Old Adobes of Kern County in Fort Tejon History
Clarence Cullimore released Old Adobes of Forgotten Fort Tejon at a Kern County Historical Society meeting in Bakersfield on April 26. The 100 plus page book, bound in cloth with a colorful dust jacket, includes about thirty illustrations and notes Fort Tejon’s restoration by the California Division of Beaches and Parks with plans for an authentic 1880s replica.
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Fort Tejon
Clarence Cullimore
Kern County Historical Society
Bakersfield
Beale
Camel Corps
State of California Division of Beaches and Parks
California
Californiana
Americara
Portrait of Shafter Mayor McClure in Bakersfield Press sketch
A caricature of Shafter Mayor Paul V. McClure by Bakersfield Press artist Fritz Miller appeared in Sundays Bakersfield Press. McClure, a businessman with a drug store in Shafter and McClure's Drug Store, was noted as loaned to The Shafter Press by the Bakersfield Press.
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Shafter’s
Paul V. McClure
Fritz Miller
Bakersfield Press
Bakersfield
McClure
Shafter
Shafter Press
Employees Of P.G. E. Honored For Long Service
More than 220 Pacific Gas and Electric Company workers were honored at a Service Award dinner in Fresno on April 25. The Kern District contributed 52 employees with five, ten or more years of service in 1948. Pins for twenty or more years featured diamonds, and the event included remarks by H. H. Courtright and others, plus a San Joaquin Power Club Band concert. Among Kern honorees were Otto W. Becker of Wasco with a 20 year badge and Jesse H. Winn of Wasco with a 5 year badge.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Fresno
Kern
San Joaquin
San Joaquin Power Division
Gas Supply and Transmission Department
Kettleman
General Construction Department
George W. Footman
Otto W. Becker
Wasco
Jesse H. Winn
Settlement Awarded in Camp Farm Injury Case
George W. Byrum was awarded damages of 7500 dollars in a compromise settlement for his minor son Cole from W. B. Camp and Sons, Inc. and others. Cole was injured on May 10, 1945, on a Camp farm near Wasco.
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George W. Byrum
Cole
W. B. Camp and Sons, Incorporated
Wasco
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Kern County
Cullimorev
Santa Barbara
Shafter Mattress & Upholstery Shop
Santa Fe
Philp
Forn
Reiser
Otic
Hizonor
Frigidaire
General Motors
Frank Hornkohl Laboratories
Truxtun
Greenlaun Mortuary
Ayia
Wheaties
Betty Crocker
Shafter Ave
San Joaquin Employees’ Power Club
Santa FE Garage
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Body and Paint
State Ave
Aset Coast Tay
Volo Eee
Moer Fol
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