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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1977
Page
4
A postal letter from Hazel Neu complains about an insurance firm reminding customers of age and rates before birthdays. The missive lampoons the practice, urges fair treatment, and jokes about computer reminders. Other columns tackle marital doubts, money woes, and teen etiquette.
Harry A. Joy was elected chairman of the Lompoc Valley District Santa Barbara County Chapter American Red Cross at an annual meeting led by Cordelia Lemnes. New officers Gerald Ellman and May Letson were named vice chairman and secretary. Emma Magnuson received honors and gifts including a silver casserole and a bronze medallion. Diana Michael was honored for 25 years of service with a silver bracelet. Carol Anderson RN led a post meeting tour of the Convalescent Care Center.
Registration for a Girl Scout day camp at the La Purisima Mission grounds July 18 to 22 has been extended to July 8. All applications will be accepted that night. Forms are available from Fran Orman Judy Coffee Dolores Rayburn or Anne Trueman at listed addresses and phones.
Ramona Miller maps a career path from Cabrillo High School to Beattie Motors service writer. She handles stock checks, appointment setting, repair orders, and driver road tests then follows up with customers. Miller, 21, balances work with hobbies like reading sewing and scuba diving with her husband, an underwater photographer.
A meditation on aging and retirement. The piece argues that older adults lose purpose as they are excluded from family and work networks. It invokes Emerson about bundles of relations and reflects on the shift from active influence to isolation, urging readers to reclaim meaning beyond retirement.
Retirees face a new game as they seek belonging and purpose. Discuss pleasures and troubles with peers and family and compare lists to reveal shared challenges. Group action emerges as the path to influence, fellowship, and a life beyond paid work, resisting being deemed irrelevant.
District deputy president Helen Fleming of Valley Rebekah Lodge district 40 makes her official visit tonight. Officers are asked to wear white. Dorothy Stalker and Marian Schuyler serve as refreshment chairmen.
First Presbyterian Church announces July guest speakers while Rev Kenneth is on vacation. July 10 elders Krauth and Burke lead a service with Elder Lucas assisting. July 17 Rev John Imbach speaks with Elder Heter assisting. July 24 Rev Maurice Mitchell speaks with Elder Farnum. July 31 Rev Bruce Tjaden speaks with Elder Lind assisting. An August 28 deacons barbecue picnic follows worship.
Sarah Gryczko of 812 W College Ave received a presidential citation from President Carter honoring her late husband Martin Gryczko for devoted service in the Armed Forces. Gryczko, a World War II veteran, spent 14 years in the Army and died Jan 31, buried with full military honors. The Gryczkos moved to Lompoc in 1952 and he later worked as a millman for Gresco Inc.
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