Lompoc Society surpasses four hundred members in 1970s drive
Lompoc Valley Historical Society reports membership at 411 this month under chair Mrs Arthur Vienola. Dues range from 5 to 100 dollars for individuals and families with special rates for life memberships. The society sponsors youth histories projects at local schools and honors memorial donations listed from Oct 1970 to Oct 1971.
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Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Conference of California Young Historians
Oakland
Cabrillo High School
Vandenberg
Ella Janeway
Mary Kolding Dittman
Dorothy Jacobsen Dennis
Daisy Brughelli
Dear Abby practice leads to many kisses and wedding notes
A collection of Dear Abby letters about kissing marriage boundaries and a double wedding. Readers discuss affection on steps and dance floors and a couple's wedding details from La Purisima Church. The column shares a grandmotherly perspective and humorous reader notes.
Lompoc Grange Women Elect New Leaders and Events
Ada Edman is re elected chairman of the Lompoc Grange Committee for Women s Activities. Also elected were Lola Elvig as vice chairwoman Viril Campbell as treasurer and Billy Godwin as secretary. Over 200 Sr Citizens Club members enjoyed an early Thanksgiving dinner last week. The Lompoc CWA plans a turkey dinner for Pomona Grange CWA on December 7 at 12 30 PM in the local Grange Hall. Desserts and an gifts exchange will be shared December 16 at Mrs K C Fairbanks residence 335 S NSt.
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Harold
Ada) Edman
Lompoc Grange Committee
Viril Campbell
Lola Elvig
Billy Godwin
Sr. Citizens Club
Lompoc Cwa
Pomona Grange Cwa
Grange
K.C. Fairbanks
Dancers at Vandenberg Jr High Plan Two Performances
About 75 girls in the Vandenberg Junior High modern dance unit will perform on Wednesday December 8 at the school. An assembly is scheduled during the day and a 7 30 PM PTA event will feature dancers and guests.
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Vandenberg Jr. High
Vandenberg Jr. High School
Parent Teacher Association
Joe Anna Belyeu
Julie Wolf
Travel Trailer Club Outing at Lake Lopez in November
Lompoc Travel Trailer Club held its November gathering at Lake Lopez despite rain. Hosts the Robert McCarthys served coffee and cake Saturday and a pancake breakfast Sunday. Officers were nominated Sunday and a December 4 Christmas party at Mountain View Trailer Park Recreation Hall with a steak dinner at the Colonial Inn was planned.
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Lake Lopez
Lompoc
Robert McCarthys
Mountain View Trailer Park Recreation Hall
Colonial Inn
Martinez Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Home
Mr and Mrs Pete C Martinez marked their golden anniversary with a family dinner at 429 S J St hosting son Max and wife Frances. The event featured barbecued dinner an anniversary cake and gifts including an orchid corsage a gold flecked carnation boutonniere and a golden money tree. The couple born in Jalisco Mexico are longtime Lompoc residents married in Los Angeles in 1921 then moved to Lompoc in 1922. Martinez ran a trucking company until retirement in 1959. Their four sons Daniel Buena Park Max Joe and Tony Lompoc and numerous grandchildren and a great grandchild attended.
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Pete C. Martinez
S. J St
Max
Frances
Martinez
Jalisco
Mexico
Los Altos
Ocotlan
Anastacia Flores
Los Angeles
Lompoc
Daniel
Buena Park
Joe
Tony
Larry Martinez
Norwalk
Linda Cline
Michael
John Magana
Los Angeles Area
Vicki Smith
Patricia
Antoinette
Robert
Pete Martinez
Joseph
John and
Anne Hockett
Chapter officers choose motto and watchwords
Marty and Grant Jennings named Let Love Fill Your Heart and Rule Your Life as motto and Friendship Faith and Fidelity as watchwords for Miguelito Chapter 176 Order of Eastern Star. The recently installed officers held their first official meeting at the Masonic Temple Tuesday with introductions and holiday greetings. John Paulson was named flag bearer, and bouquets plus fall dining room decor accompanied the event. The chapter schedules its Christmas party for December 14. Also visiting was Edith Moore from Eastern Chapter North Chicago Illinois and Navy man John T. Smith on two week leave visiting his mother Pat Smith in Vandenberg Village.
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Marty and
Grant Jennings
Miguelito
Order of Eastern Star
Jennings
Masonic Temple
Arla Bullard
Marshall
Phyllis Smart
Ray Wallace
Marilyn Wheeler
54Th District
CES
Edith P. Moore
Eastern Chapter
North Chicago
Ill
Robert Cox
Ruth
Virginia Madison
Georgette Standridge
John Paulson
Laura Manning
Alma Lewis
Dale Laubly
Betty Parks
Myrtle
Connie Korczak
John T. Smith
United States Navy
Long Beach
U. S. Gridley
Smith
Pat Smith
Terra Way
Vandenberg Village
Ohl Engagement Announces Edrie Anna to Mielke
Mr and Mrs Cecil G Ohl announce the engagement of their daughter Edrie Anna to Steve Karl Mielke son of Mr and Mrs Oliver W Holmes The bride elect is a 1970 Lompoc High School graduate now a sophomore at Allan Hancock College The groom is a 1969 Lompoc High School graduate serving with the U S Army in Vietnam The engagement occurred during a leave and a May or June wedding is planned upon his return from Vietnam
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Jose S. Hernandez
North Sixth St
Ana Maria
Maria Isabel M
la Purisima Catholic Church
Andrew McGrath
John M. Hernandez
John G. Hernandez
E. Lemon Ave
Jose Isabel Cordova
Rosalio Cordova
South I St
Maria Isabel
Maria Eugenia Hernandez
Mike Hernandez
Natalia Munoz
Sonia Hernandez
Nice
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
Hernandez
Southern California
Mission Hills
Lompoc High School
Cordova
Red Star Laundry
Burpee’s
Acapulco
Mexico
North Ave
Cecil G. Ohl
Edrie Anna
Steve Karl Mielke
Oliver W. Holmes
W. Anthony Way
Vietnam
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Jose Cordova
Bruce
Ray Stalker
Fred Benhart
Charles Davis
Charley Kendall
Wesley Keys
Grace
Abby
Dominy
Jessie Richardson
Lee Andrew Mackinzie
Minnie Huyck Mackinzie
Jerry Laubly
Ira Dale Watkins
Dear Abby
John Hernandez
Abby Milwaukee Sentinel
Cal
Lompoc Grange
Shaft
Jess Mitty
John McCarthy
Ray
Ira Summers
Cathy
Homer Brady
Robert McCarthy
Kenneth and
Rodney
George Davis
Robert Chilson
Fred Smith
Charles Chilson
Wanda Collinge
Kermit
Valley Life
Betty Laurent
Edrie Anna Ohl
United States Army
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