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The Otto Winkler home, built in the early 1920's at the corner of Fairview and Baldwin, has been demolished. The history of the era and that of West Arcadia are also given.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1975
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1975
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Historic houses
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1702AN
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The general plan will be reviewed by the Planning Commission. The "central area" will be the focus of study. This area runs from the 210 Foothill freeway on the north to Duarte Road on the south and from the east city boundary to Santa Anita Avenue. It also includes the commercial section west of Santa Anita Avenue and north of Huntington Drive.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1974
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1974
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p. 1
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City Planning
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1175AN
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Dr. George S. Parcells, a chiropractor who has been in practice in Arcadia since 1940, has recently retired at the age of 87. Biographical sketch included.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1979
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p. A-1
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Parcells, George S.
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A Bicentennial Park will be dedicated February 17, 1977. Located at the southwest corner of Longden and 6th, the park is 1/2 acre in size. It is the latest of 11 mini parks throughout the city.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1977
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1977
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p. A-1
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Parks
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2130AN
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A continuous left turn lane will be provided in the center of Duarte Road from Lovell Ave. to Baldwin Ave., and directional left turn lights will be installed at the Baldwin and Duarte intersection. This was passed by the Council, requested by the West Arcadia Business and Professional Association.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1979
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1979
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p. A-2
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Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3403AN
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Marquee West use permit: new hurdle. Operators of the Marquee West teenage night club at 30 S. First Avenue will face a new hurdle when Planning Commission will reconsider the conditional use permit under which the center operates. The staff recommendation will be to revoke the permit, "due to the inability to control irresponsible behavior and the apparent inability of Marquee West to comply fully with all the conditions of the permit." See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
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p. A1
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Business and Industry
Marquee West
Night clubs
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34128AN
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As of January 1, 1974 Arcadia's population was 44,656. This figure showed a decrease from the April 1970 count of 45,138.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1975
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1975
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p. A-3
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Population
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2229AN
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Article, with chart, shows housing and population changes for local cities from April 1, 1970 to January 1, 1978.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1978
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1978
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p. A-3
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Population
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2230AN
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Article, with chart, shows housing and population changes for local cities from April 1, 1970 to January 1, 1978.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1978
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1978
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p. A-3
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Housing
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Collectors of old horse drawn buggies. She is the daughter of Carl Kophaner, who had a corn stand at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Live Oak.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1974
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p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1974
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p. C-1
Subjects
Barton, Arly and Bill.
Item ID
597AN
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Article concerning Baldwin's grape and wine production.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1978
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1978
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p. 1
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Baldwin, Elias J. (Lucky) - Wine and Wine Making
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The Arcadia City Council, in its role of redevelopment agency, has approved a disposition and development agreement with American Savings for the property at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1270AN
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Article on Egil Hopen, a native of Norway, who came here in 1924 and was responsible for the land planning and engineering for the Baldwin Stocker, The Village, The Oaks and The Highlands areas of Arcadia.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1974
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Hopen, Egil
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
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1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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William Stewart, Postmaster since 1971 is retiring. He has been with the Post Office since 1941 and has lived in Arcadia since 1925. His father also served as Postmaster from 1940-1954.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 27, 1977
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 27, 1977
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Postal Service - Stewart, William
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The Principal of Camino Grove School gives Coordinating Council members background information of the Early Childhood Education program.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1975
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1975
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Schools - Elementary Schools
Schools-Camino Grove
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Volunteer aides make the Early Childhood Education program work. the State mandated and funded program aims at giving youngsters from pre-school through the 3rd grade better learning experiences. Camino Grove is the only school in the district with the pilot program.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1974
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1974
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Schools - Camino Grove
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The Planning Commission has rejected proposed General Plan changes that would have permitted hi-density zoning in the Naomi-Camino Real-Golden West area and left it medium density. The General Plan and the zoning map are still not in conformity, which was one reason the hearing was called.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1974
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1974
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p. 1
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City Planning
Item ID
1177AN
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Great Western Savings and Loan Association has begun construction on its new permanent Arcadia facility at 700 W. Huntington Drive at Baldwin Avenue.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
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p. A-5
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
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Buildings
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The State funded Early Childhood Education program at Camino Grove School has been given the highest grades for effectiveness.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1975
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p. A-1
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Schools - Camino Grove
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