Earthquake rattles Carrillo Hotel guests in Santa Barbara
Mr and Mrs Bates Dewey were among frightened guests as the Carrillo Hotel nearly collapsed but they escaped uninjured. Miss Lila Ault of Buttonwillow had major surgery for the second time this year at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield and will return home next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Dewey
Carrillo Hotel
Santa Barbara
Lila Ault
Buttonwillow
Mercy Hospital
Bakersfield
Rio Bravo Seeks Shafter League Title in Playoff Games
Rio Bravo softball faces North Camp in a two game series for the Shafter Men's League crown. First playoff game at the Primary diamond tonight, second at Rio Bravo tomorrow night at 8 30 p m. North Camp sits 4 0 after clinching Round 3 with a 4 3 victory over Reuben's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shafter Camp
Rio Bravo
Grover Sherrell
Earl Baldwin
Sunny Mahan
Paul Sherrell
Shafter
North Camp
Edward Schacht
Reuben
Huge Water Tank Tumbles as Quake Hits Community
A strong tremor hit Buttonwillow causing extensive damage to the PG and E steam plant area. A 10,000 gallon water tank collapsed, electrical carriers failed, substation windows shattered, and walls cracked. Downtown stock losses and storefront cleanup followed as cracks appeared in the Buttonwillow School building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Buttonwillow School
Vannatta Remembered As Shafter Contractor Leader
Vannatta a prominent Kern County and Southern California contractor who oversaw Safeway Stores builds including the Shafter store. He came to Shafter in 1931, started private contracting in 1935, and ran the Golden State Planing Mill. Survived by wife Leona, three sons Wendelle Larry and Leonard four brothers three sisters and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Wilcoxen
Shatter
Vannatta
Leona
Morrison
Kern County
California
Safeway
Shafter Safeway
Shafter
Golden State Planing Mill
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Colo
Inglewood
Bakersfield
Wendelle
Larry
Leonard
Clarence
Clyde
Gibson Landing
Can
Harry
Los Angeles
Don
Iva Finkbeiner
Adelia Boles
Torrance
Ruby Adams
Mattie Vannatta
Grant to test polio diagnostic blood test in California
March of Dimes provides 20 152 to California State Department of Public Health to evaluate an experimental polio diagnostic blood test. Basil O Connor and Dr Wilton L Halverson announced the grant. Under Dr Edwin H Sennette the test will be evaluated at the viral and rickettsial disease laboratory. Preliminary results from the original investigators show promise for clinical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California State Department of Public Health
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wilton L. Halverson
Edwin H. Sennette
Youths from Ag Settlements Set for Sequoia Lake Trip
Two hundred Shafter area youths, mostly children of agricultural workers, depart from North Shafter Camp to Sequoia Lake for the fifth annual mountain retreat. The week long program, led by Rev and Mrs Ummel, includes religious classes crafts games swimming and excursions with a park ranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequoia Lake
Shafter Area
North Shafter
Lake Sequoia
Chris Ummel
Ummel
Camp Gaines
YMCA
Ummels
Shafter
Cooper Trains In Night Flying At Pensacola
Naval cadet Jess G. Cooper son of Mr and Mrs J F Cooper of Shafter has reported to Corry Field Pensacola Fla for radio instrument and night flying training. He graduated Shafter High School attended the University of California and earned an associate in arts degree. Since September 1951 he has completed pre flight school and first phase of basic training and will become a naval aviator and ensign in the naval reserve after graduation. In Nevada 59.9 million acres are federally owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Aviation
Jess G. Cooper
J. F. Cooper
Shafter
U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Corry Field
Pensacola
Fla
Cooper
Shafter High School
University of California
Naval Reserve
CVH Job Hits Full Speed
Work on the 10.29 mile Central Valley Highway segment between Beech and Rosedale advances with earth-moving equipment. Delays from a union strike extended the schedule. completion is expected late next spring as the project widens a key route between Shafter and the Rosedale Bakersfield highway and reflects years of Central Valley Empire Association advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Valley Highway
Beech
Rosedale
Shafter
Operating Engineers
Southern California
Shaftern
Bakersfield
Independent businessmen in Shafter gain social security protection
Richard P. O Connor of Bakersfield Social Security says nearly all independent businessmen in Shafter earned their sixth quarter of coverage this spring. Self employed earners who began counting on Jan 1 1951 required six quarters for eligibility. many filed Schedule C for 1951 income. Farm operators and some professionals are not covered. others in business are compulsory. In New Mexico 346 million acres are federally owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter Area
Richard P. O'Connor
Bakersfield
Social Security Office
O’connor
O'Connor
Internal Revenue Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Fleming
Sam Taylor
Ted Steelman
Don Bozarth
Ed Starz
L. J. Charles
Jack Shandy
R. D. Milam
Bill Cooper
Rio Br Ro
American Legion
Schacht
Reuben’s
Legion
Buttonwilow
Reuben's
First Southern Baptist Church
Kern & Sunset
Sam Wilcoxon
Leonard Jordon
Mennonite Brethren Church
KWSO
Corner, California
and Kern
Waldo Wiebe
Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Durwood Phillips
First Baptist Church
E. Lerdo Hwy
Rev. Krug
Baptist
Erie
Ryt
Melvin N. Krug
March of Dimes
Pri
Virgil Hooks
Tibet
Max Kornquist
Missionary Gospel Fellowship
Leroy Perrssons
San Luis Obispo
Christ, Living
Nevada
Gregory Peck
Ann Blyth
Rex Beach
Pierce
Korea
Youth For Christ
Memorial Hall
Thachapi
Ray McDonald
New Mexico
Ames
Brundage Lane
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