Fourth Annual Wasco Highway Group Meeting Set With Luncheon
The Fourth Annual Meeting and officer election for the Highway Group will be held Tuesday June 21 at West's Motel Wasco. Delegations from Fresno Tulare Kern and Kings counties along with LA San Francisco State Chamber and Central Valley Highway Association will attend. Guest speaker Martel Wilson vice chairman California State Chamber statewide Highway Committee will discuss crucial highway issues facing California.
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West’s
Wasco
Wilson
Central Lumber Company
Stockton
California
State Chamber
Central Valley
Central Valley Council
Building Material Distributors, Inc
Precision Homes, Inc
Californian
Fresno
of California
Central Valley Highway
Selma
Hanford
Guernsey
Corcoran
Angiola
Alpaugh
Pond
Shafter
Martel Wilson
McMichael Wins Tejon Photo Award
Scott McMichael of Shafter wins the A division top prize in a Tejon Camera Club photography contest. He captures the popular award for images titled Consider the Lilies and The Critic, a photo of a young girl with her sister. Harold McCombie and E F Hudson tie for second with King of the Tempests and Page, NM. Gail Craig takes third with an abstract study of a woman. Class B is dominated by Mr and Mrs A R Mulhaus e with first and popular for Twinkle toes and second for a man in a doghouse waiting with a gun for a stork. Mr Mulha use takes third.
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Scott
McMichael
Harold McCombie
E. F. Hudson
N.M
Gail Craig
A. R.mulhause
Mr. Mulhause
Counterfeit $10 Bills Noted With Same Serial Number
A warning to watch for counterfeit ten dollar bills with a dirty appearance and identical serial number G90172561D. Citizens urged to scrutinize the noted serial across all bills and report any matching notes to authorities.
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Shafter
Dr. Rilcoff Opens Private Practice In Bakersfield
Dr. Nicolai Rilcoff resumes general practice at the Haberfelde Building in Bakersfield after retirement. He formerly directed Kern County Public Health and Kern General Hospital and was resident doctor at Kern General. A Shafter resident, he hails from long time local settler roots.
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Dr. Rilcoff
Bakersfield
Nicolai Rilcoff
Haberfelde
Rilcoff
Kern County Public Health
Kern*General Hospital
Kern General
University of California At Berkeley
Kern General Hospital
Riloff
Shafter
Spudmen 10 Discuss Market Agreement
Potato growers and handlers in the Shafter and Wasco area will gather next Tuesday to discuss a referendum on the proposed spud marketing agreement for California. The plan regulates shipments, imposes inspection, and allows exemptions for below average crops, with a referendum set for June 20 to 30.
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Kremeasure Shafter
Wasco
Finbe
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Sherman L. Pabst
Local Spud Market Holds Steady Amid Weather Watch
Shafter potato trade shows mild stability as demand stays fair for low grade imports. Long Whites fetch 2.10 to 2.15 per 100 pound sack while 16 000 acres remain unharvested and shipments average 800 to 900 carloads daily, with holiday spillover possible if cool weather persists.
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Shafter
Wasned Shafter
James Campp
Les Covell
Covell
Softball Games This Evening and Monday Night
Several summer softball games are scheduled for tonight and Monday night. Men's League features North Camp against the 20-30 Club at Rio Bravo diamond and American Legion versus Rio Bravo at Richland Primary field at 8 p.m. Pee Wee's matchups include Ruhlmans against Neumans on Shafter High's west diamond, and Dalke versus Rotary on the east diamond starting 7 p.m. Junior action has Kiwanis versus Central Hardware at Shafter High at 8:30 p.m. Monday lists 20-30 Club against Post Office Market at Rio Bravo diamond and North Camp versus the Hitchcocks at Richland Primary field at 8 p.m. Pee Wee's Ruhlmans against Gunnarsons on Shafter High's field west side, Rotary versus Brown and Bryant on the east side starting 7 p.m.
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Famie
North Camp
Rio Bravo
American Legion
Richland
Pee Wee
Ruhlmans
Neumans
Shafter High School
S. Diamond
Dalke
Rotary
Diamond
Kiwanis
Central Hardware
Post
Rio Bravo Diamond
Hitchcocks
Gunnarsons
Shafter Hi
Brown and
Bryant
Band Concert for Shafter Community Night Next Thursday
Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commission with the American Federation of Musicians sponsor a band concert next Thursday evening in the lawn in front of Shafter High School gym at 7 30 p m. Directed by Allen Lambourne the program includes The Chicago Tribune March Raymond Overture Squealer March Lover Come Back to Me La Sorella March and Indiana State Band March among others Betty Wilcoxen leads group singing during intermission and Juice Morris sings a solo with Jean Corsching piano accompaniment.
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Kern County Recreation and Cultural Commision
American Federation of Musicians
Dick Heber
Allen Lambourne
Chicago Tribune
W. P. Chambers
Raymond
M. C. Nevrelles
Will Huff
Sigmund Robe
Verdi
Washington Post
John Phillips Sousa
Heber
Shafter High School
Fire pump failure hits Saturday blaze
County fire Captain T. L. Kinkaid reports the water pump failed as the fire was brought under control. The centrifugal shaft veins wore thin and finally broke away from the hub, ending a bout of bad luck with a surprise bystander success.
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Sprouse-Reitz
Justesen’s
Emeres
Justesen
T. L. Kinkaid
South Bakersfield Drive-In Theatre Reopens Under New Management
The South Chester Drive-In near Bakersfield resumes operations next Tuesday and Wednesday under the same ownership as the 98 Drive-In Theatre. The remodeled venue now offers a 1000-person per 15-minute concession capacity and features Kiss in the Dark and Boy With the Green Hair for opening night.
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South Bakersfield Drive-In
South Chester Drive-In
98 Drive-In
South Chester Drive- In Santaty
Bakersfield
Highway 99
Bill
Kiss
Carnival Closes This Week Ends With Keenans High Wire Act
The annual carnival at Shafter Circus Grounds runs through Sunday sponsored by the local American Legion post. California Shows presents rides booths side shows and a Keenans high wire act featured each night since Tuesday for local families and children.
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California
American Legion Post
Shafter Circus
Two Car Crash At Fresno Scaroni Avenue Injures Two
A 11 30 a.m. two car collision at the Fresno and Scaroni intersection caused serious injuries to two men and minor injuries to another. Ray Diamond and Jack Ratliff in a 1946 Chevrolet were struck by Homer Watson in a new GMC pickup. Both cars wrecked. Watson was rushed to San Joaquin hospital. Ratliff and Diamond were treated or transported. Ratliff could not identify himself. officials believe he may be from Ventura or Merced.
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Fresno and
Scaroni Avénues
Ray Diamond
Jack Ratliff
G.M.C
Homer Watson
Myrick
Diamond
Ratliff
Scaroni Avenue
Fresno
Watson
San Joaquin Hospital
Robert Enest
Shafter Ambulance Service
Shafter
Ventura
Merced
Oblander Car Hits Telephone Pole in Early Morning Crash
Oblander Ralph Oblander suffered minor injuries when his 1941 International Station Wagon drifted off Santa Fe Way a half mile north of town and struck a telephone pole at 3:45 a.m. He said he fell asleep at the wheel. He was treated at Kern General hospital and jailed for drunkenness on the highway.
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Ralph Norman Oblander
Oblander
Highway Patrol
Kern General Hospital
Richland Aquatic Center Public Swimming Hours
The schedule lists 1 2 p m swimming instruction for everybody 2 4 30 p m recreational swimming 4 30 5 30 p m closed 5 30 6 30 p m family hour with children under supervision 6 30 8 30 p m recreational swimming and notes three pools open Monday through Friday and 2 to 5 on Sunday the center closes at times for staff meals and unspecified closing.
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Richland Aquatic Center
Ardis Walker Speaks at Cawelo Chamber Dinner
Ardis Walker of the first district will address the Shafter Chamber of Commerce at a 7 30 p m dinner meeting at the Cawelo Motel. He will discuss combining Kern county road districts. Tonight’s regular meeting is canceled.
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Ardis Walker
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Cawelo
Walker
Kern County
Chamber
Weather outlook calls for heat with 103 degree high
A persistent high pressure area off the coast keeps temperatures hot for days. The forecast shows a top of 103 today with recent highs around 104 and lows in the low 70s.
Father’s Day essay from a long-running humor column
A satirical Father’s Day column questions why a dedicated day honors fathers more awkwardly than mothers. It jokes about publishers, taxes, and bills fueling the day, notes varied terms for fathers in families, and recalls a bossy Papa in the author’s own home.
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Stanford and
New School of Business Administration
Tejon Photo Award
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Tejon Camera Club
Spudmen
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Emerson School
United States
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
North Carolina
Virginia
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