Ada Hennessy 80 Open House Celebrates Lompoc Matriarch
Mrs. Ada Hennessy was feted at an open house on Oct 31 in Lompoc celebrating her 80th birthday. Hosted by her daughter Kathryn Donnelly and daughter-in-law, the event drew many Hennessy and Donlon relatives and friends. A lavender dress and orchid accompanied the birthday cake shaped as the numeral 80. The honoree has cared for children at First Baptist Church and lives in Lompoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Hennessy
W. Locust Ave
Albert
Kathryn) Donnelly
Orchid
John Hennessy
Lompoc
Pueblo
Colo
John
Bernard
Arthur
Chester
Santa Barbara
Kathryn
Donnelly
Elaine Carlson
Messrs
Mmes
John Donlon
Buford Benham
A.W
C.N
John Hannah
Stan Johnson
Val Morgan
Anita Delter
Florence Whipple
Terry Hennessy
Lompoc Community Woman's Club Welcomes New Members
The Lompoc group honors four new members Wanda Anderson Shirley Lawson Mary Ethyl Mosely and Marie Vorhees with corsages at a November luncheon. Guests include Mrs H E Pickett. The club plans a Dec bazaar at Del Norte Mobile Estates and hosts garden and workshop events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Hines
del Norte Mobile Estates
W. North Ave
C.K. Chilson
E. Locust Ave
Fred Smith
Bluff Drive
Robert McCarthy
Hugh Moreland
LERA Women Club Plans Alisal Luncheon Visit
Reservations due by Monday for the LERA Women’s Club luncheon at Alisal Ranch next Tuesday. All women affiliated with Lockheed invited and to call Mrs. Earl Anderson. Farewell honored Mrs. Edward Smith at Colonial Inn with gift. Mrs. Eugene Smith to be secretary. Future plans include a progressive dinner and Universal City visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lera Women's Club
Alisal Ranch
Lockheed
Earl Anderson
Edward Smith
Colonial Inn
Lancaster
Eugene Smith
Universal City
Donations flood Lompoc Valley Historical Society collections
The Lompoc Valley Historical Society reports numerous gifts over recent months for the Fabing McKay Spanne Home displays and Lompoc Museum gallery. Donors include the Hapgoods, Adams, Hedrick, Spanne family, and others, contributing books, portraits, costumes, tools, linens, hardware, and era memorabilia from early Lompoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc Valley
Linda Adam
Lompoc High School
Don Hedrick
Harold Jones
Beam
Clyde Wakefield
Mustard Stark
Irma
Henderson
Arthur Hapgood
Hapgoods
Lompoc
John Begg
Chalkrock
Astro Printers
Walt Spanne
Downing
Henry Gene
Spanne
Edna Dominy
Pete Grossi
Jerome Dutra
Alfred Robinson
Robert Morris
Jim Larsen
Walter Parker
Southwest
Violet Beck
Carmen McIntosh
Kathryn Adam Connor
James Magnuson
Ernest Carter
Ruth Anderson
Robert Chilson
Fred Muenster
Dear Abby and a Cemetery Piano in Highgate
Abby column advises on hosting etiquette for divorcees. A life size granite piano grave in Highgate Cemetery marks Harry Thornton who died in 1918. Readers are invited to contact Abby for personal replies and a local home decorating show is announced for the FCI Ladies Auxiliary meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Harold
Amy
Highgate Cemetery
London
Harry Thornton
Bridge results show week of play in Lompoc Vandenberg area
Duplicate bridge tournaments yielded multiple winners across North-South and East-West sections from Nov 4 to Nov 9 in Lompoc and Vandenberg. Notable pairs include Norbert Baumgarten Sally Cullen John Rudman Jim Longtin Ruth Roberts and Barbara Jaenicke Pamela Torbett. Christmas parties for Tuesday and Thursday clubs announced with game schedules and contact number RE 6-6620.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Section
Marge Eickhoff
Agena Way
Vandenberg Village
Kenneth Patterson
Faith W. Ryan
la Morada
Santa Barbara Co
Lompoc
Lompoc-Vandenberg
Norbert Baumgarten
Sally Cullen
Jo Gowenlock
Mary Louise Wallace
Eileen Niesen
Patti Ausbrooks
Ruth and
Herschel Roberts
Richard Dinkel
Ross Cullins
Ruth Strube
Nel Johnson
Frank and
Ethel Dawson
Marie Richey
Wally Lowry
John Rudman
Jim Longtin
Flo Fisher
John Turnbull
Jenna Longtin
Barbara Jaenicke
Pamela Torbett
Ruth
Don Ausbrooks
Cynthia
Ken Cowdry
Margaret Halbeisen
Mary Tripp
Inez DeAtley
Mike Godbee
Louis Freeman
Minnie Zvolanek
Mickie Alven
Myra Larsen
Muriel Hennessy
Doris Florow
Helen Deresky
Peggy Bright
Tom Preecs
Dan Boone
G. Stoll
H. Nakagawa
Alpha
Ocean Ave
B St
Vandenberg Officer's Club
Pellegrini Ellis engagement announced in Ventura
Mr and Mrs Fulvio Pellegrini of Ventura announce the engagement of their daughter Linda G Pellegrini to Roger A Ellis son of Mrs William F Novella Mack and Bruce H Ellis of Santa Barbara The couple plan a June 11 1972 wedding at St Pauls Episcopal Church Ventura Linda is a Buena High School graduate with an A A sociology degree from Ventura College in 1970 Roger is a Lompoc High School graduate who attended Allan Hancock College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulvio Pellegrini
Ventura
Linda G. Pellegrini
Roger A. Ellis
William F
Novella
Lompoc High School
Allan Hancock College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Ada Hennessy
Community Woman’s Club
LERA
McAdam Smith Hardware
Stanley de Lira
Veda Perkins
Coleman Iron
Gordon Davis
Herold Lantis
Morris
Fred Boie
Catherine Keys
Negus Family
Nan Poett Russell
Leslie Mayer
Vivian Shanklin
Laura McLaughlin
George Bissinger
Eliza Shutts
Mary Hedrick
S.P. Depot
Flora Riggs
Billy Oates
Don Carlos Saunders
United States
Lester Bondietti
Laura Henderson
Bondietti
Dear Abby
Vanderbilt
P.S
Los Angeles
Cal
F.C.I. Ladies Auxiliary
Franklin Raub
Bridget Gowdy
Home Interiors and Gifts Inc
Jean) Muns
Pat Ryan
Pat Goddard
Linda Brewer
Marge Diess
Betty Laurent
Pellegrini-Ellis
Clarence Ruth
Pta
Parent and
Charles McElmurry
Pier 11
Costa Mesa
Beattie Motors
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Gwen Hauenstein
Security Pacific National Bank of
Hauenstein
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