Events Friday is Indian Day, a celebration...

Events Friday is Indian Day, a celebration of Indian culture in dance performance and folklore displays, at Santa Barbara City College; telephone (805) 965-0581, Ext. 384 . . . Today and tomorrow are the last days of the Pismo Beach Clam Festival, which includes a barbecue and carnival. Events are slated all over town; telephone (805) 773-4382 for more information . . . On Saturday, Thanksgiving at the Zoo, Santa Ana; (714) 836-4000.

Celebrations Today is former L.A. City Councilman Arthur Snyder’s birthday. He was born in 1932 . . . The Marine Corps was founded on this date in 1775 . . . Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opened Nov. 11, 1923 . . . Jonathan Winters was born on the same date two years later . . . Thursday is the anniversary of the first blood transfusion, in 1666, as noted by Samuel Pepys. It was from dog to dog.

Yesterdays Ten years ago this week, Earl Scheib would paint your car for $39.95 . . . This weekend special at La Jolla’s Valencia Hotel was $39.75 for two nights, breakfast included . . . Las Vegas’ Circus Circus offered round-trip air fare and two nights for $69.50 . . . “Jaws” and “The Way We Were” were playing all over town . . . Monday night TV included “Maude,” and “Dinah” was on weekday afternoons . . . Warren Biggs Chevrolet was leasing new Monte Carlos for $124 a month . . . Women’s basketball at Pauley Pavilion featured Cal State Fullerton vs. People’s Republic of China.

Nov. 10, 1882 A century ago, Los Angeles was home to several ostrich-farming ventures. On this date, a Times editorial noted the recent arrival of “22 of these curious and valuable birds,” probably from the Cape of Good Hope, and championed the city as the perfect site for ostrich farms.

“The value of a full-grown bird is from $200 to $250 . . . The gross value of the feathers produced by each bird is $150 every 16 months or about $112 per annum. The gross income derived from the chicks produced by one pair of birds is from $2,000 to $3,000 per annum, a pair of parents rearing from 40 to 60 chicks in 12 months. . . .”

“The ostrich plume, like the sealskin saque, has achieved a permanent place among the elegant fashion of the day and is no longer subject to the same caprices which cause violent and sudden fluctuations in so many articles of fashionable female attire.”