Automatic Subsistence Increase for Veterans Advised
Bakersfield veterans in school or on the job told not to call the VA. The increase may be automatic for many. those in training will get a form. Veterans with two or more dependents should follow May check instructions to speed payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith H. Deering
Bakersfield Veterans Administration
Golden State Avenue
Veterans Administration
Deering
Vetieans Administration
Goodman Takes Over Local Shoe Repair Business
Fred Goodman, longtime Wasco resident, purchases Shafter Shoe Shop from Kay Rustigian. Rustigian owned it five months with Ed York as repairman. Goodman, a Wasco High School graduate with experience in Wasco Taft Bakersfield and Oakland, will run the shop himself while Willie Smith continues as owner of the Shoe Shine parlor at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Goodman
Wasco
Shafter
Kay Rustigian
Rustigian
Ed York
Goodman
Taft
Bakersfield
Oakland
Wasco High School
Willie Smith
Eighth Grade Party At Kern Academy Held At Home
Mr and Mrs C E Fenderson hosted Kern Academy eighth graders at their home. A clever soda fountain run by older girls served ice cream sodas and sundaes while guests enjoyed games and refreshments at the soda counter. Guests included Darleen Fender Martha Jane Johnson Veda Adamson Kenneth Strauss Donald Abbott Claude Voth and John Nightingale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Fenderson
Kern Academy
Darleen Fenderson
Martha Jane Johnson
Veda Adamson
Kenneth Strauss
Donald Abbott
Claude Voth
John Nightingale
Kern Academy Seniors Honored at Home Party
Mr. and Mrs. Art Dirksen hosted the Kern Academy senior class and faculty at their home for an evening of games and refreshments. Seniors Elmer Nightingale, Loren Nightingale, Roger Fenderson, Wanda Ashmore, Betty Huenegardt, Virginia Huenegardt, and Joyce Dirksen attended, with faculty including Harold Mauk, L W Roth, Norman Nelson, and K W Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Dirksen
Kern Academy
Elmer & Loren Nightingale
Roger Fenderson
Wanda Ashmore
Betty Huenegardt
Virginia Huenegardt
Joyce Dirksen
Harold Mauk
L. W. Roth
Legion Auxiliary Fetes Campfire Girls at County Park
The American Legion Auxiliary hosted the Chesk’ Cha May’ Campfire Girls with a weiner bake and picnic dinner at the County Park. Hostesses included Mrs. Mickey Sturm Mrs. Jane Hahn and Mrs. Georgette Kadel. Attendees included Helen June Adams LaVelle Stoller LaVonne Stoller Ann Kadel Norman Craig Virginia Bender Mary Ann DeVincenzo Eldeen Kimmel Janis Bowen Mary Gates and guardian Miss Lorraine Kleinkauf.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Mickey Sturm
Jane Hahn
Georgette Kadel
Helen June Adams
LaVelle Stoller
LaVonne_ Stoller
Ann Kadel
Norman Craig
Virginia Bender
Mary Ann DeVincenzo
Eldeen Kimmel
Janis Bowen
Mary Gates
Lorraine Kleinkauf
Kern Homes News Brief Neighborhood Social Roundup
Mrs. Richard Hunt visited Fresno last week returning home Wednesday. Picnic at Kern Park featured Mr. and Mrs. James Montgomery and daughter Margo plus Mr. and Mrs. Harold Driscol. Movie night showcased Blue Geese Hawaii and the Headless Horseman cartoon. Numerous residents hosted or attended gatherings and travel plans were noted including trips to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Richard Hunt
Fresno
Kern Park
James Montgomery
Margo
Harold Driscol
Recreation Hall
Hawaii
Durward Jones
Mesdames
Hugh Sill
Frank Sill
Melvin Goss
Joe Barker
Jack Curtain
Donald Hart
Harold Miller
L. D. Butler
Arcadia
Shafter
Clifford Squier
Jefferies
Bakersfield
Butler
Hart
Low
George Lea
Carson Way
Los Angeles
Mr. Lea
James Cook
Spokane
Kern Homes
Cook
Kern County Adjustment Bureau
Jack Hill
Jackie
San Francisco
Melvin Elliott
Elliott
Oxnard
Beve Badger
Bruce
Waco
Texas
Frank Angell
Clarence Huang
Webb School
Claremont
California
Alfred Mortimore
Mel Eastwood
Potato Market Pulse Amid Railroad Strike Averted
The article notes government action averting a railroad strike that could ruin Kern County potato growers. Prices rose before embargo lift and then leveled off, with Maine and North Dakota supplies dwindling. North Carolina and Virginia crops look strong. South Carolina yields expected to be low. Alabama digs faster. California remains sole shipper for two weeks. Fertilizer demand surges nationwide, with production possibly reaching 16 to 20 million tons. Illinois and Indiana show sharp increases in fertilizer use from prewar levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern County
U.S
Maine
North Dakota
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
California
Illinois
Indiana
Hobson Guest Visits as Crocker Family Plans Move
Mrs. Hobson hosts her son's family, Mrs. Kenneth Crocker, this week. The Crockers tentatively plan to move Shafter as their future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Kenneth Crocker
Crocker
Shafter
California Speaks California Speaks
Prominent Californians express views on national progress and social issues. L M Giannini urges intelligent energetic resolve to shape a good world while Justice Meier Steinbeck condemns bigotry as a greater harm than disasters. Morris Sayre calls for solutions to boom bust cycles and Robert Heinlein links space effort to avoiding global conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Giannini
S. F. Banker
Meier Steinbeck
N. Y. Supreme Court
Calif
Morris Sayre
Pres
Nat. Assn
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Philadelphia
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Welch
S. N. Y. Concord
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Swift's
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Php
Preserves Starr
W. B
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Kern Homes News
Robert A. Heinlein
S. A
America
Fred D. Allen
Congress
Tulare Bee
Southern California Gas Company
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