An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's Disease originally developed 5 years ago by Arcadia Dr. William K. Summers has been recommended to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is called THA.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3400
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- August 1, 1991
- Pages
- p. A-1
- Subjects
- Summers, William K.
- Item ID
- 3289AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Families of 13 Alzheimer's disease patients filed a class action law suit to order the government to approve the drug THA. Dr. William Summers of Arcadia was the first to report that THA was effective against Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3401
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- October 20, 1991
- Pages
- p. B-2
- Subjects
- Summers, William K.
- Item ID
- 3290AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Photo of Arcadia Police Chief William Cahill (served 1947-1951), blown up from a group photo with other officers. He is seated holding a hat and is wearing a suit and tie.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1354
- Date
- unknown
1 image
- Date
- unknown
- Subjects
- Cahill, William
- Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1345
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way Monday for expanded testing of the drug THA, a promising drug to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Arcadia resident Dr. William Summers first reported that THA was beneficial to Alzheimer's patients in 1986 in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3402
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- December 8, 1991
- Pages
- p. A-2 photo
- Subjects
- Summers, William K.
- Item ID
- 3291AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Portrait of Chief of Arcadia Police & Fire Department A. N. Coberly. He is shown in an oval frame, wearing a suit and tie.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1359
- Date
- 1927
1 image
Fuzzy photo of Marshall Elmer Anderson, shown wearing bow tie and suit. Photo was reproduced from old Arcadia newspaper.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1357
- Date
- c.1903
1 image
- Date
- c.1903
- Subjects
- Anderson, Elmer
- Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1348
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Photo of Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell, shown seated at a desk or table, wearing a suit and tie. He has a pen in his right hand and has an open book in front of him.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1360
- Date
- c.1974-1985
1 image
- Date
- c.1974-1985
- Subjects
- Mitchell, Charles
- Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1351
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Portrait of Reverend George W. Thomas, minister of the Arcadia Community Church from September 1919-April 1924. He is seen from the chest up, wearing a suit, tie and glasses.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1446
- Date
- unknown
1 image
Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Summers, Dec. 25.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11034
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune & News
- Date
- January 3, 1952
- Pages
- p. 9
- Announcement Type
- Birth
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune & News
- Date
- January 3, 1952
- Pages
- p. 9
- Announcement Type
- Birth
- Subjects
- Summers, daughter
- Item ID
- 11240AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Photo of Arcadia Police Chief L.C. Roosevelt wearing a white hat and suit with tie. It is blown up from a photo picturing him with two motorcycle officers, one on each side of him. The negative shows these two officers, Borger on left and William S. Orr on right.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1356
- Date
- c.1938
1 image
- Date
- c.1938
- Subjects
- Roosevelt, L. C.
- Police Department
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1347
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Private First Class George Robert Summers was announced as a prisoner of the Japanese.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7380
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- June 18, 1942
- Pages
- p. 5
- Subjects
- Summers, George Robert, Jr.
- Item ID
- 7265AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Romance novel author Olga Bicos will talk about her first novel, "By My Heart Betrayed" at the Women's Club of Arcadia annual Book Reviews and Author's Luncheon. With photo.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper564
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- May 5, 1991
- Pages
- p. A-3
- Subjects
- Arcadia authors - Bicos, Olga
- Item ID
- 564AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Michael L. Oddenino specializes in family law practice with the law firm of Oddenino & Gaule located at 444 East Huntington Drive in Arcadia. He is also the author of "Putting Kids First."
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4557
- Newspaper
- Sierra Madre News
- Date
- June 8, 1995
- Pages
- p. 14 photo
- Subjects
- Arcadia authors - Oddenino, Michael
- Item ID
- 4433AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Pvt. George Summers spoke with his parents over a short wave radio from a prison camp in Japan.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7381
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- December 10, 1942
- Pages
- p. 1 photo
- Subjects
- Summers, George Robert, Jr.
- Item ID
- 7266AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Two young men from Arcadia, Clyde Dietrich and George R. Summers, were among hundreds of American soldiers interned in a Japanese prison camp.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6707
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- February 26, 1942
- Pages
- p. 4
- Subjects
- Dietrich, Clyde
- Summers, George R.
- Item ID
- 6516AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Portrait of former Arcadia mayor John M. Walshe. He is shown in formal dress with a bow tie. He is wearing glasses. John M. Walshe was born in New York in 1877 and died in Arcadia in March, 1935. He was mayor in 1930-31.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1375
- Date
- c.1930
1 image
- Date
- c.1930
- Subjects
- Walshe, John M.
- Mayors - Walshe, John M.
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1365
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Arcadia Recreation Department Summer Concert on the Arcadia City Hall lawn, with two police officers in uniform and a man wearing shorts.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2094
- Date
- July 24, 2003
1 image
- Date
- July 24, 2003
- Physical Description
- 4 x 6 color
- ID
- 2073
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Services were held Tuesday in Arcadia for Robert John Pierson, who died of AIDS-related illness on March 21, at the age of 41. Pierson, who grew up in Arcadia, authored "The Beach towns: A walker's guide to LA's Beach Towns" and was co-author of "LAbyrinth: A student's guide to Los Angeles." At the time of his death he was living in West Hollywood and teaching at USC.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5821
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- March 28, 1996
- Pages
- p. A-4
- Item ID
- 5666AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
An Arcadia man with a rare neurological condition, David Ireland has authored a book entitled "Letter to an Unborn Child." These reflect compassion and understanding and were written to his child in the event he did not live.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper571
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- November 14, 1974
- Pages
- p. 1
- Subjects
- Arcadia authors - Ireland, David
- Item ID
- 571AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Color spanshot of Arcadia author Robert Shortell.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1333
- Date
- June 1991
1 image
- Date
- June 1991
- Subjects
- Arcadia authors-Shortell, Robert
- Physical Description
- 3x4 color
- ID
- 1324
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
