26th Annual State 4 H Club Convention Delegates Highlight UC Knowledge
Delegates Marjorie Kruger Norma Mills Barbara Olsen June Olsen Mary Jo Padgett Patty Stockton Bob Anderson Clarence Bartel Kenneth Bonar Bill Gribble Jimmy Mason Jerry Pigg and Derrill Tomlinson of Kern County 4 H Clubs attended the three day convention on the Davis Campus College of Agriculture. Adult leaders Mrs Ethel Kruger Mr V D Pigg and assistant farm advisor Mr R V Parker accompanied them. The program featured lectures and demonstrations by Agricultural Extension Service specialists and UC professors including Dr George Alcorn Dr Harold Goss W E Martin Warren Schoonover Ward Shepard and G E Gordon on agricultural economics animal nutrition soils livestock and dairy.
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University of California
Marjorie Kruger
Norma Mills
Barbara Olsen
June Olsen
Mary Jo Padgett
Patty Stockton
Bob Anderson
Clarence Bartel
Kenneth Bonar
Bill Gribble
Jimmy Mason
Jerry Pigg
Derrill Tomlinson
Kern County
Ethel Kruger
V. D. Pigg
R. V. Parker
Davis
College of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
George Alcorn
Harold Goss
W. E. Martin
Warren Schoonover
Ward Shepard
G. E. Gordon
Kern County Tax Valuations Decline Slightly in 1946 47
California Taxpayers Association reports Kern county 1946 47 assessed property value at 348 849 000 down 0 5 from 1945 46. Land 224 152 715 down 2 7. improvements 81 362 875 up 3 9. personal property 46 549 315 up 5 1. exemptions 3 215 905 up 31 4. State total 9 100 823 858 up 6 6.
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Kern County
California Taxpayers ‘Association
California
Taxpayers’ Association
Central Valley Highway route urged to ease 99 congestion
At Hanford a State Legislature Interim Highways hearing heard Paul Newell present Central Valley Highway Association aims to link Bakersfield to Selma via Shafter Wasco Corcoran and Hanford with a four lane divided goal. Chester James described a 22 page Kern Kings Tulare Fresno study showing annual farm output of 70 million dollars and 60 500 residents to benefit with copies available from Shafter Press. Senator Collier called for higher gas taxes and truck license fees to fund California road expansion.
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Hanford
Paul Newell
Central Valley Highway Association
Randolph Collier
Yreka
Chester "James
Kern County Planning Commission
James
Kern
Kings
Tulare
Fresno
Bakersfield
Selma
Shafter
Wasco
Corcoran
Azse
Shafter Press Office
Collier
California
Cross Country Highway Hearing Set in Kern County
The Cross Country Highway Group announces a hearing on the proposed high speed link from Kingman Arizona to San Luis Obispo California. The Collier State Legislature interim committee on highways will convene Friday November 8 at 2 p.m. in the Kern County Board of Supervisors chambers. Josh Clarke president of the Cross-Country Highway Association said a dinner meeting will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Bakersfield Inn to discuss facts ahead of the hearing. Representatives from Las Vegas Trena Ridgecrest Inyokern Naval Ordnance Test Station and other areas are expected to attend. A tours begins at 2 p.m. Thursday to view local points of interest near Bakersfield.
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Kern County
Kingman
Arizona
Las Vegas
Nevada
Bakersfield
California
San Luis Obispo
Clarke
Bakersfield Inn
Collier’s Committee
Trena
Ridgecrest
Inyokern Naval Ordnance’ Test Station
Collier Committee
Final Midgets to Lure Huge Field at Bakersfield
Kern county midget racing closes season as racers from Bay Area and Midwest head to Bakersfield Speed Bowl for Grand Prix qualifying races. Notables such as Jerry Piper Marvin Burke and Eddie Wendt join locals for a likely wild 50-lap main event with heavy purses.
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Kern County
Bakersfield
Bay Area
Fresno
Tulare
Jerry Piper
Marvin Burke
Eddie Wendt
California
Looking Ahead by Paul Newell on California road needs
The article reviews Senator Collier's drive to map California road needs after wartime damage. A $100000 fund funds fact finding, Brookings Institute support aids top surveyors, and sixty hearings yield data shaping a comprehensive statewide highway program for the legislature to consider next January.
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Collier
P.T.A. Reviews Summer Recreation Program in Shafter
At a P.T.A meeting Mrs. Ed Brown showcased crafts from the summer program led by Miss Burnis Morris with Miss Burnis Morris, and Roy Farrell highlighted the sports angle. Chief of Police John C. Riley praised the results in a letter noting juvenile delinquency in Shafter was nearly nil, while Farrell urged a swimming pool and camping to broaden youth opportunities.
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P.T.A
Ed Brown
Burnis Morris
Morris
Roy Farrell
Farrell
John C. Riley
Shafter
Out Of State Motoring Sets California Entry Records
The Automobile Club of Southern California reports 1,405,488 vehicles entered California in the first three quarters of 1946, including 715,329 from out of state, beating the 1941 annual high. A nine month total of 3,888,595 car travelers crossed the state line, surpassing 1941 by over 250,000. Local short trips are not included.
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California
Automobile Club of
Southern California
The
Automobile Club
State Line
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