Post Office Receipts Reach Kern County Highs in 1958
Kern County post offices posted record dollar volumes in 1958 with Maricopa showing a hike of 11 734 over 1957. Cities across the county including Bakersfield Mojave Lamont McFarland Delano and Wasco reported increases amid a regional rise in postal receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Mojave
Baron
Lamont
McFarland
Maricopa
Kern County
Boron
Caliente
Delano
Edison
Frazier Park
Grapevine
Isabella
Kernville
Lebec
Ridgecrest
Shafter
Taft
Tupman
Wasco
Weldon
Senator Requests Federal Agencies Current Books
A curious senator asked every federal agency for their current literature and received 83 000 items. The subjects included How to Trap Cats Recipes for Frying Muskrats in Wine and The Status of North American Fleas.
Editorial piece chronicles newsroom woes and local sports tales
The column recalls a printer’s trouble as a heat wiring fault froze lead flow and jammed presses, then recounts a car transmission failure addressed by H and P Auto Clinic. It also recalls Pasadena City College alumni and a 1952 Junior Rose Bowl thriller, plus a kids coloring contest and a humorous ad-stunt about a stolen typewriter returning in triplicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Pomerinke
H&p
Don
Pasadena City College
Lynn al Planap
Ventura JC
Kiwanis
Pasadena
Artie Sorce
Artie
Art
America
Bob Blackman
Dartmouth
Denver University
Addison Hawthorne
Tyler JC
Texas
Addison
Tyler Boys
Eagle Rock Athletic Club
Shafter
Goertzen Files for Maple School Board Election
Local contractor William Goertzen announced his filing for a Maple School board of trustees seat this week. He has served in church work, county youth camp committees, Maple Boy Scout efforts, and mission school duties during a two year stay in the Belgian Congo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Goertzen
Maple School Board of Trustees
Goertzen
Maple Boy Scout Committee
Belgian Congo
Mission School Board
Shafter
Martha Epp
Maple School
Christine
Wasco High School
Billy
Debbie
Maple
Mike
Maple Board
Herb Loewen
Wasco Union High School
Jonas Nickel
Delano Lions Tourney Sets Fierce Baseball Action
Delano Lions prepare for a multi field tournament starting March 26 with more than six teams favored. Opening games at 9 a.m. on four Delano diamonds include North versus Wasco, Arvin versus Hanford, Porterville versus Bakersfield, and Delano versus Taft. Round two at 1 45 p.m. features Fresno versus Merced and East Bakersfield versus Livingston and Mt. Whitney versus Tulare and Roosevelt versus Redwood. Semifinals and finals occur March 28 with champions and consolation races.
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Pec
Delano Diamonds
North
Wasco
Fremont
West Delano
Arvin
Hanford
Porterville
Bakersfield
Delano
Taft
Delano High School
P Goff
Fresno
Merced
East Bakersfield
Livingston
Mt. Whitney
Tulare
Roosevelt
Redwood
Services Held for Josephine Cox
Funeral services for 65 year old Lena Josie Cox of 448 Gibgon Lane Shafter were held at Bakersfield Memorial Park with Rev. Melvin Krug officiating. Cox died from an automobile accident on March 15 and leaves multiple children and grandchildren. Robert L. Jones Funeral Home of Wasco arranged the service.
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Lena Josiephine Cox
Gibgon Lane
Shafter
Bakersfield Memorial Park
Melvin Krug
Cox
Texas
Kern County
Fay Owens Shafter
Doris Flowers
Ontario
Elton
Gordon Smith
Bakersfield
Go To The Church Of Your Choice Sunday
Shafter churches invite the community to Sunday services across multiple denominations. Local congregations encourage participation, fellowship, and spiritual reflection in an open invitation to all residents.
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Church of
Shafter Churches
Bob Tatum
Central Valley Highway
Reality Sermon Focus in Easter Lesson
The Easter Lesson-Sermon centers on Reality contrasting light and darkness in Christian Science. It cites Mark’s Gospel Golden Text and Jesus words from John about salvation and truth, stressing that darkness is a mortal sense and light reveals truth.
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Mark
Galilee
Jesus
John
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H & P Auto Clinic
E. Lerdo
Shafter Church of the Nazarene
W. Lordo Rd
W. A. Peck
Mrs. Peck
John W. Esterline
By Duane
Doug” Allen
Marvin
Fate
Carroll
Tere
New York Times
J. H. Carmical
Free World
Delano Lions
Orne
Preston
B. F. Goodrich
Lerdos
Josephine Cox
Nemagor
Bill Hildebrand
Enterprise
Fe Yi
Swift's Fryers
John Bacon
Weiners
OURS
Holland
Langendorf—Rep. Cookies
California
del Haven
Arden
Irvin E. Fike
C. V. Hiway Shafter
Phone Pioneer
First Southern Baptist Church
Sunset Rev
Sam Wilcoxon
Jack Graves
B.T.U
Doyle Hamman
Pastor Prayer Service
M.U
Lois Barton
Brotherhood
al Wedel
Meats
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