New Franchise Sought Here By Gas Company
Southern Counties Gas Co applied to the Lompoc city council for a new franchise under the 1937 act. The new franchise, of indeterminate duration and nonexclusive, can be canceled if the city municipalizes the system. It restores the same two percent of gross earnings to the city and does not preclude other franchises. The council set Oct 16 for a public hearing and may introduce the ordinance if no objections arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Counties Gas Co
Lompoc
League of California
Broughton
Carl V. Kappler
Atty
Kappler
Santa Maria
Arroyo Grande
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
E. A. Vaughan
Light and Water Departments
State Railroad Commission
Vaughan
Chas
Laubly
Safeway
H Street
Roy Coates
Camp Cooke Soldiers Seek Night Jobs at Local Office
Glimpses in Lompoc show scores of Camp Cooke troops waiting nightly at the Johns Manville employment office for work, most securing shifts. A battered Stop for Pedestrians sign near North H Street indicates neglect. German POWs labor along Camp Cooke Road tending land, filling low spots and trimming weeds beside the pavement. A local wisecracker quips about carrots and eyesight. Oil company credit cards resume for Lompoc residents.
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Camp Cooke
Johns-Manville
North H Street
Camp Cocke Road
New City Hall Site Looms at Cypress and H Streets
Lompoc officials consider four Johns Manville lots on the northeast corner of South H and Cypress for a new city hall across Cypress from the public library. Councilman Ray Jacobs reported discussions with Johns Manville officials and favorable action is anticipated. The site would be near Veterans Memorial Building, the city fire department property, and city yards, aiding planned future offices.
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Cypress
South H
Lompoc
Cypress Streets
Ray Jacobs
Johns-Manville Co
Cypress Street
Public Library
City Hall
Veterans’ Memorial
City Recreation Commissioners Named To Posts
Lompoc names five members to the newly adopted City Recreation Commission at a Tuesday council session. The board will have nine seats with two-year and one-year term allocations. Mayor Duncan signals revival of the City Planning Commission with six names to be considered at the next meeting. Ex-officio members include E A Vaughan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
City Recreation Commission
City Planning Commission
Recreation Commission
Jack W. Hudson
R. W. Chilson
J. W. DeGroot
Edward Marquart
William Proud
Milton V. Duncan
County Planning Commission
Allo
E. A. Vaughan
Restrictions On Home Building To Be Lifted
United States will lift all restrictions on building private homes and structures on October 15. Reconversion Director John W. Snyder announced this in Washington. Price Administrator Chester Bowles urged Congress to empower price controls on home sales to prevent rising costs. Snyder said efforts to loosen building materials would continue, potentially raising prices and wages to break bottlenecks.
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United States
Washington
John W. Snyder
Chester Bowles
Congress
Snyder
Blimp Base Here To Close Oct 1
Lompoc blimp base will close October 1 and personnel will be sent to Santa Ana base. Official word says the local base will be left to a civilian caretaker. The Lompoc staff includes about 75 enlisted men and 10 officers.
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Lompoc
Santa Ana
Hospital Losing Little Money Now Says Mayor
Lompoc Community Hospital is about breaking even on costs. Mayor M. V. Duncan told the city council that operating costs under normal conditions would not exceed a loss of 1000 dollars per month. Discussion covered city takeover versus district operation and funding, with opinions favoring non profit management by either the city or a district. The council weighed impacts of adding Buellton and Solvang to a potential hospital district and the resulting tax implications.
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Lompoc Community Hospital
M. V. Duncan
J. L. Talbott
Lompoc
Harry Sloan
C. A. Stadley
Duncan
Carl V. Kappler
R. B. McClellan
Buellton
Solvang
Camp Cooke Welcomes New Group of 49er Veterans
A new faction calling themselves California 49ers has formed at Camp Cooke. The title, coined by a soldier lacking enough points for a discharge, gained instant popularity among peers who now greet each other as 49ers. They claim they will perform guard duty and kitchen patrol until 1949.
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Camp Cooke
California
K.P
Two Armored Divisions Now In Camp Cooke
Armored divisions 20th and 18th arrive at Camp Cooke as the XIII Corps prepares for deactivation. Replacements pour in daily while discharges reduce manpower. Inductees bypass centralized basic training and go directly to units for eight week courses.
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20Th Armored Division
Camp Cooke
Camp Cooker
Camp Roberts
Camp Callan
California
Xiii Corps
Alvan C. Gillem Jr
Camp San Luis Obispo
VII Corps
Monterey
Roland L. Shugg
XIII
Corps
Goleta By-Pass Work To Start In Short Time
The first re aligned 101 Highway section east of Lompoc will open bids September 26 for the Ellwood to Fairview avenue segment. Lester Gibson says the project diverts 101 Highway at the Hollister wye bypassing Goleta and the Marine Corps Air Station, rerouting north of the railroad to Ellwood. The underpass near St. Vincent's may be widened for local traffic. Planning Commission backs Buellton Santa Ynez and Casmalia Guadalupe road sections for early federal aid projects.
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Lompoc
Ellwood
Fairview Avenue
Lester Gibson
County Planning Commission
Hollister Wye
Goleta
Marine Corps Air Station
Gibson
Southern Pacific Railroad
St. Vincent’s Orphanage
Santa Barbara
Planning Commission
Buellton
Santa Ynez
Casmalia-Guadalupe
Better Market For Vegetables Looms In East
A definite upturn in the vegetable market emerges this week said Herbert McLaughlin of Tom Parks packing houses. East rains hurt homegrown supply while Florida storms and Los Angeles heat press on Lompoce area commodities. McLaughlin notes 1-2 carloads daily to the East with expected rise. lettuce also improves. Carrot harvest won’t start before Oct 1 unless weather shifts. Lompoce shipments last week were 34, down two from the prior week.
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Herbert McLaughlin
Tom Parks Packing Houses
California
Florida
Los Angeles
Lompoc
McLaughlin
Lompoce
Brakeman Killed In Surf Yards By Daylight Train
Jack R. Gardner 27 a brakeman from San Luis Obispo was killed in Surf yards Tuesday noon when struck by the engine of the San Francisco bound Daylight. He walked around his engine and did not hear the approaching train due to the steam exhaust. His body was sent to Santa Monica and no inquest will be held.
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Jack R. Gardner
San Luis Obispo
Surf
Philip Douglass
Lompoc
Santa Monica
Douglass Mortuary
Douglass
T. R. Silva Buys Martin Ranch In Cebada Canyon
Escrow papers show the sale of the Martin ranch in Cebada Canyon to Thomas R. Silva of Lompoc. The deal, handled by the Lompoc branch of Security First National Bank, was made by Mrs. W. T. Martin. A. G. Balaam & Son arranged the sale.
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T. R. Silva
Martin Ranch
Cebada Canyon
Martin Place
Thomas R. Silva
Lompoc
Security First National Bank
W. T. Martin
Bullock Place
C. K. Hardenbrook
Massive reinforced prison complex rises above Lompoc desert
Construction of a three story reinforced concrete prison near Lompoc Valley expands to 1,500 inmate capacity. Contractor R E McKee orders rapid concrete work with a private minining plant and two Lompoc telephone lines. The complex features a single long corridor with Y shaped ends, extensive lighting, a temporary shop, and 6500 guards with office spaces and mess facilities. Captain Linney Leggs ons oversees resident Army Engineers staff using a guard detachment area. No details on total Army prisons nationwide are given, only Fort Leavenworth as a known other facility.
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Army
Lompoc
Dyer Bridge
R. E. McKee
Camp Cooke
McKee
Linney C. Legsson
C. E
U .S. Army Engineers
Fort Leavenworth
Kang Mang
Lompoc Nursery School Reopens As Community Venture
Nursery School in Lompoc will reopen Monday as a community enterprise on an experimental basis with near certainty of self support. Mrs. Julia Rogers says the AWVS backs the effort and Robert Lilley helped secure space at the Presbyterian Service Center. Daily charges are 1.25 for regular pupils and 0.75 for day care. mothers may enroll as wanted.
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Lompoc
Julia Rogers
AWVS
Robert C. Lilley
Presbyterian Service
North Street
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