Memories of snow and warmth across cold winters
A reflective piece recalling harsh winters in South Dakota and other northern states, vivid with images of deep drifts, cold mornings, and sled rides. The author contrasts frigid memories with nostalgia for Christmas Eve snowfall and a preference for warm palm tree days. The narrative spans family life, heating bills, frozen pipes, and the writer’s longing for milder climates.
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South Dakota
Jack Frost
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Thames
Madison
Wis
Cultural program noted at Beta Sigma Phi Omega Pi meeting
Rosanna Jack presented an informal education program at the Beta Sigma Phi Omega Pi Chapter meeting held December 1 in Gaylene Forsyth’s home at 210 B Elm Lane. Co-hostess Camille Smith served coffee tea and yogurt pie. Plans were made for a December 16 Christmas progressive dinner and a follow up meeting is set for December 15 at Pat Osborne’s home.
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Rosanna Jack
Beta Sigma Phi
Omega Pi
Gaylene Forsyth
Elm Lane
FCI
Camille Smith
Pat Osborne
Home and Garden Club to View Evelyn Cameron Doll Collection
Evelyn Cameron will present a 500 doll collection to Home and Garden members at the club meeting. The display includes German bisque dolls, wax figures, and rare pieces such as a 1840 Egyptian tomb doll. Items range from 1 inch to 32 inches, with diverse materials and origins.
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Evelyn Cameron
Alpha Club
Mrs. Cameron
Home and Garden Section
Ozarks
Morey Hamison
Eastern Star installs officers for 78th time in Lompoc
Miguelito Chapter 176 Order of the Eastern Star held its 78th installation at the Masonic Temple in Lompoc on November 26 with Betty Anderson as worthy matron and William B. Hansen as worthy patron. The ceremony featured numerous officers, organ music, and hostesses, with deputy grand matron Jessie Nelson and past matrons Guilda Jones and Marty Jennings assisting.
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Miguelito
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
East Fir Ave
Tom Borgstrom
Betty Anderson
William B. Hansen
June Hoover
Hugh Hoover
Margaret Hoffman
Edna Maye Bishop
Ethel Felde
Eleanor Ward
Richard Ward
Geneva Lewis
Marshall
Vernelle Poorbaugh
Virginia Rae Jennings
Adah
Lois Howard
Ruth
Mary Molihan
Esther
Karen Robbins
Martha
Geneva Harris
Electa
Robert Molihan
Sentinel Leroy Chivington
Martha Jennings
Grant Jennings
Betty Derrington
Louis Baker
Jessie Nelson
Guilda Jones
Marty Jennings
Gerald Hatfield
Bud” Mundell
Lois Godden
Patricia Elder
Joetta Lyons
Eleanor Bignami
Marcia Wicks
Sue Godden
Frankie Mae Case
Betty Canfield
Agnes Silsbee
Billie Hood
Alma Lewis
Nina Hansen
Marthalyne Dudgeon
Elizabeth Naismith
Kaytie Torango
Benny Champion
Carol McCool
Dale Anderson
H.L. Bud’s Mundell
Mildred Mundell
Joanna Brown
Phyllis Smart
Bernice Lunden
Charles Lewis
Robert Cox
Elmer Brown
Ruth Johnson
Geneva Moreland
Angela Lyons
Christmas Activities Planned by Grange Members
Santa Barbara County Committee Women’s Activity schedules a Christmas turkey luncheon Tuesday at 12 30 p m in the Grange Hall 435 North G Lompoc hosts will prepare turkey dressing mashed potatoes and gravy members to bring salads vegetables and desserts and their own table service Gift exchange participants should bring Christmas wrapped cookies candy jelly or fruits Hortense Freeman will conduct the meeting at 2 p m Master Orval Stubbs presides at the Lompoc Grange meeting at 8 p m Thursday The Grange Christmas party starts 6 30 p m Saturday with a potluck Meat rolls and coffee provided members bring the rest of the meal A Christmas program with caroling and Santa will distribute popcorn balls to children whose parents bring gifts for Santa Lecturer is Barbara White
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Santa Barbara
Tea Honors Mrs. Sherman Jr. at OWC Event
The Silver Chafing dish presentation accompanied a tea hosted by the Vandenberg Officers Wives Club for Mrs. Stuart H Sherman Jr wife of Brig Gen Sherman newly assigned to the Pentagon. Guests greeted by Mrs Sherman Carolyn Johnson and Jean Johnson with planning committee members listed.
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Vandenberg Officers Wives Club
OWC
Stuart H Sherman Jr
Brig
Gen
Sherman
First Strategic Aerospace Division
Pentagon
Mrs. Sherman
Carolyn Johnson
Jean Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Debbie Douglass
Donna Martin
Suzie Thomas
Recording artist to entertain Christian women luncheon tours
Recording artist Donna Jean Wood will speak and perform special music for an 11 45 a m luncheon of the Vandenberg Christian Women’s Club on December 13 and a Lompoc Christian Women’s Club brunch on December 14 at the Royal Coach. She will be joined by family members. holiday door prizes and reservations are required.
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Donna Jean Wood
Vandenberg Christian Women’s Club
Lompoc
Wood
Lawrence Welk
Vandenberg
Lompoc Christian
Kathy Cornford
Oneda Armbruster
Dear Abby letters reveal relationship fears and advice
A reader asks about hiding tubal ligation before remarriage and Abby urges honesty, while another asks about a spouse’s suspected affair. Abby cautions against concealing childbearing limits and advises not to press for guilt, offering a booklet on popularity to the inquiring spouse.
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Hazel Neu
Home and Garden Club
Japan
China
Russia
France
Germany
Cameron
Eastern Star
Rainbow Girls
Lompoc Record
Calif
Grange
Alice Werndli
Nancy Jacobson
Francis Painter
Santa Ynez
Ann Merryman
Valley Life
Abby
Ray
Chicken
Dear Abby
Lasky Drive
Beverly Hills
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