Richland welcomes new teacher Dexter Kinnaird an outdoorsman and veteran
Dexter Kinnaird known as Deck arrives at Richland after four years in the US Navy as a Motor Machinist Mate. A Bakersfield resident, he studied at Southern Oregon College of Education, met wife Mary in Oregon, and now leads a hunting and skiing lifestyle with two young children Nancy and Scott.
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Dexter Kinnaird
Richland
Kinnnaird
Crater Lake
Oregon
Deck
Long Beach
US S-Navy
High Seas
Uncle Sam
South China Sea
Europe
Philippines
France
Kinnaird
Navy
Southern Oregon College of Education
Ashland
Mary Kinnaird
Riverside, California
Nancy
Scott
Kinnairds
Douglas
Bakersfield
Independent distributors reinforce Standard Oil service
Six men head nine thousand nine hundred eighty nine independent businesses that partner with Standard Oil Company of California to supply products across the West. Together they operate their own firms and employ nearly twenty eight thousand people, forming a widespread distribution network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Howard S. Fisher
San Diego
Calif
Standard Oil Company of California
Standard
Philharmonic Sets First Fall Rehearsal in Bakersfield
Kern Philharmonic Orchestra schedules its first fall rehearsal Monday at Room 104 Harvey Auditorium under Musical Director Edouard Hurlimann. He expects many returnees from last year and a strong influx of new talent from Kern County schools and colleges. The season opener features trombone virtuoso Robert Marsteller as guest soloist on October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Philharmonic Orchesta
Harvey Audiorium
Edouard Hurlimann
Hurlimann
Bakersfield
Kern County
Harvey Auditorium
Priscilla Lear
Stockdale Road
Robert Marsteller
Cal-Vet home buying surge doubles for veterans statewide
California veterans used Cal-Vet aid to contract 47,538 properties by June 30, up from 23,300 four years earlier. The fiscal year saw contracts rise 17 percent to 40,657. Kern County enrolled 1,544 buyers. Total state investment reached $35,611,571 with Kern at $11,698,837.
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California
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Kern County
Department of Veterans Affairs
O Veterans
County FFA Grand Champion Award at California State Fair
Harry Hardy of Bakersfield won the grand champion award for all breeds of fat cattle at the California State Fair and Exposition Future Farmer livestock show on September 3. Tommie Brown of Wasco took reserve grand champion. Several named exhibitors and blue ribbon fat cattle winners are listed with weight classes and breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hardy
Bakersfield
Future Farmer Livestock
Tommie Brown
Wasco
Jerry Schmidt
Pete Newell
Charles Fanucchi
Larry Mixon
Aberdeen
Norman Tauchin
Mixon
Brown
Schmidt
Avocados Offer Ornamental Garden Value and Fruit
The California Association of Nurserymen notes avocados provide ornamental appeal and edible fruit in suitable climates. Varieties split into Mexican and Guatemalan races. Fuerte is believed hybrid. Guatemalan fares in ocean-influenced areas while Mexican is hardier to 20 to 24 degrees. Emphasizes good drainage, shallow roots, and careful moisture to avoid root rot.
Coastal Deer Kill Up 20 Percent At Midseason
At the coastal deer season midpoint the kill is 20 percent higher than 1953 as tag returns to the Department of Fish and Game reach 12,618, up from 10,464. Only four of 28 counties show no gain, with several near 100 percent increases, and most areas report similar hunting pressure and more deer taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Fish and Game
Free Shoes Featured At Wood's Store In Shafter
Forrest Wood operates Wood's Shoe Store at 156 Central Ave in Shafter and has given away 268 free shoes to residents over about two years. Since 1951 more than 1000 families have registered at the shoe clinic, with a free pair for every 12 purchased and some families receiving up to five free pairs.
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Forrest’ Wood
Shafter
Forrest
Wood
Central Avenue
Forrest's Shoe Clinic
Mr. Wood
Wasco
Local visitors return for holidays and trips in 1931
Mrs. J. W. Nickel visited friends in Los Angeles in March 1931. Mr. and Mrs. J. Mosley returned March 18 1931 from a trip to Arizona and visited Mrs. Mosley’s sister in Flagstaff. Max McKinley arrived home from Berkeley to spend the holidays with his parents in December 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Nickel
Los Angeles
J. N. Mosley
Arizona
Max McKinley
Berkeley
Mrs
A.B. McKinley
Thrifty Shopper Finds Crisco Pie Crust Bargain
A reader recalls a pie crisis and credits Crisco with a tender flaky crust. Ray Kelley, manager at Justesen's Market, confirms Crisco's value at 84 cents and notes sale prices on Velveeta Cheese and Sunshine Crackers for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Soul
Justesen’s
Ray Kelley
Virus Diseases Threaten California Grape Industry
At the fifth annual meeting of the American Society of Enologists on the UC Davis campus plant pathologist William B. Hewitt warned that fanleaf and yellow mosaic threaten California’s expanding vineyards. The diseases spread via propagating wood and rootstocks and can enter soil from infected plants, challenging efforts to produce healthy vines. Curtis J. Alley of the California Grape Certification Association outlined a program to certify true to type vines and provide clean stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
American Society of Enologists
Davis
University of California
William B. Hewitt
Hewitt
Curtis J. Alley
California Grape Certification Association
Visitors at Jumiper Ranch in June 1925
Mr and Mrs W B Camp and their child Billie were callers at the Jumiper ranch on a Friday evening in June 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Camp
Little Billie
Jumiper Ranch
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Pentecostal Church of God
Shafter Ave
West Ash
Cecil Pool
Central Valley Television
Central Ave
Packard Bell
Good Values
Chevron
Elton McCoy
Sacramento
I. L
Doc Howard
Boise
Idaho
H. G. Hathaway
Grants Pass
Fred la Frentz
Cedar City
Utah
Ted Engstrom
Olympia, Wash
Boller
Philharmonic
Cal-Vet
FFA
McMahan’s
A. C. Burnett
Kenneth Spradley
Forest Wood
Charles Young
Chucky Yates
Kenneth
E. A. Walraven
Cavelo
Dat
Lerdo Rd
Earl Wipf
Snow Gates
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