Homecoming at state college honors long-time alumni
Mr and Mrs Ralph Gribble attended the Chico state college Homecoming weekend. Alumni from the era when the school was a Normal school were recognized with gold insignia for fifty years and silver badges for twenty five years. The program included bonfire, registrations, a Glee Club and barbershop quartet performance, and a football win by Chico over California.
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Ralph Gribble
Chico
State College
California the
James Parker
Bakersfield City
State Controller Allocates Kern County Highway Tax Share
State Controller Robert C. Kirk announced Kern County's September share of the Highway Users Tax fund apportionment at $124,957.02. The $22,718,640 total was distributed to counties, cities, and the State highway fund for future maintenance. Gross gasoline tax receipts reached $22,967,266, up 1.77 percent month over month, with net income after deductions at $20,785,895.
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Robert C. Kirkwood
Kern County
Maple School Trustee Grants Leave To Superintendent Gribble
Gribble, district superintendent of Maple School, was granted a leave of absence on Friday by the school trustees. The decision follows a weekend visit where the Gribble family hosted houseguests and enjoyed a pleasant homecoming event.
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Gribble
Maple School
Dentist Dr Leonard Duck to Attend 50th Alumni Meet
Dr Leonard A Duck of Shafter will join about a thousand dentists and alumni at the 50th annual meeting of the College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni association. The two day San Francisco event opens November 18 on the college campus at 344 14th St with Dr C Walter Cole as president. Dr Clarence E Butler and Dr Clyde Schuyler of New York City serve as speakers on occlusion and correction of occlusal disharmony.
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Leonard A. Duck
Shafter
College of Physicians and Surgeons
San Francisco
Alumni Association of
The
Dental College
14Th St
C. Walter Cole
Clarence E. Butler
Clyde Schuyler
New York City
New York University
Schuyler
Scout Troop 959 Sells Tickets for Equipment
Scout Troop 959 has sold 350 of a 1000 ticket goal to fund camping gear. Scoutmaster Ervin Toews says one dollar tickets win a bale of Shaf ter cotton to be given away December 22 at four p.m. at Central and James streets. Seventeen scouts are selling this week. top five sellers receive a scout axe, cooking kit, canteen, flashlight, and mirror.
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Charles Wright
Reg Hammond
Ervin Toews
Dennis Handel
Wright
Hammond
Toews
Central
James Street
Boy Scouts
James Streets
Thrifty Shopper Hints at 1955 Chevrolet Station Wagon
Gertie the station wagon draws attention at the showroom with its sweep windshield color of interior trim and features. The ad touts a new V-8 engine 162 bore power and extras like tubeless tires radio heater and all accessories for 2670 dollars and hints at trade-in value.
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Duerksen
Gertie
Chevrolet
20 30s Sponsors Turkey Shoot
The 20 30s sponsor a Turkey Shoot from nine AM to sundown on Taft Highway four miles south of Shaf ter. More than 100 dressed turkeys will be awarded in trap shooting and other contests. A drawing at four PM offers a 12 gauge shotgun or a $100 merchandise order. Winner need not be present.
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Sundown
Shafter
Taft
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TMI
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Art Craig
Elizabeth Strickland
H. W. Kelly
Marshall Smith
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Jon Cornelius
Lloyd Mayer
Sam’ Oblander
Kenneth Zimmerman
Isaac Strauss
Goldie Magee
Emil Stoller
Pauline Handel
Roberta Kliewer
Fred Rice
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