Construction of 180000 Dollar High School Cafeteria Plan
A 180000 building permit was issued by City Inspector Judge E K Grant to Kern County Union High School District and G A Phares for a new cafeteria and three classroom additions at Shafter High School. Construction expected to finish around December in 210 days with Wright Metcalf and Parsons as architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Grant
Era County Union High School
Collachor G. A. Phares
Shafter High School
Phares
Wright, Metcalf and
Parsons
Kern County Union High School
Valentina Valena
Kern County Moves to Create Public Works Department
Kern County supervisors push centralization by forming a Department of Public Works. Chester James, a leading planning engineer, is named head to streamline road maintenance, airport operations, and county projects. The shift aims to reduce costs and improve efficiency across districts.
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Kern County
California
Kern Coumty Board of Supervisors
Kern County Department of Public Works
Chester James
Kern County Wing Commission
Card of Supervisors
U.S. Aunty
U.S
Department of Publs Works
Inalifornia
Apartment of Public Works
Ues
Mennonite Bible School Underway Across Three Sites
Rev Waldo Wiebe reports strong turnout at a Mennonite Brethren Church Bible school with three classes for all ages. Sessions run June 28 to July 9 at Opel Chapel Myrick's Park and Myer's Lane, June 28 to July 9 at North's Corner Gospel Chapel, and July 13 to July 23 at the Valley Mennonite Church. The program uses a cross denominational study approach with no denominational doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Wiebe
Lily Vacation Bible School
Opel Chapel
Myrick’s Park
Myer’s Lane
Nith’s Corner Gospel Chapel
Val Mennonite Church
Art Association to Launch Painting Class at Richland School
The Shafter Community Art Association starts a painting class with its first meeting next Thursday night at Richland School. Mr and Mrs Ellis Howen of Bakersfield will attend the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Community Art Association
Richland School
Ellis Howen
Bakersfield
Youth Injured in Cycle-Car Crash at Central and James
Bob Wall, son of Mr and Mrs P T Wall of Shafter, was injured when his motorcycle and a 1934 Chevrolet sedan collided at the Central James street corner near the Bank of America Thursday at nine. Both drivers were turning left in opposite directions. Wall received treatment at a Bakersfield hospital with injuries described as not seriously.
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Bob Wall
P. T. Wall
Shafter
Central
James
Bank of America
Bob
James Street
F. G. Farris
Bakersfield
Le Doux Returns to Shafter After Oregon Stay
Mr. Robert Le Doux of Paramount Manufacturing Co returns to Shafter after a month in Sunnyville Oregon where he was stationed with the firm and will soon be transferred to the north.
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Robert le Doux
Shafter
Sunnyville
Oregon
le Doux
Paramount Manufacturing Co
World’s first yellow laboratory jeep heads to Tahiti for mosquito control
Bakersfield dispatch describes a yellow jeep labeled Laboratory and Dispensary leaving for Tahiti to combat filariasis. Dr. Henry K. Beye and a mobile lab accompany the vehicle, with funds and plans from USC and the French government. The device uses a DDT spray system to treat mosquitoes and elephantiasis risk on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Tahiti
Henry K. Beye
University of Southern California
Beye
Vernon Hoag
Thirty-Third Street
Kern Mosquito Abatement
Arthur F. Geib
Kern
Guillard
University of Paris
John Kessel
W. C. Reeves
University of California Hooper Foundation
Berkeley
Cornelius Crane
Woodworth Elected President of Kern Union High School Dist
H E Woodworth was elected president and C W O Neill clerk at the Kern County Union High School District reorganization. Dr A H Warner, a physicist from Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake, is seated as a new board member. Judge T N Harvey is re seated for three years. The district has expanded from one high school to five and Bakersfield College has become a leading junior college, with thousands served by adult education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Woodworth
Kern County Union
Doctor Warner
Naval Ordnance Test Station
China Lake
University of California
Los Angeles
Woodworth
Harvey
Superior Court
East Bakersfield
Shafter
McFarland
Kernville
Burroughs
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield College
Property tax levy per $1M valuation in Kern at 1947 48
California Taxpayers Association reports Kern county levies averaged 48.48 per 1000 in 1947 48, below the state 50.53 amid rising local government spending. statewide 1947 48 levy totaled 555 546 929 with 10 994 622 625 valuation, while Kern 1947 48 total levy was 19 359 921 on 399 351 180 valuation. The association warns 1948 49 budgets will lift levies further unless economies are found.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
California
Taxpayers’ Association
Taxpayers’ Organization
Miss Darleen Fenderson Plans Summer U S Tour
Miss Darleen Fenderson and her parents are on a summer trip Across the United States traveling with cousin Ann Hinkle They have visited New York and Washington D C and will visit Florida before returning to California.
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Darleen Fenderson
Ann Hinkle
United States
New York
Washington, D.C
Florida
California
Howell Seated New President Local 20 30 Club
At a Wednesday meeting at the Shafter Cawelo Motel the Shafter 20 39 Club installed officers for six months. Kenny Howell is president with Ed De Mello and Dusty Rhoads as 1st and 2nd vice presidents, Lloyd Sugar as Sgt at Arms, Marvin Lane and Art Johnson elected to the board. Glen Bender added as a new member bringing total to 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawelo
Shafter 20
Art Johnson
Mervyn Schirmer
Shafter
Marvin Lane
Harry Thompson
Harry Blumpkin
Ed de Milo
Herschel Rodgers
Bob McClain
Harold Miller
Glen Bender
Haybaler Fire Brings Out Crew At Orange Street
A haybaler on fire near Elmer Ledbetter's on Orange Street one half mile west of Smith's corner drew Shafter fire crews at 2:30 a.m. Friday. The blaze damaged the engine and gasoline tank but the loss was small. Fire trucks returned by 3:05 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Ledbetter
Smith’s Corner
Orange Street
Shafter
New Plymouth Sedan Won By Mrs Jim Kirby of Shatter
Fourth of July celebration sponsored by the Shatter Police and Fire Department drew several thousand attendees. A parachute jump by County Fireman Fernando Anaya of Wasco was canceled and marred the event.
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New Plymouth
Jim Kirby
Shatter
Shatter Police and Fire Department
Fernando Anaya
Wasco
Vernon Pierce
Impressions of Our Town on KERN Shafter Tonight
Shafter and its history highlight a KERN Shafter broadcast titled Impressions of Our Town scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on 1410. The half hour program features Judge E K Grant Principal Jack Hill Roy Farrell and Bill Lachenmaier with a word picture of the potato industry plus a local children's chorus. The event also notes a time change from 7:00 to 6:00 p.m. and mentions a separate celebration with a Plymouth sedan drawing won by Mrs. Jim Kirby of De Woodys Camp Shafter pending claim.
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Shafter
Kern
Our Town
E. K. Grant
Jack Hill
Roy Farrell
Bill Lachenmaier
Anaya
Dusty
Police and Fire Department
Jim Kirby
de Woodys Camp
Blake Witcher
Kirby
Bertha Kirschenmann
J. B. Honey
Paul Ingraham
Bill Stoller
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Wade Mayday
Deloris Contreras
Wilbur Stocker
Harvey Mizel
al Galando
Charles Carter
John Laughlin
Transcontinental Refrigeration of Shafter Potatoes Tested
The Mennonite Brethren Church in Shafter remodeled its building at a cost of 15000 dollars and held a rededication. The test, conducted by the U S Department of Agriculture and others, involved 396000 pounds of potatoes loaded in 11 Santa Fe refrigerator cars and shipped to New York for comparative temperature and quality studies.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
California
Fest Committee
Board of Trustees
Shafter
Kern County
of Agriculture
Santa Fe Railway Refrigerator Department
USDA
Bakersfield
New York
Kern County Potato Growers Association
Agricultural Extension Service
William R. Barger
Fresno
Usda Bureau of Plant Industry
Harold Cook
Beltsville
M. A. Smith
Chicago
Shafter Sheds
W. T. Pentzer
Santa Fe
Wheatstone
Baptist Bible School Closes After Two-Week Vacation Course
First Baptist Church closed its daily vacation bible school last Friday under Margaret Johnson. Pupils displayed handmade projects including Noah s Ark models and missionary notebooks while girls donated to an orphanage in China and boys to Indians in Reams Canyon Arizona. Reverend B E Andrews reported enrollment over 100 and a picnic at Bakersfield Beach.
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First Baptist Church
Margaret Johnson
China
Reams Canyon
Arizona
B. E. Andrews
Bakersfield Beach
Schnaidts Establish New Home in Bakersfield Area
Miriam and Harold Schnaidt plan to reside in Bakersfield at 3032 Linden in Skyline Drive. They will live at the Schnaidt Ranch on Fresno Avenue in Shafter until about August 1.
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Schnaidts
Miriam
Harold Schnaidt
Bakersfield
Linden
Skyline Drive
Shafter
Schnaidt
Fresno Avenue
Huge Irrigation Power Program Slated by CAP
Regional Director Richard L. Boke outlines a 1951 plan for rapid expansion of the Friant Kern and Delta Mendota canals, plus power features at Shasta and Keswick dams. Contracts will cover 27 miles Lindsay to White River and 17 miles White River to Poso Creek, with 132.5 miles of canal by June 30.
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Central Valley Project
Richard L. Boke
Bureau of Reclamation
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Friant Dam
Bakersfield
Kaweah River
Visalia
Ashback and Steenberg
Minneapolis
Boke
Lindsay
White River
Poso Creek
Delta-Mendota
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Mennonite Bible
Ahiti
Howell
Baptist Bible School
C.A.P
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