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OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL date more people, and finally to the afternoon social, to a very productive
HELP BARBEQVE present location on the grounds of weekend venture of fund-raising. In
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. the late 1920s the "1st annual
The youngsters today anticipate the Barbeque" was held at the ranch of
The mere mention of the words
Barbeque to dig for marbles, win gold Camille and Andy Jauregui in
"OLPH Barbeque" congers up
fish, toss rings, and the ''dunk tank" Placerita Canyon. Barbeques were
memories for all ages in the church
And always, everyone remembers the reported earlier but not on a consis-
and community of the Santa Clarita
FOOD tent yearly schedule as they are now
Valley The old-timers remember the
This wonderful festival has The Jauregui family served one of
camaraderie of the first Barbeques at
grown from the early beginnings of their own steers and each year the
the Jauregui or LaSalle ranches, the
getting together for a relaxing Sunday event continued to grow By the late
move to Saxonia park to accommo-
1930s the Barbeque had
outgrown the Jauregui
Ranch and moved to
Saxonia Park, where it was
held until the early 1960s.
Frank and Julio
Lombardi, long-time
names in the history of
OLPH, had a friend named
Raleigh Duntley He was a
rancher who lived in the
desert and he introduced a
method of cooking beef
that he learned from the
Indians This is the "pit
method" of cooking beef
Barbeque at Saxonia Park
Saxonia Park Barbeque-
(left to right): Teresa
Calzia and her Mom,
Dolly Calzia, Camille
Jauregui, Sally
O'Callahan, Ethel Morris,
Joanne Redmond, Mary
Clemmons, Diane
Barnette, and Kay Fisher
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