Ghosts of Mother Lode trip yields art and memories
Eugene and Leslie Mayer of Lompoc toured Big Sur and the Sierra foothills collecting photographs sketches and gravestone rubbings. They visited Monterey Winchester House Coloma Sutter’s Fort Angels Camp and Mokelumne Hill while tracing Gold Rush lore and Mark Twain tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Jack
Big Sur
Mother Lode
Eugene
Leslie Mayer
Dona
Leslie
Lompoc
Mayers
Carmel
Monterey
San Jose
Sacramento River
Mississippi
Sutter
John A. Sutter
James ¢ Wilson Marshall
Coloma
Marshall
State Indian Museum
Sacramento
U.S. 50
Folsom
Rescue
State 49
Sierra Nevadas
Sierra Nevada House
Sutters Mill
Sutter’s Mill
Robert Bell
Mary Ann
John
Mary Kempston
Angels Camp
Mark Twain
Angels Hotel
Twain
Gillis Boys
Jackass Hill
Brothers
Sierras
Dear Abby responds to stalled marriage and infidelity urge
Abby warns that pursuing a mistress would complicate an already solid marriage. she urges medical check for spark issues and urges the husband to show real manliness by honoring vows and seeking solutions with his wife rather than pursuing an affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Dentures at 24 and a Gold Rush Road Trip Tale
A reader asks about dentures and workplace gossip while another shares moral advice about a wedding gift delay. The column then sketches a Mother Lode auto tour: Twain’s Calaveras County fame, Columbia and Sonora landmarks, a Chinese Camp cemetery, Coulterville fires, and a return route via Oakhurst to Fresno. The Mayer party ends with the phrase Gone But Not Forgotten.
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San Francisco
Angels Camp
Twain
Ben Coon
Calaveras County
California
Jackass Hill
Leslie
Columbia
Coulterville
Mt. Bullion
Mariposa
Ahwahnee
Mayer
Ladies Night Acts Highlight Central Coast APWA Chapter
The Central Coast Chapter of the American Public Works Association hosted Ladies Night at the Santa Maria Club on October 17. Officers nominated for 1971 were elected unanimously: Harold L. Purdy as President, Ward Phelps as First VP, Ken Dawson as Second VP, William F. Martins as Secretary, and Philip S. Watkins as Treasurer. Hoyle received a Past President plaque, Storey Gange spoke on youth and the future, and Connie Carmen announced her engagement to Thomas Edward Hopkins. Lt. Robert W. Biles reported to Brooke Army Medical Center for training before assignment at Fort Sam Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Coast
American Public Works Association
Santa Maria Club
Santa Maria
Dennis Hogle
Harold L. Purdy
Santa Barbara
Ward Phelps
County of
San Luis Obispo
F.K
Ken) Dawson
City of
Lompoc
William F. Martins
Philip S. Watkins
District 5
California Division of Highways
Connie Diane Carmen
Thomas Edward Hopkins
Richard F. Carmen
Spica Way
Cabrillo High School
Allan Hancocker E
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Hopkins
la Canada
USC
Robert W. Biles
U.S. Army Field Service School
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Medical Service School
Biles
U.S. Army Training Center
Retirement tribute for Colonel Hugh D. Young at Vandenberg AFB
A champagne branch honored Colonel Hugh D. Young on his 30 years of service at the Vandenberg AFB Officers Club on Sunday 18 October 1970. The gala featured patriotic decor, a memory scrapbook, and gifts including a Titan II missile photo.
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Hugh D. Young
Young
Vandenberg Afb
F. Earle Ross
Lompoc
William P. Fick
Civil Engineering
Vandenberg
L.E. McManus
Dcs-De
Bill Leary
Martin-Marietta Company
Bucker
Civil Engineering Squadron
State Civil Engineering
Istrad
Sol _ Lefkowitz
Art Scott
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Mon
Delta King
James
Willey
State
Placerville
Amador County
Sutter Creek
Martell
American Forest Products Corporation
Amador- Calaveras
Jackson
Kennedy
Jackson Gate Road
Kennedy Mining and Milling Company
Butte Store
Mokelumne Hill
Mok Hill
Odd Fellows Hall
Gold Country
Dear Abby
P.S
Pat
Sonora
St. James Episcopal Church
St. Francis Xavier Catholic
Harold Purdy
Hoyle
Storey Gange
Gange
America
Carmen-Hopkins
Robert Biles
Col. Young
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