Helen Schrader, former editor of the Arcadia Tribune, was honored at a reception. She is moving to Georgia. Article outlines her career as a journalist.
Hundreds of Arcadians attended the reception held at historic Anoakia where they toured the house and grounds and picked up their copies of the new history book ARCADIA: WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET.
Hope Todd is retiring from her position as District Administrative Secretary. She has worked for the district for 23 years. Biographical notes included.
Muriel Wood, executive director, Arcadia Red Cross, 1969-1973, is leaving the community to live in Roseburg, Oregon. Her many friends are planning a farewell luncheon in her honor March 29.
Article describes the new Charles P. Bluth home. A tour and reception are planned to be held there to benefit the Arcadia Chapter of the American Red Cross.
200 people turned out to honor retired Arcadia Tribune editor, Helen Schrader. The retirement party included mayors and public officials from surrounding communities served by the Foothill Inter-City newspapers which were edited by Mrs. Schrader.
The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.
A dozen city management officials attended the California Specialized Training Institute's five-day course on earthquake preparedness. Plans call for all of the city's 46 management employees to complete the course by the end of the year.
Mary Harvey was presented with a Certificate of Honor by the Board of Education for her volunteer work in the English as a second language program at First Avenue. An Arcadia resident since her childhood, Harvey attended First Avenue, taught there and had two of her three children graduate from there.
A Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee executive officially OK'd a contract Thursday to cover the cost of Arcadia city services during the summer Olympic equestrian events, a city official said.
Dolly McLain has retired after 23 years of service with the Arcadia Unified School District. For the last 17 years she has worked as secretary to the Superintendent and the Board of Education.
In honor of the high school marching band traveling to Newcastle, Australia, a film crew from "Down Under" arrived in Arcadia to shoot scenes around the city. Mayor Don Pellegrino served as tour guide. A second article tells of the preparations made by Jack and Barbara Saelid, and numerous others, as the Saelids prepare to lead 164 teenagers and chaperones plus 30 others on the trip to Australia.
Lois Schubert, who has been an employee of the Arcadia Unified School District for the past 42 years, is retiring January 31. Mrs. Schubert worked for most of those years as a secretary.
There have been six attempted rapes reported at Arcadia High School since April 15, 1979. At least five are believed to have been committed by the same individual.
If the lottery initiative on the November ballot passes, Santa Anita Park race track could go out of business, dragging down with it reserves that the city of Arcadia obtains from the track's handle, according to Robert Sweeney, executive vice president and general manager of the California Thoroughbred Association.
Arcadia High School students are able to learn about managing a major race track by participating in the Track Management Class. Students actually intern in the various departments at Santa Anita - from the stables to the front office.