Bobcat Sees Life In Cage Shift From Fury To Quiet
Bosserdet keeps a trapped bobcat at his service station near Five Corners while a rattlesnake and a mouse share a cage. A sparrow joined them, sparking clashes before a fragile truce formed. The bobcat, once vicious, calms at night and shows rare affection when fed, with plans to move to Kern County park if space allows.
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School Head Addresses Rotary on National Defense
Dr. Thomas L. Nelson superintendent of Kern County Union High School district spoke to the Shafter Rotary Club on national defense and how schools meet the emergency. He described funding would allow building 4 011 school plants in 3 165 U S cities, and noted schools train for democracy through technical trades and long term programs. He cited one million men entered industry last year due to school training, and introduced by E P Jones with several local and Bakersfield guests attending.
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Henry Eisler
Angus Crites
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Gertrude Kecker Wasco Resident Dies at 76
Gertrude Kecker 76 a Wasco district resident for two years died suddenly at her Wasco home Tuesday afternoon. The body was sent to Janzen Funeral Home and services were set for Friday at 2 pm at First Baptist Church Wasco with Rev. F E Klein officiating. She was born in Germany and had lived in the United States 50 years. Surviving are daughters Mrs John Roskam and Mrs Fred Peubner of Wasco two sons Kurt Kecker of Wasco and Frank Schlick of Frederick Kansas 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Wasco
Janzen
First Baptist Church
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Germany
United States
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Fred Peubner
Kurt Kecker
Frank Schlick
Frederick
Kansas
U.S. C. Speaker Addresses Shafter High on Vocations
Dr. William Giles Campbell of the University of Southern California spoke to the SHafter High School faculty and seniors on choosing vocations. He urged considering long term fit and personal talents over pay alone, and to value total income including pensions and benefits as part of salary.
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Shafter High School
Campbell
Clarifying Navy Regular and Naval Reserve Service
Chief Boatswain Frank B. Wilson explains the difference between the regular navy and the Naval Reserve. Regular enlistment is six years or until the minority age of 17 to 18. Naval Reserve serves four years or for the duration of the national emergency with inactive duty until spared. Reservists have the same promotion opportunities, leave, and pay as regulars, and can visit room 10 in the post office building, Bakersfield, for more information.
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Frank B. Wilson
Bakersfield
Naval Reserve
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Post Office
Opium Farm Burned as Three Men Sentenced in Montreal
Montreal authorities jail three men for six months each after cultivating opium poppies on a farm near the city. Police burned the field, believed to be Canada's first such opium crop discovery.
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Richland School Enrollment Reaches 1237
Richland School enrollment has risen to 1237, down from 1040 at the start of last September, according to district superintendent O. T. Olson. A lunchroom count now ranges between 400 and 500 pupils daily, higher than last year, while a teacher institute in Bakersfield will cause a district-wide closure Friday.
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Fifty-Three Students On Honor Roll At Shafter High
Fifty three Shafter high school students are listed on the school honor roll for the first six weeks. Twelve A grades qualify, with A earning five points, B four, B plus three, B minus two, and C one. A D or F disqualifies. Names include Letha Bartel Edith Barton Joanne Becker Alice Bender Esther Bender Margorie Bergman Minnie Brown Kenneth Burkhart Betty Chism W R Cloud Harvey Dahl Doris Davis Ernest Evans Linda Fademeint Francelia Hansen Leroy Henderson Kathleen Janzen Barbara Kinman Miriam Klaudt Minnie Koop Irene Kroeker Mamie Kroeker Lois Lane Richard Leonard Eugene Mayer Elsie Mettler Robert Mettler Albert Neal Donna Neufeld George Neufeld Harvey Neuman Jackie Nichols Clara Nickel Mark Nicks Alvin Nickel Jack Nikkel Marjorie Olson David Patton Tris Perry Kelly Pierce Bonnie Scales Harold Schnidt Jean Schreiner Dudley Steele Patricia Stringhi Inez Swan Joyce Townsend Katherine Trout Brint Trumble Lee Wade Joel Wiebe Merten Wiedmann.
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Letha Bartel
Edith Barton
Joanne Becker
Alice Bender
Esther Bender
Marjorie Bergman
Minnie Brown
Kenneth Burkhart
Betty Chism
W. R. Cloud
Harvey Dahl
Doris Davis
Ernest Evans
Linda Fademeent
Francelia Hansen
Leroy Henderson
Kathleen Janzen
Barbara Kinman
Miriam Klaudt
Minnie Koop
Irene Kroeker
Mamie Kroeker
Lois Lane
Richard Leonard
Eugene Mayer
Elsie Mettler
Robert Mettler
Albert Neal
Donna Neufeld
George Neufeld
Harvey Neuman
Jackie Nichols
Clara Nickel
Mark Nicks
Alvin Nickel
Jack Nikkel
Marjorie Olson
David Patton
Tris Perry
Kelly Pierce
Bonnie Scales
Harold Schnidt
Jean Schreiner
Dudley Steele
Patricia Stringhi
Inez Swan
Joyce Townsend
Katherine Trout
Brint Trumble
Lee Wade
Joel’ Wiebe
Merten Wiedmann
Farm Bureau Roundtable Broadcast Tomorrow Evening
A Farm Bureau roundtable hosted by Paul Newell will air tomorrow at 7 45 on radio station KERN. Participants include Frank Stockton county bureau president and E G Buerkle state director.
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Paul Newell
Kern
Frank Stockton
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E. G. Buerkle
Shafter Loses Twice to East Bakersfield in Football
Shafter High School fell 26 to 7 and 21 to 0 to East Bakersfield in Saturday football on the Bakersfield field. Murray Evans scored Shafter’s touchdown with a kickoff return and conversion, but East Bakersfield answered, with Leon Watson powering multiple long drives. East Bakersfield outgained Shafter 227 to 171 yards, and held seven first downs to Shafter’s five.
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East Bakersfield
Bakersfield
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Colonels
Murray Evans
Camhe
Leon Watson
Blades
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Runers
Venice of America nickname for Pernambuco Brazil island city
American Venice Pernambuco in Brazil is famed as the Venice of America for its waterway network. The city sits on an island with extensive canals and bridges that shape its urban character and tourism appeal.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
America
Union Oil Transitions Crew at Rio Bravo New Site
The Union at Rio Bravo Union Oil Co. moved to a new site. the 26th project in Sec. 34 28-25 follows 25 completed in three years. Wells are under voluntary curtailment but hold potential 3000 to 6000 barrels daily each. Opening the Rio Bravo section could lift state output by over 20 percent, after Union drilled the discovery well.
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