State Texts Guide Reading Standards for California Schools
State boards review and approve elementary school textbooks in California. State texts are provided free with one for each child, with restrictions against biased or sectarian material. Richland School uses Kern County libraries and invites parents to inspect sample books.
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United States
California
Richland
Kern County School Library
Kern County Board of Education
Snafter
Kern County Free Library
Practice Reports Due From County Farmers
Jan 31 1954 is the final date for farmers to file performance reports under the 1953 Agricultural Conservation Program. Reports not received by the county office or postmarked by that date cannot be considered in making 1953 payments.
Kelley seeks reelection in 39th district with strong local impact
Native Californian Assemblyman Kelly, a Shafter realtor and insurer, touts his record in Kern County and Southern San Joaquin Valley. He cites highway savings, hospital board recall bill, and a public health hearing in Kern as proof of service while highlighting his roles on oil mining and manufacturing, agriculture, and finance committees. He notes ongoing projects and his two earlier reelections in 1950 and 1952 without opposition.
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Central Valley
Kern County
Hill 36
Taft
West Side
Kelly
Ife
39Th
San Joaquin Valley
Boards of Supervisors
San Joaagin
39Th Assembly District
Shafter
California
Eleanor Sweet
John
Patsy) Fuller
Tom
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Herschel G. Fraley
Calif
James E. Colbert
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fraley
Pacific
Fred Fraley
Kern St
U. S. Army
Henry H. Mettler Home After Hospital Stay
Henry H. Mettler returns home from a three week stay at Cottage Hospital Offdale. He thanks friends for cards flowers and visits during his illness.
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Henry H. Mettler
Cottage Hospital
Offdale
Condition hits dairy animals in Southern California
An unnamed upper respiratory condition has affected more than 900 dairy cattle in Southern California. Veterinarians from Davis report the cause is undetermined, with LA County and state agencies, plus UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, coordinating to trace the outbreak. The illness reduces milk production abruptly, sometimes by half, with cows showing decline between night and morning milkings.
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California
Davis
Rankin Wr Mcintyre
Los Angeles County Bee Department
State Department of Agriculture
University of California School of Veterinary Medicine
Ruling on Cling Peach Processing and Stabilization Fund
Following the cling peach advisory board recommendations the state director of agriculture orders no volume limits for processing No 1 cling peaches this season under the marketing order. The order also abolishes Stabilization fund assessments and directs refunds of all deposits.
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State Director of Agriculture
Adviser Lands Ag Industry
Farm Adviser H. W. Schwalm of Kern county notes agriculture drives current economic strength. Secretary Benson cites a comparison: an industrial worker’s 11 minutes of labor buys as much food as a Russian worker’s hour at Moscow state store. About two thirds of raw materials for U S manufacturing come from American farms and forest land.
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H. W. Schwalm
Kern County
Benson
Moscow
North Kern Golf Leaders Survey Famosa Prospect
North Kern Golf Association discussed leasing 175 acres near Woody Road east of Highway 99 for a public golf course and recreation area serving Shafter Wasco Delano and McFarland. A nine hole start with later expansion is planned funded by memberships and county support.
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North Kern Golf Association
County Recreation and Parks
Famosa
North Kern
Shafter
Wasco
Delano
McFarland
Highway 99
Woody Road
W. D. Gaskill
John T. Hourigan
Clara Schnaidt
Mervyn Voth
Herb Evans
Kern County
Ray Colette
Chester James
Harold Martin
Gaskill
Collette
Evans
Roy Gargano
Kern ‘County Land Company
New Classroom Plans Discussed by School Board
Architect Ernest McCoy met with the elementary school board Monday night to review proposed upper grade classrooms. He showed schemes for construction and was authorized to arrange a conference with Don Patterson to discuss acceptable layouts. Fire engineer E F Bender was granted city representation at a Tulare meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Firemen's Association. Chief Phil Pifer of Bakersfield spoke on the underwriter grading system. Mrs. Walter Powell urged annexing additional property into the city, already part of the Shafter Public Utility District.
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Ernest McCoy
No Difference In Grain Type In Egg Quality Study
The University of Illinois tested corn, wheat, oats, and a mix as sole grains in all mash rations for four bird lots over three weeks. They broke over 1000 eggs to measure white standing and shell thickness and found no differences in egg quality or size across grain types.
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University of Illinois
Board of Trade Eyes Census Tracts for Kern County
Kern County needs permanent census tract boundaries say the Board of Trade after approving pursuing Census Bureau approval for tract creation ahead of the 1980 census. The plan aims to map homogeneous areas with natural boundaries and stable ED boundaries. Next meetings set for Bakersfield and Tehachapi with budget talks on Feb 11.
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Board of Trade
Kern
Kern County
Bureau of Census
Taft
Clifton Clemens
Clemens
J. M. Radoumis
R. W. Bovee
John Gilli
Gilli
Kern-Delta
Kern ‘County
Highway 99
M Street
Bakersfield
Kern-los Angeles Counties
Lebec
Board of Supervisors
Adeptio
Victor L. Smyth
Mojave
Tehachapi
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State Board of Education
Sacramento
State Printing Office
State
National Cotton Council
Hope Skillman
Leon Levin
Ogle Fang
Shafter Mercantile Co
Gus
Dod
Chevrolet
Fisher
Richland Chevrolet Co
Central Ave
Daou, Gray
Dorothy Gray
Stringham’ S Shafter Drug Store
Cling Peach
Adviser Lands Ag Industry
North Kern Golf Leaders
Famosa Prospect
San Joac Vo
President Gaskill
Earle Cometta
Lano
Bill Duerksen
Phil Clarkin
O. Wiliams
Warren Fox
T. F. Prather
Voth
John Drake
Leon Quinn
Lee Leatham
Elwood Bergthold
Los Hills
John Clark
Pond
L. v. Woodard
Miles
Studio OF Beauty
James ST
Truxtun
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