Direct Highway 99 Link Foreseen In County Plan
Earl Scott of the state division of highways outlined long range plans to connect Edison Highway with Niles Street and link to Highway 99 near 24th Street. Kern officials urged four lane division and drainage on Edison Highway to Bakersfield east city limits, while supporting survey for Route 178 from 99 through East Bakersfield. Projects also include four lane rebuild of Rosedale Highway to Enos Lane with a Kern River bridge, and four lane U.S. 99 from Delano to Tulare county line plus Route 140/Keene-Tehachapi and relocation through Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Highway
Niles Street
Earl Scott
Fresno
State Division of Highways
Scott
Kern County
California State Chamber of Commerce Regional Highway Committee
California Highway Commission
Morning Drive
24Th Street
Edison
Bakersfield
John Holt
Kern
State Highway Division
Rosedale
Enos Lane
Kern River
Pierce Road
Delano
Tulare
Hill
Taft
Keene-Tchachapi
Buttonwillow School Hosts Upper Grade Party Event
The Buttonwillow seventh and eighth graders held an evening in the school auditorium featuring folk dancing and student performances. Calvin Everett acted as MC while students sang, played guitars, and shared solos. The eighth grade presented a last will and testament with a wandering gypsy fortune teller. Guests included visiting instructor Mrs Selvidge and weekend guests Mr and Mrs Jacob Thiessen of Saskatchewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Calvin Everett
Vilene Bertrand
Darlene Grrison
Mary Jo Wilson
Rita Shellenberger
Barbara McCoy
Nita Richards
Joe’ Villarreal
Patricia Owen
Darlene Garrison
Delores Wolfe
Lydia Ram
Francis Selvidge
Selvidge
Dorothy Fawn
Walter J. “Pop” Overton
Jack Hedrick
LeRoy Shellenberger
Ammon Lake
J. C. Penner
Jacob Thiessen
Herbert
Saskatchewan
Canada
Pappy Hayes Creates Backyard Pond With Stocked Fish
Pappy Hayes bulldozed three acres of bottom land, dammed a stream, and with help from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service stocked bluegill and bass. The pond near his home becomes a local fishing spot and a model of neighborly collaboration and open-minded problem solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pappy Hayes
Pike's Creek
Pappy
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington
Ernest Hughes Wins Transfer From Great Lakes
After completing a 20 week course at the U S Naval Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes Illinois Ernest L Hughes hospitalman USN of 137 Orange St Shafter will be transferred to the U S Naval Hospital Oakland for duty The School trains enlisted personnel in basic subjects and procedures to qualify as hospital corpsmen They perform clerical and medical duties and many become technicians in fields such as x ray clinical laboratory pharmacy epidemiology sanitation or fever therapy or serve independently on small ships
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U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School
U. S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Ill
Ernest L. Hughes
USN
Orange St
Shafter
U.S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
Hospital Corps School
Five Teachers Win Richland Posts
Five teachers received appointments to Richland School for the coming year. They are Mary Lou Roeder first grade Muriel Newcomb kindergarten Eileen Hickox fourth grade Willie Mae Kelly third grade art and mental handicapped classes. Resignations were accepted from Laura Webb first Clarice Immel seventh Vineta Powers first and Nevoy Gerbracht music. Mrs Immel will attend Yale University divinity school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland ‘School
Board
Mary Lou Roeder
Muriel Newcomb
Eileen Hickox
Willie Mae Kelly
Laura Webb
Clarice Immel
Vineta Powers
Nevoy Gerbracht
Immel
Yale Univerity
History of the Flag earns honorable mention for Shafter pupil
Margaret Osburn a Richland School pupil wins honorable mention in a district contest after placing first in the fifth and sixth grade division at an auxiliary sponsored competition in Shafter involving 20 American Legion Auxiliary units Kern and Tulare counties. Mrs J P McCoy auxiliary president notes it's the first Shafter youngster to earn an honor in many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Osburn
Richland Schoolpupil
American Legion’ Auxiliary
Kern
Tulare
Shafter
J. P. McCoy
Vacationing Margie LilesVisits Pismo Beach Bergens
Miss Margie Liles is vacationing this week in the Pismo Beach home of Mr and Mrs P L Bergen and family formerly of Shafter. Mrs Lottie Liles spent the weekend with the Bergens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Liles
Pismo Beach
Mr. and
P. L. Bergen and
Shafter
Lottie Liles
Bergens
Cross Country Highway Nears Final Hurdle
Josh Clarke reports that California Highway Commission will fix the Trona bottleneck. A Sacramento hearing arranged by Sen. Charles Brown secured the commission’s assurance. The all weather desert to sea route would run from Kingman Arizona to San Luis Obispo through Las Vegas Kern River Canyon Bakersfield and Santa Margarita. Other boosters include Ardis M. Walker China Lake Community Council Naval Ordnance Test Station Elmo Ellsworth Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and State Sen. Jess R. Dorsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Clarke
Cross-Country Highway Association
Kern County
California Highway Commission
Clarke
Sacramento
Charles Brown
Inyo County
Trona
Kingman
Ariz
San Luis Obispo
Moore Bay
Pacific Coast
Las Vegas
Kern River
Canyon
Bakersfield
Santa Marguerita
Ardis M. Walker
China
Lake Community Council
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Elmo Ellsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Jess R. Dorsey
Leucosis Impact Tied to Brooding Distance in Iowa Flocks
Iowa Poultry Demonstration Flocks data show chicks brooded in isolation cut leucosis losses. Those rearing chicks at least 400 feet from the laying house had no reports of leucosis to five months of age, while 30 percent in the laying house reported symptoms or losses before five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
California Taxable Retail Sales Break Four Billion Mark
California taxable retail sales topped four billion dollars in the fourth quarter of 1952, surpassing the prior high by over 10 percent. New and used motor vehicle sales reached about 652 million dollars, up nearly 45 percent from Q4 1951, while grocery and food stores rose 23 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
State Board of Equalization
Need More Twins To Boost Lamb Crop
Prof Harold H. Cole head of the University animal husbandry department says increasing lamb crops hinges on more twin births. At Animal Husbandry Day in Davis he urged early breeding strains and cross breeding to produce more prolific sheep, noting hormones for summer breeding are not yet practical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. Cole
Davis
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Shafters High School
Richland
Morton Brown
Kenneth Handel
Darrell Parks
Gene Wishon
Omega Ellis
Donna Weitz
Donna Blizard
Julia Arreola
Roxie Shepard
Donna Hare
Winifred West
Irene Kern
Marva Steele
Johnny Cano
Ailene Bertrand
Marcia Worden
Geneva Taylor
Ella Mac Bursey
Eriz
David Tabler
Louis Wolfe
Jack Schmidt
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Ernest Hughes
Richland Posts
Shafter Girl
America
Central Ave
Folger's Coffee
Dennisons Pork & Beans
Pisa
Lissa Tela Ie Lie
Pillsbury’s Best
Crisco
Armour's
Lily Frozen Foods
Justesen
Sliery
Pineapple
Calif
del Monte
Pillsbury's Angel Food
Peg
Bonnie Dog Food
San Diego
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