10-20-30 years ago

Ten Years Ago

Hike & Seek Kids, lifelike stuffed dolls created by The Apple Granny, were among the many offerings at the then-new Farmers Market and Family Festival held Thursday evenings on Honolulu Avenue in the summer of 1998.

Twenty Years Ago

The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce was taking orders for boxed suppers, priced at $6 each, for the free summer pops concert, “Music: The International Language,” which was to be performed by the Glendale Symphony Orchestra at the Glendale High School stadium in late July 1988.

Thirty Years Ago

Ground-breaking ceremonies for the final, 5.4-mile section of the 48-mile Foothill (210) Freeway were set for July 21, 1978, with completion of the link in the Sunland-Sylmar area anticipated for late 1980. The $38.2 million project included 13 major structures, among them a 1300-foot bridge over Big Tujunga Wash.

Forty Years Ago

“The Truth About Pearl Harbor” was the subject of an address given be retired Rear Adm. William C. Chambliss to the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club. Chambliss was chief counsel to the admiral in charge of that U.S. Navy base when it was attacked by Japanese bombers in December 1941.

Fifty Years Ago

Glen Haslam was introduced to the community as the new store manager for the then-thriving J.C. Penney Co. store in Montrose.