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Millard Sheets to be guest artist at fall meeting of Arcadia AAUW. Mrs. J. Clark White and Mrs. Robert Paradise are involved in planning this event. Millard Sheets is a painter, water colorist, muralist, sculptor, ceramist, and architect. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36384
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1954
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1954
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Artists
Clubs
Organizations
Sheets, Millard
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Griff Morrison of Arcadia was selected as district deputy for the San Gabriel Valley at the Elks National Convention. He has been an Elks member for 45 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30147
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2006
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2006
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Morrison, Griff
Clubs
Elks Grand Lodge
Organizations
Item ID
30334AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all of her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31552
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31748AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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"Captive Girl" Susan (aka 'Genie') Wiley's father Clark Wiley committed suicide. Clark Wiley shot himself minutes before he was to have appeared in Alhambra Municipal Court on charges of child abuse. The article was written by Dick Lloyd. With related stories "Note tells instructions for funeral (p. 1)," "A story he wanted to tell sealed by death of father (p. 6)," "Changed laws could have averted tragedy (p. 6)," and "Mrs. Wiley shelters at welfare agency: custody hearing Monday (p. 6)." A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie".

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31553
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1970
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Suicides
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31749AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mrs. Irene Wiley was freed on the charge that she was wilfully cruel to her 13-year-old daughter Susan Wiley, aka "Genie." The article was written by Lucie Lowery. A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all her life until a social worker discovered the abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See VF "Wiley, Susan" for hard copy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31554
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1970
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Suicides
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31750AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School's Club Day is an annual event that showcases more than 60 Arcadia High School clubs and celebrates the diversity of its students' interests and passions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35625
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Clubs
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Woman's Club to host annual membership champagne brunch.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33597
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Alberg, Cheryl
Arcadia Woman's Club
Clubs
Giles, Betty
Helms, Jim
Lauber, Floretta
Marshall, Gail
Organizations
Platt, Gene
Platt, Joyce
Reid, John
Reid, Mary Lou
Item ID
33792AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Exterior view of 100-to-1 cocktail bar at 100 W. Huntington Drive. This horse racing themed bar was demolished 2015. Signs read "Complimentary buffet" and "Karaoke." Murals inside were salvaged by Gilb Museum. Photograph by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2285
Date
c. April 2001
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Date
c. April 2001
Subjects
100-to-1 cocktail bar (One hundred-to-One)
Clubs
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2235
Collection
Photographs
Images
thumbnail
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Another exterior view of 100-to-1 cocktail bar at 100 W. Huntington Drive. This horse racing themed bar was demolished 2015. Murals inside were salvaged by Gilb Museum. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
c. April 2001
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Date
c. April 2001
Subjects
Clubs
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2235A
Collection
Photographs
Images
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