Years Ago family comedy heads to arn Theater
The Barn Theater of Porterville presents the sentimental family comedy Years Ago by Ruth Gordon Jones at 8 p.m. Saturday in Veterans Memorial Hall. The story follows a 1913 New England family led by a stubborn foreman and ex sailor, exploring food budgets, courtships, and a daughter’s actress dream with humorous realism. Leading actors Richard Deacon Marion Johnson and Joan Tewksbury headline, backed by Ann B. Davis Donald Morris and Frank Moottel in a California San Joaquin Valley production built on years of stage work.
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Barn Theater
Porterville
Ruth Sordon
Saturn
Veterans Memorial Hall
Jones
Ruth
Ruth Gordon
California
San Joaquin Valley
Dairy Industry Conference at Davis Set for 1952 Dates
The annual Dairy Industry Conference will be held at the University of California Davis campus on March 4 to 6, 1952. Faculty will review technical developments in dairy processing and guest speakers will discuss technology and a production contest. The California Dairy Industries Association also plans its annual meeting during the conference. Thomas A. Nickerson is secretary of the association. Muir Woods near Mt Tamalpais in Marin County are the nearest redwood groves to San Francisco.
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University Ofifornia College of Agriculture
Davis
Ient
Con
California Dairy Industries Association
Thomas A. Nickerson
Division of
Dairy Industry
Association of Dairy Technicians In
California
Muir Woods
Mt. Tamalpais
Marin County
San Francisco
Posthumous Legion of Merit for Lt. Col. Howard A. Duck
Dr and Mrs Leonard Duck of Shafter along with two boys attended a posthumous Legion of Merit ceremony for Lt. Col. Howard A. Duck at Fort Ord. The citation honors his meritorious service as signal officer of the 25th Infantry Division from July 8 to September 29, 1950, noting technical skill leadership and valor before his death from a mine near Chinju to Kunsan while reconnoitering a command post. The Duck family also included his mother and father and widow Mrs Mary Duck of Fresno.
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Leonard Duck
Shafter
Howard A. Duck
Fort Ord
Duck
E. C. Duck
Mary
Masan
Chinju
Ao Kunsan
25Th
United Nations
Man 65 Explains Favorite Hobby Becomes Profession
J W Nickel of 226 East Orange Street explains turning his hidden hobby into a career. A Shafter pioneer farmer who came from Kansas 32 years ago will open a private shop at his home. Nickel recently earned a diploma from the Los Angeles College of Massage and Physiotherapy after earlier credentials from the Chicago College of Swedish Massage.
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J. W. Nickel
East Orange St
Nickel
Shafter Area
Kansas
Los Angeles College of Massage
Chicago College of
Shafter High Freshman Mary Revell Broadcasts Local Events
In Shafter Wasco area residents will stay informed about Shafter High School events thanks to freshman Mary Margaret Revell who broadcasts from station KWSO.
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Nune
KWSC
Shafter-Wasco
Shafter- Wasco
Shafter High School
Mary Margaret Revell
Shafter
KWSO
Radio Schedule Highlights Feature Harmony Programs and Faith Segments
Monday to Friday radio log lists varied programs from Harmony Time to Back to the Bible and News Summary. Includes Music Interludes, Farm World, Sign Off, and Morning Chapel Hour with gospel and church programs.
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Sunshine Boys Voice of
China
Sunshine
Sonata Shafter
Maple Leaf Farm
Carlo Vasco
Cate Hee Club
Voice of China
Kids Bible
Shutins
Chapel of the Air
Sones America
Mawes News
Assemblies of God
Donald Gray Barnhouse
Scientists Study Strawberry Pigments at Cal Poly
Research by Gor ackinner, a professor at the University of California College of Agriculture, investigates why fresh strawberries and their preserves lose red pigment over months. Cool storage slows the change, and grants from the National Preservers’ Association and USDA aid the study in Shafter High School social news.
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Gorackinner
University of California College of Agriculture
The
National Preservers’ Association
Research ‘Marketing Administration, Usda
Church Services Across Denominations Listed in Shafter
A dense listing shows Sunday services across multiple churches in Shafter including Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Nazarene, Free Will Baptist, First Baptist, Mennonite and Catholic parishes. Hours span morning worship from 9 to 11 oclock with Sunday schools, youth groups, and midweek prayer meetings noted at various locations and pastors.
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Assembly OF God Church
Ralph E. Lothridge
Tulare
Church OF Christ
Santa Fe Way
Christian Science Society
Seventh and Palm
Wasco
First Church of Christ’ Scientist
Boston
Mass
Church OF the Nazarene
J. Austin McNaught
West Lerdo
Ricker Tract
Hollis Ragsdale
N.Y.P.S
Artie Dunham
Tom Dunham
First Baptist Church
Bernard EF. Andrews
Lerdo Highway
Gunday
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Mennonite Church
Ernest Schroeder
Golden West
Wall Streets
Jack Nikkel
Edna Neufeld
Young People’s Endeavor
Mennonite Brethren Church
Waldo Wiebe
California
Kern
Intermediate Christian Fellowship
First Southern Baptist Church
Sam. Wilcoxon
Russell Shockey
Baptist Training Union
Pentecostal Church OF God
Durwood Phillips
Shafter and
West Ash
ST. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Breslin
Lerdont Valley
Maas
Gospel Chapel
Jacob Quiring
Shafter Avenue
Orange Street
Union Congregational Church
Sycamore
Tulare Avenues
Gordon J. Baker
E. Gordon Smith
Seventh-Day Adventists
A. V. Bentz
Dorcas Soviety
Assembly OF God
Ralph FE. Lotridge
Tulare St
Church OF God
West Lerdo Rieker Sie
Biest
Sam Wilcoxon
N. Kern St
Durwood
Phillips
S D A Leaders Urge Churches To Speed Up Red Cross Work
Shafter Congregation urged to accelerate Red Cross first aid training as part of a civil defense program. Eight months into the effort 8000 members completed courses and 85 instructor trainers were accredited. The Adventist College of Medical Theological studies plans a $5.8654 million expansion including dental facilities for Los Angeles division.
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Red Cross
Shafter
Cleveland
A. V. Bentz
J. Wayne McFarland
M.D
College of Medical
Dental Ng
Los Angeles
Hospital Plane Flies Mrs. Scott to Fullerton
Mrs. Dor is Scott departed Buttonwillow Airport Friday morning in a hospital plane heading to Fullerton to be near family as illness persists. Local Lions groups and friends saw her off and presented an orchid in friendship and appreciation. Mrs. Scott recently served as secretary of the Lady Lions while husband Jim is Lions tail twister.
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Buttonwillow
Doris Scott
Fullerton
Scott
Buttonwillow Lions Club
Lady Lions
Lions
Church Services and Meetings Schedule Preview
Church listings show a Free Will Baptist group at Smith's Corner with J C Lynch hosting a 2 P M Dorcas Society and 7 30 P M Prayer Meeting. Other services include Lotridge at 166 Tulare Street with 7 20 P M service and an 8 P M night program.
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Bentz
Dorcas Society
Free Will Baptist
Smith's Corner
J. C. Lynch
Gospel Chapel
Jacob Quiring
Mother's Sewing Club
Assembly OF God Church
Ralph E. Lotridge
Tulare St
L. C. Lynch
Pentecostal Church OF God
Durwood Phillips
Aged Aid Roll Counts Steady in Kern and California
California Taxpayers' Association reports Kern county September aged aid rolls near 4600 with 4605 recipients. August brought 4606 recipients. September adds 59 new applications and 41 cases were added while others were discontinued. Statewide September rolls total about 274,448 recipients, up from August and July.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers’ Association
California
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Arn Theater
Kern & Sunset
Leonard Jordon
E. Lordo
Bernard E. Andrews
P.M
AVG
Shafter Ave
Youth For Christ
Mennonite Brethren
Corner, California
and Kern
Man
High School Fresh
Kwso Radio Log
Keyboard Kapers Music For Listening
M. E. Church
Shafter Ocean Reveries
Adventist Medical School
American Medical Association
E. J. Johanson
Washington, D.C
Camp & Barrows Motor CO
Chrysler
Schneider
Wikoff
James St
Susie
Teakwood Farms
Shaften
Bakersfield
Roberts Lane
É S Mihalya
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