Mosquito Abatement Drive Aids Shafter Efforts
Gordon F. Smith of Kern Mosquito Abatement District outlines how residents can curb a growing menace. He cites mild winter and insecticide resistance as factors, notes two main mosquito types, and explains urban rural breeding sites and the role of community groups in funding abatement efforts.
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Gordon F. Smith
Kern
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Smith
Culux
Wood Carving Tops Crafts Week in Shafter Program
The Shafter summer recreation program nearing its end features a wood carving special on August 2 with additional horse shoes, dominoes, and other activities. Daily schedules include ping pong badminton volleyball football basketball and croquet in the late afternoon and evening hours. Prospective soap carving students should bring soap and basic carving tools for the Saturday night event.
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Shafter
Fred Mason
Mason
Cotton Boom Spurs Industrial Growth in San Joaquin Valley
The rapid expansion of cotton and potato farming in the San Joaquin Valley drives mechanization and a new industrial empire. Growers gain jobs and stability as farms add repair shops and in‑house maintenance, with firms like E. G. Kruger and Cal Growers expanding capacity and spurring local industry.
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San Joaquin Valley
California
Shafter
E. G. Kruger
Cal Growers
Dick Rhoads
Frank Russell's
Nikkel Iron Works
Paramount and
Isaacs
Guest minister to speak at Shafter church Sunday
Associate pastor of the First Congregational Church of Fresno will serve as guest minister Sunday in Shafter, as reported by Pastor Gordon Baker.
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First Congregational Church of
Fresno
Shafter
Gordon Baker
Kern County Needy Blind Aid Averages $81.40 in May 1952
California Taxpayers association reports Kern County paid an average of 81.40 dollars per needy blind person in May 1952, total aid 19,617 dollars for 241 recipients, up from 1951. National average for April stood at 49.83 dollars.
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Kern
United States
California Taxpayers’ Association
California
Crawford Family Heads Southwest Vacation Plan
Mr and Mrs John Crawford and their son Ralph plan a July end trip through Arizona and New Mexico visiting Roswell relatives. The Crawfords run the dining room at Shafter Motel and report a record rush season with crowds all day during the spud season.
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John Crawford
Ralph
Arizona
New Mexico
Roswell
Crawfords
Shafter Motel
Crawford
Donny Hughett Receives Final Shrine Hospital Checkup
Little Donny Hughett of Buttonwillow will get a final checkup this week at Shrine Hospital in San Francisco. Doctors will remove a body cast worn since an operation this spring and then Donny will spend a beach vacation with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hughett.
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Donny Hughett
Buttonwillow
Shrine Hospital
San Francisco
Donny
Bob Hughett
Mother Seeks Damages Over Air Force Base Scaffolding Death
Elberta Belle Leathers of Shafter seeks 155 228 dollars in damages in Superior Court for the death of her husband Clifford Burrell Leathers 49 at Edwards Air Force Base. He died after scaffolding collapsed while installing a sprinkling system in an airplane hangar. Co plaintiffs include son Larry Hamilton 13 and stepdaughter Marian Leathers 17. Masterson Truesafe Steel Scaffold Co. and Truesafe Tubular Steel Scaffolds Inc. are named defendants.
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Elberta Belle
Navy Cruise Begins for John I. Kelly Aboard Ault
Naval Academy Midshipman John I. Kelly son of H W and Mrs H W Kelly of 665 Manuel Ave sails on the destroyer USS Ault as part of the Navy's summer training cruise. The Task Group led by Rear Admiral James L. Holloway departed Norfolk June 9 and will return August 5, including Missouri Wisconsin Saipan Macon and Des Moines among its ships.
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U. S
Naval Academy
Naval Reserve
Navy
John 1. Kelly
USN
H. W. Kelly
Manuel Ave
Ault
Missouri
Wisconsin
Saipan
Macon
Des Moines
Young People Enjoy Mount Hermon Bible Encampment Retreat
Baptst Church youths spend a week at Mount Hermon Bible Encampment with Pastor Gene Vaught and his wife, Carlos Rey and his wife, plus parents Louis Beal and Harold Reed. Campers include Barbara Goodspeed Linda McPherridge Betty Sue Crum Nancy Beal Carl Stroub Jerry Burrows Glenda Rey and Jerry Greer.
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Buttonwillow
Baptst Church
Mount Hermon Bible
Gene Vaught
Carlos Rey
Louis Beal
Harold Reed
Barbara Goodspeed
Linda McPherridge
Betty Sue Crum
Nancy Beal
Carl Stroub
Jerry Burrows
Glenda Rey
Jerry Greer
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Verna Peters
Kern County
Richland Pool
Verna
la Rue Pilgrim
Glen Handel
Glen Putman
Ming Pool
Shafter Press
Clint Parker
John I. Kelly
Gandie
Sante FE
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