Green Cotton Bolls Face Frost Threat to Crop
Frost could damage cotton if it hits before all green bolls open, warns John Turner of Shafter Experiment Station. Northern valley areas with late starts have many unopened bolls, while Kern county shows steadier opening and likely minimal damage if frost is delayed. Gins accelerate and mechanical harvesters plus aerial defoliation increase in the Shafter area.
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Mother Nature
Jack Frost
John Turner
Shafter
Kern County
Pipkin Chairs Richland Classified Institute Session
Kenneth Pipkin maintenance superintendent at Richland School will chair a maintenance and operations section at the annual school employees institute on November 6 at East Bakersfield High. The same day the compulsory teachers institute is set by the county superintendent. Hanley Witcher joins the classified committee focusing on accounting and office work with Earl W. Chapman as principal speaker for the classified group.
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Kenneth Pipkin
Richland School
East Bakersfield High School
Harvey Auditorium
Pipkin
Richland
Classified Institute
Hanley Witcher
Earl W. Chapman
California Employes Retirement System
Revival Program Set At Pentecostal Church
Buttonwillow revival at the Pentecostal Church of God continues with Rev W J and visiting pastor Rev Sam White of Taft leading services and sermons.
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Pentecostal Church
Buttonwillow
Tecostal
S D A Plans For Crusade
Plans for a Youth Crusade by the Seventh Day Adventists were announced for November 13 to December 13 at the State Theater in Shafter. California youth leader Henry T. Bergh met with local committeemen to set arrangements and nightly meetings Friday through Sunday during the series.
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Young People Church
State Theater
Shafter
Henry T. Bergh
California
Seventh-Day Adventists
Harry Reile
Claremore Fenderson, Jr
Ted Heinrich
Jay Heinrich
Harold Opp
Margaret Sackett
Kenneth Pitts
Kern County farm advisor outlines alternate crops and costs
Farm adviser Barnes lists metrics for crop profitability and notes Kern county producers must control costs and improve marketing efficiency. He endorses substitutes like sugar beets castor beans and safflower while cautioning about sugar beet restrictions. Potatoes and onions show negative cost figures.
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Kern County
Barnes
Army Recruiter Visits Shafter Post Office Each Week
Sergeant J F De LaCerna will be at the Shafter post office from 8 to 12 noon on a weekly visit to answer questions about joining the Army or Air Force. He will meet prospective candidates and discuss youths already serving in both branches.
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Army
Air Force
J. F. de LaCerna
Shafter
Shafter Property Owners Plan Association Forming
Shafter area property owners plan to organize into the Shafter Property Owners Association to coordinate rental income properties. Albert DeWitte said the first meeting is at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the county building assembly room on Pacific street. Paul Sanders and Egron Hanson are other leaders.
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Shafter Area
Albert DeWitte
Pacific Street
Shafter Property Owners Association
DeWitte
Paul Sanders
Egron Hanson
Secretary Quits Blood Fund Post in Shafter
Resignation of Mrs Elmer Ziemke as secretary of the Shafter Community Blood Fund was announced by Chairman I N Finkbeiner. She and the Ziemkes, operators of Shafter News Agency, leave Shafter after November 1. Mrs Merkel may be contacted for blood donation calls.
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Elmer Ziemke
Shafter Community Blood Fund
Finkbeiner
Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ziemkes
Shafter
Merkel
Central Ave
45.2 Percent Slash Seen for California Cotton
Kern county 1954 cotton acreage likely cut 45.2 percent with a Dec 15 referendum on a nationwide quota. Shafter growers informed. California faces a potential $165 million loss in cash crop value. Voting sites planned across counties with allocations based on historic planting.
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Kern County
Shafter Area
Ezra Taft
Dench
Fedt
California Cotton Co
Benson
California
Itel
Merced
Madera
Fresno
Kings
Tulare
Riverside
Congress
South
Arizona
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