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Record crowds attend La Purisima Mission Fiesta
An estimated 12 000 to 15 000 people packed the La Purisima Mission grounds for the 32nd Fiesta. About 5 700 vehicles inside the park and 300 to 400 outside filled the area as the day featured a mass, St Anthony's Choir, a noon flag-raising, free lunch for about 10 000, 21 exhibits, and a children’s parade. Officials including Lt Gov Reinecke and State Parks leaders praised the event, while talks at the advisory committee discussed overnight camping and a master plan for the mission’s 900 acres of public use.
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la Purisima Mission
Mission Gates
Mission Church
St. Anthony’s
William P. Mott Jr
Ed Reinecke
Robert Lagomarsino
W. Don MacGillivray
Leonard Thompson
State Parks Commission
Bill Russell
el Presidente
Santa Barbara
Fourth
William Penn Mott, Jr
California Department of Parks and Recreation
la Purisima Mission Advisory Committee
Miss Pearl Chase
Mott
Rucker Road
Casmalia Highway