Soil Stewardship Week Observance Featured In Kern County
Emil Frost introduces Neil Stewardship Week as a national event promoted by NACD. Local observances in Shafter, Buttonwillow highlight soil conservation led by Ernest Neufeld and Leland Freeborn. Kern County soil productivity is noted with the 1972 Crop Report by James Stockton showing farm marketings at 430,321,570 dollars. The piece traces Rogation Days to Soil Stewardship roots and recalls the program’s growth since 1954. Continued on Page 3.
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Neil
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Shafter and
Buttonwillow
Shafter - Wasco Resource Conservation District
Buena Vista
James W. Stockton
Soil Conservation Districts
France
Vienne
Top Scholars to be Honored at Banquet in Shafter
Shafter officials will award 71 area students at the Achievement Banquet held May 24 in Richland School cafeteria. Mayor Richard Lareen and Kerneth Anderson of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce present plaques. tickets are by advance reservation through sponsors. program includes H. W. Pat Kelly, Kim Hyer, David Woodworth, and the Richland Stage Band directed by Michael Hutchinson.
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Richland School
Cheryl Anderson
Stacy Wood
Ricky Ramirez
Ricky Friesen
Kent Woo
Jane Zachary
Nadine Like
Vicki Reedus
Ellen Hoover
Anita Hoover
Richland
Shafter
Richard Lareen
Kerneth Anderson
H. W
Pat” Kelly
Kim Hyer
CSF
David Woodworth
Shafter Ministerial Association
Michael Hutchinson
Buttonwillow
John Parsons
Laura Vontz
Joel Coffee
Annette Pierucci
Sharyn Russell
Marie Toledo
Susan Vontz
Lerdo
Rosema Case
Janice Alene Costello
Erlinda Galaviz
Gas Shortage Reduces Service Station Promotions in Shafter
Dealers in the Shafter area report mixed reactions as gas scarcity ends promotional giveaways. Some stations extend hours or drop trading stamps while others avoid rationing and urge moderate purchases. Bakersfield areas faced pressure to limit purchases to eight gallons.
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Nice
Bakersfield
Shafter
Legion Plans Memorial Day Cemetery Rites
American Legion in Shafter will stage Memorial Day services at 11 a.m. in the cemetery. An avenue of flags from veterans’ coffins will line the access road. Guest speaker is Jerry Diefenderfer with Assemblyman Nimmo’s aide. A shrine for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be built and flowers placed by local groups.
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Shafter Cemetery
American Legion
Grady Bartlett
Shafter
Bartlett
Jerry Diefenderfer
Robert Nimmo
Legion
Diefenderfer
Ernest Larson
First Southern Baptist Church
Cal State Bakersfield Admissions Office Extends Hours
The Admissions and Records Office at Cal State Bakersfield will remain open until 7 p m from Monday through Friday to serve students taking on campus courses after 5 p m This extended schedule continues through the current spring quarter.
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Cal State Bakersfield
Action Delayed on Student Back Pay in Richland Schools
Richland School Board delayed action on back pay for student employees, with eight claims totaling over 9000 dollars and a ninth employee not filing. Superintendent Barber may include paid vacation time, possibly raising costs to about 13000 dollars.
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Richland School Board of Trustees
Evron Barber
Barber
Ber
Richland
Cal
Two Hit and Run Suspects Arrested In Shafter
Shafter police arrested Grady Lott and Clara Bearg last week for separate hit and run incidents. Lott, 225 Oak Lane, was linked to a parked 1969 Volkswagen in front of A G Mortimore’s home. Bearg, 205 S Shafter Ave, was located after a rear end collision with Larry Franks’s car. Other incidents included roof cooler pump thefts at Richland Primary School, window theft at A and W Root Beer, truancy arrests, and a smashed windshield on South Wall Street.
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Shafter
A. G. Mortimore
Hubert Brown
Grady Lott
Oak Lane
Larry Franks
Beech Avenue
A. J. McKay
Clara Bearg
S. Shafter Avenue
Ms. Bearg
Shafter Justice Court
Richland
Lerdo Highway
Wall Street
Harold Olson
A & W Root Beer
Floyd Harris
South Wall Street
Bryant and Sons
Kern County 1972 Crops Worth $430 Million Report
Kern County crops in 1972 totaled 430 321570 dollars in farm marketings with cotton at 92 365 000 dollars the top crop. Harvested acres rose to 796 865 while average lint yields reached 1 025 pounds per acre.
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Kern
Kern County
James W. Stockton
Shafter Endures Three Day Heat Wave
Shafter faced a midsummer style heat wave last week with temperatures reaching 100 or more on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. The peak hit 104 on Friday and the following Monday's high was 87. The 104 degree reading was 18.4 degrees above the May 18 average. Readings from the USDA Cotton Research Station in Shafter list daily highs and lows for the period.
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Shafter
Usda Cotton Research Station
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By Emil
Jack) Frost
America
South
Soil and Soul
Soil Stewardship
Farm and Ranch Magazine
National Association of Soil Conservation Districte
National Association of Conservation Districts Nacd
Katrina Maddox
MAPLE
Debbra J. Hernstedt
Teresa Karber
Brenda Wilcox
Brian Smith
Dianna McCaslin
Oo Reedus
Kent 00
Rio Bravo
Greeley School
Juli Dery
Janice Enns
Darisa Franks
Judy Janzen
Teresa Mulholland
Edward Tolen
Shafter High School
Eric Almberg
Karen Anderson
Beverly Andrews
Jim Bannantine
Julie Bannantine
Alyce Bassett
Edwin Camp
Carol Carter
Estela Casas
Russel Cooper
David Dooley
Susan Franklin
Angela Ghilarducci
Ralph Goehring
Jeanne Keeley
Mark Kennath
Ruby Lacy
Michael Leigh
Catherine Martin
Kathleen McWhorter
Linda McWhorter
Catherine Merlo
David Nash
Scott Ogle
Rebecca Parsons
Jane Parsons
Linda Ramos
Sandra Siemens
Janice Smith
Evelyn Stuebbe
Valerie Sutton
Craig Warkentin
Pamela Watkins
Pam Webb
Cecelia Wedel
Patrick Wong
Gene Woo
Sugan Zachary
Cal State
Union Oil Company
Lee Koehn
Brenda Lind
Stockton
Reno
John Walker
Faber Street
John Hoffman
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