Travel tales of Robert Nelson on Alaska and beyond
Robert Nelson and his wife Cecelia Plantanura recount a three week Alaska focused vacation with Elks Lodge hospitality. The party toured Juneau Skagway Whitehorse White Pass Yukon Portage Glazier McKinley Park Anchorage Kotzebue Nome and Seattle before returning to Santa Barbara and Lompoc aboard trains and flights.
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Robert Nelson
Alaska
Hawaii
Cecelia Plantanura
Santa Monica
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
British Columbia
Spirit of London
Ketchikan
Juneau
Skagway
White Horse Pass
White Horse
Nelson
Elks Club
Elks
Yukon River
Miles Canyon
Fairbanks
Chena River
McKinley National Park
Alask
Anchorage
Kotzebue Beach
Arctic Circle
Nome
Bering Sea
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
European trip for pastor Rev W Murray Gibbons
The Rev W Murray Gibbons of First United Methodist Church reports a 18 day European vacation visiting Austria, Switzerland, England and Paris. He describes Wengen and Innsbruck as highlights, notes Olympic excitement in 1976, and recalls experiences with French cuisine and English weather during travels along the Rhine and across the Channel. He reflects on meeting people and discussions about Watergate.
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W. Murray Gibbons
First United Methodist Church
Wengen
Switzerland
Austria
Innsbruck
London
England
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
Lompoc
Rhine
Paris
Watergate
America
Rev. Gibbons
English Channel
Fran Duarte-Clark to speak at Methodist Women’s Society
Fran Duarte-Clark an UN observer at a Romania Population Control conference will address the Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service on Thursday after a 11:30 salad luncheon in the church fellowship hall. Shin Chung will sing Korean songs at Godden Music Studio.
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Fran Duarte-Clark
Romania
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
George and
Ida Mae Cooper
Claremont School of Theology
Church Fellowship Hall
Shin Chung
Godden Music Studio
Children’s Home Society Holds State Convention
Attendance of 670 registered at the two day convention in Monterey October 10 and 11 at the Del Monte Hyatt House. Lumen Vitae League of Lompoc representatives Dee Frasher Bebe Rubinstein and Joan Garner participated with CHS auxiliaries from Golden State Central Coast Northern Coast and Central Valley districts. Workshops covered membership fund raising public relations and leadership for 234 auxiliaries. Films on counseling adoption and options for natural parents were shown including I'm Seventeen I’m Pregnant and Growing Up Together. Locally Lumen Vitae League plans fundraisers and a February 22 melodrama at Veterans Memorial Hall while meeting October 23 at Penny Haselmo’s home.
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Children’s Home Society
California
CHS
Lumen Vitae League
Penny
Robert) Haselmo
Bush Ave
Veterans Memorial Hall
Native Daughters host grand president visit in Lompoc
Betty Read Curilich of Jackson, grand president of California Native Daughters of the Golden West, visits Lompoc Grange Hall for an official tour and initiation ceremony. Cheryle Kern joins La Purisima Parlor 327. Dorothy Femlee receives 25 year pin. ceremonies include ritual work and a steak dinner side.
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Lompoc Grange Hall
Betty Read Curilich
Jackson
California
Native Daughters of the Golden West
la Purisima Parlor
Santa Maria Parlor
Curilich
Mother Ursula
Cheryle Kern
Beverly Dodd
Mary Ann Baldivias
Margaret Brown
Santa Maria
Cheryle
Gerri Kern
Mary Trigueiro
Becky Carr Wilkanoski
Dorothy Femlee
Lompoc’s
Elinor Lefkowitz
Lompoc Grange
Mary Rule
Betty Carr Wilkanoski
Dear Abby Clarifies Marrying Daughter-in-Law Laws
Reader questions about marrying a former daughter-in-law prompt Abby to recount legal cautions from Massachusetts Maine Alabama Iowa and Alabama. She notes the controversy, thanks contributors, and vows to consult legal experts in future guidance.
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Abby
Massachusetts
Paul W. Corrigan
Lynn
Mass
MR. C
Angela Haven Bonin
Alan J. Alford
Alford, Tuck and Pozzi
Sudbury
Blair C. Wood
Waterloo
Iowa
Samuel Friedman
Asheville
North Carolina
Henry N. Berry III
Cumberland County
Maine
Sanuel R. Kerall
Johnston and Shores
Birmingham
Alabama
Sam
Dan Bartley
Bartley & Harrington
Louisa
Kentucky
Sweet Adelines prepare package for club programs
Flower Valley Chapter Sweet Adelines will offer a package show for organizations seeking entertainment. The quartet performs four part harmony in barbershop style, differing from typical feminine choruses. Contact Bebe Rubinstein or Bonnie Sandusky to arrange.
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Flower Valley
Sweet Adelines
Adelines
Bebe
Lou) Rubinstein
Bonnie Sandusky
Santa Maria
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Woods
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Lucy Hood
Robert C. Lilley
Highway 246
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Washington
Mildred Cross
Tasco
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Robert Woodbury
Spokane
Mildred
William Roberts
Kenneth
Joan Bingham
San Francisco
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San Jose
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Branch St
San Luis Obispo
Solvang
Ken Anderson
Newtonville, N.Y
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Airport Area
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Rusty
Cusworth
Central Coast
Santa Clara Valley Square Dance Association
Becky
Rusty Cusworth
Anderson
New York State
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Calvary
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Livingston and Blaney Contractors
East Cypress Ave
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Philip K. Hunt
Constellation Road
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Haverhill
Cabrillo High School
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Colo
Bruce
Valley Life
Betty Laurent
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