Shafter-Wasco District Charts Plans for Conservation Efforts
President J. W. Sanderson announces actions by the newly formed Shafter-Wasco Soil Conservation District. It will disseminate information on financial aid, promote practices to save water such as irrigation system reorganizing tail water use and land leveling, and show the film Water and You to inform voters ahead of Proposition No. 1 in the 1960 bond issue. Board meetings are the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at the irrigation district office.
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J. W. Sanderson
Shafter-Wasco Soil Conservation District
Peer Up Pea
Kern County
Shafter-Wasco
Gardener’s Checklist For Fall Planting and Cleanup
Gardener’s Checklist advises feeding tuberous begonias to keep blooms through next month. Start fall clean up by removing faded annuals and fallen leaves. Plant berried shrubs like Pyracantha and Cotoneaster for fall color. Perennials are available now for spring bloom. Plant native trees and shrubs early to let winter rains establish them with minimal care.
Kern County Prepares For Comprehensive Disaster Drill
Kern County will host a statewide civil defense drill to test radiological monitoring and public information systems. In Regions 4 and 5, 342 monitoring kits and stations will simulate fallout patterns with state, city, and county agencies coordinating.
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California
Allan K. Jonas
California Highway Patrol
Charles T. Rainy
CDO
Candles and Cake Community Event Calendar
A long list of attendees spans Thursday September 22 through Wednesday September 28 including Darlene Prickett Leslie Somers Leroy Kirschenmann Ada Bergen Kyle Hill Mary Malory Candy Evans M R Adamson Mildred Mettler Twila Honea E B Stringham Lorene Hill Dorris Cordoni Janice Tatum Roger Fowler Jon Wesley Toby Boels Allegra Jacobsen Lillie Dirksen Athol Burns Richard Miller Lillie Johnson Donald Perkins Hazel Krug Burns Jack Fry Mrs Walker Fry John J Peters Alfred Weaver R D Milan John C Jones Kittie Nixon Harlin Hill Charles V Hitchcock Mary Todd Denny Frizzell Harley Barling Ann Zachary Terry Anderson Deanna Jill Gorsching G J Mayer Anna Epp Barbara Anne Fleming Ralph Wood Dennis O Handel Larry Bender Michael Johnson Geraldine Jarrard Bill Irvin Pat Anderson Roberta Zachary Mike Herrera Robert Cox Jack Hunsucker.
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Darlene Prickett
Leslie Somers
Leroy Kirschenmann
Ada Bergen
Kyle Hill
Mary Malory
Candy Evans
M. R. Adamson
Mildred Mettler
Twila Honea
E. B. Stringham
Lorene Hill
Dorris Cordoni
Janice Tatum
Roger Fowler
Jon Wesley
Toby Boels
Allegra Jacobsen
Lillie Dirksen
Athol Burns
Richard Miller
Lillie Johnson
Donald Perkins
Hazel Krug
Burns
Jack Fry
Mrs. Walker Fry
John J. Peters
Alfred Weaver
R. D. Milan
John C. Jones
Kittie Nixon
Harlin Hill
Charles V. Hitchcock
G. J. Mayer
Anna Epp
Barbara Anne Fleming
Ralph Wood
Dennis O. Handel
Larry Bender
Michael Johnson
Geraldine Jarrard
Bill Irvin
Pat Anderson
Roberta Zachary
Mike Herrera
Robert Cox
Jack Hunsucker
Mexican Independence Day Parade to feature Nixon float
Tom Kelly and Mrs. Morris Harrison Co-Chairmen of Kern County special events plan a Nixon float for the Mexican Independence Day parade on Friday September 16. The procession begins at 5 p.m. at Baker and Pacific Streets and follows Baker Street in the customary lineup.
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Tom Kelly
Morris Harrison
Nixon-Locke
Kern County
Nixon
Baker
Pacific Sts
Fire Prevention Week Proclamation by Mayor Grundy Shafter
The proclamation designates the week beginning October 2 1960 as Fire Prevention Week and urges citizens to cooperate with the Shafter Volunteer Fire Department. It is signed by Mayor GH Ben Grundy on October 2 1960 and bears the city seal.
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Ben” Grundy
City of
Shafter
Kern County Bank Debits Hit New August High
Kern County bank debits rose to a record 228,397,660 in August boosting eight month total to 1,867,280,810, up 5.6 percent from a year ago. Board of Trade President Clifton Clemens said the rise signals another strong business year as construction permits totaled 3,345,122 for August, up 38 percent from last year. Residential permits led the jump with 172 valued at 2,413,649 versus 122 and 1,427,880 a year earlier.
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Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
Kern
Board of Trade
Clifton Clemens
Birth Announcement for Fourth Child David Gerald Criswell
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Floyd Criswell announce the birth of their fourth child, a son named David Gerald, born Saturday morning September 10 at 6 40. He weighed seven pounds nine ounces and joins brother Michael and sisters Elaine and the Criswell grandparents Mrs R L Criswell of Taft and Mrs I V Hunt of the same area.
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Gerald Floyd Chriswell
Saturady
David Gerald
Michael
Elaine
R. L. Criswell
Taftand
I. V. Hunt
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Mary Todd
Denny Frizzell
Harley Barling, Jr
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Terry Anderson
Deanna Jill Gorsching
United States
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Electric Motor Works. Inc
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Inyo
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