Teachers Picnic With the ’49ers Theme Planned
The Kern County Union School District hosts its annual spring picnic for certificated and non certificated personnel on Friday May 6 at the school farm laboratory on Stine Road near Bakersfield. John Van Osdel says games run 2 to 6 barbecue beef dinner by Charley Castro 6 to 7 special entertainment 7 to 9 then square dancing. A steering committee led by Ernest Graf of Kaf ter High School coordinates plans.
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Kern County Union
Hool Farm
Stinead
Bakersfield
John van Osdel
Charley Castro
Ich
Ernest Graf
Kafter High School
Anniversary of Lindberghs flight marked in 1927 record
Column recalls Charles Lindbergh’s first solo New York Paris flight on May 21 1927 covering 33 hours 32 minutes. Notes half a million now fly the route in under half the time and mentions other local items and a drug store ad.
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P. V
Mac” McClure
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lucky Indy
Ashington Monument
Ahoto
Letizia Named Vice Proxy of Fresno State Alumni Group
Thomas Letizia of the local high school faculty was named Vice President of the Fresno State College Alumni Association Bakersfield Chapter at a Bakersfield Inn Normandy Room meeting on April 27. The chapter reunites Kern County Staters and invites Fresno State attendees to join via box 2096. The annual Alumni Reunion will be May 13 at the Marigold Ballroom Fresno, the eve of the West Coast Relays.
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Thomas Letizia
Fresno State College Alumni Association
Bakersfield
Normandy
Bakersfield Inn
Fresno State
Kern County
Letizia
Marigold Ballroom
Fresno
Jameson Camp Summer Session Dates Announced
Jameson Camp in Kern County announces an eight week session from June 19 to August 14 for children aged six to twelve. Roderick Jameson, director, notes no uniforms required and open weeks without a fixed stay. Camp activities include horseback riding swimming hiking cook outs and gardening with a pre camp physical examination required. For details contact Roderick Jameson Glennville California or Mr. and Mrs. Wm Carpenter Shafter.
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Jameson Camp
Roderick Jameson
Kern County
Glennville
Greenhorn Mountain
National Forest
Amp
Roderick , Jameson
California
Wm. B. Carpenter
Shafter
Shafter High Agriculture Growers Find Broad School Value
Shafter High School students in the agriculture program engage in project contests funded by the Bank of America and Kiwanis Club. Fifteen boys pursue steer projects with Hereford Aberdeen Angus and Short Horn stock, earning average profits of about 150 dollars per steer over two years.
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Shafter
Kern County
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Agricultural Department
Shafter High School
Bank of America
Kianis Club
F.F. A
Jack Janzen
Jack
Banner Hereford Ranch
Em. H. Mettler, and Sons
Baciner Hereford Ranch
Bakersfield
F. F.A
Glenn Navy
Department of Agriculture
Ample Farm Labor Foreseen in San Joaquin Valley
The Agricultural Labor Bureau reports a surplus of workers in the San Joaquin Valley for spring and early summer farm work. Cotton chopping begins the first week in May and demands peak around May 15 as fruit, potato, and vegetable harvesting start. Migration inward is discouraged to prevent labor shortages.
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Agricultural Labor Bureau
San Joaquin
Kern County
San Joaquin Valley
Ralph Bunje
Labor Bureau
California
Bureau
Rent Overcharges Rise in Kern County after 1949 Law
On April 1, Kern County Rent Director A. J. Morris said tenant complaints about rent overcharges surged since the 1949 rent law. He linked the rise to tougher eviction controls and noted the office is investigating each case. refunds figures were released showing business remained active.
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A. J. Morris
Kern County
Mr. Morris
Rent refunds ease tenant burdens under new federal actions
In April, voluntary refunds of 1248.00 were issued to 19 tenants by 10 landlords via the area rent office. An additional 325.00 went to tenants after court actions by the ReSTCY when voluntary refunds failed. The federal rent agency may file treble damages within a year of violation, raising the cost of rent violations, says Mr Morris.
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Restcy
Treasury
Morris
Federal Rent Agency
Mr. Morris
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