10-20-30 years ago

Ten Years Ago

Despite inclement weather, the 1999 scholarship fundraiser staged by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce drew more than 40 golfers to Verdugo Hills Golf Course. Rick Dinger, then president of the chamber, was also the tournament chairman.

Twenty Years Ago

Area residents were mourning the loss of Adeline Micheli Grayson, who with her husband Val opened Grayson’s Tune Town in Montrose in 1953. Adeline succumbed to a stroke after having been ill for some time with cancer. She was 71 years old.

Thirty Years Ago

Bob Shatsnider of La Crescenta was awarded his 21-year perfect attendance pin by fellow members of the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club.

Forty Years Ago

The 1968-69 Outstanding Youth of the Valley trophy was presented to Crescenta Valley High School senior John Weston, in competition sponsored by the Crescenta-Cañada Jaycees.

Fifty Years Ago

James McCain, assistant vice president of the Montrose office of Glendale Federal Savings announced a new accounting system to keep records “up-to-the-minute and accurate through the use of electronic machines which virtually eliminate the possibility of human error.” McCain excitedly reported that all data relating to each account would then be processed through the Remington Rand UNIVAC “machine.”