Shafter Students Invited to Cal Aggie Preview Day
Shafter students are invited to Cal Aggie Preview Day on Saturday October 18 at the University of California campus near Sacramento. Nearly 1,000 students from about 280 high schools will tour the 3000 acre campus meet faculty in Agriculture Letters and Science and Veterinary Medicine and attend the Homecoming football game Cal Aggie Mustangs versus Humboldt State Lumberjacks in the afternoon.
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Aged Curtis in 91st year ill with erysipelas
Friends of Grandpa Jim Curtis father of Mrs. J W Rose are told he is confined with erysipelas a serious illness at age 91. He cannot receive callers but appreciates telephone calls and enjoys visiting with friends. Cards are welcome.
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Jim) Curtis
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Pops Concert to Feature SHS Band at Kern County Fair
The 67 member Shafter High School band makes its public debut with a 45 minute Pops concert directed by Larry Weiss. The outdoor show on Saturday at 6 pm features selections from The King and I and Student Prince with the band playing on a stage east of the Albert Goode Auditorium on the fairgrounds.
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Kern County
Larry Weiss
Albert Goode
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Kern County building sees sharp rise in activity
Kern County builders posted a monthly total of 5 722 036 dollars up 42.5 percent from last year with new home permits dominating the figure 236 dwellings valued at 4 559 384 dollars versus 145 homes at 1 327 204 last August. Eight month residential volume reached 18 310 103 dollars up from 17 440 812 a year earlier while bank debts for the period rose 4.8 percent to 1 675 538 443 dollars. In August county banking totaled 171 032 773 compared with 183 785 256 last year. The Atkinson family from Madera visited Shafter and stayed with Mr and Mrs J M Mouser.
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Fall Lawn Care Remains Essential For Trees And Grasses
The article urges continued lawn and shade tree care through fall. It recommends deep weekly watering to soak the root zone eight feet deep for large trees and eighteen inches for Bermuda grass to prevent disease and support dormancy. It notes nematodes affect dichondra lawns and fall fertilization aids recovery and winter vigor.
Freshman Wood Enrolls at College of Medical Evangelists
Robert D. Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wood of Shafter California, begins as a freshman in CME School of Medicine. He joins a class of 1962 and is set to receive his MD in June. CME hosts 370 medical students 200 dental students 160 nursing students and about 100 in related programs. Wood prior attended La Sierra College in Arlington California. CME is owned by the Seventh day Adventist Church as part of a global network of some 350 schools.
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Conservation Program for 1959 Announced for Kern County
The Kern County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announces the 1959 ACP Program. Farmers must file Form ACP-201 at least 30 days before starting a practice to seek Federal cost shares. Maximums: $1500 per practice and $2500 per person, with pooling exceptions. Applications open September 23, 1958 at the ASC Office in Bakersfield.
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Kern County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Committee
ASC
M Street
Bakersfield
Reunion trip brings Mrs Boggs to Arkansas
Mrs Walter Boggs of Shafter Avenue visits her parents Mr and Mrs J H Simmons in Mulberry Arkansas for a month and plans to visit other relatives in the southern state during the trip.
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Shafter Avenue
J. H. Simmons
Mulberry
Arkansas
Oregon race track attendance and pari mutuel handle reach records
The Oregon Voter reports that last year attendance at horse racing tracks topped 41.4 million and pari mutuel wagering reached 2.9 billion, both all time records to date.
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