Hobbs Wedding Shower Honors New Couple in Richland Park
Newlyweds Johnny Hobbs and Ruby Glass were honored at a Sunday wedding shower in Richland Park. The bride, daughter of C N Glass, and the groom, son of Susan Hobbs, plan to settle in Arvin where he works. Guests included numerous relatives and friends from Oxnard Bakersfield Wasco and Wilmington, with 13 Glass grandchildren.
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Johnny Hobbs
Richland Park
Blake Witcher
Hobbs
Ruby Glass
Terra Vista Tract
C.N. Glass
Susan Hobbs
Jake Hobbs
Arvin
Nelson West
And
Kay
Gene Armstrong
Norma Perry
Kathren
Pat
Oxnard
Florés
Morgan McMillan
Bakersfield
Norma
Donna Veach
Kelly
Flora Kéllason
George Hoyle
Bankston
Lois Sprague
Kathy Lebo
Jack Hiler
Superior Rating Earned By Unit
A superior rating for fiscal year 1964 is earned by Battery C, 5th Battalion, 11th Army Artillery Reserve, Bakersfield. The 95.66 score ranks them first in Kern County and No. 6 in the battalion with units in Merced, Fresno, Exeter, and Bakersfield. The unit, two years old, also won first in Bakersfield Veterans Day parade. 6 officers and 58 enlisted, at 4101 Chester Avenue. Captain John A. Dennis III credits the staff for rising from 85th last year.
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11Th Army Artillery Reserve Unit
Bakersfield
California
Kern County
Merced
Fresno
Exeter
Bakersfeld
Thanksgiving Eve Service Set at Shafter High
The Shafter Ministerial Association plans a Thanksgiving Eve service at the High School Auditorium on Wednesday November 25. They urge strong local attendance as the event aims to bring the community together. The Shafter Police Department reports a gun safety program involving about 65 youths, with licensing requiring safety school for under 16.
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Shafter
Shafter Police Department
Shafter Police
Diabetes and its impact in Kern County health notes
The Kern County health officer cites a study showing over 2,000 residents aged 25 plus have diabetes and are unaware of it. Nationally about four million have diabetes with only half under supervision. symptoms include thirst, hunger, urination, and weight loss. Untreated cases risk vascular, nerve, kidney, and vision complications, with eight leading causes of death nationally and higher risk after age 40.
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Kern County
DeWitte T. Boyd
United States
Nation Center For Health Statistics
Wegis to lead Kern County Farm Bureau starting December
Warren F Wegis secretary manager and editor of Farm News will become remedy director on December 1 succeeding Richard T Burress who left for a national law firm in Washington D C Wegis has served five years with the bureau and will oversee rural and commodity services. his background includes grassroots agricultural policy work and farm bureau administration.
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Warren F. Wegis
Kern County Farm Bureau
Remedy
Richard T. Burress
Washington, D. C
Wegis
Farm News
Gallo
Mule Deer Jumps Eight Feet to Escape Trap
A mule deer can leap eight feet from a short running start when escaping a trap. The note documents the animal's surprising athletic ability and its instinct to flee quickly in danger.
Kern County Farm Bureau Board to Vote on 190 Resolutions
Kern County Farm Bureau directors acted on more than 190 resolutions during the November meeting. The policy program includes guidance for California delegates at the House of Delegates. President Rob Hershey and others shaped voting directions. Delegates discussed labeling foreign meat, cotton program plans, and reducing government controls to boost California cotton and research funding.
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Kern County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Amanthy ‘Foreshevanen
House of Delegates
California Farm Bureau
Aie
Kern County
Kern
John Hershey
Warren F. Wegis
California
Farm Bureau
Rob
Record Wheat Signup Reaches New Peak Nationwide
A fall surge in the 1965 voluntary wheat program signs up a record 780,916 farms nationwide. Kern County reports 73 farms totaling 25,312 acres, surpassing 1964 levels, with signup ending October 2 and driven by winter wheat areas. Meryl E. Anderson chairs the Kern County ASC Committee.
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Meryl E. Anderson
Kern County
ASC Committee
Use of Seat Belts Doubles Across Kern County
A Kern County Safety Council poll shows seat belt use roughly doubled in a year from nine percent in 1963 to about nineteen percent this year. Dean Gay credits 1964 model front seat belts, new state laws, and outreach by groups, but warns most cars still lack belts and many drivers do not wear them regularly. He urges proper belt fastening and eliminating reel slack for effectiveness.
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Oe OY Gera
California
Gay
Last Vanderbilt Cup Race Held at Santa Monica in 1916
The final Vanderbilt Cup event occurred in Santa Monica California in 1916 marking the end of the early American auto racing era. The race drew spectators and featured prominent drivers competing on the Pacific coast course.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Noe Wilsons Wedding Shower Attendants Celebrate
Mr and Mrs Noel Wilson were honored at a wedding shower Saturday November 14 at 7 50 pm at the First Baptist church. Guests included many local families and friends as attendees listed with Devotional led by Paul Wiebe and slides shown from the couple s wedding.
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Noel Wilson
Eck Hake Putnam
First Baptist Church
Wilson
Fullerton
Janice
Biola College
Clarence Kattenhorn
Don Lewis
Ken Carthal
Menno Schelenberg
Paul Wiebe
Noel
Ross Johnson
Bill Putnam
Leo Schmidt
John Branner
Pearl McBride
Oral Elmore
James Anderson
D. R. Gwin
Lawrence Kattenhorn
Dale Klint
Debbie
Becky
Frank Wiebe
Maynard Wilder
Menno Schellenberg
Bill
Bryce Putnam
Jim Webb
David Hutchinson
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Mrs. Hobbs
William Hiler
Lonnie Krigbaum
Tom Fink
Don Graves
Irene Schoenweather
Wasco
Benton Hiler
Lowell Webb
Leo Armstrong
Jack Harris
Clarence Glass
Kennedy
H. D. Dodson
Etta Mayer
Ed Sublet
Carol Lauderdale
Bertha Harris
Marvin Sexton
Wilmington
Fred Sexton
Sidney Voth
Melvin Glass
Kelly Hazelton
Ed Spruell
Glass
Faye Owens
Charles Armstrong
Earl Johnson
Katie Rohrbach
Earl George
Durwood Frith
Joe Bradshaw
Snow Gates & Valves
R Unrigation Supply Co
Lions Club
Locas Tractor CO
Hills Ferry Highway
Newman, California
Oliver Diesel
Cate Piller
ACER
Massey Ferguson
Massey Ferguson Super
John Deere
Indusco Ferguson
GEHL
John Deeres
Farmall H
FORD
Oliver
Harrows
Ford & Fergies
ATLAS
Hoy. Motors
Bean International
Ferguson
Sais
Pacific Southern Foundries
Tidewater Oil Company
Ventura
California Polytechnnic College
San Luis Obispo
North Dakota
State Seed Department University Station
Fargo, N. D
Bureau Board
Kern Farms
Council
Kern County Safety Council
Ferm Junior Women’s Club
Noe Wilsons
God
Skylark
le Sabre
Wildcat
Electra
Riviera
Garlatz. Motor CO
E. Terde St
Shafter, Calif
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