Graduation Speeches Hold Hopes For Tomorrow
Hundreds of San Gabriel Valley seniors received diplomas at outdoor commencements in Alhambra Arcadia South Pasadena Azusa and Rosemead. Speakers urged self discipline skill development and civic responsibility as they prepare to build futures with education and effort.
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San Gabriel Valley High School
Citrus Union High Approves 1956 57 Budget With Raises
The Citrus Union High School Board approved a tentative $1 746 757 budget for 1956 57 and raised salaries for teachers administrators and staff. The plan adds 50 teachers to handle enrollment growth with the opening of Azusa High School this fall. The max teacher salary rises from 6650 to 7300, with higher step increases. Beginning teacher pay increases to 4000 for special credentials and 4200 for general credentials. Classified staff receive about a 7 percent raise, with administrators gaining an added responsibility pay. Cafeteria workers will earn 125 to 150 cents per hour next year.
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Azusa
Citrus Union High School Board
Azusa High School
Glenn G. Vaniman
Baldwins Park Seniors Graduate At Local Ceremony
More than 200 seniors graduated at Baldwin Park High School last night. Rev. Bob Richards from La Verne delivered the commencement address titled Aiming for the Top and an all night graduation party followed at the Elks Club.
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Baldwin Park
Baldwin Park High School
Bob Richards
la Verne
Elks Club
First Grad Class Residents Forming at St Frances of Rome
Commencement exercises for the first eighth grade class at St Frances of Rome school will be held Sunday at 4 30 PM. Fifty three students will receive diplomas.
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AZUSA
St. Frances of Rome School
Monrovia School Boards Seek 25 Cent Tax Increase
Monrovia High and Elementary School Boards schedule an Oct. 23 election to approve a 25 cent tax increase for five years. The high school district already gains a 25 cent override. the elementary rate would rise from 1.30 to 1.55 per 100. If approved, both districts would maintain some of the county’s lowest rates, according to Superintendent Dwight Lydell.
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Ous
Monrovia High School
Dwight Lydell
Westcoasters Compete in U S Barbershop Finals
San Gabriel quartet The Westcoasters, Western District winners from Sacramento, vies in Minneapolis for the national barbershop title with 39 other quartets as the event wraps Sunday.
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San Gabriel
America
Society of the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Minneapolis
Min
Sacramento
Mt San Antonio College to Graduate 365 Seniors Tomorrow
Mt. San Antonio College will award diplomas to 365 graduates at a ceremony in the Walnut stadium tomorrow. Speakers include Marianne Krackhardt and Norris Hundley Jr. and awards honor scholastic distinction while list of graduates by hometown spans Alhambra Arcadia Covina Duarte El Monte Glendora La Verne Monrovia Pasadena Puente Rosemead San Dimas San Gabriel Sierra Madre Temple City Walnut West Covina and more.
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Walnut
Mt. San Antonio College
San Gabriel Valley
Marianne Krackhardt
Norris Hundley Jr
Ine Rodriguez
Mary Lou Schmidt
Gaston Silva
Richard Taggart
Kenneth Wilcox
Covina
Walter Anderson
John Barton
R. David Bennett
David Broman
Marina Baragna
Audrey Burge
Charles Carlson
Charles Cheesebrough
James Clifton
James P. Conneri
Ne Deahill
Don Devol
Howard Edwards
Virnia Forrey
Shirley Franklin
Olaorne
Joyce Hung
Janis Hurley
Julie Joyce
Lois Lennon
Nancy Lilly
Phylis McNeese
Marilyn Nash
Milton C. Delke
Charles Pace
Patricia Paquin
Charlies Peterson
Robert Radmacher
Raymond Rodgers
Jack Spoor
Karen Timmons
Barbara Warnick
G. Bruce Waterman
Ronald Weinhold
John Wilson
Carlos Wright
Duarte
Maxine Lee
el Monte
Julie Becker
Ronald M. Bell
Charles Cannon
Donald Cawthon
Harvey Clemans
David Costello
Roy
D. Cullipher
Robert Bowman
Reading
Bray
Marcella Bray
Pete Cagliero
Barbara Claybrook
Ernest Delgadillo
Warren Devor
Marguerita Dota
Mike Elias
Alston
Nseman Kirk
Bob Lang
Richard McManus
Patsy Peach
Robert A. Peterson
Norman Rosenfeldt
Walter L. Smith
Thomas Smitherman
Shirley Stephenson
Bonnie Arston
Earl van Atta
Judie van Sant
Jay Warden
Guy Williams
Dale Yamada
Rosemead
Jack Desy
San Dimas
Charles Biggs
William Bowen
Carole Gerlach
Saul Guerra
John A. Miller
Larry Nomura
Darryl Ross
Salli Russell
Alan Walker
Grace Watanabe
Leona Wilson
San Gabriel
John Bell
Patricia Clune
Daniel Holliday
Harold S. Lemaster
Darlene O'Rourke
David Petxnick
Ablu Rodriguez
Donald Sawyer
San Marino
Jerry Kelly
Sierra Madre
Ronald Hopkins
Temple City
Peter Brennan
Kenneth Finch
Marlene Foshay
Donna Hoggan
Richard Wade
Samus Mitchell
Albert W. Tayior
William Thrasher
West Covina
Carole Adair
Edgar Alexander
David Danielt
Ronald Diezsi
Calvin Doss
John Egan
Carol Frazier
Robert Fritsch
Georgiana Fuerst
Nancy Grizzle
Malcolm Helman
Sharon Hill
James Holaday
Norris Hundley
Donald Kopec
Jess Kraus
Katherine Lambert
Donald Law
Janis McMahon
Jamesd. Mild
Mitsi Nelson
Gordon Nevils
Charles Nichols
Jim Northcutt
Ruth Oich
Donald O. Olson
John G. Parker
Paula Power
Paul F. Pearce
John Sexton
Donald Slack
Arlene Spence
Jay Stringham
Puente Prepares for City Vote Campaign For City Incorporation
A heated race in Puente over incorporation as a city for 13,200 residents. Twenty-seven candidates sought five council seats, backed by the Puente Home Rule Committee. Opponents, led by the Puente Home Owners Assn., used mailers and posters to urge rejection.
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Puente
CNS
Puente Home Rule Committee
Puente Home Owners Assn
Covina Clergyman Attends Navy Chaplain Seminar
Lt Cmdr Walter H Nordby of Covina Lutheran Church is among eight California chaplains at a two week naval reserve seminar in San Diego. They will visit multiple Naval installations within the 11th Naval District during the session.
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Covina
Walter H. Nordby
Monrovia Duarte High School Board Acknowledges Finance Survey
Monrovia Duarte High School Board this week discussed finances and building plans. Dr Irving Melbo USC surveyor will assess district finances at 1350 dollars payment. Nick Pokrajac sanctions rehab of Science Building for 215277 dollars with three alternates. Saffee and McAdam bid for bleacher conversion to classrooms 16800 dollars. decision to be at June 27 meeting.
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Monrovia
Monrovia-Duarte High School
Irving Melbo
USC
Stanley McClintic
McClintic
Melba
Nick Pokrajac
Arcadia
Saffee and McAdam
473 El Monte Graduates Awarded Diplomas
El Monte High School 1956 graduation sees 473 seniors receive diplomas at Rosemead Athletic Field. Lloyd L. Dancer, president of the Board of Trustees, hands diplomas. Rod Fagerholm offers farewell remarks about moving from preparation to application.
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EL Monte
el Monte High School
Rosemead
Lloyd L. Dancer
Board of Trustees
Rod Fagerholm
Joseph Mark
Yinda Abercrombie
Jan Adams
Aileen Adkins
Elaine Adney
Jerry Alcorn
John Aldecua
Henry Allnis
Alice Amato
Douglas Amshbury
Reatha Anderson
Stella Anderson
Leah Andes
Peter Argulen
Pomona College Board Reelects San Marino Leader
R. J. Wig of San Marino was reelected president of the Pomona College board of trustees for his ninth term at the annual meeting. Wig joined the board in 1929, became vice president in 1936, and has led the board since 1948.
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San Marino
R. J. Wig
Pomona College
Wig
Arcadia Wins Betting on Bettors at Santa Anita
Arcadia collected 215105 from Santa Anita Race Track through admission taxes to the grandstand and club house. City Controller Lawrence Larson reported the figure up 14029 from 1955, noting the city treasury benefits from 10 and 20 cent admission taxes.
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Arcadia
Santa Anita
Lawrence Larson
Hospital Zone Change Hearing Set in Monrovia
Monrovia plans a second public hearing July 11 on a proposed zone change at 600 Linwood Ave to permit a hospital. Protests cite siren noise and lowered property values. Foothill Hospital would require shifting from R-2 to R-4.
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Monrovia
City Planning Commission
Linwood Ave
Foothill
Linwood
Mayflower
Violet
Covina Planners Deny Two Zone Change Proposals
Planning Commission recommended denial of two zone change requests. One parcel between First and Barranca, south of Cypress seeks R-1 to M-1. A second request, by owners south of Edna and east of Curtis, sought R-2 but was also recommended for denial.
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Covina
Planning Commission
First
Barranca
Cypress
Edna
Curtis
Girl Scout Campaign Aids Cancer Patient in Temple City
Temple City Girl Scout Troop 5 conducts a store to store campaign to raise funds for City of Hope for a 12 year old cancer patient. Mrs Reva Condell directs the drive with local merchants urged to contribute. Call 6 3508 or 6 8572 for volunteers.
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Temple City
City of Hope
Reva Condell
Condell
Herbert Mann
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