You and Your Neighbor By Eddie Watts
Miss Carol Irvin plans a Fourth of July weekend with her Berkely College friends at her parents Oak Street home. Camp counselors Art Brownell Jr and Barry Irvin work at Huntington Lake Scout camp. Southern Baptist youths visited Skateland Bakersfield June 30. Becky Bobst and Blue Birds toured to Venus Hante for a week. Mr Boland of Marengo visits sister and brother in Lew Oklahoma who will stay about three weeks. Neil Duke and family are away in Fullerton. Homer Cullor USN construction driver serves at Yokosuka Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Irvin
Bill Irwin
Oak St
Berkely College
Art Brownell Jr
Barry Irvin
Huntington Lake
Southern Baptist Church
Bakersfield
Becky Bobst
Sever
Yenus Hante
Backy
R. B. Boland
Marengo
Boland
Kenneth Janda
Lew, Oklahoma
Ronnie
Terry
Mike
Neil Duke
Fullerton
Homer T. Culler
USN
Homer N. Cullor
Shafter
Calif
Naval
Yokosuka
Japan
Homesick reflections and local notes in Shafter column
A reflective piece on homesickness, memory, and choosing one’s path, interwoven with local notes. The writer mentions friends in Altadena, Arcadia, Huntsville, and other cities, then shifts to Shafter community life. They reference the Master Plan for Shafter, Bill Roussel’s development, Bakersfield Savings and Loan, and praise Jim Crabb of Lerdo Chevron. The column ends with light humor and neighborly chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bill Roussel
West Lerdo
Bakersfield Savings and Loan Association
Bakersfield
Jim Crabb
Chevron
Lerdo
Central Valley
Jim
Penalty Rate For Surplus Cotton Set
The marketing quota rate for excess 1959 crop upland cotton is 19.1 cents per pound, set as 50 percent of the June 15 parity price. Kern ASC Chairman W. L. Smith announced the figure after growers approved quotas in a December referendum. Noncompliance with acreage allotments incurs penalties on farm marketing excess and makes the crop ineligible for price support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Smith
Kern Asc
Budget Cuts Hit Street Dept In 1955 56 Plan
July 14 1955 council and school board set 1955 56 budgets at 14117662 a reduction of 8000 from last year. Street department loses funding while any extra revenue will aid that department. South Shafter Labor Camp ends due to lack of demand with possible sale or lease by Kern County Housing Authority. Continued farm labor demand may keep the camp closed. Central Hardware becomes Fuller paints dealer offering free tray and roller with gallon purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Shafter
Robert Gooding
Housing Authority of
County of Kern
Central Hardware Co
Fuller Paints
Kern County High School Budget Up 7.6 Percent
Kern County Union High School and Junior College District trustees approve a tentative 1959 60 budget of 12 497 984 dollars 7 6 percent higher than 1958 59 driven by enrollment growth facility needs and expected revenue current taxes total 7 151 738 dollars with assets and receipts lifting the budget to 12 497 984 dollars. A 5 percent raise for classified staff adds about 100 000 dollars, not expected to raise the tax rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County Union High School and Junior College
Ialand
Jesse D. Stockton
Board of Trustees
County Board of Supervisors
Kern County Union High School
T. L. McCuen
Theron S. Taber
Taber
Army Pfc James Hester Helps 125th Battalion Win Germany Championship
Army PFC James K. Hester of Augsburg based 518th Transportation Company and his wife Betty of Route 1 Shafter California belong to the company volleyball team that won the 125th Transportation Battalion championship in Germany. Hester enlisted in August 1957 after graduating Shafter High School in 1953 and working at U S Cotton Field Station before entering the Army. He arrived in Europe in January 1958 and is the son of Mr and Mrs James A Hester of 1400 Calloway Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
James K. Hester
Betty
Route 1
Shafter
Calif
125Th Transportation Battalion
Germany
Hester
Augsburg
Fort Ord
Europe
James A. Hester
Calloway Rd
Ersfield
Shafter High School
U. S. Cotton Field Station
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Shafter Press
First Baptist Church
Melvin N. Krug
Ph. Pioneer
350 Pine
Family Bible Hour
You and Your Neighbor
Eddie Watts
Food Mart
Crisco
C&h
Siz
Big Dip
Worthmore
Lmonte Buffet
Libby’s
Laura Scudde Scudder
Bby’'S
del Monte
Monte
del del Monte
Saar Ad
U“ Ages Food Mart
Post Office
H. C. Hight
Pioneer
Altadena
Arcadia
Huntsville
Goldsboro
Chicago
New York
Alexandria
Austin
Dallas
Witchita
Mafia
Central Avenue
Wabbit
By Duane
Doug” Allen
Baltone
Belton Hearing Service
Fairview
18Th St. Bakersfield
Memory Lane
Pete Grossman
Verna Peters
Hal Williams
Shafter Recreation Program
Kern County
James Hester
Wasco
D. C. Crawford
Broadway
Niles ST
Stockdale- Bakercield
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