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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1972
Page
4
Registrations opened for the Lompoc Girls Club second day camp running through August 7. Activities include sewing arts and crafts cooking and a trip to Santa Barbara for Fiesta Day parade. Camp ends with an overnight Friday at 122 North G St and a Saturday 10 a.m. finish. Fees are 3 dollars for members and 4.50 for non members.
Teddy bears and other stuffed toys will be featured at the annual Dolly Tea Party in Ryan Park. Sponsored by the City Recreation Department, the event includes a Teddy Bear Picnic with ribbons for best in many categories. Refreshments and prizes for entrants and their mothers.
A jumble of Dear Abby advice items and a toy doll contest mention. Themes include hosting festive gatherings, helping others, a German reader’s traffic beeping idea for blind pedestrians, a musician’s wife confidential note, and a summer playground doll event with various doll category awards.
Jill Eyre of 621 West Ocean Ave was honored at a Friday luncheon at Foster's Smokehouse Restaurant. She has resigned from City Hall work to await her baby next month. A recent baby shower was held at City Hall during a coffee break. Hostesses were Thelma Marshall Dell Nunnelee and Virginia Zeman. Residents and co workers attended including Stella Reed Fran Doria June Patton Barbara Barboza Annamae Weatherill Marvin Loney Peggy Jackson Lois Kain Arlene Young Steve Lewis and Ken Schnell.
Edward Benhart spoke to the Lompoc Gem and Mineral Club on Chumash Indians and local cave paintings. Slides were shown. Edith Scott became club president with James Clark as vice president. A potluck picnic was planned for August 20 at Ken Adam Park.
A Saturday program in Knights of Pythias Hall features a surprise skit for Mary Rule at the La Purisima Parlor 327 Native Daughters of the Golden West installation. Jessy Ramming and others narrate songs and scenes including School Days and Tea for Two with a graduation diploma and baby dolls. The ceremony was conducted by Mrs Ambert Phillips with officers named and gifts presented to Mildred Rande and Mary Rule amid flower arrangements and a list of new committee chairmen and officers slated for August 9 installation plans.
Principal during their senior year and the football coach were among special guests at the Lompoc High School 1957 graduate reunion. Guests, family, and friends gathered at the Johns-Manville Clubhouse for a color themed dinner, memorabilia displays, dancing to Country Pride, and door prizes. A Sunday picnic followed in Ryan Park with many attendees from Goleta and Santa Barbara communities.
Final results from the Santa Barbara County Fair 4 H food preparation contest show Lompoc winners across multiple categories. Winners include Cathy Lukk Deena Starbuck and Frank Costa in drop biscuits, Tracy Craig in several cookies events, Stephanie Wright in shaped cookies, and Douglas Craig with jelly roll and sponge cake placements. Other top finishers include Christine Tykeson Gregory Beard Kathi Costa Mary Anne Costa Barbara Hampton and Marilyn Huffman in various breads cookies and table settings events.
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