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Richard Dana intermediate school to open doors for first time. It is the second educational plant serving 7th and 8th grades, the other being First Avenue School. Dana's first principal is Joseph Bagnall. The modern school was designed by Boyd Georgi and Lee Kline, the same architects who planned the buildings at Camino Grove Elementary. See Also Arcadia Tribune, September 13, 1954, p. 1, Schoolroom doors open tomorrow for 7000 pupils.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 9, 1954

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 9, 1954

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Bagnall, Joseph; Georgi, Boyd; Kline, Lee; Schools-Dana Junior High School; Schools-Dana Middle School

Collection: Newspaper Index

Leon Ware of Arcadia is the author of "The Orphan," a short story appearing in the June 21, issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: June 23, 1952

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: June 23, 1952

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Authors - Ware, Leon

Item ID: 13101AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Noted organist Elsie Mae Emerson to present concert at Arcadia Music Mart, announced owner Mel Pratt. Emerson is an organist on the famous "Queen for a Day" show both on television and radio. She will play and demonstrate the Minshall electronic organ.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1953

Pages: Section 2, p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1953

Pages: Section 2, p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Music Mart; Electronic instruments; Emerson, Elsie Mae; Pratt, Mel

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two story limit

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1958 p. 1; December 11, 1958 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1958 p. 1; December 11, 1958 p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 3689AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A short story called "The Bipartisan Blond" by Arcadia author Hannah Smith appears in the September Ladies' Home Journal. She published a book called "For Heaven's Sake" about three years ago.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: August 28, 1952

Pages: p. 7

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: August 28, 1952

Pages: p. 7

Subjects: Arcadia Authors - Smith, Hannah

Item ID: 13098AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Plans to withdraw from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) high school district.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 4, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 4, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) High School

Item ID: 33201AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Editorial on withdrawal from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte M-A-D High School District.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 18, 1950

Pages: p. 6 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 18, 1950

Pages: p. 6 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) High School District

Item ID: 33219AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Camino Grove had shed fire last Tuesday.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 20, 1954

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 20, 1954

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Camino Grove Elementary School; Fires

Collection: Newspaper Index

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).

Subjects: History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

Physical Description: 2 folders

Item ID: 103AF

Collection: Subject Files

General items regarding Arcadia High School

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 12, 1955 p. 1 (Constitution); May 16, 1955 p. 1 (accredited by the University of California); July 13, 1961 p. 1 (language lab); September 21, 1961 p. 1 ( " ); October 16, 1961 p. 1 (senior rank 2nd in State)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 12, 1955 p. 1 (Constitution); May 16, 1955 p. 1 (accredited by the University of California); July 13, 1961 p. 1 (language lab); September 21, 1961 p. 1 ( " ); October 16, 1961 p. 1 (senior rank 2nd in State)

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 4217AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dwight Stoner resigns from Arcadia Planning Commission. He is sixth person to resign in recent months.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Arcadia Planning Commission; Stoner, Dwight

Item ID: 33207AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia artist, Dorothy Browdy Kushner, will exhibit her work in the Hinshaw auditorium from June 15 to Aug. 1.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1959

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1959

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Arcadia artists; Kushner, Dorothy Browdy

Item ID: 17508AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Next Tuesday Arcadians will vote on two proposals: 1--Arcadia Elementary School Board seeks approval of $600,000 bond issue. 2--Tax increase to meet Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School district needs.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: February 22, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: February 22, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Bond issues; Elections; Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School--M-A-D High School

Item ID: 33229AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The official song for the 2nd annual Peach Blossom Festival, "When it's Peach Blossom Time in Arcadia," is now being sold at local music stores. Published by Hortense Seymour, the Betty Graeme tune is selling for 50 cents per copy.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: March 18, 1950

Pages: p. 6

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: March 18, 1950

Pages: p. 6

Subjects: Peach Blossom Festival

Item ID: 10003AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Biographic sketch and caricature of S. C. McClintic, superintendent of M-A-D (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) High School.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 18, 1950

Pages: p. 1, 7 Secion 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 18, 1950

Pages: p. 1, 7 Secion 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: McClintic, S. C.; M-A-D (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) High School

Item ID: 33181AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadians approve both $600,000 bond and Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School tax increase.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: March 1, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: March 1, 1950

Pages: p. 1 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Bond issues; Elections; Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School--M-A-D High School---MAD

Item ID: 33231AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Loan of art from library

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1958 p. 1; September 22, 1958 p. 1; October 2, 1958 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1958 p. 1; September 22, 1958 p. 1; October 2, 1958 p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Special services

Item ID: 3992AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding High School Band

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1956 pp. 1, 18 (Band in Rose Parade); January 3, 1957 p. 1 (trip to Washington for inaugural parade); January 7, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 10 ,1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 14, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 17, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 21, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 24, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 27, 1957 pp. 1,3 (picture with Vice President Nixon); November 28, 1957 p. 3 (band picture)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1956 pp. 1, 18 (Band in Rose Parade); January 3, 1957 p. 1 (trip to Washington for inaugural parade); January 7, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 10 ,1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 14, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 17, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 21, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 24, 1957 p. 1 ( " ); January 27, 1957 pp. 1,3 (picture with Vice President Nixon); November 28, 1957 p. 3 (band picture)

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 4218AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

New El Rancho Building, a 2-story store and office affair, located at 1200 W. Huntington Drive, is nearing completion, with occupancy expected in March. Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. are the owners of the new building. Architect is Rowland H. Crawford.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 25, 1950

Pages: p. 8 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 25, 1950

Pages: p. 8 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Buildings; Business and Industry; El Rancho Building

Item ID: 33222AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Biographic sketch of Norvell R. Dice, Elementary School Superintendent.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Dice, Norvell R. Arcadia Shools - Elementary

Item ID: 29827AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Leon Ware of Arcadia is the author of "The Orphan," a short story appearing in the June 21, issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

Noted organist Elsie Mae Emerson to present concert at Arcadia Music Mart, announced owner Mel Pratt. Emerson is an organist on the famous "Queen for a Day" show both on television and radio. She will play and demonstrate the Minshall electronic organ.

Two story limit

A short story called "The Bipartisan Blond" by Arcadia author Hannah Smith appears in the September Ladies' Home Journal. She published a book called "For Heaven's Sake" about three years ago.

Plans to withdraw from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) high school district.

Editorial on withdrawal from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte M-A-D High School District.

Camino Grove had shed fire last Tuesday.

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

General items regarding Arcadia High School

Dwight Stoner resigns from Arcadia Planning Commission. He is sixth person to resign in recent months.

Arcadia artist, Dorothy Browdy Kushner, will exhibit her work in the Hinshaw auditorium from June 15 to Aug. 1.

Next Tuesday Arcadians will vote on two proposals: 1--Arcadia Elementary School Board seeks approval of $600,000 bond issue. 2--Tax increase to meet Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School district needs.

The official song for the 2nd annual Peach Blossom Festival, "When it's Peach Blossom Time in Arcadia," is now being sold at local music stores. Published by Hortense Seymour, the Betty Graeme tune is selling for 50 cents per copy.

Biographic sketch and caricature of S. C. McClintic, superintendent of M-A-D (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) High School.

Arcadians approve both $600,000 bond and Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School tax increase.

Loan of art from library

Items regarding High School Band

New El Rancho Building, a 2-story store and office affair, located at 1200 W. Huntington Drive, is nearing completion, with occupancy expected in March. Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. are the owners of the new building. Architect is Rowland H. Crawford.

Biographic sketch of Norvell R. Dice, Elementary School Superintendent.