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1. Arcadia Rotary Club. San Gabriel Valley Digest 4/1930. 2. Many answer first call... Foothill Breakfast Club. Pasadena Star News October 13, 1927. 3. The Woman's Club of Arcadia. San Gabriel Valley Digest 4/1930. 4. Arcadia Woman's Club House - building first used in 1931. n.d. 5. Mrs.…
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1. Arcadia Rotary Club. San Gabriel Valley Digest 4/1930.
2. Many answer first call... Foothill Breakfast Club. Pasadena Star News October 13, 1927.
3. The Woman's Club of Arcadia. San Gabriel Valley Digest 4/1930.
4. Arcadia Woman's Club House - building first used in 1931. n.d.
5. Mrs. G.G. Meade, President of Woman's Club of Arcadia. news clip, n.d.
6. Scene of recent flag pole. Arcadia Bulletin April 6, 1942.
7. Woman's Club of Arcadia leading... Arcadia Tribune August 3, 1934.
8. Past Presidents - Woman's Club. Arcadia News-Post November 10, 1969.
9. 39 years of progress - Woman's Club. Booklet 1914 - 1953.
10. Short story contest - Woman's Club - 1953-1954; booklet of winning entries.
11. Profiles - literature contest of Woman's Club - 1954-1955 booklet.
12. Woman's Club of Arcadia literature contest - 1955-1956; booklet.
13. Woman's Club of Arcadia literature contest - 1959; booklet.
14. Little gem. Thursday Morning Garden Club flower show program May 20, 1965.
15. Mid-Valley Arts League. news clip c.1963 (n.d.)
16. Mid-Valley Arts League - What is it? Brochure.
17. Arcadia Jaycees are proud. Arcadia Tribune September 1967.
18. Oldtimers join in J.C. Newsletter of JCs September/October 1968.
19. Daughters of the American Revolution. Directory, 1974-1975.
19a. DAR. Directory, 1966-1967.
20. Arcadia Mounted Police. Arcadia News-Post March 24, 1970.
21. League of Women Voter program. Arcadia Tribune February 21, 1974.
22. You are cordially invited to find out... Brochure of League of Women Voters, n.d.
23. Assistance League chalks. Arcadia Tribune April 11, 1974.
24. Sierra Guild. Arcadia Tribune August 1, 1974.
25. Contempos Members roster, 1974.
26. Contempos members roster, n.d.
27. Organizations active in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune August 16, 1973.
28. Senior Citizens activities. Arcadia City Newsletter, Winter 1974.
29. Two senior citizen clubs. Arcadia City Newsletter - Fall 1973.
30. Spanish tour planned by Friendship Club. Arcadia Tribune January 27, 1974.
31. Equine Library. Arcadia Tribune October 20, 1977.
32. Civic Day marking jubilee. Arcadia Tribune May 4, 1978.
33. New Officers Arcadia Child Health Council. Arcadia Highlander June 25, 1986.
34. Community service key to Rotarians' life. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
35. Kare League gives something to all. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
36. Patience, persistence pays off; Elks Club. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
37. Assistance League roots lie in service. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
38. Fledgling social group matures to serve city - Woman's Club. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
39. Kiwanis Club still building at age 31. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
40. Masons' efforts not 'dream lodge'.Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.
41. Dedicated seniors plus money equals service. Arcadia Tribune January 18, 1979.
42. Red Cross in Arcadia. Pages 203-207 from Arcadia: City of the Santa Anita by Gordon S. Eberly.
43. P.T.A. Thrift shop does wonderful work for the needy. Thrift Shop news clip c.1933 or 1934.
44. History of Girl Scouting in Arcadia. Four pages of typed information sent to Library at our request March 1981. Girl Scouts.
45. Arcadia District Boy Scouts of America. San Gabriel Valley Digest April 1930.
46. New League President hails from the south. Pacesetter-Highlander July 28, 1982.
47. Spectrum Counseling Services; pamphlet.
48. Peer pressure: Help our Youth program helps kids fit in. Highlander August 31, 1983.
49. Item was moved to VF Arcadia Chinese Association.
50. Item was moved to VF Arcadia Chinese Association.
51. Arcadians club by-laws booklet and membership directories for 1955-1959, 1961-62, and 1964. (1 bylaws, 8 directories)
52. Oral history with Mr. Hurley, Lou and Mr. Sherwood. re: history of Arcadia Elks Club Lodge. Copied from copy @ Arcadia History Museum. Acquired September 2002.
53. Local DAR entertained at the U.S. Aerial School in Arcadia as guests of Lieutenant Colonel Leonard J. Mygatt. Newspaper clip, June 1919.
54. Item was moved to VF Arcadia Chinese Association.
55. Arcadia Community Coordinating Council information flyer. Describes the organization including its membership, meetings, Campership Program, goals and purpose.
56. Assistance League of Arcadia glossy flyer. Describes the organization and its service projects.
57. Arcadia Child Health Council pamphlet. Describes what the organization does and how to contribute. Received Oct. 2004.
58. Assistance League of Arcadia glossy flyer. Describes the organization and its service projects. Circa 2006. (2 copies.)
59. Memo from William R. Kelly, City Manager to the Mayor and City Council, dated August 3, 2004 re: Donation of a tower clock from the Arcadia Sunrise Rotary Club and the Arcadia (Noon) Rotary Club.
60. Item was moved to VF Arcadia Chinese Association.
61. Kare Youth League est. 1931 -- Kare Quarterly newsletter, Fall 2006. Also Special Edition Interleaguer, Winter 2012 and Spring 2014.
62. "A bittersweet swan song for Soroptimist Arcadia-Monrovia." Arcadia Weekly, June 28, 2007. Arcadia-Monrovia Soroptimist International Club held their last affair at the Santa Anita Golf Course. This local organization lasted for 51 years.
63. Alpha Auxiliary of the Methodist Hospital Foundation "Marvelous May Brunch 2008" program, May 4, 2008. Event honors Andrew Lee, M.D. and Barbara Murphy, R.N., the recipients of the Order of Merit.
64. Alpha Auxiliary of Methodist Hospital Foundation brochure "Supporting home healthcare services." Circa 2008.
65. Filling Samaritan Purse by Dorothy Cunningham. The Weekly Star, an edition of the Arcadia Tribune and the Star-Temple City Editions, November 29, 2007. Arcadia AAUW gives its Woman of Achievement for 2007 award to Phyllis Brewster. Other women recognized were Lannea Melzian, Virginia Doring, Beverly Hendrickson, and Barbara Reiter.
66. Youth Services Coordinating Council will no longer be meeting, but YSCC members will merge with Arcadia Council PTA. Email from Marcus Mooney, October 6, 2009. Please note that YSCC is not the same as Arcadia Community Coordinating Council, which still exists as of November 17, 2009.
67. Arcadia Community Coordinating Council pamphlet (purpose, how to join, contact information).
68. H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation. Biographical information from website http://www.hnberger.org, retrieved August 24, 2010, and news of a $1 million grant the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation gave to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, November 2005. The foundation was located at 800 S. Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA in the 1990s. See 1993 Arcadia directory.
69.Arcadia AAUW has outstanding growth; organized six years ago. Arcadia Tribune, August 30, 1956, p. 16.
70. Arcadia Council PTA Founders Day and Honorary Service Program, February 7, 2012. Awards program.
71A-B. Arcadia Rotary Club "Annual Rotary Salute to Seniors 2010" honoring Beverly Street, the 2010 Senior Citizen of the Year. Also, "Annual Rotary Salute to Seniors 2011" program. Senior Citizen of the Year Award: Honorees Jim and Margaret Barrows.
72. Invitation to Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop at 323 N. First Ave. 80th anniversary celebration, October 4, 2012.
73. American Cancer Society "Relay for Life" at Santa Anita Park, June 25, 2011-June 26, 2011.
74. Arcadia Child Health Council-basic information (yellow sheet), and invitation (card stock) to its 75 year celebration, May 27, 2013.
75. Arcadia Council PTA Installation of 2013-14 Officers: Suzanne Davis, Soledad King, Jennifer Martin, Patty Soldo, Carla Peyton-Thomas, Vicky Stiles, Michael Tom, Niroo Dev, and Kay Kinsler. May 7, 2013.
76. West Huntington Drive Monument sign to be refurbished and refreshed with new service club plaques. Memo from City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto, May 30, 2013.
77. Assistance League of Arcadia celebrates 60 years of service to the community. Mountain Views News, February 8, 2014.
78. Floretta Lauber honored with Historic Preservation Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, February 27, 2014.
79. Assistance League of Arcadia invitation to 60th anniversary. March 19, 2014.
80. Arcadia Woman's Club Centennial Celebration 1914-2014. 100th Year with history of the club, messages from the President Cheryl Alberg and Centennial Chairman Floretta Lauber, photographs.
81. Arcadia Woman's Club Rentals brochure c. 2016. Description and pictures of the historic building at 324 S. First Avenue.
82. Car dealer's expansion may force Elks move, The Sunday Star, February 6, 2005. See also Rusnak Mercedes.
83A. AAUW Arcadia Branch historical records to be kept at Arcadia Public Library History Room archives, December 2004 newsletter. 83B. Arcadia Branch of AAUW is disbanded, effective June 20, 2017.
84. Arcadia Woman's Club Celebrates 90 years of Community Service. Arcadia Weekly, August 5, 2021. Construction and dedication of the clubhouse was 90 years ago. Alice Billings started the club in 1914 and establishing a library was one of the club's first civic projects. Includes more club history. Pictured are Arcadia police chief Roy Nakamura and event chair Marilyn Daleo.
85. Operation School Bell, begun in 1970 by the Assistance League of Arcadia, distributes supplies to children in need at the beginning of each school year. Before Covid, an average of 1,000 students were dressed each year. Last year, they clothed 559 and hope to increase the number of students served even more this year. Fall 2022 Assistance League of Arcadia quarterly newsletter. Printed August 9, 2023.
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Organizations
Physical Description
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161AF
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Subject Files
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Hate literature has been distributed in Arcadia by the National Alliance, a white supremacist group, and the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organization.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26392
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Organizations - National Alliance
Organizations - National Socialist Movement
Item ID
26592AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's CHOICESS, a non-profit organization that assists the developmentally disabled, had ten volunteers who participated in the Los Angeles Marathon and raised money for the group.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26298
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 2, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 2, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Organizations - CHOICESS
Item ID
26499AN
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Newspaper Index
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Give time to handicapped

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4184
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1973
Pages
p. 3
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1973
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Organizations - Acteens
Item ID
4060AN
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Newspaper Index
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General items regarding Masons

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4206
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1933 Special Section, p. 5
August 3, 1934, p. A-7
November 12, 1937 p. 4
August 15, 1940 p. 1 (history)
September 16, 1965 p. 1
September 26, 1965 p. 1 (building dedicated)
May 17, 1973 p. 1 (history)
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1933 Special Section, p. 5
August 3, 1934, p. A-7
November 12, 1937 p. 4
August 15, 1940 p. 1 (history)
September 16, 1965 p. 1
September 26, 1965 p. 1 (building dedicated)
May 17, 1973 p. 1 (history)
Subjects
Organizations - Masons
Item ID
4082AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Altrusa Club of Arcadia recently celebrated its 33rd birthday with a gala dinner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper65
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1992
Pages
p. A-6
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1992
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Organizations - Altrusa Club
Item ID
65AN
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Newspaper Index
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The historic Women's Club of Arcadia building at 324 S. First Avenue will be getting its state required seismic upgrading.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper109
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 2, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 2, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Organizations - Women's Club
Item ID
109AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded small grants to 21 Arcadia Unified School District teachers in a program designed to augment existing school curricula with specially funded projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper282
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
February 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-2
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
February 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
282AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dance permits for parties at the Women's Club automatically are denied until the city's Business License Review Committee specifies conditions such as when the music will end, when people must leave, and maximum capacity. The new rules follow complaints against partygoers at a wedding reception in November.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper294
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
December 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Women's Club
Item ID
294AN
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Newspaper Index
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After months of work, 25 Arcadia Rotarians, Rotaryanns and friends formed a Christmas caravan, carrying more than 350 gifts and better than 800 pounds of food, clothing and shoes to 227 orphans in Tijuana, Mexico.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2105
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2090AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Rotary Club has announced a major building program at the Casa Hogar Lazaro Cardenas, an orphan's home in Tijuana, Mexico for 100 children. Members of the Tijuana Rotary Club have agreed to provide one-third of the costs of the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2106
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1980
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 21, 1980
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2091AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Rotary Club is involved in a program with the Gormeck Polygraph School providing subjects for a class of new students entering polygraph training.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2107
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1980
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1980
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2092AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Rotary Club of Arcadia made its annual Christmas caravan bearing food and gifts to the Lazero Cardenas Orphanage and the Santa Teresita Home near Tijuana, Mexico. A new all-purpose building, financed and built by the Arcadia and Tijuana Rotary Clubs, was dedicated at Lazero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2108
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2093AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Scott H. Mittman spoke to the Rotary Club of his experiences in Israel made possible in part by a graduate fellowship sponsored by the Rotary Club. He spent the year studying neurobiology.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2109
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2094AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The rotary Club of Arcadia inducted its first woman member, Phyllis Tomkins of Tomkins & Tomkins, Inc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2110
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 14, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 14, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2095AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Rotary Club has installed Ronald H. Huston, project manager of the Sierra Madre Main Street Program, as its 63rd president.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2111
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2096AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia teachers are eligible for mini-grants of $100-300 under a program being implemented by the Arcadia Rotary Club. The program will provide funds to district teachers for special projects beginning in February. All teachers, from kindergarten to 12th grade, are eligible to apply.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2112
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2097AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded grants totaling $4,990 to 17 teachers at the February 13 Arcadia Board of Education meeting. Grants ranging from $175 to $300 were given to individual teachers to help with special classroom projects. The teachers represented 5 of the 6 Arcadia elementary schools, all 3 junior high schools and both Arcadia and Huntington high schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2113
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2098AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Background information on the Sierra Guild is given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2114
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1974
Pages
p. C-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1974
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Organizations - Sierra Guild
Item ID
2099AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Rotary Club helped build a water system for a poor village in Uganda.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26893
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
27093AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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