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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1969
Page
4
A collection of Dear Abby exchanges discusses a 25 year marriage losing spark and a wife suggesting a younger partner, a 12 year old who hates practice seeking piano without effort, and a parent praising counseling for teen emotional issues with guidance on seeking help.
The Friends of the Lompoc Public Library approved a fund drive to honor donors with bookplates and stationery. They will spend up to 50 dollars from 400 dollars raised at a recent sale, with a minimum donation of five dollars. Officers for the year were elected, and planned gifts include a phonograph, mimeograph, globe, and children's film options.
Col. Clarence Shivers, noted portrait painter, will be the featured speaker for the Lompoc Valley Art Association at 7 30 p.m. in City Hall Auditorium. Stationed at Vandenberg AFB, he will discuss art drawing on a career as illustrator designer teacher muralist and advertising director. His awards include Atlanta University popular vote prize and SAC awards. His mural Negro Quest for Equality is shown at Peoria Carver Community Center. Public invited. event expected to be a yearly highlight.
Fifth grade honors students at Lompoe Jr High presented Olaf and the King of the Elves, a Norwegian fable set in fjords, with student‑led set design, costumes, and rehearsals. Betsy Brown narrated, with Jimmy Wharton and Bobby Coe in lead roles, and a large cast of student dancers and background figures. curtain at 7:30 p.m. in the Jr High Auditorium drew parents and guests.
Late Lompoc Grange members were honored at a candlelight memorial service led by Laura Henderson at the Grange Hall. George Burroughs read tributes to John Day Melvin Eckert and Mrs Catherine Roberts. A circle around the altar accompanied by song featured an act ing chaplain Mrs Kenneth Fairbanks.
La Purisima parish bazaar plans candy booth contributions for June 7 8 on school grounds from noon to 8 pm with fudge divinity peanut brittle popcorn balls toffee and lollipops. Chairwomen Val Orona Manuel Sandoval and Michael Salucci urge parishioners to donate and provide contact numbers. A chicken barbecue dinner runs 4 8 pm Saturday and 12 6 pm Sunday with adult and child pricing and Kiddie Korner games. Local band Los Navegantes performs throughout the event.
A social shower for engaged couple Miss Dianne Danz and Lt. Roland Jones was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dial at 501 S. D Place with Mrs. Dial and Mrs. John Artis as hostesses. Attendees enjoyed a candelit dining room, champagne punch, strawberry dessert, and a wedding themed cake. Danz, an elementary school librarian, and Jones, stationed at Vandenberg AFB, plan a June 14 wedding.
Xi Lambda Iota chapter reconstitutes egg sale proceeds into nursing scholarships for two females Christy Talbot of Lompoc High and Tonya Chapman of Cabrillo High receive awards presented by Mrs. Hector Samaniego and Mrs. Jimmy Mills. Beta Sigma Phi appoints committee chairs for 1969 70 with theme Join Hands and Hearts and notes programs from In Word and Deed and Thought.
Lompoc resident Mrs Kay Greer, widow, moved to Santa Maria last August. She plans a June 28 wedding at the First Foursquare Church in Santa Maria with her fiancé Mr H P Sim Acker, a widower, who works for Van Wyk Cadillac Pontiac Inc. They will reside in Santa Maria after marriage.
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