San Francisco prepares massive communications network for 1964 GOP convention
San Francisco's Cow Palace and Bay Area sites will host a vast convention communications operation. Pacific Telephone installs 8 000 phone lines and over 100 video channels for TV networks along with hundreds of teletypes and radio circuits. Over 36 000 miles of cable will link press and officials, with Bell System centers aiding long distance calls and message delivery via closed circuit monitors.
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United States
Cow Palace
Bay Area
Pacific Telephone
America
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bell System
Hills Family Dinner Honors Wendell Tate Birthday
Mr and Mrs Eugene Hill hosted a family dinner last week for Wendell Tate of Rosedale celebrating his birthday. Attendees included Mrs Hill's parents and Mr Tate, H H Tate of Shafter, George Higby and sons Jerry and Dan of Rio Bravo, Luther Holsenbake and daughter Janine of Bakersfield, Bobbie Perry and children Angie and Bobbie Jr of Rosedale, Max Blevens of Bakersfield, Leon Hill and daughter Melinda of Long Beach, and the honoree with his wife and children Paul Claudette and Stevie.
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Eugene Hill
Mrs. Hill
Wendell Tate
Rosedale
Linen Shower for Bride Elect at Aunt's Home
A linen shower honored Colleen Morris bride-elect of Gerald Bender on Saturday May 16 at Mrs. Mel Vaux's home. Guests included family members with Vir ginia Bender winning a door prize. Refreshments featured strawberry shortcake coffee and punch as attendees visited and welcomed the bride-to-be.
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Colleen Morris
Gerald Bender
Gerald
Mel Vaux
Russell Hamman
Virginia Bender
Tim Anderson Recovering After Leg Surgery
Tim Anderson is recovering from leg surgery and will wear a cast for several weeks. He plans to recuperate at home and will receive visitors during the convalescence period.
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Children’s Day Picnic At Mennonite Brethren Church
The Mennonite Brethren Church held its annual Children’s Day Picnic in Manne Park on Sunday afternoon May 22. Games and sports included baseball and volleyball. A 4:30 potluck supper followed, then a short congregational service and an inspirational speech led by local organizers.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Manne] Park
Joe A
Anata Urch
Recreational swimming opens at Rio Bravo on June 11
The program begins at 1 p.m. with admission set for Adults thirty cents High School students twenty cents and Elementary students ten cents. Season tickets available include ten dollar family ticket five dollar adult and two fifty per child. Swimming instruction starts June 15 with a schedule pending.
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Rio Bravo
Kiwanis Luncheon Features Dr. George Singer Talk
Kiwanis Club luncheon lists Dr. R. M. Jacobus as program chairman with a mental health themed talk by Dr. George Singer, a clinical pathologist, on Wednesday.
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Kiwanis
R. M. Jacobus
Kiwanis Club
George Singer
County Fire Crews Handle Grain Field and Brush Fires
County Firemen from Shafter aided Wasco at a grain field fire twelve miles west of Wasco on Highway 466 at 9 10 pm Saturday. Sunday night Shafter units responded with a pickup to a grass and brush fire half a mile south of Lerdo on Juniper at 10 20 pm burning about half an acre of desert.
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Shafter
Wasco
Lerdo
Stork Loft Introduces Baby Gail Marie Anderson
Gail Marie Anderson was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kerneth Anderson on Tuesday May 19 at Memorial Hospital. Evelyn Dimond has taken a position with Kern Travel Service in Bakersfield and resigned as Secretary and Director of Church School at Union Congregational Church. She and her mother plan to move to Bakersfield soon.
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Gail Marie Anderson
Mrs. Kerneth Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Dimond
Kern Travel Service
Bakersfield
Union Congregational Church
Bakersfied
Shafter High Sets Baccalaureate and Commencement Times
Baccalaureate services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday May 31 in the high school auditorium. Commencement follows Thursday at 8 p.m. on the high school athletic field. The 160 graduates will participate. A graduation party is planned for Thursday night at the Veterans Hall.
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Shafter High School
Shafter Veteran’s Hall
Mrs Edward Peters Elected President Of Fellowship Group
A Bible study on Habakkuk highlighted the J. O. Y. Fellowship meeting at the Mennonite Brethren Church. Members packed Christmas bundles for MCC, sewed quilts, and elected officers for next year including Mrs Edward Peters as president and Mrs Willis Reimer as vice president.
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Edward Peters
Mennonite Brethren Church
Ernest’ Sierhens
John Enns
Ing
Mennonite Central Committee
M.C.C
Willis Reimer
Wilbur Nikkei
Norman Friesen
Allen Warkentin
Jess Karber
Arle Feil
Neal Pgenthing
Franklin
Lawrence Schellenberg
Douglas Peters
Home For
Merrill Lehman
Vernon Isaac
Er Neufeld
Jona Nickel
Undersea Reading Club Opens at Shafter Library
Children in the Shafter area can join the Undersea Reading Club at the Shafter branch once school ends. Read any book, report briefly, record kept on a sea horse decorated card, and after ten books earn a scuba diver certificate. The program aims to foster lifelong reading joy rather than competition.
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Chidren
Shafter
Jean Pretorius
Undersea Reading Club
Taxpayers Group Readies Challenge to County Budget
Kern County Tax Coordinating Council mobilizes delegates in Bakersfield to prepare studies and recommendations for the June 10 budget hearings. They oppose an $82 million 1964-65 increase and a proposed 20 cent tax-rate rise, arguing population growth does not justify higher county costs.
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Kern County Tax Coordes Council
Farm Bureau Board Room
Bakersfield
Board of Supervisors
Kern County Tax Coordinating Bo
Kern County
Don Hawkins
Missionary Speaks Joe Romero at Luncheon
Joe Romero a missionary to Argentina spoke at the Thursday luncheon of the Christian Business Mens Association describing his work and goals for his mission.
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Joe. Romero
Argentina
Christian Business Mens Association
Guests of Honor At Wedding Shower
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tillman were guests of honor at a wedding shower Sunday at Memorial Hall. Hostesses for the event included Cook and Claudia Hoggard. Out-of-town guests from Bakersfield and Eureka areas were listed, with several family attendees and local residents named.
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Eugene Tillman
Memorial Hall
Wee Aease Sheng
Cook
Claudia Hoggard
I Dace Harry DO
Harry
Ronniere
Bakersfield
George Siemens
Pixley
Ken Siemens
Eureka
Aldé An
Bottonwi
Marriage Plans Announced for Michele Jean Foss
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foss of Maywood California announce the engagement of their daughter Michele Jean to S Fowler son of Mr and Mrs Fowler of Cudahy California. The couple plan a future wedding at a local church following suitable arrangements.
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Maywood
Calif
Michele Jean
S. Fowler
Ad Tint Fowler
Cudahy
Ed Bi
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