Shafter Scouts Highlight Community Chest Support
Dr. Grant Jensen notes 27 Scouts attend National Jamboree near Santa Ana and 24 in Huntington Lake camp. The Shafter area runs 11 Scout units with 207 youths and 87 adults guiding. Charles Henderson heads Northern Kern district. central office aids units with materials and ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Boy Scouts of America
Community Chest
Grant Jensen
Shafter Community Chest Board
Santa Ana
Huntington Lake
North Kern
Kern County
Boy Scout
Charles Henderson
Bakersfield
Community Chest Board
Boy Scouts
Nicol in Korea with 45th Infantry Division
Lieutenant Nicol, son of Mr and Mrs W E Nicol of Rt 1 Box 293, serves in Korea with the 45th Infantry Division as executive officer in Company B of the 179th Regiment. He has earned the Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, and the UN and Korean Service Ribbons. He is a former San Francisco State College student and a former commercial photographer who joined the Army in August 1948. The 45th Division has fought in Korea since December 1951, including the battles for T Bone Hill last summer. Also noted, raisin growers received a progress payment of 69230 for the 1952 crop reserve pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Nicol
W. E. Nicol
Rt. 1
Korea
45Th Infantry Division
Nicol
179Th Regiment
San Francisco State
Shafter Rebuilds After The Summer Earthquake
The 1952 Kern county tremor left Shafter with minor damage compared to Tehachapi and Arvin but spurred rapid civic action. City Hall moves toward a new home after purchasing the Wednesday Afternoon Club site, with the Women's Clubhouse razed for a modern civic center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehachapi
Arvin
Sam Quebeeeds
Sears
Shafter
Wrere
Shafter Billiards
Shafter Warehouse
James Street
Central Avenue
Central Valley Highway
A. J. Hemingson
E. K. Grant
Hall
Pacific Avenue
Central Val
Kern Mutual to Elect Officers on August 6
Kern Mutual Water Co. board members will elect their president and secretary on August 6. Newly elected directors include Amon Lake E L Goodspeed F C Hunter W D Tracy and Bill Brodbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Kern Mutual Water Co
Amon Lake
E. L., Goodspeed
F. C. Hunter
W. D. Tracy
Bill Brodbeck
Cafeteria Supervisor Wins Praise for Operation Work
Mrs. Sylvia Baughman, Auckland School cafeteria supervisor, receives praise for efficient operation. The past year shows receipts of 70,607.20 against expenditures of 69,687.62 with a 919.58 end-of-year credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Baughman
Auckland
Bruce M. Crawford
Baughman
Two Shafter Men Complete Training At Camp Pickett
Privates George J. Wedel and Eddie Eidson from Shafter completed eight weeks of basic medical training and eight weeks of basic infantry training at the Medical Replacement Training Center, Camp Pickett, Virginia. Wedel is son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Wedel of Rt. J, Shafter, Eidson is son of Mr. and Mrs. E E Eidson of 218 Orange St, Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Medical Replacement Training Center
Camp Pickett
MRTC
Army Medical Service
George J. Wedel
Government food aid includes turkeys eggs milk and ham
Crawford listed allocations from the government program totaling 10,330 pounds of turkey, 1170 dozen eggs, 1350 pounds of powdered milk, 1120 pounds of fresh butter, 2570 pounds of cured hams, plus 228 cases of canned fruits and vegetables, along with pears and other produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Turkey
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Cooper
Floyd Cooper
Pensacola
Fla
Cooper
Sarah Garrett
Kingsville
Tex
Dr. Jensen
Central Hardware
Makes
Servel
Servel Gas
Southern California Gas Company
Kern Mutual
Richland
Ernest L. McCoy
America
Imperial
Chrysler
Med Center
Ervin E. Fre
Moron Poar
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