BIRTHDAY BASH : LONG-TIME RESIDENTS TOAST GLENDALE'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY.Byline: Steven J. Gorman Daily News Staff Writer Sitting quietly on folding chairs amid the hoopla hoop·la n. Informal 1. a. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement. b. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla. 2. of school bands, dance troupes and drum corps The following is a comprehensive list of drum corps from the past and present. For a list of active Drum Corps International drum corps, see List of DCI drum corps. Junior Corps Corps Location Era Known Years Active Website 12th Command were the real stars of Glendale's 90th birthday celebration: 44 nonagenarians who rank among the city's oldest residents. They were honored by city officials Saturday during an outdoor festival featuring live music, displays of firetrucks and a police helicopter, a visit from Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, , and birthday cake for the crowd. An estimated 4,000 people turned out for the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. , described by Mayor Rick Reyes - a former police officer who wore his old uniform - as ``just an ice cream-and-cake, good old-fashioned birthday party.'' ``We're a very proud city,'' he said. Laura DeRiggs, 93, a former Lockheed accountant and 51-year resident of Glendale, was less proud. ``It was a beautiful city when I came here,'' she said. ``But it's entirely different now.'' A.C. Hunter, 92, a retired tile setter setter: see sporting dog. setter Any of three breeds derived from a medieval hunting dog that would set (lie down) when it found birds so that it and the birds could be covered with a net. Setters have long hair on the ears, chest, legs, and tail. , said he has lived in the same house on Lexington Drive for 61 years and has watched the city undergo a complete transformation. ``I've seen the whole thing change,'' he said. ``You had a railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. track right up here,'' he said pointing to Glendale Avenue. ``Verdugo Road from the (Glendale) College on up was all dirt road dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n .'' Thelma Baker, who will turn 90 in June and is the mother of Glendale City Councilman Sheldon Baker, said change is to be expected. ``I would like to pay tribute to all the people over the years who contributed their time and talents to developing what we have here in the city of Glendale,'' she said. ``We always miss the old days, but we have to consider them as part of the rhythm of life,'' she said. ``I'm glad for what's transpired, and what we have today.'' One of the more recognizable among the ninety-something crowd was Robert Beer, a celebrity look-alike for Dwight D. Eisenhower, who has played the late general and president in several motion pictures, including ``The Right Stuff'' and ``My Science Project.'' A retired engineer who moved to Glendale about 15 years ago, Beer said he decided to make a vocation of his resemblance to Ike after years of being taken for the nation's 34th president. ``People would see me and they'd say, `I know you're not Eisenhower, but who are you?' '' Elmer Saunders, 90, a Boyle Heights native who moved to Glendale in 1928, proudly displayed the names of his 10 grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. on a necktie he wore for the occasion. Saunders said he also has 10 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, ``and I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how many in the oven.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (ran in Bur/Glen only) Glendale Mayor Rick Reyes gre ets Mickey Mouse at the city's birthday gala. Tom Mendoza/Daily News |
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