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Private First Class George Robert Summers was announced as a prisoner of the Japanese.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7380
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1942
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1942
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Summers, George Robert, Jr.
Item ID
7265AN
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Two young men from Arcadia, Clyde Dietrich and George R. Summers, were among hundreds of American soldiers interned in a Japanese prison camp.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6707
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Dietrich, Clyde
Summers, George R.
Item ID
6516AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Summers, Dec. 25.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11034
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
January 3, 1952
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
January 3, 1952
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Summers, daughter
Item ID
11240AN
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Newspaper Index
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Actor George Takei, discusses social media, justice, and his family's internment, which started at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. He spoke at Cal Poly Pomona.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33616AN
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Newspaper Index
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Photo of Arcadia Author William K. Summers, M.D. He is shown wearing a suit and tie.

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Date
c.1991
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Date
c.1991
Subjects
Arcadia authors-Summers, William K.
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
148
Collection
Photographs
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An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's Disease originally developed 5 years ago by Arcadia Dr. William K. Summers has been recommended to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is called THA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3400
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Summers, William K.
Item ID
3289AN
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Profile of Arcadia resident George Cassat who volunteers his services to seniors needing financial management advice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2002
Pages
p. D6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2002
Pages
p. D6
Subjects
Cassat, George
Item ID
24498AN
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50th wedding anniversary

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 16, 1960
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 16, 1960
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Summers, George Robert, Sr. (Mr. and Mrs.)
Item ID
16452AN
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Families of 13 Alzheimer's disease patients filed a class action law suit to order the government to approve the drug THA. Dr. William Summers of Arcadia was the first to report that THA was effective against Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1991
Pages
p. B-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1991
Pages
p. B-2
Subjects
Summers, William K.
Item ID
3290AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, candidate for City Council discusses his views on current events. Biographical details included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1074
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1980
Fasching, George
Item ID
1073AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way Monday for expanded testing of the drug THA, a promising drug to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Arcadia resident Dr. William Summers first reported that THA was beneficial to Alzheimer's patients in 1986 in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3402
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Summers, William K.
Item ID
3291AN
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Newspaper Index
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Birth. Parents - Mr. and Mrs. George Hutchinson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5069
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1933
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1933
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Hutchinson, (daughter)
Item ID
4940AN
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Newspaper Index
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Birth. Parents - Mr. and Mrs. George McFall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5108
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 21, 1934
Pages
p. 12
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 21, 1934
Pages
p. 12
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McFall, (daughter)
Item ID
4979AN
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Former Arcadia City Manager George Watts returns to rock city, celebrating his 70th birthday at Arcadia Blues Club on June 22.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2014
Pages
p. 22
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2014
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Watts, George (former Arcadia City Manager)
Item ID
34044AN
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Actor George Lloyd on sand in a still from Devil's Island, a movie shot at Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs391
Date
1940
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Date
1940
Subjects
Lloyd, George
Motion pictures
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
389
Collection
Photographs
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George Stapleton, 62, an Arcadia High School chemistry teacher, has received repeated, anonymous threats that school officials believe are attempts to intimidate him into relaxing his grading policies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper266
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Stapleton, George
Item ID
266AN
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Profile and biography of jockey George Woolf, also known as Iceman. Woolf rode race horse Seabiscuit to fame in 1938. He died in 1946. There is a statue in his memory at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
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Mayor Roger Chandler lost his bid for re-election as challengers George Fasching and Joseph Ciraulo and incumbent Robert Harbicht were elected to the Arcadia City Council. Fasching led with 27.2% of the vote, followed by Ciraulo with 22.1% and Harbicht with 19.8%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1131
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1990
Chandler, Roger
Fasching, George
Ciraulo, Joseph
Harbicht, Robert
Item ID
1130AN
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Burnell, George Edwin

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1. Copy of photo of George Edwin Burnell, circa 1885. 2. Basic data on Burnell Estate, 290 W. Foothill Blvd., Arcadia. Typed on William F. Salisbury letterhead. 3. "George Edwin Burnell: scholar, lecturer and interpretive philosopher of Los Angeles, California." Advance Bio-Bulletin, no date, r…
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1. Copy of photo of George Edwin Burnell, circa 1885.
2. Basic data on Burnell Estate, 290 W. Foothill Blvd., Arcadia. Typed on William F. Salisbury letterhead.
3. "George Edwin Burnell: scholar, lecturer and interpretive philosopher of Los Angeles, California." Advance Bio-Bulletin, no date, reprint.
4. "George E. Burnell." National Cyclopedia of American Biography, no date.
5. "George Edwin Burnell." News clip, no date. Possibly related to #12.
6. Copy of wedding photograph of Mary Georgene Forgey and Chester Ferrell Salisbury. Forgey was granddaughter of George E. Burnell. Wedding site was the living room of the Burnell Mansion, 290 W. Foothill Blvd., Arcadia. July 1941.
7. Enlarged copy of wedding photograph of Mary Georgene Forgey and Chester Farrell Salisbury, no date.
8. Grounds of Burnell Estate. Drawn from memory by W.F. Salisbury, June 1988.
9. "Storied Arcadia mansion razed." The Tribune, February 18, 1962, page 23.
10. "Attractive suburban home of George Edwin Burnell." Los Angeles Daily Times, January 1, 1916, page 128.
11. Diagram of the Burnell estate, no date.
12. "Prominent Angelinos." Los Angeles Examiner, no date, page I9, reprint.
13. Photo of George Edwin Burnell, no date.
14. Publisher's announcement, 1902.
15. Article on Burnell. Notables of the West, Volume I, 1913.
16. "George Edwin Burnell as man and teacher." Originally in Christian, October 2, 1902, by H.A. Burch.
17. List of stenographic reports by George Edwin Burnell. 46 page published by the Burnell Foundation, 1982.
18. "George Burnell, noted religious instructor dies." Los Angeles Times, 1948.
19. "The noble kingdom of heaven." Lecture 150 by G.E. Burnell, September 1925. Small leatherbound book with gilt edges.
20. "The convert." Lecture 166 by G.E. Burnell, no date. Small black book.
21. Copies of 5 letters written by George Edwin Burnell to his wife in June 1915.
22. Copies of photos with descriptions of Burnell Estate.
23. Legal description and list of improvements to Burnell Estate.
24. Correspondence from William F. Salisbury to City Clerk, June Alford, regarding the Burnell Family and Estate, May 4, 1989.
25. Obituary for Mrs. George Edwin Burnell.
26. Copies of stock certificates owned by George Edwin Burnell. California Irrigated Farms Company and San Joaquin Farms Company.
27. Copy of title for Burnell Estate.
28. Copy of invitation to 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Edwin Burnell, 1941.
29. "Wedding announcement - Mrs. Chester Ferrell Salisbury." Pasadena Post, July 6, 1941.
30. "Wedding announcement - Mrs. Chester Ferrell Salisbury." Arcadia Tribune, July 10, 1941.
31. Funeral services at Burnell Estate for George Edwin Burnell; deceased October 24, 1948.
Subjects
Burnell, George Edwin
Item ID
40AF
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Mailbag topic-George "The Iceman" Woolf was a Canadian jockey famous for riding the great Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. The 35-year-old was unseated from his horse Please Me during a race on January 3, 1946, suffered a concussion and died the next day. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Gene Autry sane at his funeral.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2023
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Woolf, George
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park
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Newspaper Index
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