of Cadets He is class of 1967 and a 1963 Shafter High School graduate among 600 cadets in the parade.
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West Point
N. Y
AHTNC
John R. James
Richard G. James
Poso St
Shafter
Washington
D. C
U. S. Military Academy
James
Shafter High School
ZIP Code Readers Bow To Post Office Breakthrough
Postmaster General John Gronouski says new electronic machines will read ZIP coded addresses and sort mail at up to 35 000 letters per hour. Installations begin in major offices within about a year, with effects felt across communities as mail moves faster between cities and small towns. The seeing eye device will follow next year but ZIP Code remains essential in current processing.
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Gene Guenther
John A. Gronouski
Washington, D. C
Guenther
National Interstate Opens Vast Mileage Completion Progress
Nearly 17 600 miles of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways are now open leaving just over 23 000 miles yet to be completed.
Preparations For Spring Banquet By Fellowship
The J O Y Fellowship of the Mennonite Brethren Church held a work night on January 18 to prepare decorations for the spring banquet set for February 15 in Fellowship Hall. The event invites the Ladies Sewing Circle, their husbands, and others for a dinner. A brief business meeting included a budget report. A missionary family returning soon was discussed along with a letter from the Laurance Warkentin family in Austria.
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J.O.Y Fellowship
Mennonite Brethren Church
Church Fellowship Hall
Edward Peters
Laurance Warkentin
Austria
Merrill Lehman
Neal Sperling
Douglas Peters
Norman Friesensen
Art Penner
Bob Peters
George Samuel Norwood Dies at 78 in Bakersfield Funeral
Funeral services for George Samuel Norwood 78 of Bakersfield were held Saturday at Hopson Lamont Mortuary with burial in Arvin District Cemetery. A native of Arkansas he lived in Kern County 50 years and in California 60. Survived by widow Adelia four daughters Roberta Durham Fay Dikes Alice and Phyllis Sutton three foster daughters nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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George Samuel Norwood
Bakersfield
Hopson Lamont Mortuary
Arvin District
Norwood
Kern County
California
Arkansas
Adelia
Roberta Durham
Ohio
Fay Dikes
Porterville
Alice
Tulare
Phyllis Sutton
Shafter
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H.M.S. Richards JR
International Voice OF Prophecy
Bill Hoffman
Crusade
Hell and
High
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Sahara Portable
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