With the Arcadia Historical Society museum building now completed on the inside, the society's board of directors is planning to appoint committees to catalog and determine how to display its collection of artifacts.
The Arcadia Historical Society, which has half a garage full of artifacts, soon will have a building of its own, thanks to American Savings and Loan Association. When American moves to its new location on First Avenue, it will donate its temporary building at 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to the society.
The Arcadia Historical Society building was recently moved to its permanent location across from the Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia Park. The building was moved from 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue just south of Huntington Drive.
Less than a month before the Arcadia Historical Society was going to open, the Arcadia City Council has voted to move its building to a new site, at the southwest corner of the Arcadia Public Library.
The Arcadia Historical Society should open before the end of this year. The museum's collection is being moved and cataloged. A walkway, featuring tiles costing $100 each, still needs to be constructed from the parking lot to the museum entrance.
J. Lyle Cunningham, a resident of Arcadia for the past 25 years, has been elected president of the Arcadia Historical Society for the 1983-84 year to succeed William D. Long.
Responding to a proposal by L. A. County, the Arcadia City Council has agreed to discuss receiving title to the Rose Garden area of the Arcadia County Park for the city's Arcadia Historical Museum at the corner of Huntington Dr. and Holly Avenue.