Auditor Reveals City Budget Allocations and Reforms
Auditor George H. Hobson reports the city spent 128,425.84 for the year ending 1952 with 66,757.27 by city employes, noting 52,506.82 for maintenance and 9,162.75 for capital outlay. He discusses fund allocations, rejected accounting changes, and tax receipts reaching 27,006.43, the highest in the year. The report emphasizes efforts to simplify records and allocate expenditures by fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hobson
Hobson
Council
Certified Public Accountant
Police Department
Auction results reveal club listings and cattle sales
Continued auction coverage shows tonwillow Bakersfield Kiwanis Dixie Jo and other groups transferring livestock lots to various buyers. Sheep division sales include Carolyn Donaldson and Cleo Dobbs with prices from 113 to 237 dollars. Swine division buyers include Vernon Carr Billy Milam and more with prices from 90 to 167 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonwillow
Bakersfield Kiwanis Club
Dixie Jo
Wilson
Buttonwillow
Oildale Lions Club
Paul Anderson
Rio Bravo
Coberly-West
Billy Joe Howze
Shafter-Wasco Ginning Co
Lois Paslay
Kern Valley Packing
Louis Wolf
Rudnick Trust
Carolyn Donaldson
Kruger
Cleo Dobbs
Davies Machinery
Carolyn Bishop
Salad Bowl
Judy McClellan
Vernon Carr
Shafter
Sol Camp
Billy Milam
Golden Rule Practice Rewards Shafter High Students
A Senior Problems class at Shafter High School tried the Golden Rule for 10 days focusing on home relations. Sid Ottman reports that 23 students saw material rewards as parents noticed voluntary good deeds and returning favors without prompting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter High School
Sid Ottman
Tupper Party Hosted by Mrs Koop for Friends
A party for friends was hosted last week at 184 Munzer Street by Mrs. Milton Koop with Mrs. Glory Ricards as demonstrator. Refreshments included angel food cake with whipped cream, pineapple and strawberry, and coffee. attendees included Mesdames Les Nusz, Jack Bellows, Jodie Pierce, Francis Curry, Margaret Pope, R. J. Hodson, Bill Tanner and Ernest Long.
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Milton Koop
Munzer St
Glory Ricards
Angel
Mesdames Les Nusz
Jack Bellows
Jodie Pierce
Francis Curry
Margaret Pope
R. J. Hodson
Bill Tanner
Ernest Long
Five Shafter High Faculty Members Attend Greenhorn Stag
Five Shafter High School faculty members spent last weekend at the Greenhorn stag party sponsored by Kern County Union High School District. Attending were Dr. Grant Jensen Dan Bledsoe Walter Grainger Sid Ottman and Ernest Graf Grainger and Ottman were the initiates. While away Mrs. Jensen hosted a group of faculty women at 664 Mannel Ave.
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Shafter High School
Greenhorn
Kern County Union High School
Shafter
Grant Jensen
Dan Bledsoe
Walter Grainger
Sid Ottman
Ernest Graf
Grainger
Ottman
Rotary speaker Morley to address Shafter club on ladies day
John Morley, renowned international correspondent and commentator, will be guest speaker on November 4 at a Shafter Rotary Club ladies day program. Dr. John Revell, program chairman, said Morley will present his views on the world situation. Rotarians and visiting wives are invited to the noon meeting at Cawelo Motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morley
Shafter
Delano Plans Seventh Annual Wine and Harvest Festival
Delano community leaders unveil the seventh annual Wine and Harvest Festival with a Friday Kiddies Parade at 2 30 pm followed by a melodrama and dances at Memorial Park. Saturday features a 100 entry parade with 11 bands, rodeo acts by Cuff Burrel, and evening theater plus square dance shows. Sunday offers the Flight of the Delano Air O Crafts breakfast at 11 am and Pioneer Picnic at Avenue Park with free coffee and dessert. Final rodeo performance and theater shows are scheduled at Memorial Park.
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Delano Community
Delano
Jim Owen
Festival Board
Delano Community Theater
Memorial Park
Cuff Burrel
T Delano Air-O-Crafs
Roy Wool Jomes
Pioneers
C Avenue Park
Cy Burrell
Th Delano
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Auditor's Report
Division of Highways
Stringham’s Shafter Drug Store
Shaffer Warehouse Co
Bryant Hitchcock
Walker Street
Tupper
Greenhorn Stag
Rotary
Family Circle
Truly
America
Safeway
U.S
U.S. Choice
RATH
Black Hawk
Swift Bacon
Oak Glen Brand
Montrose
Springhouse
Ros
Delonte
del Monte
Tan
Dalewood
Bel-air
Havae
Sunnybank
Surf Suds
Washington
Jonathans
Pennant
Edwards
WICE
Cs Ry
New England
FBI
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