11 Lompoc Valley pupils among FFA finalists
Thirty students from five Santa Barbara County high schools reached the finals of the national Individual Farm Project Competition sponsored by the Future Farmers of America and Security Pacific National Bank. Finalists from Cabrillo High School Lompoc High School Righetti High School Santa Maria High and Santa Ynez High are named. awards to be presented at a banquet with Gold and Silver Certificates for top projects and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Future Farmers of America
Security Pacific National Bank
Santa Maria Union High School
Ernest
Security Pacific
T.E. Canham
Pomona
California State Polytechnic College
Gary Brown
Darrell Cleveland
Don Cleveland
Susan Fitch
Chat Graves
Cabrillo High
Roy
Security Pacific Bank
Vandenberg Village Country Club
Campaign chairman named for Passage of Proposition 7
Santa Barbara leader John P. Whittemore is named chairman of the Prop 7 campaign. The measure on the June 2 ballot would cut the maximum interest on general obligation bonds from 9 to 7 percent, affecting $1.3 billion in existing bonds earmarked for the Water Plan, schools, veterans loans, and parks. Whittemore argues passage is essential to complete the Water Plan and fund construction, taxes, and local facilities including Gaviota Refugio, Carpinteria, and El Presidio monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
John P. Whittemore
Santa Barbara County
California
Whittemore
Gaviota - Refugio State Beach
Carpinteria State Beach
el Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historical Monument
Reagan
Rancheros Visitadores 40th Trek Set for Saturday
Some 600 men from across the country and Canada will join the 40th annual Rancheros Visitadores trek starting at Mission Santa Ynez Solvang with a 3 PM opening ceremony and a blessing by mission padres. The event proceeds include new member initiation at Jackson Camp and an exodus of horses and men through the Santa Ynez Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Rancheros Visitadores
Mission Santa Ynez
Solvang
Santa Ynez
Mission Padres
RV Orchestra
From Wake to Tsingtao Marines and Pacific authors explain
The piece lists contributors to a Western Book Shelf volume on the Pacific war. It notes Marines killed on Peleliu with a combat average of 1,589 rounds per 10,000 Japanese deaths, detailing ammo types and quantities. It references authors reporters and military figures, and questions whether Bushido ideologies influenced Japanese tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Okinawa
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Fletcher Pratt
Pratt
United States Marine Corps
Random House of New York
S. E. Smith
United States Navy
Wake
Tsingtao
Pacific
Col
Gregory (Pappy) Boyington
Marion E Carl
Joe Foss
Fleet Adm
William F. Halsey
Thomas Holcomb
Alexander A. Vandergrif
John Hersey
Robert Leckie
Walter Lord
Robert Sherrod
Ira Wolfert
Hanson Baldwin
John Lardner
Jim Lucas
Ernie Pyle
Richard Tregaskis
George McMillan
Peleliu
Gundak Canal
Braun Pharmacy and local business listing
Local business notice lists Braun Pharmacy at 101 So H Street with phone RE. 6 1251 and additional entries for Eliz Arden DuBarry Loreal Factor Cer Gray Hallmark Cards and Blue Chip Stamps.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lompoc Valley
FFA
Insurance City
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bell & Howell
KODAK
Weaver
Model
Weaver's
S. Broadway
Santa Maria
Vistadores
Briant
Smorgasbord
H Street
Lompoc Plaza
Cooper’s Alifornia Clothiers
GO Et AY
Cooper's
Mike Cooper
Cooper
California Clothiers
Lompoc Shopping Center
Bank Americard
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