1. "Ambler Company expands its plant and facilities." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939. 2. "Expect poultry show will set new record." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939. 3. "Many chicken ranches here." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934. 4. "Outdoor industries in Southern California." Century Ma…
1. "Ambler Company expands its plant and facilities." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939.
2. "Expect poultry show will set new record." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939.
3. "Many chicken ranches here." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934.
4. "Outdoor industries in Southern California." Century Magazine, October 1883.
5. "Workers harvest strawberry crop at an Arcadia farm in 1932." Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley section, May 21, 1992.
6. Dairies must vanish say city dads. Skirmish of words over cows ends in Arcadia. Pasadena Star News, February 7, 1929.
7. Various ads. 7a. The Bodger Nursery (William J. Bodger), LA Times, April 9, 1922; 7b. Colby Nurseries, LA Times, May 2, 1926; 7c. Baldwin-Wallace Nurseries (J. Wiley Wallace or H.A. Unruh), February 26, 1911; 7d. Golden West Fur Farms (chinchilla, rabbit), February 1, 1925; Maple Leaf Fur Farm, February 27, 1927.
8. "The Boy who never belonged," Arcadia Weekly, January 5, 2017, article by Susie Ling. 93-year-old Yosh Kuromiya returned to Monrovia for a visit. He lived in Monrovia before World War II and felt he never belonged. He remembers Orange Street-now Colorado Boulevard-used to be so wide. He graduated from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School (MAD High School) in 1941 then forcefully evacuated in 1942, with other Japanese Americans of Monrovia. His father had a strawberry stand off Route 66, right next to Mr. Uyeda's strawberry farm. Uyeda claimed he was the Strawberry King of Monrovia. The Kuromiya family's stand actually bought strawberries from other farms at the north end of Double Drive-now Santa Anita Avenue and not from the strawberry fields adjacent to their store.
9. "Mary Yoshie Uyeda Sakatani 1924-July 17, 2018 obituary, Arcadia Weekly, July 26, 2018. Mary was the daughter of one of Monrovia's pioneers, Yutaro Uyeda, the Strawberry King. She grew up at 331 West Huntington Drive and attended Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School (MAD High School). She was of Japanese descent and sent to Heart Mountain, WY concentration camp.
A public hearing was held in Arcadia to discuss possible improvements to the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The hearing was led by A.G. Kawamura, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Art Center College of Design Junior Sally Levi, 23, is making a short film about the life of Benjamin Smith Eaton (1824-1910), after whom Eaton Canyon is named. He proved Altadena and Pasadena could sustain agriculture and therefore was attractive to settlers.
The California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles has applied for 2 weeks of racing, from September 30 the October 10, 1979, to raise funds as an Agricultural District.
Rabbit growers, rabbit breeders, National Rabbit Association of America will meet in the Chamber of Commerce room at City Hall. Program will feature a display of Junior Bucks and Does. Everyone is invited to attend and bring one or more of their rabbits. See hard copy in subject file Business and Industry.
Carl's Sweet Corn stand opens for 19th year locally a 75 Las Tunas Drive, one block west of Santa Anita Avenue. Operated as a family affair by Carl Kophamer.
The Arcadia City Council will be asked to pass a resolution calling for an immediate halt to the recent malathion-laden helicopter assaults on the medfly. Many have expressed concerns about the repeated spraying, but health and agricultural officials insist that malathion is harmless to humans in the quantities being used.
A USDA rule change went into effect Thursday requiring California to change the way meat and poultry packaging is weighed. It requires inspectors to use a dry tare form of testing in which all fluids within a package must be credited as part of its content. Tare is the weight of packaging and all materials, tags, clips, stickers, absorbent soakers. Consumers could be paying more for less meat at the market.
Arcadia City Council voted to weed private properties. The motion allowed the Council to direct the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commission to remove "weeds, brush, rubbish and refuse from various private properties" within Arcadia. The council's aim was to remove flammable and noxious material. It is a fire prevention method and a way to fight blight.
1. "Camptotheca acuminata, Decaisne (Nyssaceae): Source of Camptothecin, an antileukemic Alkaloid." Technical Bulletin No. 1415, United States Department of Agriculture, April 1970. In cooperation with the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health Education, and Welfare, and Research Triangl…
1. "Camptotheca acuminata, Decaisne (Nyssaceae): Source of Camptothecin, an antileukemic Alkaloid." Technical Bulletin No. 1415, United States Department of Agriculture, April 1970. In cooperation with the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health Education, and Welfare, and Research Triangle Institute.
2. "Rear tree cut." News clip, March 23, 1968.
3. "Cancer tree cuttings." News clip, September 19, 1969.
4. "Scientist tries to grow." News clip, May, 20, 1973.
5. "A hunt for a tree." News clip, circa 1968 or 1969.
6. "Fire retardant plants." Arboretum brochure.
7. "Sewage water for agriculture?" Press release, County of Los Angeles Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, June 1, 1977.
8. "Searching for answers." Lasca Leaves, March 1973.
9. "'Leaf' the doctoring to Lee." News clip and photo, July 6, 1978.
1. "Mrs. Reeves: Arcadia's own 'Lucky' Lady." Arcadia Tribune, August 4, 1977. 2. Copy of map showing part of Rancho Santa Anita, 1968. 3. "Raymond Lewis Knisley." Chapter from A Dozen Sierra Success Stories by W.K. Bixler 4. Personnel as remembered by A.D. Minium. Handwritten list from memoir…