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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1951
Page
12
The Laurion yearbook at Shafter High School received an Excellent rating from the Fres no State College Critical Rating Service. Judges from the San Joaquin Valley noted quality in writing artwork makeup and theme and cited the FSC aim to aid student staffs and faculty advisers.
More than 800 musicians are invited to participate in pre game and half time activities at the Fourth Annual Kern County Shrine Club Potato Bowl at Griffith Stadium Bakersfield on December 1. Kern County high schools and Bakersfield Taft junior college bands will join in a gala show to raise funds for crippled children.
Radio schedule notes a weekday lineup including Harmony Time Close Harmony Breakfast Serenade World Roundup Farm News Your Family Altar and Hymns. Programs cover news summaries Concert Hour Kid programs Reading segments and public service shows with diverse music blocks and signs offs.
A list of church services across denominations including Assembly of God First Baptist Church Gospel Chapel and others. Weekly times cover Sunday services Sunday school morning worship evening services and midweek prayer or Bible study. Includes addresses pastors and youth programs at several congregations.
Elmo Freear of the Kern County Civil Defense warns that future wars may bring bombing of homes. An atomic blast could cut gas water and power across a wide area and trigger hundreds of simultaneous fires. He urges weekly thorough fire hazard inspections of homes.
Freear submits practical fire advice including ready extinguishers, avoiding attic rubbish, proper storage of rakes hoses brooms buckets and ladders, maintaining electrical wiring, storing flam mable liquids in tight containers outside, and assigning family members specific roles in case of fire.
Chicks stay cool by having bare legs and exposed combs and wattles. Combs and wattles aid heat loss when temperatures rise. Chickens do not perspire. heat escapes through these parts. Fog sprays are used commercially to cool birds as water evaporates. Shanks, combs, and wattles heat up to match surrounding air but remain below body temperature.
The notice lists multiple worship events including Free Will Baptist Smiths Corner under pastor L C Lynch at 2 PM Thursday and 8 PM night programs, Gospel Chapel with Jacob Quiring at 8 PM, and Assembly of God at 150 Tulare St with Ralph E Lotridge hosting 7:30 PM service and Young People's Service, plus Dorcas Society and Prayer meetings in the week.
The Bakersfield field office of the state board of equalization will be closed Saturdays starting this week, announced board chairman James H. Quinn. The change is authorized by Section 11020 of the Government Code, with offices operating Monday through Friday except holidays.
Budget minded meal planners are told to expect large frozen fish fillets on markets as stocks of whiting and ocean perch in cold storage exceed last year. Coastal landings boost abundance while wholesale prices decline. For fish dinners, cabbage onions and potatoes are recommended sides.
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