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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1976
Page
4
A reader laments closing a 36 year family grocery store amid chain competition while offering help for neighbors. Other letters seek guidance on heartbreak after separation and a moody spouse, with Abby urging moving on, producing love and marriage advice.
Diane Contreras was crowned festival queen at La Purisima Catholic Church as the Society of the Virgin of Guadalupe donated 5000 dollars to Father Andrew McGrath for church and school use. Generous prizes of 800, 300, and 100 were awarded to Roderick Contreras, Enrique Gusman, and Alfredo Mendoza.
Betty Laurent editor reports the Lambda Chapter Beta Pi Sigma sorority hosting weddings and Christmas activities. Scarlett Romine married Jerry Walker in a double ring ceremony at United Methodist Church in Lompoc. The couple honeymooned in San Diego. The piece also covers a Christmas basket drive, Maya Angelou tribute, a December luncheon, and a New Year’s outing at the NCO Club with details on attendees and honored guests.
Fifty three girls attended the Lompoc Valley Girls Club Christmas Party at the club house on G Street. Two plays and a puppet show produced by club members featured works by Wanda Stevenson with staff production by Jill Lay and Sami Anderson. Santa arrived with gifts provided by the Lompoc Quota Club founded in 1968. Local attendees included several families and residents, while Obert McCarthy was installed as president of the Lompoc Shrine Club at Village Country Club with Speers conducting the ceremony.
Buena Vista School purchases The Little Professor by Texas Instruments for all grades to boost arithmetic skills. Equipment will be used in classrooms from kindergarten through high school with four levels of difficulty. A task force will liaise with Lompoc Unified on needs assessment.
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