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Charles Cooper continues his Arcadia city centennial series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about Arcadia's mayors. A. N. Multer was the first person to be given the title of mayor of Arcadia. City founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin was the city's first presiding officer, but he held the title of president of the Board of Trustees. The title of mayor was not adopted until 1927, when the Board of Trustees changed to the City Council. Arcadia will have 4 mayors this year to mark the city's centennial. Each city council member will rotate into the position. More interesting facts: Floretta Lauber was the first woman to serve as mayor. She paved the way for Mary Young, Barbara Kuhn, and Gail Marshall to follow. Other history of mayors is recapped. The first city manager was William J. Richards in 1951, when a charter was adopted. The longest serving city official was City Clerk Christine Van Mannen, who held the job for 32 years. See hard copy in VF Arcadia (City) History.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32471
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Alford, June
Arcadia mayors
Bottema, John
Busse, Earl
Butterworth, Ed
Chandler, Roger
City council history
Cooper, Charles
Cozad, Lyman
Fasching, George
Gilb, Charles
Kelly, Bill
Krebs, Richard, Jr.
Kuhn, Barbara
Lauber, Floretta
Link, Harry
Margett, Bob
Marshall, Gail
Multer, A. N.
Richards, William J.
Van Mannen, Christine
Young, Mary
Item ID
32670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31682
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 16, 2004
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 16, 2004
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pedrotti, Anne D. (b. 1933)
Van De Verg, Martha (b. 1912)
Item ID
31880AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary / death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31683
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 16, 2004
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 16, 2004
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pedrotti, Anne D. (b. 1933)
Van De Verg, Martha (b. 1912)
Item ID
31880AN
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The City will pay $25,000 of city money toward putting a 10-foot tall bronze peacock at Peacock Corner, in front of Arcadia County Park, on the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculpture will emerge from the center of the fountain at the corner. The actual cost of the sculpture and base is $36,500. The fountain was originally donated by Rotary Club 35 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30678
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fountains
Peacock Corner
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
30866AN
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The history of the Pony Express Museum that used to be on the land where Santa Anita Inn is today is presented. See VF "Pony Express Museum" for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30534
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Lyon, W. Parker
Museums
W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum
Item ID
30722AN
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The police station is scheduled to be demolished and a new one will be built behind the current facility. The project is estimated to cost $16 million. The new building will be 52,000 square feet and slated to open in the first part of 2003.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Station
Buildings
Item ID
29779AN
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An 8-foot tall bronze tribute to Arcadia's official bird, the peacock, will be unveiled August 5, as part of the city's centennial celebration. The statue will be located in the fountain at Peacock Corner, in the front of Arcadia County Park, at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculptor of the peacock is Dave Chapple and the sculpture cost $30,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31748
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Artists
Chapple, Dave
Statuary -- Peacock Corner
Item ID
31945AN
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Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30529
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Baldwin Lake
Films
Lakes
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Motion Pictures
Ponds
Queen Anne Cottage
Water
Item ID
30717AN
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The history of local restaurant The Derby, since it was originally founded in 1922 as Proctors Tavern, to being bought by jockey George Woolfe in 1938, then sold to Dominic and Lorene Sturniolo, or Sturinolo (article has it spelled both ways) is presented. See VF "Restaurants, Bars, etc." for copy of article.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
The Derby
Restaurant reviews
Restaurants
Item ID
30721AN
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Groundbreaking for expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall will be held Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at 9:00 AM. The $98 million expansion will include a 16-screen movie theater, Borders Bookstore, Sports Chalet, a new food court, 30 new shops, and two parking structures. The expansion is Phase One of a possible two-part expansion of the mall, which originally opened 29 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
31716AN
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The history of the peafowl from Indian and Java that live in Arcadia is presented. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin imported three pairs from India in the 1880s. His daughter Anita Baldwin added some birds from Java. The peacock is official bird of Arcadia, is protected, and should not be fed. See also VF "Peacocks" for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30531
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Peacocks
Peafowl
Item ID
30719AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 21, 2004
Pages
p. 29
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 21, 2004
Pages
p. 29
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
De Long, Margaret Croft
Item ID
31878AN
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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On September 1, Van Nuys-based BEGL Construction Company will begin construction on the Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27691
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Museums - Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum
Item ID
27888AN
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Arcadia Transit funding has been approved. Arcadia Transit is a point-to-point van service, in operation since 1975.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30350
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
Public transportation
Item ID
30536AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30503
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Van Buskirk, William ("Bill")
Item ID
30690AN
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Rotary Corner by Joe Miller.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary
Heagerty, Sarah
Hedlund, Stig
Kuhn, Jim
Li, Alexander
Lloyd, Blake
Miller, Joe
Weisinger, Rick
Yoshizawa, James
Item ID
33413AN
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Arcadia's City Council approved design guidelines for expansion of the Westfield Shopping mall. The expansion will increase the mall size by 276,000 square feet, in a two-level extension and an open-air mall, in the northeast quadrant of the center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33293
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Shopping malls
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
33490AN
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Arcadia's official city birthday party will be held August 5, a date that reflects the official declaration of Arcadia cityhood by the Board of Supervisors, back in 1903. The 100th birthday party includes a scavenger hunt, the release of the anthology "Visions of Arcadia," unveiling the bronze peacock statue at Peacock Corner, a mixer at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum, and a birthday party at the Community Center. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 18, July 31, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31743
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Item ID
31940AN
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A profile of Arcadia mom Margarethe Else Dietrich, born 100 years ago on July 27, 1900. She joins the ranks of centenarians.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27683
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Dietrich, Margarethe Else ("Gretel")
Item ID
27880AN
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