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Tournament of Roses

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1. Arcadia's Rose Tournament float takes shape. Arcadia News Post 12/11/68. 2. Roses Association offers involvement and Tournament members invest in community. Arcadia Tribune 6/29/69 and 7/2/69 (two part series) 3. Pamela Tedesco crowned. Arcadia Tribune 12/28/69. 4. Dear Chamber member…
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1. Arcadia's Rose Tournament float takes shape. Arcadia News Post 12/11/68.
2. Roses Association offers involvement and Tournament members invest in community. Arcadia Tribune 6/29/69 and 7/2/69 (two part series)
3. Pamela Tedesco crowned. Arcadia Tribune 12/28/69.
4. Dear Chamber member. Tournament Association's letter about fund raiser dated 9/23/70.
5. Plans are being made for 1971 Rose parade. Arcadia Tribune 1/18/70.
6. Rose Queen relaxes. Arcadia News Post 11/10/71.
7. Contract clause helps city float win major prize. Arcadia Tribune 1/6/77.
8. Arcadia living in dream world. Arcadia Tribune 10/6/77.
9. Rose Land. (Workers putting final floral touches on Arcadia's parade entry.) News photos Los Angeles Times 1/1/78.
10. Arcadia -- prize winner -- "The First Arcadians." Copy of postcard from commemorative brochure found in scrapbook #3 -- Rancho Santa Anita.
11. End of the line. Santa Anita Racetrack float being moved from Victory Park to be dismantled. News photo Los Angeles Times 1/1/79.
12. 1915 Dove of Peace, Anita Baldwin Entry. Information secured by Jack McCaskill from Tournament records.
13. 1916 Anita Baldwin Entry. Information secured by Jack McCaskill from Tournament records.
14. Tournament of Roses. The Arcadian Observer 1/4/1919, p. 14.
15. Pasadena holds 37th annual Rose Fete. From 1926 Tournament of Roses Association program. Received from Tournament of Roses Association 9/8/66.
16. 20,000 blossoms to go, Arcadia's float will roll. Arcadia Highlander 12/21/83.
17. Harris to bloom for real in '87 Rose Parade. Arcadia Highlander 10/29/86.
18. Miss Arcadia is crowned Sunday. (Names and short bios on royal court.) Arcadia Highlander 12/4/85.
19. Katie Garry crowned Arcadia's queen. Arcadia Highlander 12/11/85.
20. Introducing queen and court. Arcadia Highlander 12/18/85.
21. Float fund gains many subscribers. Arcadia Tribune 12/11/31.
22. Arcadia float to portray Ireland. News clip 12/25/31.
23. Rose Parade viewed by great multitude. News clip - Arcadia, CA 1/8/32.
24. Second place award given local entry. Arcadia Tribune 1/3/39.
25. Rose award. Photo article. Arcadia Tribune 2/23/50.
26. Santa Anita Village Float. Group of workers finishing the float. Photo article. Journal 1/4/50.
27. On their way. Santa Anita Village float. Photo article. 1/5/50.
28. Miss Arcadia of 1963 is Vikki Lynn Davis. Photo article. Arcadia Tribune 12/2/62.
29. Who will be queen? Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section 11/29/62.
30. Last minute touches. Los Angeles Times 1/1/68.
31. Methodist youth groups are busy decorating floats for Rose Parade. Arcadia Tribune n.d.
32. Packet of information regarding the 1993 Tournament of Roses and the Arcadia float prepared by the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association.
33. Lucky Baldwin and the Rose Bowl. Sports Mirror February 1955.
34. Renderings of Arcadia's 1981 parade float unveiled at mixer. Highlander Community News 10/22/80.
35. 1994-95 Miss Arcadia Tournament of Roses pageant presented by the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. Program for 10/8/94.
36. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association invitation to a float preview party 12/27/94.
37. Arcadia's float celebrates race day. Foothill Star Tribune, p. A4. 10/9/92.
38. Miss Arcadia in spotlight with court. Foothill Star Tribune, p. A1. 10/12/92.
39. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association presents "Festival of Food." Flyer for 10/2/95 event.
40. Photos and information about 1994 Arcadia Court and Arcadia princess on the Pasadena Court.
41. 1996 Tournament of Roses information about Arcadia Court and Arcadia princess on the Pasadena court.
42. Article about Erica Brynes, 1994 Rose Queen. The Rose, San Gabriel Valley Newspapers 12/29/63.
43. Millions witness Rose Tournament. Arcadia Tribune 1/2/41.
44. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. Arcadia at a Glance, Summer 1997 issue.
45.A) Arcadia High School senior Dusty Dayne Gibbs is the 2008 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Queen. From the Arcadia Unified School District School News and Views, December 2007. B) Arcadia Public Library's READ [poster of] Dusty Gibbs, 2008 Rose Queen, Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
46. Program from the Coronation of the 91st Rose Queen and Presentation of the Royal Court, October 30, 2008. The 2009 Rose Queen is Courtney Lee. Lauren Valenzuela is a princess. Both are Arcadia High School students.
47. Arcadia and the Rose Parade: how much do you really know? Rose Parade's, Arcadia's histories strongly linked. In photo: Arcadia's entry in the 1916 Tournament of Roses Parade (note: caption may be incorrect, this float looks like the 1914 float). Arcadia Tribune, October 27, 1983, p. A-1.
48. Senior Living magazine, Dec/Jan 2009 issue featuring local Arcadia High School senior, Rose Queen Courtney Lee and Tournament of Roses President Ronald H. "Corky" Conzonire on the cover.
49. Souvenir pin of Courtney Lee, 2009 Rose Queen.
50. The Rose 2009 magazine featuring stories on Rose Queen Courtney Lee and princess Lauren Valenzuela, both of Arcadia, and grand marshal Cloris Leachman, actress. This item moved to Box 36 in History Room Shelf B4 on 1-10-2018.
51. Pasadena's Rose Magazine, Parade 2010, insert of the Pasadena Star News, featuring Rose Queen Natalie Innocenzi on the cover and the whole court in a Macy's ad on the back cover. Inside story features question & answer with Queen Natalie Innocenzi and Princess June Ko, both Arcadia residents. This item moved to Box 35 in History Room Shelf B4 on 1-10-2018.
52. A list of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association Royal Courts including queens (Miss Arcadia) and princesses from 1961-1996, and notes about who rode the Arcadia float when there was no Arcadia Rose Court in 1997, 1998, 2003. (4 pages).
53. Cathy Lee Crosby has been named Miss Arcadia of 1964. Arcadia Tribune, December 8, 1963.
54. Arcadia Royal Court: Pat Turner, LeClare Holz, Pam Mallory, Cheryl Blanken, Suzanne Godber. Arcadia Tribune, November 21, 1965.
55. Holly Melvin is crowned Arcadia Tournament of Roses Queen. Arcadia Tribune, December 10, 1986.
56. Retiring Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court are shown in photo from microfilm: Debbie Delong, Robin Henkels, Susan Keh, Dynese Schiffilea, and Queen Holly Melvin. Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1987.
57. Arcadia's Royal Court includes Queen Maria McCann and princesses Jill Johnson, Lynn Bowen, Jennifer "Gigi" Young, Lisa Guiffrida. Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1987.
58. Rosanna Spata was crowned the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association's Queen. Arcadia Tribune, December 14, 1988. Princesses are Laura Ganguin, Marisa Stephenson, Christy Renken, Jeanie Moore.
59. Arcadia High School senior Tatyane Berrios, 17, was picked as one of the seven young women on the 2011 Tournament of Roses Royal Court. The Weekly Star, January 6, 2011.
60. List of Pasadena Rose Queens through the years from 1905-2011, with some girls from Arcadia noted. From World Wide Web: www.tournamentofroses.com. Retrieved March, 2011.
61. A float barely afloat; Parade: Arcadia group pleads for funds to keep its Tournament of Roses tradition alive. Los Angeles Times, October 18, 1996. Retrieved from ProQuest LA Times database on March 25, 2011.
62. Royal court chosen for Tournament of Roses. Seven members of the 1999 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court were chosen, three from Arcadia High School: Christina Farrell, Chaitali Gala, Olivia Wilson. Los Angeles Times, October 13, 1998. Retrieved from ProQuest LA Times database on March 25, 2011.
63. Arcadia High School band to perform in Rose Bowl Parade, Mountain Views News, December 31, 2016.
64. Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2017 Parade and Game Preview with spotlight on Queen Victoria Castellanos and profiles of royal court princesses, two are from Arcadia: Lauren Emiko Powers and Maya Khan. Was an insert from Pasadena Star News. This item moved to Box 35 in History Room Shelf B4 on 1-10-2018.
65. Arcadia's crowning glory. Michelle Lojeski, 1992 Arcadia Tournament of Roses queen passes down her cape to the 1993 queen, Jeannie Kim. Star-Tribune, November 1992.
66. Arcadia's first float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses came from the actions of Cooperative Arcadians (later to become Arcadia Woman's Club). In fall of 1914, Cooperative Arcadians requested $200 from Arcadia City Council and it was granted for the January 1915 parade, however Mrs. Anita Baldwin came forth with an offer to pay the bill prior to the parade. Her offer was accepted and that $200 appropriated was set over to finance a float the next year (1916). From Arcadia: city of the Santa Anita, by Gordon Eberly, p. 67.
67. Meet members of 2020's Tournament of Roses Court. Princess Rukan Saif is from Arcadia High School. Pasadena Star News, December 28, 2019.
68. Meet Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano. Arcadia High senior is ready to welcome new year in style going down Colorado Boulevard. Pasadena Star News, December 28, 2023, p. A1,A4. See also Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2024 in Box 35 in History Room Shelf B4.
69."Welcome to Pasadena : Royal Invitation to the Tournament of Roses." Includes photo of Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano in a Foothill Transit advertisement; an article on the Los Hermanos Banuelos Charro Team, headed by Ramon Banuelos, "Decades of Friendship and Culture : Charro Team Gears Up for 15th Parade Run"; an article about Naomi Stillitano "A Ray of Sunshine : Rose Queen Says She Enjoys Making People Happy." Includes picture of 2024 Royal Court. Pasadena Weekly, p. 1, 19-20, 32, December 28, 2023; and photos and descriptions of personalities, bands, and floats that appeared in the 2024 Rose Parade, including Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano. Pasadena Weekly, p. 11-12, January 4, 2024.
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials

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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. Oversized Programs – 1905, 1906, 1911, 1913, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. Oversized Programs – 1905, 1906, 1911, 1913, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials
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History Room
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Box 32
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials

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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. Pre-1950
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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. Pre-1950
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials
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History Room
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Box 33
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials

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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. 1950-1979
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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. 1950-1979
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials
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History Room
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Box 34
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials 1980-2024

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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. 1980-2020. 2009 Edition features Rose Queen Courtney Chou Lee, from Arcadia High School. Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2010 (Queen Natalie Innocenzi and Princess June Ko from Arcadia), Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2017 (Princess Maya Khan and Lauren Emik…
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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. 1980-2020. 2009 Edition features Rose Queen Courtney Chou Lee, from Arcadia High School. Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2010 (Queen Natalie Innocenzi and Princess June Ko from Arcadia), Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2017 (Princess Maya Khan and Lauren Emiko Powers from Arcadia High School). Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2018 (Princesses Lauren Elizabeth Buehner and Sydney Grace Pickering from Arcadia High School) and Pasadena's Rose Magazine Parade and Game Preview 2020. Pasadena's Rose Magazine Queen Nadia Chung and the 2022 Tournament of Roses Royal Court (with Swetha Somasundaram of Arcadia High School.) Pasadena's Rose Magazine presenting 2023 Rose Queen Bella Ballard (with Princess Sahanna Rajinikanthan from Arcadia High School). Pasadena's Rose Magazine 2024 Rose Queen Naomi Stillitano (from Arcadia High School) (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 in one folder).
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials
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History Room
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Box 35
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Shelf B4
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials

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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. Duplicates.
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1. Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials. Duplicates.
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Programs/Pictorials
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History Room
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Box 36
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Shelf B4
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Sister City

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In February 2015, it was announced that some Arcadia city council members and city employees would travel to China and Taiwan to foster sister-city relationships. The trip was cancelled. 1. Arcadia given $20,000 by Chinese firms for business travel to China and Taiwan to foster sister-city relation…
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In February 2015, it was announced that some Arcadia city council members and city employees would travel to China and Taiwan to foster sister-city relationships. The trip was cancelled. 1. Arcadia given $20,000 by Chinese firms for business travel to China and Taiwan to foster sister-city relationships and to learn more about government services, residential design and the culture in an effort to "better serve...Arcadia." By Courtney Tompkins, Pasadena Star News, February 8, 2015.
2. Arcadia officials to travel to China, Taiwan. By Courtney Tompkins, Pasadena Star News, February 17, 2015.
3. Experts question relationship between donors, Arcadia officials. By Courtney Tompkins. Pasadena Star News, February 23, 2015.
4. California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) warned Arcadia of gift limits. By Courtney Tompkins, Pasadena Star News, February 23, 2015.
5. Arcadia to call off China, Taiwan visits. By Courtney Tompkins, Pasadena Star News, February 26, 2015.
6. Legal analyses illuminate Arcadia government's reasoning for China Trip, Arcadia Weekly, March 12, 2015. By Joe Taglieri.
7. Memo re: Arcadia City Council Ordinance number 2161 to recommend deleting the Sister City Commission as an official Commission of the City of Arcadia. Adopted by City Council 4 to 0, see City Council Meeting minutes July 2, 2002.
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Sister City
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Sister City Program

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Sister City Program. Report of activities, articles, correspondence. 1982, 1988, 1989, 1992.
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Sister City Program. Report of activities, articles, correspondence. 1982, 1988, 1989, 1992.
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Sister City Program
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Box 90
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Shelf C6
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Sister City - Newcastle, Australia

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1. Arcadia acquires another sister city - "down under" - Arcadia News-Post August 1, 1973. 2. New sister city adopted - Newcastle, Australia selected. Arcadia Tribune September 6, 1973. 3. Newcastle: Pacific friend. Arcadia Tribune June 30, 1974 4. Newcastle dignitary visits. Arcadia Tribune…
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1. Arcadia acquires another sister city - "down under" - Arcadia News-Post August 1, 1973.
2. New sister city adopted - Newcastle, Australia selected. Arcadia Tribune September 6, 1973.
3. Newcastle: Pacific friend. Arcadia Tribune June 30, 1974
4. Newcastle dignitary visits. Arcadia Tribune July 4, 1974.
5. Newcastle growth a challenge. Arcadia Tribune July 4, 1974.
6. Newcastle gains a sister city. Newcastle Morning Herald September 5, 1973.
7. The City of Newcastle - Armorial Bearings. Brochure from City, n.d.
8. Newcastle the holiday center. Brochure of the city, n.d.
9. Newcastle Girls High School. Catalog from school, n.d.
10. The Hunter Valley tourist guide map, n.d.
11. NEWCASTLE IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION by Sheila Gray, 1984.
12. This is Newcastle, New South Wales, 1974.
13. This is Newcastle, New South Wales, 1975.
14. This is Newcastle, New South Wales, 1976.
15. Your visit to Newcastle Steel Works. n.d.
16. Newcastle Region Public Library annual report, 1975.
17. same, 1976.
18. Newcastle the Holiday Center. 1977
19. This is Newcastle, New South Wales, 1977.
20. This is Newcastle, New South Wales, 1978.
21. Newcastle New South Wales, 1979.
22. Down under at the end of long road for Apaches. Highlander Community News June 30, 1982.
23. Newcastle Region Public Library annual report, 1981.
24. same, 1982
25. same, 1983
26. This is Newcastle and the Hunter Region, 1983.
27. same, 1984
28. same, 1985
29. Newcastle Region Public Library annual Report, 1984.
30. same, 1985
31. Retail Co-operatives in the Lower Hunter Valley by D. Patricia Hampton.
32. Newcastle Region Public Library annual report, 1986
33. same, 1987.
34. City of Arcadia Resolution establishing affiliation with City of Newcastle. Dated September 4, 1973. Laminated. Gift from City Hall, 2005.
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Sister City - Newcastle, Australia
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Sister City-Tripolis, Greece

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1. Arcadia eyes sister city in Greece. News-Post October 4, 1962. 2. A resolution of the City of Arcadia joining with the City of Tripolis, Greece in a people-to-people covenant. December 18, 1962. 3. Pages describing Tripolitza from Baedeker's on Greece (1889?) 4. Pages describing Tripolis f…
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1. Arcadia eyes sister city in Greece. News-Post October 4, 1962.
2. A resolution of the City of Arcadia joining with the City of Tripolis, Greece in a people-to-people covenant. December 18, 1962.
3. Pages describing Tripolitza from Baedeker's on Greece (1889?)
4. Pages describing Tripolis from the Blue Guide.
5. Information about Tripolis from Webster's Geographical Dictionary and Lippincott's Gazeteer of the World.
6. Arcadia-Tripolis, a guide to participating in the Arcadia-Tripolis Sister City program. prepared by the Sister City Commission, 1965.
7. Sister City Commission elects leader. Daily News-Post April 23, 1969 with picture of Arcadia's first Sister City Commission.
8. Arcadia City Council invitation to the first Arcadia-Tripolis Friendship Club meeting November 20, 1969.
9. Arcadia-Tripolis Club plans tour. Arcadia Tribune November 26, 1969
10. Agenda for general membership meeting for Friendship Club October 28, 1969.
11. Trangas Brothers (travel agents) proposed itinerary for trip July 1, 1970.
12. City of Arcadia and City of Tripolis. history of alliance, n.d.
13. Arcadia's residents slate tour. Arcadia News-Post September 30, 1970.
14. Arcadians arrive in sister city. Arcadia Tribune October 4, 1970.
15. Greeks impressive in welcome for Arcadians. Arcadia Tribune October 11, 1970.
16. Arcadians get gifts; entertained in Greece. Arcadia Tribune October 18, 1970.
17. Arcadians share tour highlights. news clip - October or November 1970.
18. Arcadians thrill over Greek trip. news clip, n.d. Fall 1970
19. Arcadians taken into Greek homes. Arcadia Tribune October 4, 1970.
20. Arcadia-Tripolis friendship. Arcadia News-Post April 6, 1971.
21. Sister City mayor greeted. Daily News-Post December 29, 1971.
22. Sister City mayor and wife are welcomed. Daily News-Post December 28, 1971.
23. Visitors from Greece welcomed. Arcadia Tribune January 2, 1972.
24. Arcadia Welcomes Tripolis visitors. news clip December 1971.
25. Visitors from Greece continue round of tours and receptions. Arcadia Tribune January 2, 1972.
26. Arcadia, USA and Tripolis, Greece: two Sister Cities. article from Today's World - an American-Hellenic magazine, June 1973.
27. Booklet presented by representatives from our Sister City Tripolis, Greece at the City sponsored Centennial Dinner on January 17, 2003.
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Sister City-Tripolis, Greece
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