Citizens Bank-new banking firm opens here April 15 at temporary structure at 140 East Huntington Drive, while a permanent home is being built on the property. Features drive-in tellers. Citizens Bank has operated in Monrovia since 1926. It is under the direction of Robert L. Smith, executive vice president. See hard copy in VF Banks and Banking.
C. Loree "Jack" Russell, member of the Arcadia City Council for the past two years, was elected presiding officer of the council and will serve the city as Mayor.
Having been the protege of the New York Yankees for the past six years, Arcadia Johnny Lindell has been at various Yankee bush farms developing into major league material.
Still entertaining after 40 years in show business, Arthur Snyder, the original "Uncle Ezra," has bought a house at 1409 Sixth Avenue and will move in Sunday.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were scheduled this morning at 135 Colorado Place, where construction of a new first-run theater was set to begin next week. This comes one week after a disastrous fire which gutted the Arcadia Theatre.