JUBILEES : SWEETHEARTS, THEN AND NOW.Byline: - Sharon Cotal Ginny and Dean Knouse of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with family and friends at the Lobster Trap Lobster Trap A strategy used by a target firm to prevent a hostile takeover. In a lobster trap, the company passes a provision preventing anyone with more than 10% ownership from converting convertible securities into voting stock. Restaurant in the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. Family in attendance included the couple's two children, Clark Knouse of Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. and Janet Knouse-McDonald of Oxnard, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Many friends, some of whom the couple have known since childhood, also attended. Ginny and Dean were high school sweethearts at Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. . They married in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. on May 3, 1949. Dean joined the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . in 1949 and served 30 years until retiring in 1978. He then established an insurance-fraud investigation agency, Western States Investigators, which flourished until his second retirement in 1990. Ginny was a homemaker when the children were young, then began a career at Sav-On Drug Stores that lasted until 1978, when she also retired and became part of the investigation team. Since their second retirement, the couple enjoys golfing, traveling, spending time with their family and staying involved at their church. Ginny's advice for couples just beginning married life is: ``Don't have unrealistic expectations of each other. We all have faults that we need to accept.'' She also says never to leave an argument unfinished. Couples need to talk things over and solve things. Dean adds: ``You have to have real love, not infatuation. Only real love can make it through the hard times.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Ginny and Dean Knouse of Simi Valley celebrate 50 years of marriage. |
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