Acme Finance Co Formed From Kern Loan Office
Announcement states Acme Finance Co is formed as a corporation with John Field as president and Wm. J. Bergman as vice president. Harold M. Field serves as secretary treasurer. Staff retained at 2030 Chester Ave Bakersfield. The firm will continue its policy of providing quality service to Kern County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Finance Co
Kern County
Wm. J
Bill” Bergman
Bergman
Kern
John Field
Harold M. Field
Chester Avenue
21St Street
Bakersfield
Taft Teaches Free Chest X Rays For TB Survey
Taft residents will receive free chest X rays from a Kern County TB and Health Association portable unit May 26 to May 29 1947. High school and 7th 8th grade students are scheduled for May 26 27 with others to be X rayed May 28 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Kern County
Development urged for Kern River Canyon and recreation
Resort operators and civic leaders at the Kern County Chamber of Commerce roundtable urged improving the Kern River Canyon road to boost tourism. George Whitt cited need for better road access and more overnight campgrounds from Hobo Hot Springs to Onyx, noting Los Angeles receives the bulk of a million-dollar payroll from the Inyokern Naval Ordnance Station due to road conditions. Franklyn Wolfe reported 800 cars used the canyon road last Sunday signaling heavy summer traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
Kern River
Kern County Chamber of Commerce
George Whitt
Canyon Road
Bakersfield
Inyokern Naval Ordnance Test Station
Los Angeles
Franklyn E. Wolfe
Isabella Motor Lodge
Kern River Canyon Road
Balance Rock
Floyd Durham
Oildale-Woody
Glennville
Durham
Sumner Grove Druids to Hold Sunday Picnic
Sumner Grove No 56 Order of Druids stages a basket picnic on Sunday at Kern County Boy Scout Camp on Kern Canyon Road. Karl Fluhrer chairs the arrangements with a large committee. Members families and friends of the Grove Sumner Chapter and Sumner Circle invited. Games and prizes planned. no admission at gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Grove
Order of Druids
Kern County
Kern Canyon Road
Karl Fluhrer
the Grove
Sumner Chapter
Sumner Circle
J Ohanneson Transported by Ambulance After Sacramento Visit
J C Ohanneson was taken to the airport Sunday by Janzen's Ambulance and returned to the hospital at Sacramento for a check-up with Mrs Ohanneson accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Ohanneson
Janzen
Mr. Ohanneson
Sacramento
Mrs. Ohanneson
Kern County School District Tax Levy Rises Sharply
The Kern county school district property tax levy for the current year totals 6 673 101 dollars, up 48 percent from 1945 46, per California Taxpayers Association. County prewar levy was 4 188 702 for 1941 42, statewide 1946 47 levies total 167 940 097, up from 131 965 112, with wartime low in 1943 and prewar 1941 42 at 107 598 780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
Local women attend Bakersfield fashion show
Mrs. Art Hemingson and Mrs. Ned Smith were guests at the Bakersfield Women's Club Fashion Show Friday. The garden event at Mrs. Faye Boggs’s Stockdale home drew over 500 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hemingson
Ned Smith
Bakersfield
Women’s Club
Faye Boggs
Stockdale
Porterville Wins Army Air Field Transfer
War Assets Administration accepts Porterville’s application for the Porter ville Army airfield and transfers it to the city without charge. The site covers 551.8 acres leased and 284.12 acres bought by the government, with land and improvements costing $891,796. Porterville has held the field since August 12 under an interim permit pending disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Assets Administration
City of
Porterville
Porterville Army Airfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kern-Owned Loan Office
REAL
Beraatree
T.B
Darrell J
P. O
Edison Highway
Fairfax
Kite Bros
Lightweight Pumice Tile Co
Jewett Ave
D. M. Kitchen
Kern River Canyon
Bakersfield ‘Realty Board
Ted Loewen
West Brundage Lane
Sumner Grove Druids
Joseph Z
Roble
Taft St
Oildale
North
Repsher Bros
Shafter Maintenance CO
Paint Contractors
Central Ave
Shafter Press
Army Air Field
Sam Lachenmaier
Adolph Goertzen
Shafter Warehouse Co
Hitchcock Lawrence Kattenhorn
Vinnell Standard
Walt
Seer Starr
Gore
Vinnell Company, Inc. Steel Division
Truxtun Avenue
Metal Fabricators
Waltrip Sheet Metal
Twenty-first Street
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