Growth Strains Richland Schools Amid Oil Fueled Rise
Richland School District struggles to house a surge in students as oil wealth boosts assessed values. Temporary cabins and a master plan by Ernest Kumpf have edged toward a long term building program, with bonding eyed to fund new classrooms and replace aging Santa Fe facilities. Enrollment rose from 425 to 1696 between 1930 and 1951, dipping briefly during World War II then surging again.
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Richland
Ralph Bush
Bush
Richland School
Rd of
Ernest Kumpf
Bakersfield
Fresno
Kern County
Santa Fe
Ernest McCoy
Stay Alive while Honoring War Dead
California Highway Patrol urged motorists to drive safely over Memorial Day weekend to honor fallen service members. Officials warned of heavy traffic and a higher risk of crashes, citing 14 deaths and 187 injuries last year in rural California. The aim is to foster a safety minded drive attitude and conduct traffic checks statewide.
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California Highway Patrol
California
Sacramento
Clifford E. Peterson
Phone Book Delivery Set in Kern County
Dempsey of Pacific Telephone announces the 1952 Kern county directories, green covered and 520 pages, with 41 535 listings up from the previous issue. About 13 851 directories will be distributed and 37 500 hand delivered by a 65 man crew using over 62 tons of paper. Subscribers urged to remove valuables from old volumes and update personal calling lists on receipt.
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Kern County
Dempsey
Pacific Telephone Ager
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California
Bakersfield
Hughes’ Drug , Store
Southern Pacific Company
Adams Celebrate Birthdays at Cambria Pines Home
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Adams hosted guests at their Cambria Pines residence with friends including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Horton and sons from Hanford and Mrs. C. L. Blomquist. The couple marked their birthdays among the attendees.
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Dick Adams
Buttonwillow
Cambria Pines
Paul Horton
Dick and
Melvin
Hanford
C. L. Blomquist
Adams
Seventh Orders Pay Tribute To Graduates at Annual Event
BUTTONWILLOW The seventh grade party honored the graduating class and teachers of the school with a banquet for 150 guests. Joe Villareal welcomed attendees. Robin Blomquist spoke for the graduates. Entertainment followed in the recreation hall with singing, piano solos, brass quartet, readings, and dances. Graduation night is set for June 5.
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Seventh Orders
Buttonwillow
Joe Villareal
Robin Blomquist
Gleé Club
Joan Mefférd
Darelene Tracy
Barbara Goodspeed
Anita Alvidrez
Roy Ryan
Louis Wolfe
Victor Harvey
Jackie Smith
Loch Lomond
Marcia Worden
Casey
Darleen Garrison
Darleen
Aileen Bertrand
Will
Prophecy
Frances Selvidge
Werdna
Old Mission Dolores Stands as San Francisco’s Earliest Adobe
The oldest adobe structure still standing in San Francisco is Mission Dolores, dating from the 1782 to 1791 period, reflecting early colonial settlement and religious history in the area.
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San Francisco
Mission Dolores
California Cotton Cooperative plans 12 warehouses in Bakersfield Fresno
The California Cotton Cooperative Association will build 12 storage facilities in Bakersfield and Fresno at about 750000 dollars. Nine new warehouses costing 550000 dollars will boost Bakersfield storage by 75 percent to 200000 bales annually, while Fresno capacity rises about 20 percent to 100 bales. Past season sales reached 288000 bales for 3000 grower managers. Killer whales travel fins packs increasing their destructiveness.
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Bakersfield
Fresno
California Cotton Cooperative Association
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Delkern Drive-In
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Lindsay
Yy U Baal
Mid-State Chemical.supply CO
Lindsay Agricultural
Hanford' Chemicals
FAPM
Bob Sisson
Sgart
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