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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1953
Page
17
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Barstow hosts the six millionth Pacific coast telephone in service with M Sgt Lionel P Williams Korean War veteran and his wife Dorothy. Officials from Pacific Telephone and allied groups celebrate the milestone while Interstate Telegraph Co installs the unit. Shafter notes rapid postwar growth from 611 to 1817 phones and a $1.4B expansion.
The M H deYoung Memorial Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park operates daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., inviting visitors to view its exhibits.
Kern County's annual fair runs seven days from Monday to October 4 with nonstop events. Fair president Albert S. Goode says every day is best and families should treat it as a vacation. Junior Olympics, livestock exhibits, Junior Horse Shows, free vaudeville, school displays, and a big farm equipment exhibit fill the schedule. Gate admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 22. West Coast Shows brings two giant carnival units to the fairgrounds.
The Kern County Health Department shifts several divisions to a new address at 2505 Alta Vista Dr Bakersfield. Sanitation vital statistics milk and dairy and health education move. administration medical dental nutrition and public health nursing stay at Flower and Virginia. Existing phone numbers remain for most divisions, with health education getting a new Bakersfield 8 1181 number.
Residents of Kern County will be offered free chest X rays at the Kern County Fair next week. The Christmas Seal Mobile X ray unit will be placed beside the Hall of Health exhibit with Mrs. Elmer Richards of Shafter leading volunteers on Wednesday.
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