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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
2
The article explains that zone changes require written notice and a hearing time. A plan to notify for a Planning Commission hearing this week was dropped after discovering several hundred notices were involved.
County approves a 4 cent flood control tax to finance emergency dredging in Santa Barbara harbor. Engineering studies for each zone must precede tax levies, which are capped at project costs. Zones will reimburse the county later from their own taxes.
Receipts in the Red Cross drive reached $700 to date with most districts pending completed returns. Mrs Arthur Sill chairs Purisima area, while Mrs Carlisle Stadley announces new district chiefs Mrs Willard Taylor Southwest, Charles Gross Northeast, and Mrs Ole Lunden Northwest.
City approves a bonus for lifeguards at the municipal pool to support staff who will supervise swim lessons for children. The funds aim to improve safety and instruction as part of summer programming.
Local teachers outline needs for education health and social growth for Lompoc children. They urge more classrooms teachers and operating funds to avoid double sessions and overcrowded rooms. They call for a gymnasium and adequate indoor social recreational space to foster well rounded students.
Lompoc residents are invited to the Santa Barbara County Tuberculosis and Health Association annual dinner meeting on March 21 at El Paseo Restaurant Santa Barbara. Dr Donald Freedman will discuss Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Programs for Ex Tuberculous Patients. Reservations by March 19. dinner price two dollars fifty cents.
M/Sgt James B Roberts chief clerk Plans and Training Office USDB has been selected to attend the Sixth Army Recruiting School at the Presidio of San Francisco California. He is active in Lompoc community groups including the Presbyterian Church Boy Scouts and Masonic Lodge. Home is Tucson Arizona and he resides at 218 South I Street Lompoc with wife Edith and two sons Berry and Larry. A 23 year Army veteran he served as Sergeant Major of the 201st General Hospital Verdun France in World War I and as Adjutant of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea.
Faculty members and bus drivers at the high school and Hapgood School enrolled in a Red Cross First Aid class. The course is required by the school board, with a refresher to keep certificates current.
Four new arrivals are listed with dates March 7 to March 13. Roger Clinton Fabing weighs 7 pounds 4 ounces, son of Everett and wife at 407 West Locust. Gwendolyn Carol Shatley weighs 8 pounds 1 ounce, daughter of Wendell M. and wife at 219 South B street. Michele Marie Nuf er weighs 6 pounds 3 ounces, daughter of Robert M. and wife, P. O. Box 512, Lompoc. David Mark Welch weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces, son of C. M. and wife at 201% East College.
School meals list the week including March 19 to 23 with meat loaf and vegetables on Monday, roast pork on Tuesday, macaroni and cheese on Wednesday, unclear Thursday entry, and chili beans on Friday. Milk accompanies each day. beans, fruit, and bread appear as sides or desserts.
The Lompoc Record published weekly reports the decree number 47066 and notes its filing as second class matter. The notice lists circulation terms and subscription rates within Santa Barbara County and outside the county.
The column explains how state laws vary on wills dower community property and estate distribution. It urges new California residents to reassess legal assumptions and consider multi state property when planning. The State Bar of California notes the purpose of the column to inform readers.
A rugged sport loving candidate shifts from tea party rhetoric to a presidential bid. He is eager and energetic, turning to humor like eggs quipping Eggheads unite you have nothing to lose but your yolks.
The average high last week in Lompoc was 63 degrees with a 38 degree low. The week’s peak reached 67 degrees last Thursday and the lowest 29 degrees occurred earlier the same day.
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