California PTA board to take positions on eight ballot measures
The California State PTA Board of Managers endorses Prop 1, Prop 2, Prop 5, Prop 9, Prop 14, and Prop 20, opposes Prop 19 and Prop 21, with no stance on Prop 18. A position paper outlining rationale was sent to local units this week, reaffirming opposition to Prop 14 and explaining impacts on education and local control.
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California
PTA Board of Mangers
PTA
Taxation
Watson
DAR observes charter anniversary at Santa Maria meeting
Daughters of the American Revolution Capt. Henry Sweetser Chapter marked its charter anniversary at Mrs. AE Steskopf’s Santa Maria home where 12 founders formed the chapter in 1966. The group noted 40 members, with Mrs. W.M. Harris presiding and memorialized deceased member Mrs. J. Miles Beathe.
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Henry Sweetser
AE. Steskopf
Santa Maria
Steskopf
Robert Altman
Ronald
Gretchen Steskopf) Falve
Westwood
W.M. Harris
J. Miles Beathe
Don Blac
E.R. Pedige
Secretaries to be informed of new service
Members and guests of Futura Chapter will learn about Information Unlimited at the October 26 meeting at the Security Pacific Bank Conference Room Santa Maria. Mrs Dorothy Senseney introduces Marilyn Riesbel. guests view the film Tell Me Where to Turn about the service.
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Futura
National Secretaries Association
Information Unlimited
Security Pacific Bank
E. Church Street
Santa Maria
Dorothy Senseney
Marilyn Riesbel
Community Services Coordinating Council of
Santa Maria Valley
Easter Seal Society
Santa Barbara County
Sherry Stendahl
Futura Chapter
Billie Herring
Family secrets and a desperate plea from Dear Abby
A married woman writes of her 17 year old sister Brenda seeking birth control pills. The sister asks their mother who surprisngly agrees to purchase them. The writer confronts her mother and seeks Abby's guidance on the issue.
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Abby
Brenda
Mother
Dear Abby Advice on Pill Use and Premarital Sex
A reader asks about sister Brenda using the Pill and whether their mother has changed with age. Abby notes generational views, mentions premarital sex, and compares to a separate library fine anecdote. The column reflects old era attitudes and practical, nonjudgmental guidance.
Friends honor Huffords on 30th anniversary
Wives husbands and friends of Mr and Mrs Wilbert Hufford gathered October 21 at the Swanson home in Mission Hills to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. The event featured flowers gifts, a three tier cake, and a pearl ring presentation as the couple renew their vows.
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Federal Electric Corporation
Wilbert Hufford
Betty
Bill
Hufford
Albert Swanson
Calle Primera
Mission Hills
Thomas Hufford
Fort Riley
Kansas
U.S. Army
W. Cooperider
FEC
Georgia Harpe
Cooperider
Swanson
Frank Hoard
Donald Benson
Jerry Kinder
Karl van Metre
Charles Letson
Harpe
Kay Biddison
Family Retreat at La Casa de Maria Invites Mixed Groups
Families will join a weekend retreat at La Casa de Maria in Montecito from October 27 to 29. Led by Reverend Joseph Zenk and Immaculate Heart Community members, the program targets married couples and families with age grouped children, ending with a joint liturgy. Dr Zenk is a Newman chaplain at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a philosophy doctorate from Louvain. La Casa de Maria is at 800 El Bosque Road, Santa Barbara 93108.
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la Casa de Maria
Montecito
la Casa
Joseph Zenk
S.S
Immaculate Heart Community
Father Zenk
Newman
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
Louvain
Belgium
el Bosque Road
Santa Barbara
AAUW Supports UN Week In Lompoc Proclaimed By Mayor
United Nations Day and UN Week are proclaimed in Lompoc by Mayor George Cotsenmeyer at the request of the Lompoc Vandenberg Branch AAUW. UNICEF card sales fund about ten percent of UNICEF’s yearly budget. for sample cards call Helen Grossman, Beth Mott or Bonnie Wynne with listed numbers.
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George Cotsenmeyer
American Association of University Women
Helen Grossman
Mary Holdsambeck
The
AAUW
Unicef
United Nations
Beth Mott
Bonnie Wynne
Museum notes reveal bison skin donation and village exhibit
Assistant curator Ed Benhart donated a six foot by five foot bison skin with tan hair and a five inch mane. Frank Parr and his son Don helped label the Typical Indian Village model in the Ruth Gallery as Leon the pushbutton pump debuts next week.
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Robert Morris
Ed Benhart
Lompoc Museum
Frank Parr
Don Parr
Safeway Stores
Los Angeles
Clarence L. Ruth
Frank
4392Nd
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Leon
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DAR
Lompoc
American Association of Retired Persons
Veterans Memorial Building
Fred Bremerman
Betty Fawcett
Home Service Department
Southern California Gas Company
Fawcett
Donald Spicer
Mission Vieja
Robert Hunt
Mission Vieja 4-H Club
Lom
Valley Life
Friends
Huffords
John Stouch
Hugh Laver
Robert Garman
Dale Lemen
Museum Notes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!