89-Year-Old Twin Sisters Symbolize Roots and Pride of La Verne

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Mary Glasgow and Lois Edmondson have a long and rich family history. And it's proudly and delightfully intertwined with the city of La Verne.

Jeannette Vagnozzi, the La Verne Friends of the Fourth Committee's parade subcommittee chairwoman and the city's Public Works Department's administrative superintendent, said the committee coordinating the daylong Fourth of July in town wanted to link this year's parade grand marshals to the city's centennial celebration.

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89-Year-Old Twin Sisters Symbolize Roots and Pride of La Verne

Glasgow and Edmondson symbolize the historical roots and civic pride of the town that celebrates its 100th anniversary of incorporation this year, Vagnozzi said. She noted the 89-year-old twin sisters were raised in La Verne, starting only 10 years after the city's incorporation. Their father, Lewis C. Meredith, was an early settler, successful citrus rancher and philanthropist helping make La Verne the town it is today.

One year after their birth on Nov. 27, 1916,...

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