Mum Turner reunites after 6,000 miles in Lompoc during holidays
A Glasgow family long separated since 1939 is reunited in Lompoc for Christmas when Mum Turner joins Alex Turner and relatives. Alex, a local resident since 1964, organized the reunion and shares the family’s new life in their adopted home. The piece weaves in Dear Abby and New Year’s resolutions, ending with the Turner family of Jessie, Alex, Chris, Tess, and Edith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Alex Turner
Shona
Kinsley McIntyre
Edith McIntyre
Jesse Turner
Christine Landman
Janey Lewis
Jim McIntyre
al Landman
Scotland
Turner
Glasgow
Jessie
Alex
Chris
Tess
Edith
London
Southern
Rhodesia
Salt Lake City
Utah
Germany
Lynn M. Hansen
Salt Lake
Hansen
Pole Line Dist. Co
St. Regis Paper Co
Utah Bridge League
St. Regis
Oregon
San Francisco
Roy Graves
Vandenberg
Elks Lodge
United States
Immigration Department
Jim
Ainsley
West Ocean Ave
Alex Landman
Janey
Landman
Mum’’ Turner
Overeaters Anonymous creed and family tale of Lompoc move
The column blends Abby advice and a lasting Overeaters Anonymous creed urging self discipline and calm. It then chronicles the Turner and Hansen families religiously pursuing a dream, moving from Scotland to Rhodesia to the United States, culminating in a paint and wallpaper business in Lompoc California and a large family reunion era.
Lodges to Install Officers in Lompoc Joint Event
Lompoc Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges will hold a joint installation of officers January 12 at 8 p.m. in IOOF Hall. Public invited. Rebekah officers elect include Daisy Olinger and Barbara White. Odd Fellows elect include John Ryberg and Pete Pohlhammer. A Christmas party for about 40 children featured gifts and a story read by Sharon Scolari, with music from a Lompoc Grange choir. A Christmas Eve engagement ring was given to Sharon Lee Grossini by Dan L. Petersen. she is a senior at Lompoc High School and the couple plans to wed after his 1972 graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Rebekah
Odd Fellow
IOOF
Daisy Olinger
Noble Grand
Barbara White
Helen Benhart
Gertrude Lehman
Marguerite Bounds
Odd
John Ryberg
Pete Pohlhammer
LeRoy Scolari
Web Herrier
Marvin
Sharon Lee Grossini
Dan L. Petersen
Pauline N. Grossini
South Seventh St
Charles L. Grossini
Dan M. Petersen
Miss Grossini
Lompoc High School
Lompoc High
Lompoc Pallet Co
Perez-Sankey Nuptials Held at St Marys Church
The Perez Sankey wedding took place on December 22 at St Marys Episcopal Church with Father Stuart Fitch officiating. Evelyn Valerie Perez wed Wentworth A Sankey in a formal ceremony. reception followed at Veterans Memorial Hall. The couple plans a move to Long Beach as Sankey studies at Long Beach State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Incline Village
Lake Tahoe
Wentworth Alfred Sankey
Evelyn Valerie Perez
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Father Stuart Fitch
Ramon Perez
North
Wentworth A. Sankey
Draco Drive
Vandenberg Village
Venice
Susan Pacheco
Lucille
Robert) Spear
Adele
Ralph) Vargas
Christine Garcia
Robert Helms
Ben Contreras
Ray Perez
Robert Womack
Ogden
Utah
Laura Ann Perez
Tony Berrateran IV
Veterans Memorial Hall
Margie Huckins
The
Mines
George Vega
Alex Garcia
Christmas Reunion Of Families Spans Cities
A long Christmas gathering brings together Wayne and Billy Benham’s relatives from Baton Rouge Long Beach and Sacramento. Guests include Elms families from Provo Sacramento and San Jose while others travel from Berkeley Roseville and Lompoc for holidays and New Year events. A birth announcement notes Richmond Andrew Ford born December 28 at Lompoc Hospital weighing 9 pounds 307 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Billy Benham
Baton Rouge
Billy Kay
Phil) Demattia
Duane
Krista Kay
Long Beach
Teresa
Billy Burkett
Sacramento
Carol
Wayne Jr
Solvang
David
Andrew Ford Jr
North E St
Richmond Andrew Ford
Lompoc Hospital
Richmond Robert Kelly
Coolidge, Ariz
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Abby
Abraham Lincoln
America
Dear Abby
Pas
Box
Hollywood
Cal
P.S
L.A
Calif
Socorro Vega
Rolando Robles
Refugio Gonzalez
Tony Lopes
Poinsettias
Allan Hancock College
el Zarape
Allan Hancock
Lompoc Unified
Long Beach State College
Wentworth Sankey Jr
Dan Duffy
Valley Life
Neal E. Elms
South E St
Reed Elms
Charlene
Richard
Larry
Provo
Gary Elms
Danny
Alecia
Wilma
Luther Thomas
West
Walnut Ave
Monterey
Earl T. Cass
Fred
Patricia Butler
Charles
Wilma Jack
George
Olivia Cotsenmeyer
Faithe
Christina Bremner
Esther Harris
Betty Laurent
Don Miller
San Diego
Elda Barlow
Berkeley
Dale Laubly
North Highland
Alice and
James McBride
Hilda Paaske
Winnie Williams
Williams
Roseville
Freda
John Egge
Egges
Greece
Mike
Donna
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