It's people you love who count this holiday season
A narrator recalls busy past holidays hosting guests at home and the joy of hospitality. Old Bogey and family planned visits, but busy schedules and work now limit gatherings. The piece reflects on love, memory, and how people matter more than abundance of guests.
Dear Abby column excerpts offer blunt advice on family chores and morals
A collection of Dear Abby questions covers holiday etiquette demanding help with dishes, artificial insemination for an unmarried woman, and a separated 21 year old seeking guidance on conduct. Answers urge volunteers for kitchen duty, legal/religious counsel for insemination, and avoiding appearances of impropriety.
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K.P
Abby
This and That in the News
John Raffetto named vice president of corporate development for Rothrock International in San Francisco He holds a DBA from the University of San Francisco. New FCC call letters for Chris Durso AA6CD. Homer Hare elected wagon master of the Happy Wanderers Camping Club with Joy Beardsley and JoAnn White as officers Christmas and New Year events planned at Knights of Columbus Hall and Lake Lopez Lompoc Travel Trailer Club officers reelected Kathryn Smith president Peggy Parker secretary Russ Moore wagon master Christmas dinner party attended by local members Senior Nutrition Program to host Christmas noon dinner December 23 at First Presbyterian Church center Santa Claus to distribute gifts and Beta Sigma Phi and Girl Scout Troop 205 decorations.
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John Raffetto
Mario P. Raffetto
Santa Barbara
Maria Pensa
Lompoc
Rothrock International
San Francisco
University of San Francisco
Homer Hare
Happy Wanderers
Santa Ynez Indian Reservation
Joy Beardsley
JoAnn White
Knights of Columbus
Lake Lopez
Royal Coach
Mountain View Trailer Park
Kathryn Smith
Peggy Parker
Russ Moore
Homer
Sylvia Brady
Helen
Bob Carey
Harold
Ada Edman
Walt
Eleanor Livingston
Pete
Herb
Evelyn Smith
Ira
Dottie Summers
Hugh
Geneva
First Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Eta Eta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Girl Scout Troop 205
Lompoc Masonic Lodge 262 to Install Officers Saturday
The 98th annual installation of officers at Lompoc Masonic Lodge 262 F and AM will take place at the Masonic Temple 420 East Fir Ave Peter Schoonover 168 Oakmont Ave will be installed as worshipful master Other officers include Robert L Krabbenhoeff Daniel M Ellis Jack L Seidenberg Clare W Hess Jr John L Cowdrey Brian E Osborne Henry L Mundell C Reese Thompson E C Betts R W Bishop E C Dudgeon R C Ward The public is invited to attend.
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Peter Schoonover
Oakmont Ave
Lompoc
Masonic Temple
East Fir Ave
Robert L. Krabbenhoeff
Daniel M. Ellis
Jack L Seidenberg
Clare W. Hess, Jr
John L. Cowdrey
Brian E. Osborne
Henry L. Mundell
C. Reese Thompson
E.C. Betts
R.W. Bishop
E.C Dudgeon
R.C. Ward
Richard C. Bowen
Louis A. Baker
William B. Hansen
Robert K. Cox
Sue Godden
Jack Carlson
Thompsons wed in candlelight double ceremony
Kathryn Ann Thompson and Mark David Thompson married in a 7 p.m. candlelight service November 18 at Calvary Baptist Church Vandenberg Village before 350 guests including 55 from out of town. The bride is daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gene T. Thompson of Lompoc. the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Thompson of Lompoc. The ceremony featured a double-ring rite with 55 visiting guests and a reception in peach and brown. The couple will reside in Lompoc after a honeymoon at the Madonna Inn and Mount Hermon.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Vandenberg Village
Kathryn Ann Thompson
Gene T. Thompson
St. Andrews Way
Mark David Thompson
Paul F. Thompson
Nectarine Ave
Charles W. King
Christie Thompson
Sandy Frank
Shell Beach
Sheri Thompson
Barbara Palmer
Los Altos
Danette Stroh
Dennis Thompson
Pacific Grove
John Wayne Thompson
Bethel College
St. Paul
Minn
Dan Thompson
Ted Vinatieri
San Luis Obispo
Timothy Abbas
Hastings, Minn
Karen Thompson
Andrew Abbas
William Herndon
Dean Anderson
Robert Deal
C. William Palmer
David Hedman
Biola College
James Schermerhorn
James D. Cover
Modesto
Florence Thompson
San Jose
David Kennedy
Mike
Mark
Albany
Ore
H. I. Hamilton
A. E. Hamilton
Eugene
Cabrillo High School
la Mirada
Allan Hancock College
Clark McCune
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Lompoc Record
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Hazel Mitty
Vern
Charlotte Moss
Edythe Butler
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Winnie
Dave Massey
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Velma Chilson
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Jim
Arlene Morris
Russ
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Job’s Daughters
Rainbow For
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Mark Thompson
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Mount Hermon
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