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The La Canada Kiwanis Club in May 1962 sponsored the installation of 35 American flags along Foothill Boulevard, in observance of Memorial Day. Shown standing with a flag installed at the southeast corner of Foothill and Beulah Drive were, from left, Kiwanis President Art Hill, state Assemblyman Frank Lanterman, Eagle Scout Steve Phetteplace and Senior Girl Scout Carolyn Mills. (May 23, 2012) |
Ten Years Ago
Work was underway on the new corporate headquarters for Sport Chalet. Management of the La Cañada-based retail chain, founded by the late Norbert Olberz, had long used a warren of offices above its flagship store to conduct business. Sprouts market now occupies the remodeled space that previously held the Sport Chalet store, which moved to a new site in the Town Center
Twenty Years Ago
It was reported that the retail chain T.J.Maxx had entered negotiations to open a store on the bottom floor of the two-story Plaza de La Cañada building that recently had been vacated by Buffum's department store
Thirty Years Ago
City officials were considering placing a ban on the installation of wooden shingles on La Cañada Flintridge roofs to reduce the potential for wildfires to spread quickly throughout neighborhoods here.
Forty Years Ago
Using a cash prize won in the school's paper drive, the students of teacher Elin Ehrenclou's fifth-grade class at Oak Grove School, located where the Child Educational Center and Crestview Prep operate today, donated a liquidambar tree to be planted along the fence that divided the elementary school's property from La Cañada High School
Fifty Years Ago
Thirty-five American flags were placed along Foothill Boulevard to honor Memorial Day. The project was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada. Local scouting troops and other local youth organizations participated in the flags' installation.
Sixty Years Ago
A Pomeranian named “Bootsie” was the sweepstakes winner in the second annual Hillside Dog Show held in a Chula Senda Lane backyard and organized by sixth-grader Joan Summerfield. The event raised $8.64 from the children who showed their pets. The beneficiary of those receipts was the La Cañada Youth House.
Work was underway on the new corporate headquarters for Sport Chalet. Management of the La Cañada-based retail chain, founded by the late Norbert Olberz, had long used a warren of offices above its flagship store to conduct business. Sprouts market now occupies the remodeled space that previously held the Sport Chalet store, which moved to a new site in the Town Center
Twenty Years Ago
It was reported that the retail chain T.J.Maxx had entered negotiations to open a store on the bottom floor of the two-story Plaza de La Cañada building that recently had been vacated by Buffum's department store
Thirty Years Ago
City officials were considering placing a ban on the installation of wooden shingles on La Cañada Flintridge roofs to reduce the potential for wildfires to spread quickly throughout neighborhoods here.
Forty Years Ago
Using a cash prize won in the school's paper drive, the students of teacher Elin Ehrenclou's fifth-grade class at Oak Grove School, located where the Child Educational Center and Crestview Prep operate today, donated a liquidambar tree to be planted along the fence that divided the elementary school's property from La Cañada High School
Fifty Years Ago
Thirty-five American flags were placed along Foothill Boulevard to honor Memorial Day. The project was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada. Local scouting troops and other local youth organizations participated in the flags' installation.
Sixty Years Ago
A Pomeranian named “Bootsie” was the sweepstakes winner in the second annual Hillside Dog Show held in a Chula Senda Lane backyard and organized by sixth-grader Joan Summerfield. The event raised $8.64 from the children who showed their pets. The beneficiary of those receipts was the La Cañada Youth House.
