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Arcadia man's 100th birthday to be family affair. Art Del Rey turns 100 this weekend. He is a World War II veteran (United States Navy). He had a successful career in real estate and started his own business in 1963, Art Del Rey Realty, Inc. in Arcadia, which thrives to this day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36569
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Art Del Rey Realty, Inc.
Centenarians
Del Rey, Art
Realtors
Senior Citizens
Veterans
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Celebrating ponies and palaces. Santa Anita Park fetes paddock captain John Shear on his 99th birthday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2020
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2020
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Nonagenarians
Santa Anita Park employees
Shear, John
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City of Arcadia Concert and Movies. Concert in the Park at Arcadia City Hall featuers Upstream, a band playing reggae, Soca and other Caribbean music on August 4. Movie is "Luca." August 4 is the 119th birthday of Arcadia and National Night Out.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36290
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Concerts
Movies
Musicians
Upstream (musical group)
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Decorated vet to celebrate 100th birthday. U.S. Air Force vetean Edward Lopez was a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. Born in Los Angeles and living in Arcadia for more than 50 years, he is one of the last living members of the Air Force's 365th Fighter-Bomber Group known as The Hell Hawks, a reserve fighter squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps. See hard copy in VF People.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36505
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Lopez, Edward J.
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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35723
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2020
Pages
p. A7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2020
Pages
p. A7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Zola, Mary Elizabeth
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Pasadena native and World War II veteran Weston Embree celebrates 100th birthday. Embree's father Guy founded Embree Buses Inc., a Pasadena institution. Weston Embree met his wife Shirlee, originally of Arcadia, at the Methodist Church.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36326
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Embree, Shirley
Embree, Weston
Embree Buses Inc.
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Veterans group and Arcadia Mayor April Verlato celebrate World War II veteran Jack McEwan's 100th birthday. He was a pilot on a B-17 bomber from 1942-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35631
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
McEwan, Jack
Verlato, April
Veterans
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