Pioneer visitors join Lompoc Pioneer Days weekend
Out of town guests attend Lompoc Pioneer Society events over the holiday weekend. Mrs. Clark of Manteca and relatives of the Frick family join local residents, with visitors from Angels Camp Los Angeles Santa Maria Reedly San Francisco and other locales.
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Lompoc
Clark
Atty
G.F. Frick
Claude
Elwyn
Lompoc Hospital
Clyde Wakefield
Los Angeles
Nellie Sperber
Howard
Elsie Sperber
Lenore Hogan Doughtery
Reedly
Adelaid Hogan Kooyman
San Francisco
Helen and
Kenny Rudolph
Dear Abby readers discuss pet food safety and wedding plans emerge
Dear Abby answers a reader about whether pet food is safe for humans and why it is not recommended. The column also notes a confession about using cat food in tuna salad and reports on Denise Obermire and Peter Castro’s engagement with a December wedding date, plus local antics in California.
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Abby
A _ reader
Food and Drug Administration
Daniel Clink
Clink
Penny
Johnson family revels in their pioneer life on island
The A Norman Johnsons and daughter Kathryn built a hand tool A-frame cabin on a three by a half mile island off Vancouver Island near Nanaimo. They sourced timber from their land, pumped water from a well, and use a wood stove. Visitors from Arizona Oregon and others helped with decking and a king sized bed while enjoying wild berries and a bathtub race viewing event. The family plans annual island vacations and notes prior Canadian and Morro Bay builds by Norman.
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Betty Laurent
A. Norman Johnsons
Nanaimo
Victoria
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Norman
Carol
Kathryn
Oregon
Washington
Johnsons
Chris Lehman
Cabrillo High School
Johnson
Island Paradise
San Fernando
Arizona
Vancouver
Calle Portes
Mission Hills
Lockheed
Canada
Morro Bay
Duncan couple marks 50 years in Lompoc with family celebration
Dr and Mrs Milton V Duncan of 214 South H Street celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 30 with cards visits and flowers arriving from Walnut Creek and Alaska. Family friends joined a dinner at Mattei's Tavern and a cake decorated with wedding bells honored their milestone.
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Milton V. Duncan
South H Street
Walnut Creek
Janet
Donnell DeGraf
Duncan
Jennifer
Alaska
Frances Osterman
McMinnville
Ore
Lompoc
Ocean Ave
South H St
Mattei's Tavern
Los Olivos
Jack DeGroot
Etta
Paul Hemmick
Reseda
Johns Manville
Kiwanis Club
Library Board
Two Travelers Visit Mexico City and Taxco
Ronald L. Pace and former student Mike Dingle traveled from Los Angeles to Mexico City for a week long visit. They toured the floating gardens Toltec Ruins Pyramid of the Sun and visited Taxco known as the silver city.
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Ronald L. Pace
Vandenberg Jr. High School
Mike Dingle
Mary Dingle
Richard Dingle
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Toltec
Taxco
Silver City
Lumen Vitae League Plans Five Fundraising Events
The Lumen Vitae League and Children's Home Society set five fundraisers this year to aid adoption and parental support programs. A fall bridge marathon kicks off the events with timing to be announced. Santa visits and Christmas card sales continue as ongoing efforts. A melodrama produced with Kay LaRue as director will stage January 2% in Lompoc with Civic Theater backing. Opening night champagne for Wake Up Darling on Oct 4 at Civic Auditorium will be hosted by the league.
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Lumen Vitae
Lompoc Civic Theater Group
Kay
John) LaRue
Lompoc Civic Theater
Lumen Vitae League
Civic Theater
Civic Auditorium
Grange marks 107 years of history in Lompoc chapter
The Lompoc Grange started in 1937 with 20 members and now has 360 members with a quarter under 21. George Burroughs leads as master, citing family strength and gender equality as keys to the Grange’s longevity. The organization, founded by Oliver Kelley and six others, grew from farmer discontent to lobby for reforms and cabinet status for agriculture.
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Fred Vulin
Grange
Lompoc
George Burroughs
Burroughs
Patrons of Husbandry
United States
Grangers
Oliver Hudson Kelley
The
US Department of Agriculture
Masons
National Grange
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la Purisima Parlor
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Grange Hall
Chicquero
Rinconada
May van Clief Hollister
Santa Rosa
Nora Donovan Rennie
Elsie van Clief Granden
Boise
Idaho
Audrey Isom Reed
Merele McCollum
Angels Camp
Helen Donovan
Solvang
Dear Abby
L.A
Calif
Abigail van Buren
Lasky
Beverly Hills
Cal
Denise Obermire
Peter Castro
Nick Obermire
South D Street
Carmen Castro
Santa Maria
Alphonso Castro
Lompoc High School
St Joseph’s High School
San Francisco State University
Brook's Institute of Photography
Santa Barbara
University of California
Bill Ratcliff
Mrs. Duncan
Mrs
Milton Duncan
Lompog
Valley Life
Orville Stubbs
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