Horatio Alger Story Marino Pierucci Thumbs Through Success Book
Marino Pierucci, an immigrant to Buttonwillow from Lucca Italy, rises through varied jobs after arriving in 1922. He works for the Southern Pacific Railroad, marries Olivia Torigiani in 1925, attempts farming in Rio Bravo and Buena Vista Lake areas, battles heat and drought, then moves back to Buttonwillow and opens an ice cream and cold drink parlor in 1930.
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Marino Pierucci
Miller
Lux Cattle
San Joaquin
Pierucci
Lucca
Italy
Yong
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bakersfield
Olivia
Angelo Torigiani
Buena Vista Lake
Buttonwillow
Pier
Smokeaters Save 50000 in Grain Fire
Button Willow fire department saved $50 000 in grain and property Friday night after Jack Green reported a blaze at C. E. and Lester Houchin's grain warehouse. Seven minutes later firefighters had high roof flames under control. Fire Captain Joe Logan said the fire, caused by a cigarette, caused only $500 damage.
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Buttonwillow
Jack Green
C. E
Lester Houchin
Joe Logan
Girl Student Visits Home From Oakland
Mr and Mrs R L Adams of Buttonwillow welcomed their daughter Jean Adams from Oakland for a surprise visit. She will enter senior year at Highland Psychiatric Hospital Nurses Training School this September. The family spent two days at their Cambria Pines beach home after three months training in Oakland with Serdo Wooley Mental Hospital in Washington.
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R. L. .Adams
Buttonwillow
Jean
Oakland
Miss Adams
Highland Physcopathic Hospital Nurses Training School
Cambria Pines
Serdo Wooley Mental Hospital
Washington
Bike Rider Fined For Drunk Driving
Arthur Fortis of Bakersfield was fined 100 dollars for riding a motorcycle under the influence. He was picked up on Seventh Standard road in Buttonwillow and his license was suspended for 90 days.
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Arthur E -Fortis
Bakersfield
Fourth of July Visit By Schmidt Family
Mr and Mrs Leo Schmidt and their Shafter family spent the Fourth of July with Mr and Mrs Wallace Hill and family, sharing holiday time together.
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Leo Schmidt
Shafter
Wallace Hill
Mr and Mrs Cleve Burrow Visit Fort Smith
Mr and Mrs Melvin Cherry are visiting and vacationing in Fort Smith Arkansas. They are expected home this Sunday.
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Cleve Burrow
Melvin Cherry
Fort Smith, Ark
Lions Club Holds Installation Ceremony at Tracy Ranch
The Buttonwillow Lions Club held a joint meeting at Tracy Ranch to install officers for 1950 1951. Incoming President Don Hughett received the gavel from outgoing President C A Johns, with Bob Hughett as secretary treasurer and Bruce Crawford honored with a pen and pencil set. An auction raised club funds, a barbecued pig fed about 100 members and guests, plus dancing and swimming.
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Tracy Ranch
Buttonwillow
Lions Club
C. A. Johns
Don Hughett
Bob Hughett
Bruce Crawford
Johns
Crawford
Lions
Loretta Ricci Finishes Nurses School in San Francisco
Loretta Ricci daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Ricci graduates from San Francisco College of Dental Nurses and attends summer session at University of California Berkeley to receive her degree before seeking employment. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco features over 5000 plant varieties amid historic dunes.
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Loretta Ricci
Louis Ricci
San Francisco College of Dental Nurses
University of California At Berkeley
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Vivian. Baggiant
Bruno Baggiani
Berkeley
Buttonwillow Families Spend Fourth of July Trips
Local residents and visitors from Buttonwillow and nearby towns enjoyed summer holidays in Porterville Las Vegas Cambria Pines Pismo Beach and Chico. The gatherings featured meals swimming fishing and sightseeing with several couples noting travels to Porterville Hemosa Beach Las Vegas and Tia Juana plus a wedding and weekend getaways.
Where did the boundary marker lay in a light dispute
In a small community tale Easy Roberts and Handy argue over a four foot unmowed strip. They walk the boundary and discover the surveyor marker sits in the middle of a woman’s stand. Both agree and share a beer, learning truth often lies between rival claims.
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Easy Roberts
Peterson
Roberts
Easy
Handy
Easy’s
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Horatio Alger
Juanita Battaglia
America
Rio Bravo
Willow Theater
Richard Basehart
Audrey
Totter
Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan
Technicolor
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William Powell
Mark Stevens
Betsy Drake
With Ann Southern
Zachary Scott
Walter Pidgeon
Ethel Barrymore
Peter Lawford
Janet Leigh
Bill Boyd
Carl Weber
Gerald R. Barneke
Kern County
Weber
American Legion
Barneke
Battle OF
Korea
Button Willow
Buttonwillow Duster
R. Rex Garner
Bill Brodbeck
T. C. Baldwin
Wayne Forslund
Front Street
S. F
Dennis Hendrickson
Porterville
Hendrickson
Walter Shelton
Mary Louise
Hemosa Beach
Bonnie Smith
Las Vegas
Willingham
Palm Farms
Tupman
Joe Tazioli
Tia Juana
Tazioli
Denny Henderickson
Henderickson
After Shelton
Mrs. Fritz Armstrong
Sam Cockrell
Lewis
Pismo Beach
Bill Napier
Merlin Lake
Chico
Burt Wilder
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Pontiac
E. Lerdo Rd
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