LaCanada   1968-1969

In 1969 John was sufficiently incapacitated that he retired from his job with the Agriculture Department. He got around haltingly but spent a good deal of time in bed or sitting in an easy chair in his bedroom. There was no second back operation and his back caused substantial problems for him for the rest of his days.


YEAR (FILE ) SUBJECT
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1969 (9076) USDA Certificate - John Griffin 37 years of service

As 1968 ended and 1969 started, there were two weddings in Utah. On December 27, Marian Griffin was married to Steve Shipley, and on January 31, Paul Griffin was married to Marolynn Mineer. Each occasion required a mid-winter trip to Utah in December and again in four weeks in January.


YEAR (FILE ) MARIAN GRIFFIN AND STEVE SHIPLEY'S WEDDING 27 DEC 1968
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1968 (0101) Marian's Wedding - Marian and Dorothy
1968 (0102) Marian's Wedding - Stephen and Marian Shipley and John Griffin
1968 (0103) Marian's Wedding - Stephen and Marian Shipley, John and Dorothy Griffin
1968 (0105) Marian's Wedding - Reception Line
1968 (7029) John and Dorothy, Don and Madge, and Elsie
1968 (1306) Dorothy and Paul at Marian's Wedding Breakfast
1968 (0129) Marian and Stephen Shipley's Wedding Breakfast
1968 (0128) Dorothy and John at Marian and Stephen Shipley's Wedding Breakfast


YEAR (FILE ) PAUL GRIFFIN AND MAROLYNN MINEER'S WEDDING 31 JAN 1969
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1969 (7012) Wedding Reception with John and Dorothy Griffin in reception line
1969 (1319) Paul and Marolynn Griffin's Wedding Reception
1969 (1320) Paul and Marolynn Griffin's Wedding Reception
1969 (7012) Wedding Reception with John and Dorothy Griffin in reception line
1969 (8013) John and Dorothy, Don and Madge at Wedding Breakfast
1969 (8014) Dorothy at Wedding Breakfast
1969 (8022) Dorothy, Madge and Marolynn at Wedding Breakfast

John Robert and Shirley settled in Northridge, close to his medical residency in Opthamology at UCLA, Paul and Marolynn settled in a new home in Huntington Beach in the summer of '69 after weekends of househunting enthusiasticly accompanied by Dorothy on occasion. With their families close at hand, there were frequent visits for all to make to each other's homes. John could stand these short trips to Northridge and Huntington beach, and Dorothy just loved to visit. To see everybody, Dorothy and John went back east in 1970 and visited Marian in Columbia, Maryland.

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