Arcadia resident Robert M. Sloane has been named president and chief executive officer of Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles. Biographical notes included.
Edna Lenz, responsible for many of the water color paintings of historic places in Arcadia, died October 8 in St. Louis at the age of 88. Biographical notes included.
Arcadian Kline P. Barney Jr. has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Engineering-Science. Biographical notes included. Other Arcadians receiving promotions are enumerated.
Hope Todd is retiring from her position as District Administrative Secretary. She has worked for the district for 23 years. Biographical notes included.
Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.
Helen Weakley will be honored by the Board of Education for outstanding service. She has been a bus driver for the district since 1965. She also trains bus drivers. Biographical notes included.
Arcadian Bobbie La Rue was the only woman hydrologic engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles district, for 29 years. Includes biographical details.