Santa Barbara Considers Secession From County
Officials in Santa Barbara contemplate seceding from Santa Barbara County over alleged unfairness in annexation taxation and fund allocations. The piece notes 70 years of such talk, largely from the north, and argues secession is a last resort by desperate people, predicting future repeats and noting the courthouse is too big to move.
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Santa Barbara
County of
Channel City
Board of Supervisors
Santa Barbara County
Retirement of Santa Barbara County Supervisor McClellan Highlighted
Well Done Mac notes the retirement of Fourth District Supervisor R B McClellan after 12 years on the Board. The piece lauds his fiscal vigilance for taxpayers, role in county modernization during and after World War II, and improvements at the general hospital, while acknowledging ongoing transition before a successor takes over.
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Lompoc
R. B. McClellan
McClellan
Board of Supervisors
Soime
Santa Barbara County
General Hospital
A Word to Graduates
A short graduation message emphasizes universal worth and mutual importance. It urges pride tempered by consideration of others, defines confidence versus conceit, and reminds graduates that the world needs everyone as VIPs with God given abilities.
Birth timings and hospital care shift with modern trends
A Warren State Hospital report notes 5 am as the most common birth hour from 33 000 cases, with 7 pm least popular. Home births declined, hospital births rose. hospital stays shortened to five days. Fathers now often obtain bank loans for fees, and baby care gadgets ease duties.
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Peter D. King
The
Warren
Pa.) State Hospital
Lompoc Notes On Gold Dust, Growth And Graduation
The Record notes Mr. Chas. Launer brought 39 ounces of gold dust and platinum worth about $700 seized by 12 men over two weeks. It mentions town repairs, a 4th of July meeting, a fruit stand rental, a re elected school trustee, Portuguese Society festivities, Camp Cooke summer prep, May building permits totaling $97 100, a six unit apartment at 120 North B street, and forty five Lompoc High seniors marching to Pomp and Circumstance for the Class of St commencement with Roland Chesser giving the address and Dr Einer W Jacobson delivering the school speech.
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Chas. Launer
Lompoc High
Roland Chesser
Einer W. Jacobson
Santa Barbara
Lompoc School Demolished As New Building Opens
The 1876 two story Lompoc grammar school with eight rooms is torn down this week to make way for a modern nine room fireproof building with offices and rest room. Mayor Whittemore names F B Moore and F J Miller to consult on street lighting with E F Vaughan of Lompoc Light and Power. Eighth grade students perform The Conversation of Pa in the new high school. Miss Minnie Rennie graduates from San Jose Normal June 21 and plans teaching summer school. Mr and Mrs J M Smith head north for commencement.
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Lompoc
F. B. Moore
F. J. Miller
Whittemore
F E. A. Vaughan
The
Lompoc Light and Power Company
Neal Olinger
Ethel Horn
Lois Gragg
Walter Steward
Allen van Zandt
Rade
Minnie Rennie
San Jose Normal School
J. M. Smith
Livin la Lompec Column Denounces Society Abolitionists
Elkin Mittelman writes from Lompoc defending civic activity against a newly formed Society for the Abolition of Societies. He cites local examples like a Sportsmen’s Club Fish Fry and community projects while urging readers to choose their commitments and say no when needed. He notes a New Jersey editor sparked a nationwide editorial trend.
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Frank Twyford
John Smalling
The
Society For the Abolition of Societies
Lompoc
Sportsman's Club
Brown Spot Lawn Insect Damage Warns Homeowners
The Note Pad reports brown lawn spots from sod webworms and cut worms, mainly affecting most grasses except Bermudas. Larvae feed on blades. control options include PPT Chlordane or Dieldrin per package, with multiple seasonal applications. Other causes include dog damage fertilizer burns and fungus. Morning glory can be reduced by MCP applications. Denholm Seed Company is noted.
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Bermudas
Denholm Seed Company
Farm advisor Jock Bivins', spray method for morning glory
Jock Bivins of Lempoc recommends a spray rig to target morning glory between rows and in furrows. He notes past use improves control and flower seed yield with active growth near the early blood stage. Suggested rate is three quarters to one pound MCP per acre in 20 to 30 gallons of water.
Gydo the Gypsy Heroine of Marseilles Escape Plot
In wartime Marseilles a gypsy named Gydo aided downed airmen and refugees by guiding them through a back entrance to escape routes. A Nazi trap failed as Gydo narrowly evaded capture, while French women shaved their heads to expose collaborators, leaving Gydo at large and the tale faded into rumor of a tea leaf reader still lingering near the waterfront.
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Gydo
Guy de Rog
Marseilles
Chez Henrie
California Farmers Use Self-Help Marketing Programs
California agriculture faces year round market pressures from distant East and Midwest buyers. Farmers coop actions reduce costs through self help marketing programs, pooling limits on production and promoting quality, with 28 programs in 1955 spending over four million dollars on promotion.
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California
de Witter
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V.I.P
T.C.C
E.C
Yesteryears
Wm. Barker
Odd Fellows
John Shoults
49Th National Guard
Camp Cooke
William Negus
Frank Acin
Hilda Silva
Elkin Mittelman
New Jersey
Santa Maria
Curt Levens
Lompoe
Lempoc
Jock Bivins
Gudo
Jawohl
Heil Hitler
Hitler
de Maupassant
the Farmer's Corner
University of California
California Agriculture and Cieesers
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