Manufacturing and Mining Industries in Kern County
The article reviews Kern County manufacturing and mining, noting a 139 percent rise in manufacturing employment from 1940 to 1963 and a shift toward durable and non durable goods. It cites concentration in food processing, petroleum refining, and machinery tied to agriculture, with high earnings but a smaller mining role despite rising output. The piece foreshadows a later article on government jobs as Kern’s largest new-employment source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
California
Kern
Passing Bad Checks Arrests In Shafter
William C. Carter age 18 and Ellis Brisher age 22, both of Shafter, were arrested Tuesday July 14 at 455 p.m. for passing no account checks. Cashier alerted police at Hemingsons after suspicions from checks cashed at Country Boy Tops Market and Toppers with amounts from 40 to 48 dollars. All money was recovered thanks to Betty Gloeckler at Hemingsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Carter
Ellis Brisher
Shafter
Hemingson’s
Country Boy
Tops Market
Toppers
Betty Gloeckler
Hemingsons
Tachometer Theft Reported at Dan's Used Cars
Dan's Used Cars reports police involvement after a $60 tachometer was stolen from a truck on the night of July 16 at their location.
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Dan's Used Cars
Loctai
Witnesses To Attend Assembly In Ventura County
Jehovah's Witnesses from Shafter plan the Fruitage of the Spirit District Assembly at the Ventura County Fairgrounds July 30 to August 2. About 4000 delegates from Southern California and western states will attend for Bible instruction and characteristics of love joy peace and self control. The gathering features 20 departments and an extensive public address system with door to door ministry for the Sunday talk at 3 p.m. The Watchtower Society arranged the event and the congregation will resume regular meetings the week after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit” District Assembly
Ventura County Fairgrounds
Shafter Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
Victor Coleman
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
California
Coleman
Assembly
1964 Kern County 4-H All Stars Named
Sharon Cave and Jim Pensinger, both Bakersfield youths, win Kern County 4-H All Star honors for 1964. Cave, 18, and Pensinger, 16, will submit record books to the State 4-H Office for possible Diamond Star recognition, alongside other leading club members.
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Kern County
Sharon
Sherman Cave
Rt. 4
Box 580
Bakersfield
Miss Cave
Jim Pomecanie
James Pensinger
Rt. 3
Box
Pensinger
California
Jo Ellen Bramblett
McFarland
Rachel Carver
Sierra Mountaineers
Candy Kelly
Casa Loma
Charlotte Royal
Kernita
David Moore
Westside
Jim Day
Bakersfield Californian
Dean Hodge
Kern County Land Company
John van Horn
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L. A. Grant and Sons
Wasco
Massey-Ferguson
Nikkel Iron Works
Central Ave
Pioneer
Reve
Rf Abe
Woop
Freeman Casuals
Res Crepe Soles
Freeman
Grou Shooters & Others
Cirranno Bik
Red Pat
Lea Reg
Sandles
Wood
Santa Rosa
Weople’s
O'Sullivan
America
Sou
S-M-L &XL
Whed
Mish
Carlton
Union
Union Oil
Minute Man
For All
Union 76
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