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Long-time resident Leo Meeker died January 28, 1974.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Meeker, Leo
Item ID
1976AN
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Arcadia resident George Pallas, recognized as the world's No. 1 virtual golfer by various web sites, competes in this years Virtual Golf Assn. Tour.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2001
Pages
p. B4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2001
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Sports
Pallas, George
Item ID
22252AN
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Whittier woman,102, embraces change. Story about Mildred Mellin and husband George Mellin. George died in 2016. He had retired after 26 years of military service and became a teacher at Arcadia High School. Her secret to longevity is one Coors Light every night with popcorn.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A6
Subjects
Centenarians
Mellin, George
Mellin, Mildred
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Bill De Muth, local journalist and writer for the Arcadia Tribune, died January 30, 1974.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
De Muth, Bill
Item ID
1412AN
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Services were held Wednesday for George Robert Secrest, a retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department, who died June 9. Secrest had been a law enforcement officer for 26 years. Recently he had been employed by Huntington Bank.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Secrest, George Robert
Item ID
2223AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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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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Actor George Lloyd on sand in a still from Devil's Island, a movie shot at Arboretum.

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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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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
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p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
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Sierra Madre resident George Maurer turns 90 years old. He has been honored by Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 13, 2012
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Maurer, George
Item ID
33379AN
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George Watts, Arcadia's city manager for 11 years, resigned Wednesday, a day after the City Council unexpectedly asked him to step down.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1992
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
City Employees - Watts, George
Item ID
68AN
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As of January 1, 1974 Arcadia's population was 44,656. This figure showed a decrease from the April 1970 count of 45,138.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1975
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1975
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Population
Item ID
2229AN
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Arcadia High School's Marching Band marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC on Thursday, January 20, 2005 in honor of President George W. Bush's second term in office.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School marching band
Presidents
Bush, George W.
Inauguration
Inaugural Parade
Item ID
29573AN
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Arcadia resident Homer Black died January 31. Born in 1885, Black took part in the Nevada gold strike in 1906 and was a mining engineer for fifty years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 3, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 3, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Black, Homer
Item ID
612AN
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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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Biographical sketch of Dr. Gary Mills, Arcadia School Board member for nearly 8 years, who died of cancer August 17, 1974.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1974
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1974
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Mills, Gary
Item ID
1980AN
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Prominent realtor Percy Flaaten died January 6, 1975.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Flaaten, Percy
Item ID
1619AN
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The annual international Cat Show was held Saturday, January 19, at the Arcadia Masonic Temple.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Masonic Temple
Item ID
22782AN
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Foul weather foils New Year's Day racing at Santa Anita Park--its New Year's Day racing was canceled 5 1/2 hours before first post after a light rain fell through much of Saturday's card and intensified throughout the night and into Sunday morning (January 1).

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Rain
Weather
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City Employees (Watts, George)

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1. "Watts quits after he is asked to step down." News clip, undated. 2. Open letter to all residents of Arcadia from nine former mayors of the City of Arcadia regarding George Watts termination, May 22, 1992. 3. "City manager search could take months." Arcadia Tribune, May 24, 1992. 4. "Mayors'…
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1. "Watts quits after he is asked to step down." News clip, undated.
2. Open letter to all residents of Arcadia from nine former mayors of the City of Arcadia regarding George Watts termination, May 22, 1992.
3. "City manager search could take months." Arcadia Tribune, May 24, 1992.
4. "Mayors' letter sheds light on removal of the city manager." Sierra Madre News, June 11, 1992.
5. City of Arcadia invitation to "Goodbye George Party", June 14, 1992.
6. "Its name belies goings-on." Pasadena Star News, June 14, 1992, column by editor Charles Cherniss.
7. "Mailbag" letters to the editor regarding termination of George Watts. Arcadia Tribune, June 14, 1992.
8. "Former mayors denounce watts' ouster." Arcadia Tribune, June 14, 1992.
9. Letter from Dick Young to citizens who responded to the open letter from the nine former mayors, June 15, 1992.
10. "Four councilmen defend action." Sierra Madre News, June 18, 1992.
11. "Dispute over ex-City Manager grows." Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley section, June 21, 1992.
12. "Council joins Watts resignation debate." Arcadia Tribune, June 21, 1992.
13. "mailbag" letters to the editor entitled, "Voter Outrage" from Scott Downie. Arcadia Tribune, June 21, 1992.
14. Letters to the editor. Arcadia Tribune, June 21, 1992.
15. Letters to the editor. Pasadena Star News, June 29, 1992.
16. Open letter to the Citizens of Arcadia from Mayor George Fasching and Councilmen Joseph Ciraulo, Dennis Lojeski, and Robert Margett, July 10, 1992.
17. Same as #16 with envelope addressed to Alis and Roger Horning.
18. Letters to the Pasadena Star News, August 4, 1992.
19. Arcadia Political Newsletter, February 26, 1993.
Subjects
City Employees (Watts, George)
Item ID
63AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Holocaust survivor and Arcadia resident George Lubow is profiled.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Weekly Section
Date
November 7, 1997
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Weekly Section
Date
November 7, 1997
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Lubow, George
Item ID
11201AN
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