Cotton Seed Trials Spark California Growers Cooperation
A joint study by the University of California and the U S Department of Agriculture tests whether larger or heavier cotton seeds yield better plants. Researchers at the Shafter station and the Westside Field Station coordinate graded seed trials across Fresno Tulare Kern counties with field observers and labeled seed from Shafter and Stanford Research Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pynier Browill
Califérnlca
University of California
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Gos Marvin Hoover
U. S
Shafter
Cem Rand
Clarence Johnson
Fresno County
Califax
Burrell
Les Stromberg
Tulare County
Lawrence Taylor
Dinuba
O. D. McCutcheon
Kern County
Walker Ranch
George Ferry
University
Shafter Station
U. C. Westside
Five Points
Stanford Research Institute
Pasadena
University of California Extension
U.S. Cotton Research Station
Fter
Johnson named Shafter High principal in 1956
The article lists Mike Watkins and many others and details Johnson McFarland High School principal appointment in 1956 after moving from Shafter High School. It covers his education at Fresno State UCLA USC, World War II service as Lt Commander, teaching in multiple California towns, and involvement with NEA CTA CASSA Phi Delta Kappa Kiwanis and Boy Scouts. It notes his family and plans to move to Bakersfield with no date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarland High School
Shafter High School
Johnson
Fresno State College
UCLA
University of Southern California
U.S. Naval Aviation
Vineland School
Kern County
Pacific Grove
National Education Association
California Teachers Association
California Association of Secondary School Administrators
Dist. Council 16
CASSA
Association
Phi Delta Kappa
South Sequoia League
Central Section
California Interscholastic , Federation
Shafter Recreation Commission
Boy Scout
The
Shafter
Kiwanis
Instructors Hired at Bakersfield College for 1965 66 Term
Bakersfield College trustees add eleven new probationary instructors for the 1965 66 term. Nine join the on campus program and two teach at the Desert Division in Ridgecrest. New faculty include Sally M Briggs Raymond J Gonzales Edgar J Hageman Jr Wallace Colin McKay Paul J Meert Alice B Moore Michael J Nolan Phyllis Jane Nusz Mary Lou Sommer. David M Keranen and Mark J Malinauskas teach at the Desert Division. Mrs Mary R Gayle and Milton Jerkins approved as substitute teachers as needed. Robert E rehired to teach Mestro refrigeration in the Evening Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield College
Kern Joint Junior College
Dist
Theron L. McCuen
Ridgecrest
Sally M. Briggs
Raymond J. Gonzales
Edgar J. Hageman, Jr
Wallace Colin McKay
Paul J. Meert
Bartel to Speak at Shafter Luncheon
Don Bartel, speaker and chairman of the Bakersfield Christian Business News Committee, will address the Shafter group at Thursday’s luncheon in Veterans Memorial Hall after recently returning from a European trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bartel
Bakersfield Christian Business Mews Committee
Shafter Group
Veterans Memorial Hall
Bartel
Dr Freedman Masters Ceremony At Local Schools
Dr Freedman served as master of ceremonies for events at area grade schools and Shafter High School. Bill C Johnson, Shafter High School graduate, was the evening’s speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Freedman
Ceremonies
Tour the Southwest display from the armchair
A 1916 feature highlights a photographer who roamed the Southwest recording Indians desert scenes old missions and California forests. The Los Angeles County Museum compiled and edited the volume. California Missions by Sunset offers a full text with hundreds of photos. Other enticing Southwest books include Cowie by James Frank Dobie and reminiscences from a noted author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
South
California
Los Angeles
California Missions
Great Southwest
Young Driver Deaths in 1964 Toll Hits Record Levels
In 1964 nearly 17,000 drivers under age twenty five were killed on U S roads. The figure accounts for about one third of the nation’s highway death toll for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Public school tax hike debate and election plans voiced
Board members discuss a proposed 15 to 20 cent tax increase to support education and fund the 1965-66 budget. A special election could cost about 24 000 dollars, with supporters urging a two year rate to maintain quality programs and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
Theron S. Taber, Jr
Herbert L. Martin
Frazier Mt. Park
Fruitvale
Bakersfield High School
Kern
Ingo Paul Jones
Mono Counties Labor Council
Juniors to Attend State Convention in San Francisco
The Shafter Junior Women’s Club will join California Federation of Women’s Club juniors at the 37th annual state convention in San Francisco May 20–22 at the Hilton. Bakersfield delegates Mrs Collins Crosby Mrs David Pike Mrs Ronald Beck and Mrs June McDorgid travel with Shafter members. Visalia Fine Arts state chairman Mrs Dick Anthony also accompanies the group to compete for Americanism Build a Better CHEN Education and Literature Health Safety and Youth awards and Shell Oil contest winnings of 500 in two categories based on community size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Federation of Women's Club
San Francisco
San .Francisco Hilton
Collins Crosby
Shafter
David Pike
Ronald Beck
June McDorgid
Bakersfield
Fine Arts State
Visalia
Dick Anthony
GFWC
Shafter High Grad Darrell Parks Receives NSF Mathematics Grant
Darrell Parks, 1953 Shafter High School alumnus and current Rim of the World School District math instructor in Lake, receives an eight week National Science Foundation Institute grant for secondary mathematics teachers at the University of Idaho in Moscow. He is son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Parks of North Shafter and won a Kiwanis math scholarship in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Parks
Shafter High School
National Science Foundation
Institute For
University of Idaho
Moscow
Idaho
Rim of World
Lake
Elmer Parks
North Shafter
Kiwanis
Hothersall to Be Honored at PG&E Dinner
Hothersall of Wasco will be honored at a PG&E dinner on May 20 at Stockdale Country Club. The event recognizes several longtime PG&E employees, including Hothersall who has served 35 years with the company and is active in Shafter Chamber of Commerce affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mate. Hothersall
Wasco
Pg&e
Stockdale Country Club
Hotersall
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
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Shafter Press
ES Oebiseen
Sharon Giesbrecht
Ronald Hamman
Michael Hopkins
Gwen Isaac
Samuel Kliewer
Pat Kroeker
Michael Lane
Mark Larson
Walter Loewen
Barbara Mettler
Mavis Mixon
Phyllis Moore
Danny Morgan
Glenda Mota
Alvin Nations
Debra Neuman
Robert Kathryn Patterson
Richard Penner
Billy Putnam
Kathy Richards
Linda Rose
Thomas Schroeter
Kathie Shultz
Nancy Stepp
Joy Trammell
Danny Trout
Arthur H. Johnson
Foothill
Marvin
Jaggard
Jim Douglas
Mrs. K. B. Strange
Hal Silverman
Gould
M. Glenn Bultman
W. C. Myers
Mark Raney
D. E. Ruggenberg
Ruggenberg
ASERS
Liberal Credit
Chester Avenue
Ophea
Leeds
Kp Telear
Maite Espanol
18Th & K Sts
Hothersall
Stringham
Shafter Drug Store
Central Ave
Church OF Christ
Southern California Gas Company
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