4-H youth enter 1953 Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition
More than 1000 4-H and Future Farmers of America members will exhibit over 3000 head of cattle hogs lambs and horses across six days of competition judging demonstrations and auction sales at the Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition in the Cow Palace. Buttonwillow 4-H youths Norman Neuman Dorothy Olsen Janet Olsen and Lois Paslay are among exhibitors with hogs steers. Entertainment features include a Commando Raid by the 91st Division infantrymen, Western stock horse events, calf roping, greased pig and wild calf scrambles, mounted musical chairs and acts by Mysterious Wilbur the clown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttonwillow
Kern County
Norman Neuman
Dorothy Olsen
Janet Olsen
Lois Paslay
Amer
Wilbur
Six Students Earn As for School Work at Shafter High
Shafter High lists 104 hon or roll honorees over the recent six weeks. Six students earned all A's, nine had four A's and a B. Named All A students are Dan Contreras Marion Mettler Robert Mettler Jack Robbins Donna Weitz Barbara Wroten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High
Dan Contreras
Marion Mettler
Robert Mettler
Jack Robbins
Donna Weitz
Barbara Wroten
Julia Arreola
Jack Brown
Karen Clarkin
Edna Crane
John DeVincenzo
Pete Grossman
Donna Jenkins
Delores Stout
Gary Weyand
Pauline Anderson
Bill Austin
Henry Badgett
Janice Beaver
Donald Bender
Gerald Bender
Virginia Bender
Deanna Bergen
Joe Borton
Eileen Bradshaw
Morton Brown
Karen Burnquist
Louise* Burrows
Dorothy Campbell
Shirley Coodey
Patsy Cook
Maudie Crabb
Norma Craig
Dorothy Crum
Bill Cummings
Mary DeVincenzo
Jean Elkins
Omega Ellis
Marlene Enns
Royce Eslick
Mary Gates
Jan Gibson
Carol Giesbrecht
Edna Giles
Bob Goosen
Robert Grossman
Obie Hamlin
Doris Hampton
Eric Hanson
Heaton
Shirley Hendricks
Ll Higbee
Delores Higbee
Norma Hooks
Dorothy Howard
Virinia Howell
Carol Irwin
Arigh Johnson
Donna Johnson
Ilip Johnson
Roy Jones
Pat Kayser
Irene Kern
Leroy Kirschan
Valera Kirschenmann
Anneth Kroeker
George Larson
Wrence Mettler
Mary Montgomery
Dale Morris
Hugh Mouser
Muir
David Muir
Betty Patterson
Arlene Pear
CTA Consultant Foresees Teacher Pay Increases
Dr. Oscar E. Anderson of the California Teachers Association predicts annual teacher salary raises next year, between 300 and 500 dollars, based on Assembly Bill 1728 formulas. He urges Kern County starting salaries of 3750 for bachelor science holders, rising to 6000 with 150 increments per 15 credits. About 250 educators attended the unit banquet in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar E. Anderson
California Teachers Association
CTA
Shafter
Anderson
Assembly
Association
Kern County
Arthur Corey
John Lamb and family life in Kern County and Shafter
The piece recounts John Lamb as a vaquero in Carrizo Plains and Temblor Ranches, his moves after the 1877 drought, years at the Poso Ranch near present Shafter, his 1904 marriage to Mary Rebecca Fay, and the 1915 settlement in Shafter. It notes Mrs Lamb’s death, foster son Opal Fry remaining in the area, and then cites a CTA salary plan proposing a 12 year scale with up to 150 increments for teachers earning 15 to 60 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Lamb
Oregon
Poso
Shafter
Mary Rebecca Fay
Opal Fry
CTA
Scouts Plan Miracle Hot Springs Trip and Spring Camporee
Scout Trails Troop 53 and Troop 91 report weekend travel to Miracle Hot Springs and Kern River area for nature study and snake capture. North Kern roundtable at Shafter Scout Hall backed spring camporee at Jim Beard's ranch near Glennville with staff named by Ed Bender. Leaders from Shafter and Kern county offices coordinated new regulations and summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miracle Hot Springs
Leonard Duck
Maple Leaf
Tony Vasquez
Kern River
Rosedale
Granite Station
North Kern
Shafter Scout Hall
Jim Beard
Glennville
Ed Bender
Jack Manweiler
Shafter
Jim Youell
Fresno State College
Ruben Siemens
Maple District
Rolf Jacobsen
N Hughett
Buttonwillow
Delano
J. Ray Baker
Wasco
Don. Isaac
Maple
Tony Forquera
McFarland
Ross Jones
Dick Dodson
Kern
Bakersfield
Charles Henderson
Re Mason
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seoa
Pyrenees Cafe
Sumner Street
Dick Smith
Erle Bailey
Schneider and
Wikoff
Westinghouse
Corey
United States
John Lamb
Carrizo
Plains
Temblor Ranches
Buena Vista Lake
Dow
DOW Chemical Company
Western Division
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Folger’s Coffee
Durkee
Hormel
Dinty Moore
Sac
Albers
UNCLE
Ben
del Monte
Dennison
Mary Ellen
California
Calo Dog Food
AJAX
Proctor & Gamble's
U.S
Dustesen
Kentucky
Will and Will Company
Lowisville
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