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Edna Lenz, responsible for many of the water color paintings of historic places in Arcadia, died October 8 in St. Louis at the age of 88. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia artists - Lenz, Edna

Item ID: 530AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The work of Arcadia artist Janina Nijinska is on display at the library. Article includes biographical notes.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia artists - Nijinska, Janina

Item ID: 531AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dorothy L. Eggleston has been chosen as Arcadia Senior Citizen of the Year for 1984.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 6, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 6, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Senior Citizen of the Year - 1984; Eggleston, Dorothy L.

Item ID: 3149AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Nanci Lee Stewart, experienced in merchandising, has been appointed the new manager of the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop, succeeding Dorothy Smith, who is retiring after 10 1/2 years as manager.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop

Item ID: 512AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dorothy Cowan Smith, for 30 years active in Arcadia business community, has retired as manager of the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop, with which she has been affiliated for more than 18 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 26, 1984

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 26, 1984

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop

Item ID: 514AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop is beginning its 51st year. Thrift shop manager Dorothy Smith tells of the changes and growth since its opening during the depression, and describes the types of merchandise to be found in the "non-profit department store with thrift shop prices."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop

Item ID: 511AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. See VF "Deaths" for a hard copy.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1984

Pages: p. C8

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1984

Pages: p. C8

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Wishek, Justine (Arcadia artist)

Item ID: 27820AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article tells of three couples in the area who have been married over 50 years. Included are David and Dorothy Ryder of Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Ryder, David and Dorothy

Item ID: 2353AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Kelly McGuire was crowned queen at the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association's 19th annual coronation ball in the Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 29, 1983

Pages: p. A-1, B-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 29, 1983

Pages: p. A-1, B-1 photos

Subjects: Tournament of Roses

Item ID: 3363AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Although two of Arcadia's 14 water wells have been contaminated by industrial solvents for years, a purification system installed by the city last December is reportedly working well, allowing the water from these wills to be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3463AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Despite California's third consecutive dry year, Arcadia pumped 5.56 billion gallons of water from its wells in 1988 setting the city's third highest year on record.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two men were killed in a head-on auto collision at California and Vaquero St. in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Accidents

Item ID: 3400AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A review of presentations made to City Council by two developers of low income senior housing: Southern California Presbyterian Homes and Thomas L. Safran & Associates.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens - Housing

Item ID: 3175AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dorothy Sherrell has been waitressing at the same Arcadia restaurant for 25 years. The restaurant has had four different owners during that time. At a surprise party in her honor, friends and customers gave her a paid vacation, her first in 20 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 26, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 26, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Sherrell, Dorothy

Item ID: 3209AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

To save Arcadia High School $41,500 a year on energy costs, the Board of Education has selected the firm Pacific Energen, Inc. to design a joint electricity-generating & hot water-producing system for the school.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 2989AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Reports on visit of the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to a British Food Exhibition at Von's Pavilion.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Visitors

Item ID: 3436AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sandy Snider, a historian at the L. A. County Arboretum, has published a biography of Lucky Baldwin, entitled "Lucky Baldwin -- California Visionary."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia authors - Snider, Sandy

Item ID: 575AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sierra Madre Community Hospital and Methodist Hospital of Arcadia have signed and agreement affiliating the two facilities.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1983

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1983

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1782AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia, has received a $95,000 grant from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation to fund a mobile community health program.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1784AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Methodist Hospital of Southern California officially broke ground for a $12.8 million surgical wing that is designed to meet the needs of the community into the next century.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 21, 1985

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 21, 1985

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1795AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Edna Lenz, responsible for many of the water color paintings of historic places in Arcadia, died October 8 in St. Louis at the age of 88. Biographical notes included.

The work of Arcadia artist Janina Nijinska is on display at the library. Article includes biographical notes.

Dorothy L. Eggleston has been chosen as Arcadia Senior Citizen of the Year for 1984.

Nanci Lee Stewart, experienced in merchandising, has been appointed the new manager of the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop, succeeding Dorothy Smith, who is retiring after 10 1/2 years as manager.

Dorothy Cowan Smith, for 30 years active in Arcadia business community, has retired as manager of the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop, with which she has been affiliated for more than 18 years.

The Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop is beginning its 51st year. Thrift shop manager Dorothy Smith tells of the changes and growth since its opening during the depression, and describes the types of merchandise to be found in the "non-profit department store with thrift shop prices."

Obituary/death notice. See VF "Deaths" for a hard copy.

Article tells of three couples in the area who have been married over 50 years. Included are David and Dorothy Ryder of Arcadia.

Kelly McGuire was crowned queen at the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association's 19th annual coronation ball in the Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Although two of Arcadia's 14 water wells have been contaminated by industrial solvents for years, a purification system installed by the city last December is reportedly working well, allowing the water from these wills to be used.

Despite California's third consecutive dry year, Arcadia pumped 5.56 billion gallons of water from its wells in 1988 setting the city's third highest year on record.

Two men were killed in a head-on auto collision at California and Vaquero St. in Arcadia.

A review of presentations made to City Council by two developers of low income senior housing: Southern California Presbyterian Homes and Thomas L. Safran & Associates.

Dorothy Sherrell has been waitressing at the same Arcadia restaurant for 25 years. The restaurant has had four different owners during that time. At a surprise party in her honor, friends and customers gave her a paid vacation, her first in 20 years.

To save Arcadia High School $41,500 a year on energy costs, the Board of Education has selected the firm Pacific Energen, Inc. to design a joint electricity-generating & hot water-producing system for the school.

Reports on visit of the Duke and Duchess of York's visit to a British Food Exhibition at Von's Pavilion.

Sandy Snider, a historian at the L. A. County Arboretum, has published a biography of Lucky Baldwin, entitled "Lucky Baldwin -- California Visionary."

Sierra Madre Community Hospital and Methodist Hospital of Arcadia have signed and agreement affiliating the two facilities.

Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia, has received a $95,000 grant from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation to fund a mobile community health program.

Arcadia Methodist Hospital of Southern California officially broke ground for a $12.8 million surgical wing that is designed to meet the needs of the community into the next century.