LONGEVITY MARRIED 50 YEARS: DONALD AND SALLY DICKINSON.Byline: -- Simone Schramm Trimm Donald and Sally Dickinson of Newhall celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with friends and family on Sept. 2 at June Lake June Lake is a subalpine lake in Mono County, California, located at at an elevation of 7,612 ft (2320 m). The lake is popular for fishing. . They were married on Aug. 5, 1956, in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . They met through a mutual friend whom Don lived next to as a child. After being discharged from the Marine Corps, Donald visited his friend's brother. They set up a blind date with Sally, and the couple married a year later. Don was born in Santa Monica in 1933. He graduated from Santa Monica High School Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Santa Monica High School (SMHS), informally known as Samohi or just Samo, is a public school located in Santa Monica, California which was founded in 1884 . in 1951. After graduation, he joined the Marines, serving from 1953 to '55. He was a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County firefighter from 1956 to 1982, before becoming a chaplain for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. He currently works at the L.A. County Jail. Sally graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1955. She owned and managed the Cornerstone Christian Bookstore in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, for 20 years. She currently volunteers at the library of a Christian school A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. . They lived in Santa Monica before moving to Canoga Park in 1958. They moved to Newhall in 1967, and have been there ever since. They have two children: Steve Dickinson of Lancaster, Randy Dickinson and Kathy Odom, both of Santa Clarita. They also have eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. MARRIED 50 YEARS: JOHN AND HARRIETT ROZANSKI John and Harriett Rozanski of Calabasas celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family Aug. 11-13 at the Mar Monte Hotel in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . They were married Aug. 12, 1956. They met on Thanksgiving Day, 1955. Harriet picked up a friend from her friend's boyfriend's house. There she met John, and they began dating. They married the following year. Harriet grew up in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and graduated from White Plains High School in 1954. She became a bookkeeper and accounting supervisor for Sears in Canoga Park and Northridge, working there until 1991. After that, she worked as a deputy clerk and bookkeeper for the Malibu Superior Court, retiring from there in 2004. She is currently a docent at the Leonis Adobe Museum in Calabasas and treasurer at the St. Mel Monday Adult Club in Woodland Hills. John grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Wright Tech High School in Stamford, Conn. For 35 years, he worked at Hughes and Lucky markets, and then Bromar Food Brokerage for 11 years. He retired in 1999. They have many hobbies, including golf, gardening, travel and sports. They have three children: Carolyn Purkey of Oak Park, Dianne Johns of Palmdale and Ken Rozanski of Newbury Park. They also have seven grandchildren. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Donald and Sally Dickinson) (2) no caption (John and Harriett Rozanski) |
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