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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1972
Page
4
Margie, a former waitress, asks readers to leave tips on the table rather than in pockets or hands when her hands are full. Dear Abby answers by thanking the writer and affirming the practice of placing tips on the table for waitresses.
Results from Sept 14 17 and 18 duplicate bridge tournaments show North South winners Mary Louise Wallace Patti Rusbrooks and others across divisions with multiple ties and new open pairs. Community event notes include a long list of officers escorts and attendants at Alpha Clubhouse ceremonies and installations.
Estelle Baker toured San Francisco Fairfax and redwood country then Lake Tahoe visiting Homewood South to Palos Verdes Estates and Delmar before a San Diego Ensenada stop. The Deckers fished at Lake Texoma Oklahoma with resort water holes and a lake cabin stay while Oklahoma oversees several large lake lodges with hundreds of rooms and golfing facilities.
Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Balaam wed in Solvang with Judy Harman as bride. The couple, both 1970 Lompoc High graduates, plan a Las Vegas honeymoon and reside at 313 North K Street. Parents John Harman and David Balaam attended, reception held at Knights of Pythias Hall. Bride’s gown features rounded neckline and leg of mutton sleeves.
Miss Ruth Fischell was feted with a surprise farewell party at her aunt Mary Braun’s home 424 South Hawthorne. Guests included Dave DeGregorio and Peter Morgan with many relatives in attendance. She toured California landmarks before returning to Iowa for secretarial school.
The ninth annual reunion for former residents of Indiana at Tucker's Grove Santa Barbara is set for 1 p.m. October 1. Attendees should bring a hot dish salad or dessert and their own place settings. Coffee drinks and ice cream will be provided. For more information contact RD Starkel Goleta 967-8293.
The Lompoc Vandenberg Branch of AAUW hosted an event with champagne punch and crepes for new and prospective members. Elizabeth Wood chaired the event with assistants and hostesses named, guests included many members and observers, and activities ranged from book group planning to community zoning talk by Al Autry.
M Sgt and Mrs George H Palmer announce the engagement of their daughter Cathleen S Palmer to Sgt Dennis L Leetham of Hillsboro Illinois Stationed at Vandenberg AFB His parents are Virgil and Mrs Leetham of Hillsboro The bride elect is a June Cabrillo High School graduate He and Cathleen plan a November 25 wedding at Lompoe Church of the Nazarene
Mrs. Howard Holt, social chair, plans a Saturday cook-out at Sportsman's Lodge for Xi Omicron Tau Beta Sigma Phi. The club, Friendship Club of Lompoc, will involve members in service projects and transfers to various parts of the country. Mrs. Roy Graves hosted the first fall meeting at 136 Aries Ave Vandenberg Village. Summer events included a July theater party, August card party at Mrs. Paul Drouin’s home, and a lunch at the Far Western Restaurant in Guadalupe.
Lompoc hosts a Church Women United event on Monday to address venereal disease. Beth Mears head nurse of Lompoc Unified School District and Major Barbara Farrell of Vandenberg AFB will lead the discussion at Valley Chapel 125 North N St. meeting at 7 30 p m. A related film will be shown and all interested women are invited.
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