Ron and Gene Yaffee were married on Jan. 5, 1951. They eloped to Twin Falls, Idaho. Gene actually put her suitcases out her bedroom window. The two chose to get married in Idaho because it was the closest state that permitted 19-year-old men to get married without parental consent. They met in November 1949 while working parttime at the restaurant in the old Compton/Lynwood Sears store and going

levels meet acceptable standards. Workers stopped the raw sewage flow from a broken pipeline on Dec. 31, but not before millions of gallons spilled into the ocean downstream. The spill impacted beaches from Pales Verdes to Huntington, according to news reports. The estimated amount spilled, first thought to be 6 to 7 million gallons, was increased to 8.5 million Jan. 1, according to LA

Anna Derby of Mutual 5 recently harvested the last of her crops from her beloved Mini Farm before the Recreation Department closed access to the 1.8 Acres until further notice. During the past five years, she has grown lettuce, zucchini, red peppers, cucumber, kale, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, Korean yeul mu, leafy radish, spinach, leaf mustard, corn, green onions, potatoes, sesame seed leaf, garlic

The English Conversation Club (ECC) enjoyed special activities on Dec. 23, including bingo led by Joy Park, a question-and-answer session with club Vice President Kirk Xu, and President Jatty Yu reciting the poem “The New Colossus.” ECC teacher Joan Schwichtenberg was the luckiest at bingo, winning $10, while Min Chen and Susan Yu each won $5. During the Q& A, another chance for ECC

pany envisioned would contain all the services of a town for its projected 10,000 residents (10). However, Ross Cortese’s concept of a “comprehensive” development was thwarted when the hospital he wished to build for Rossmoor’s population was repeatedly denied. (11) Nonetheless, the couple’s study of medical services drew their attention to the health and housing needs of older adults, whose