Kern Construction Activity Booms in Kern County
Construction activity surged in Kern County with building volume reaching 6.24 million dollars last month, up 13.9 percent from the prior year. Bakersfield Shafter Delano Taft Tehachapi and Wasco led the county in the surge, according to a Kern Board of Trade survey.
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Kern County
Kern Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Bakersfield
Shafter
Delano
Taft
Tehechapi
Wasco
Shafter-Wasco Soil District to Receive USDA Aid
Secretary Freeman signed memorandums authorizing USDA cooperation with the Shafter-Wasco and Westlake soil districts to support soil and water conservation and land use planning. The plan covers 37,400 acres in northwest Kern County, formed with Kern County Board approval on July 25 under California soil conservation district enabling law.
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Shafter-Wasco
USDA
Orville L. Freeman
Westlake District
Lakeport
U. S. Department of Agriculure
Kern County
Kern County Board of Supervisors
California State Soil Conservation District
Lending Trend Shows Increase at Bakersfield Savings
Bakersfield Savings reports higher six month lending with 1150 loans totaling over 10.6 million dollars. New construction lending tops six million, refinancing and other loans about 3.53 million. Total assets exceed 66.5 million with nearly 4.45 million in reserves. The annual rate is 4 4 percent paid quarterly and accounts insured to 10 000 by the FSLIC.
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Bakersfield Savings
Elmer Goertz
Goertz
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Hoffmann to Begin Study Program in Agribusiness
A Shafter banker, Hoffmann, will depart July 2 for a two week intensive agribusiness study program at Berkeley with the university extension service. He joins 19 other Bank of America officers from northern and southern California to explore operatives grower processor relations and changing cost factors. Eight executives from major canners and packers will present, with senior bankers linking lessons to banking practice during evening sessions and three field trips to canneries a research lab and San Francisco wholesale produce district.
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Shafter
Berteslay
Hoffmann
Bank of America
California
Semuniversity’s
San Francisco
Summer School Begins Aug 24 at Fresno State
Kern County students and teachers will enroll in two remaining FSC summer sessions. The late Fresno campus session starts Monday August 24 and runs five weeks with over 50 classes and several workshops. Returning students may continue in Visalia or Fresno sessions.
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Kern County
Fresno State College
FSC
Fresno
Visalia
Shafter Draws 11th in Users Tax Fund Totals
State Controller Alan Cranston reported a fiscal year increase in the Highway Users Tax Fund allocations. Kern County received 1,923,189.86 dollars while California’s 58 counties shared 87,487,516 dollars. The Highway Fund received 311,591,763 dollars with 35,211,222 for cities. The fund relies on a six cent gasoline tax with four cents to highways and the remaining two cents split with counties and cities.
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Ievy
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Kern County
California
State Highway Fund
State
Truth and Peace Sermon Emphasizes Bible Word
The article notes Christian Science services will focus on the sermon titled Truth. It cites Romans 15 4 and passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The emphasis is on the inspired Word as the guide and on praising the Lord among nations.
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Christian Science
Paul
Mary Baker Eddy
Certificate of discontinuance of fictitious business name
The undersigned certify that on June 22, 1961 they ceased to operate the fictitious name Shamrock Cleaners at 320 State Street Shafter California. The business formerly included Vurl Williams and others and the certificate and affidavit are on file with Kern County Clerk per Civil Code 2466. Published in Shafter Press on July 19, 1961.
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Kern County
Becker moves to new real estate investment branch
Otto Becker joins Cal-Kern Realty as a branch manager after leaving Shafter Realty. The office handles real estate and investment needs with contact at PI 6-6189.
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Otto ‘Ears Ban Epson Otter
All Con Sia
Calltert Reale and Investment Company
Shafter Realty
Becker
Cal-Kern Realty
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