November Crop Reports Highlight Cotton and Sugar Allocations
Maple Leaf USDA reports show October gains in cotton with a 13,206,000 bale harvest estimate, up 700,000 from last month and a new national yield record around 329 pounds per acre. Sugar beet allocations for 1955 set California quota at 182,000 acres with 75 percent five year and 25 percent three year history used to calculate grower shares.
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USDA
Lifornia
Department of Agricult
California
ASC
Sugar
Thomas named to California Housing Commission and Boys State panel
L. O. Thomas of 27 East Lerdo is appointed to the California Housing Commission by State Commander Malcolm Champlin for a two year term to aid veterans with housing needs. Earl Wipf of 219 California Shafter joins the Boys State Commission for a two year term, as part of The American Legion youth training program. The article outlines the commissions' roles in veteran housing and citizenship education for California teens.
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L. O. Thomas
East Lerdo
Housing Commission
Department of California
American Legion
Malcolm Champlin
Earl Wipf
California
Shafter
Boys’ State Commission
Boys’ State
American Legions
The
Sacramento
Form Follows Function Tested in Shafter High Leather Work
In Shafter High School the David Marsh crafts class experiments with form follows function in leather work. Students choose objects, plan uses, and design shapes accordingly. They create their own patterns, limit carving to emphasize surface texture, and craft their own stamping tools. Purses billfolds and comb cases are among the pieces produced.
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David Marsh
Shafter High School
Marsh
Seaman Bender Returns from Far East Cruise
Leroy E. Bender USN of 274 Euclid Shafter was to return to San Diego aboard USS Philippine Sea after an eight month Far East cruise. The carrier and air groups operated near Hainan during rescue operations for survivors of a downed Cathay airliner. The voyage covered more than sixty thousand miles with calls at the Philippine Islands Japan and Hong Kong.
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Leroy E. Bender
Seaman
USN
Euclid
Election of state officers and Boys Nation delegates
By the election of state officers and the selection of two boys to attend Boys Nation in Washington D C, where they receive education in Federal government.
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Washington, D. C
Girls Train for Future Secretary Job in Shafter
Shafter business houses train in P L Arnold secretarial class. Students learn typing, shorthand, mimeograph, ditto, adding machines, dictation, and filing with minimum speeds of 40-50 wpm typing and 100-110 wpm shorthand. Since 1946, 34 of 42 graduates are locally employed. Arnold notes most students enter office work or marry, and he jokes he cannot find them jobs.
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Shafter
P. L
Bill’ Arnold
Shafter High School
Arnold
Arold
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