Arcadia Methodist Hospital has received permission from the city to sell up to $330 million in tax-exempt bonds to fund its expansion project. The money would not be borrowed from voters, as the bonds would be issued through the California Statewide Communities Development Authority.
View of group of men leaving for military service from Temple City Pacific Electric station. Mrs. Van Iwaarden took this photo from inside their car after having said goodbye to her husband. She said this facility served Arcadia and Temple City.
Photo of some forms showing the regulations under which Americans lived during World War II. On top is a War Ration Book. Next item is the Proclamation that decreed the West Coast Blackout area where light at night was required to be blocked to the outside. The final item is a War Damage Insurance Policy.
View up one street in Santa Anita Gardens area just off Huntington Drive (to the north) with houses under construction on both sides of the street. Writing on the photo indicates that it is part of Tract 12506 "Y". This tract includes San Antonio Road. Cars of the workmen are parked nearby. The Chantry Flats Road is clearly seen on the mountains in background.
A consultant has recommended a sewer project that would cost Arcadia $180,000. The city's engineering division has come up with an alternative plan that will cost $55,000. Construction should be completed before the beginning of the Oak Tree racing meet.
Ten people around a table marked off in grids labeled A.B.C.D.E.F., and they are identified as volunteers keeping track of airplanes over this sector during WWII. None of the people have been identified. Facility was called a Filter Center.
The $16 million Arcadia Police Station building, built with bond money and city and CRA funds, is on target for completion in July. WWM Associates designed the building. Mallcraft of Altadena is the contractor and Construction Control Group is the manager of the project. The station is the first civic project constructed with bond funding.
The City Council passed a resolution supporting the Arcadia Coalition for Education, a group of educators and community members demanding more state money for schools.
Arcadia Unified School District officials prepared for a second try at a bond measure to rehabilitate school facilities by taking a group of seniors to Arcadia High School for a meeting and tour.
1. Arcadia's sewer systems a costly lesson. Arcadia Tribune May 7, 1978. 2. Sanita Sage. Column in the Arcadia Tribune July 26, 1956 devoted to the abuse heaped on Council members during the sewer project.
Significant changes to Arcadia Transit System include ending the dial-a-ride service and switching to fixed route system. The dial-a-ride program will remain in service to seniors and the disabled.
The Arcadia City Council voted to request an analysis of the initiative petition submitted by the citizens group Neighbors for Arcadia. The measure would keep the Santa Anita Park race track property zoned for horse racing unless Arcadia residents voted for a change.
