Patricia Bivins Weds Lt. Thomas Fern at Vandenberg Chapel
Patricia Bivins and Lt. Thomas Edmund Fern exchanged marriage vows on Saturday morning July 12 at Center Chapel, Vandenberg. The ceremony was before about 60 guests with Father Timothy K. Ryan officiating. The bride, daughter of C. D. and Mrs. Bivins, wore an Angelai lace gown with Chantilly detailing and a long train. The groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Edmund R. Fern of Bay Shore, Long Island. The reception followed at the Vandenberg Officers Club, with attendants including Matron of Honor Mrs. Paul Porter and Best Man Capt. Charles Krueger. The couple will reside at 3986 Mesa Circle Drive Apt. 209 after a honeymoon to Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada. The bride is a graduate of Lompoc High School and Allan Hancock College, and the groom is with the 6595th Aerospace Test Wing at Vandenberg.
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Center Chapel
Vandenberg
Patricia Lynn Bivins
Thomas Edmund Fern
Timothy K. Ryan
C. D. Bivins
Lemon Ave
Edmund R. Fern
Bay Shore
Long Island
N.Y
Paul Porter
Manhattan
Kansas
Charles Krueger
Clyde Magill, Jr
Dallas White
Earl T. Cass
Lompoc
Allan Hancock College
The
Aerospace Corporation
Vandenberg Afb
Stevens Institute of Technology
N.J
Aerospace Test Wing
Vickie Dianne Locke
Sgt
Wayne Bennett Kelley
C.B. Locke
Vandenberg Trailer Court Six
Space
C. B. Kelley
New Orleans
Church of Christ
Walnut Ave
O St
Cabrillo High School
Junior Womans Club roundtable sets anchors away theme
Tierra Adorada District of the California Federated Women’s Clubs held a Saturday conference at First Presbyterian Church. Seventy club officers and 61 members from Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties attended for officer workshops and district goals.
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Tierra Adorada
California
First Presbyterian Church
Carl Moregan
Simi
Oxnard
Lompoc Jr
Ventura
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Lompoc Jr. Alphas
William Paulin
Dale Anderson
DeWayne Holmdahl
Maynard Steffen
200 oldest Californians are sought for state honor
California sponsors seek the 200 oldest residents as part of the bicentennial celebration. Notables include Edna Stukey of Westminster age 96 or 97 who helped make the first long distance call in 1878, and 99 year old Alice Minick of Los Angeles who sews all her own clothes.
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Los Angeles
Edna L. Stukey
Benton St
Westminster
Pacific Telephone
Oneida Mine
Sutter’s Creek
Alice Minick
Sunset Blvd
California
Nellie Sperber 90th birthday honored with open house
A 90th birthday open house for Nellie Sperber was hosted by her son Howard in Lompoc with about 50 guests. Family members include grandson Scott Sperber and granddaughter Norma Greenleaf, with out of town sisters and many well wishes from relatives and friends.
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Nellie Sperber
Howard
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
E. Ocean Ave
Edwin Sperber
William Hogan
KNEZ
Dear Abby Instructs on apartment access and job attire
Dear Abby advises the couple to set firm boundaries about letting neighbors use their apartment and describes how the husband should communicate the change. It also notes a cleaning worker arrangement is not customary but can secure an employee. Other letters discuss job applicants’ appearance, a pregnant daughter, hosting dogs, and an August wedding announcement for Vickie Locke and Sgt Wayne Kelley.
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Abby
Oak Park
Oak
Local newlyweds to appear on TV at Vandenberg AFB
Sgt Frederick Vantiem an instrumentation mechanic with the 392nd Communications Squadron and his wife Marilyn appear on the Newlywed Game taped at ABC Studios Los Angeles. The couple three months married placed second on the show earning a portable typewriter electric shaver kettle and attaché case. They live on Vandenberg Base Trail er Park No 4 Detroit natives. Their air force service includes two years and two months with Vandenberg since March 1968. Also Betrothal news for Nancy Jean Newsome and Chadwick Henderson of Lompoc and Hendersonville NC announce wedding planned next January at the Vandenberg Main Chapel.
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Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Clara Westrope
S. H St
Emma Coker
Taft
California
Harry McCabe
Nellie Sperber
F St
Jesse Richardson
Louise Palmer
Lemon Ave
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Frederick Vantiem
392Nd Communications Squadron
Marlyn
ABC Studios
Los Angeles
Vantiem
Vantiems
Vietiem
Green Bay Packer
Detroit
Trailer Park No. 4
Nancy Jean Newsome
St. James
Chadwick Henderson
Carl Allen Newsome
Constellation Road
Lompoc High School
University of California
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Patricia Bivins
Thomas Fern
Bruce
CFWC
the Mines
David Bodary
Ronald Farmer
Darrell Gable
Louis Garcia
William Gragg
Ted Hofmeister
Kenneth Hoyt
Ronald Knight
Stephen Krozier
Edward Lewis
Wayne Susee
James Ward
George Waudby
R.L. Burnett
Alpha Jr. Alpha Clubs
William H. Boone
General Club
Alan Wahlner
Encino
Jure
Floresta
Hers Plan Fair
Floresta 4-H Club
Houston
Cal
Forrest Ogden
Fir Ave
Lompoc Hospital
Chance Dyton
Richard Hall
N. E St
Max and
Grace Carruthers
W. North Ave
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