United States Air Force Band to Perform in Bakersfield Concert
The internationally acclaimed United States Air Force Band under Col. George S. Howard will give matinee and evening shows on November 4 at Harvey Auditorium sponsored by Bakersfield College Rene gades Band. Proceeds fund the college band uniform fund. The Singing Sergeants directed by Lieut. Robert L. Lanters will feature baritone William Jones and tenor William Dupree. The tour spans Utah Idaho Oregon Washington Nevada and California cities.
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Harvey Auditorium
Bakersfield College
Renegades
Clarence Wiggins
West Coast
Robert L. Lanters
William Jones
William Dupree
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
California
Industrial Farm Has New Look Near Shafter
Kern County Industrial Farm at Lerdo Road near Shafter operates with 31 employees under Superintendent Roger W. Franklin. The farm uses detention camp labor to maintain roads and parks, reduce costs, and provide rehabilitation for inmates. The 1954 55 budget is 233735 dollars, a 22 percent reduction from the prior year, as budgets for Lerdo Apache Kernville and Tehachapi camps also declined. Inmate total at Lerdo Camp stands at 147.
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Kern County
Lerdo Road
Shafter
Roger W. Franklin
Board of Supervisors
Franklin
Roy ,Woollames
Floyd Ming
Lerdo
Apache
Kernville
Tehachapi
Lerdo Highway
Inmates Learn Skills at County Farm Camp Network
Sixteen Kernville inmates plus 17 and Te nelin are cited. The industrial farm and camps held 595 inmates with a 1951 peak of 400. July saw 171 released and 168 received. August brought 138 released and 172 received. Inmates study irrigation and farm work across 110 acres including 63 cotton, 20 potatoes, 14 miles of maize and yellow corn, plus a permanent pasture. They learn cooking, butchering, mechanics, livestock care, and haying. Work crews operate countywide, following oil crews and building infrastructure. Continued on Page 8.
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Kernvillé
Tenelin
Andersons Visit Friends After Crestline Month
Rever end and Mrs. Ernest Anderson and son Robert stayed with the Paul Wiebes overnight after a month in Crestline. The Andersons, formerly of Shafter, where he led the Baptist Church, now serve a church in Yucaipa. The Wiebes returned from a week at Lake Tahoe.
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Ernest Anderson
Robert
Paul Wiebes
Crestline
Andersons
Shafter
Baptist Church
Yucaipa
Wiebe
Lake Tahoe
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Shafter High School
On Bledsoe
Don Murfin
Don McCauley
Gaye Pare
Sam Creswell
Famed Air Force Band
Bakersfield
United States Air Force Band
Col
George S. Howard
Wsishe
Sontins
Tural Chemicals Divisio
Broadway
Oakland
Calafornia
Arizona
Bryant
Calif
Roger W. Frank
Lerdo Camp
RPM
Standard Oil Company of California
Standard Man
Bay Albert Wasco
Res. Ph
Industrial Farm Camp
Santa Fe
Chicago
Houston
New Orleans
San Francisco
Raney
Sante Fe Station
Shapter
James L. Tarne
Investors Diversified Cei, Inc
Investors Selective Fund, Inc
Investors Stock Fund, Inc
Investors. Mutual, Inc
Pyrenees
Sumner Street
Kelly & Somers
Siaene
Snow Irrigation Supply
E. 24Th St
Los Angeles
Frank Hornkohl
Truxtun
Business & Professional Guide
Brandt Investment CO
18Th St
Louis J. Brandt
Central Ave
ACME
Finance
18Th St. Bakersfield
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