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Items regarding First Avenue

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (photo of corner at Huntington Drive); January 5, 1947 p. 1 (extension); January 30, 1947 p. 1 (picture); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); December 4, 1961 p. 1 (railroad crossing gate)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (photo of corner at Huntington Drive); January 5, 1947 p. 1 (extension); January 30, 1947 p. 1 (picture); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); December 4, 1961 p. 1 (railroad crossing gate)

Subjects: Streets - First Avenue

Item ID: 4266AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe); January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds); June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class); February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation); May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe); January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds); June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class); February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation); May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 4224AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3044AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3284AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3285AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3042AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bill Manley teaches the computer and electronics class at First Avenue Junior High. The popular class is designed to teach students computer literacy at an early age.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3041AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Students at First Avenue Junior High raised $579 for a weekend telethon aimed at providing funds for the medical treatment of children whose families cannot afford hospital care.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3043AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Nearly two years after fire caused extensive damage at First Avenue Junior High, students and staff are eager for the re-opening of the main building. Article describes new features.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3040AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has authorized a project to build concrete sidewalks adjacent to Camino Grove, First Avenue, Hugo Reid Primary, Dana and Holly Avenue schools.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3280AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction of a Vons Market west of Baldwin Avenue between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue may depend on whether the East Pasadena Water Company accepts the City Council's proposal allowing the city to extend its line into the water company's territory at the western end of the Vons development. The East Pasadena Water Company's lines are too small to be effective in case of fire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Vons Market

Item ID: 838AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within the next 6 months a left turn signal will be installed at the corner of Duarte and First Avenue in an effort to avoid the many accidents that have occurred at that intersection recently.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3279AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council debated the question of whether Council and Board of Education elections should be combined and decided to study the issue in greater detail in the coming election.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 8, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Elections - Local

Item ID: 1507AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Holly Avenue

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1936 p. 1 (expansion); February 29, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); October 7, 1936 p. 1 (Federal funds); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (kindergarten); May 7, 1938 p. 1 ( " ); September 28, 1938 p. 1 (improvement projects); October 24, 1938 p. 1; May 10, 1951 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1936 p. 1 (expansion); February 29, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); October 7, 1936 p. 1 (Federal funds); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (kindergarten); May 7, 1938 p. 1 ( " ); September 28, 1938 p. 1 (improvement projects); October 24, 1938 p. 1; May 10, 1951 p. 1

Subjects: Schools - Holly Avenue

Item ID: 4208AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia students receive diplomas. Class of 1983--Arcadia High School, First Avenue Junior High School, Dana Junior High School, and Foothills Junior High School. Arcadia Tribune staff photos by Jay Hoover and Louis Nunez.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 19, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 19, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia High School; Dana Junior High School; First Avenue Junior High School; Foothills Junior High School; Graduates; Graduations; Hisey, Steve; Hoover, Jay; Nunez, Louis

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Beautiful Commission intends to recommend that Holly Avenue School be submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The city's oldest school building, Holly Avenue, built in 1927, is an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 30 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 30 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Holly Avenue

Item ID: 2703AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Robinson's Market

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1932

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 16, 1932

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Business and Industry - Robinson's Market

Item ID: 3734AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Shopping Bag Market

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 27, 1939

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 27, 1939

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Business and Industry - Shopping Bag Market

Item ID: 3738AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Hughes-El Rancho Market is to be razed to make room for the construction of an entirely new building. The new market will be twice the size of the old. Several shops in the center will vacate to make way for the expansion.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: El Rancho Market

Item ID: 765AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Items regarding First Avenue

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

Bill Manley teaches the computer and electronics class at First Avenue Junior High. The popular class is designed to teach students computer literacy at an early age.

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

Students at First Avenue Junior High raised $579 for a weekend telethon aimed at providing funds for the medical treatment of children whose families cannot afford hospital care.

Nearly two years after fire caused extensive damage at First Avenue Junior High, students and staff are eager for the re-opening of the main building. Article describes new features.

The Arcadia City Council has authorized a project to build concrete sidewalks adjacent to Camino Grove, First Avenue, Hugo Reid Primary, Dana and Holly Avenue schools.

Within the next 6 months a left turn signal will be installed at the corner of Duarte and First Avenue in an effort to avoid the many accidents that have occurred at that intersection recently.

The Arcadia City Council debated the question of whether Council and Board of Education elections should be combined and decided to study the issue in greater detail in the coming election.

Items regarding Holly Avenue

Arcadia students receive diplomas. Class of 1983--Arcadia High School, First Avenue Junior High School, Dana Junior High School, and Foothills Junior High School. Arcadia Tribune staff photos by Jay Hoover and Louis Nunez.

The Arcadia Beautiful Commission intends to recommend that Holly Avenue School be submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The city's oldest school building, Holly Avenue, built in 1927, is an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style.

Robinson's Market

Shopping Bag Market

The Hughes-El Rancho Market is to be razed to make room for the construction of an entirely new building. The new market will be twice the size of the old. Several shops in the center will vacate to make way for the expansion.