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Dickson Honored for 50 Years on Kern County Fair Board
Howard K. Dickson longtime Kern County Fair director was celebrated for his 85th birthday and fifty years of service to the fair board. Wayne Hall praised his leadership while Kenneth N. Mebane recalled Dickson as an inspiration to county youths and agriculture students at Bakersfield High School. The piece notes Dickson's early life education UC Berkeley and a long career shaping Kern County agriculture including founding youth programs and the junior livestock auction. The 1975 fair honors him with the theme Dickson Fair Kern's Golden Pair.
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Kern County
Howard K. Dickson
Board of Directors
Wayne Hall
Dickson
Kenneth N. Mebane
Bakersfield High School
Howard Dickson
Watsonville
University of California At Berkeley
Davis
Agriculture Department
Kerman Union High School
Veterinary Corps
U.S. Army
Kern County Union High School
Bakersfield High
Kern County High School
California
United States
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A. H. Karpe
Buttonwillow
Kern