Woollomes Pushes Civic Center Plan For Kern County
Kern County supervisor veteran Roy Woollomes campaigns as Delano candidate urging a rebuilt courthouse and expanded civic center fronting Truxtun Avenue. He favors centralizing offices, outside funding for the project, and maintaining roads for Shafter residents while backing the Emerson School site purchase.
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Kern County
Board of Supervisors
W. R
Roy) Woollomes
Delano
Woollomes
Kern
Woollames
Truxtun Avenue
Emerson
Chester
Chester Avenue
Shafter Area
Shafter County
Veterans Memorial Hall
Burnquists Remain At Poso Flats With Family Visit Details
Mr and Mrs Burnquist stay at Poso Flats to tend cattle for another month. Their children Karen and Dean attend Shafter High School and stay with their aunt Mrs Ed LeValley. Taft LeValley will move to Bakersfield with his family when possible. The family recently vacationed at San Clemente visiting Keith Burnquist at the San Diego Naval Base. Keith has since returned to Oriental waters aboard his destroyer. San Francisco first trade union Typographical Society formed June 24 1850.
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Shafter High School
Rosalee Sade
Marjorie Manson
Mary Colvard
Betts Loring
Anita Pasley
Hennah Hawkins
Emma Mansfield
Venus
Martha Jeffcoat
Nancy Child
Shirley Lauderdale
Patrice Loring
Nancy
Edna Crane
Becky Shapiro
Loring
Patsy McNew
Anna Rand
Mildred
Joyce Bartel
David Muir
Kurt Randolph
Charles Carter
Grandpa
Loretta Bender
C.lrnquist
Karen
Dean
Ed LeValley
Taft
LeValley
Bakersfield
Burnquists
Burnquist
San Clemente
Keith Burnquist
San Diego Naval Base
Keith
Oriental Waters
San Francisco
The
Typograhical Society
Moisture Control by Irrigation Featured at Cotton Conference
Farmers in the Cotton Belt to learn irrigation techniques boosting yields at the 1952 Cotton Mechanization Conference in Shafter Bakersfield and Fresno October 22 25. M R Huberty University of California will head an irrigation panel with reports from the Southeast Mid-South Southwest and Far West. Attendees will tour irrigated fields and view demonstrations amid a drought affected season.
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Cotton Belt
Shafter
Bakersfield
National Cotton Council
M. R. Huberty
College of Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of California
Huberty
Los Angeles
Mid-South
Southwest
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Pre-Cast Concrete Buildings To Replace Earthquake Victims
Two new pre cast concrete buildings will rise at Central avenue and Central Valley Highway in Shafter within two months to replace the former Shafter Billiards and Shafter Warehouse sites. Dalke Brothers razed the old structures. bidding and construction follow soon with 50 by 70 foot fronts and redwood siding planned for Shafter Billiards.
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Central Avenue
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
Dalke Brothers
Shafter Billiards
Shafter Warehouse
City
Shafter Billiards and
Mother and Daughter Burned by Kitchen Fire
Mrs. Frank Loewen and her daughter Lillian were burned when Lillian's loose-backed garment caught fire from the kitchen range. Lillian suffered second degree burns to the back while her mother sustained burns to the hands and forearms as she beat out the flames.
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Maple
Frank Loewen
Lillian
Wasco High School
Building officials cite cost estimate over eighty thousand
Central Hardware undergoes a face lift as Dalke Brothers remove the second story and reshape the storefront into a modern front.
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Central Hardware
Dalke Brothers
City curfew extended to include 18 year olds
The 9 o clock juvenile curfew now covers teens up to 18 as city councilmen approved the amendment. Assistant Police Chief Hanley Witcher said police will use the extension at their discretion, targeting the 16 to 17 age group for delinquency control.
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Police Department
Hanley Witcher
Andersons Return From Camp Nelson Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson and Lt. and Mrs. David Anderson came home from a two day Camp Nelson visit. They planned a Santa Barbara stop and immunizations before heading to Germany. The couple were due home in Shafter last Thursday. Their three month old daughter Kathy stayed with grandparents Phil Channeson during the trip.
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Martin Anderson
David Anderson
Camp Nelson
Anderson
Santa Barbara
Germany
Shafter
Kathy
Phil Channeson
Shafter Generals and Colonels open season with big wins
In Friday action the Shafter Generals hammered Strathmore Spartans 38 to 2 while the Colonels defeated Strathmore 25 to 7. Kenny Smith and Johnny Palomo stood out for the Colonels, with Billy Hinsley and Gene Wishon shining for the Generals as both squads show ragged play coaches will refine this week.
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Jack Fleming
Shafter Generals
Strathmore Spartans
Middies
Kenny’ Smith
Strathmore
Colonels
Johnny Palomo
Generals
Spartans
Strathmore B
North Eleven
Kenny Smith
Billy Hinsley
Gene Wishon
Everett Jordan
Andy Dillard
James Broom
Dillard
Shafter
Joe Hicks
Beach
Jordan
Garlin
Rodriguez
Burgdorf
Hudson
Tuniga
Dale Scales
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Everett Jordon
Dick Smith
Sacramento
Lerdo Highway
Calloway Canal
Minter Field
W. R. (Roy) Woollomes
Poso Flats
Western Automotive & Radio
Central Avenue Shafter
Vicky Vaughn
Hemingson
Shafter Mercantile
Central & Sante Fe
Yuo Vada
Technicolor
Robert Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Leo Genn
Peter Ustinov
John Lee Mahin
S. N. Behrman
Sonya Levien
Henryk Shenkiewicz
Mervyn Leroy
Sam Zimbalist
Del-Kern Drive-In
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