with Christmas finery, and members are invited to a free social tea. The Society was host to the "Rancho San Jose Dinner," a fundraising event held in the Castle Courtyard each summer and which aims to raise money for historical preservation and restoration. Funds from the 2016 dinner have gone toward the Society's collection of antique vehicles. Collections H. Paul Keiser Memorial Collection Paul Keiser was from an early Glendora family (pre-1890), and served as the first Society Curator. Having a reputation as a great valley historian, Keiser amassed a collection of artifacts and records years before the formation of the earliest historical organizations in the upper San Gabriel Valley. The Memorial Collection was established after his death in 1951. Bobbie Battler Archive The Society received the bulk of the papers, notes, and records which had been maintained by historian, author and columnist Bobbie Battler after her death in 2003. Michael Clarke Rubel Collection The acquisition of Rubel Castle in 2005 included the full collection of objects and artifacts which builder Michael Rubel had amassed during his world travels. The collection ranges from Revolutionary War-era cannons, paintings, metal work and folk art, antique vehicles and equipment, and numerous objet d'art, spanning centuries. The Collection is spread across almost two acres of property, with the majority housed in the Tin Palace. Current Major Exhibitions Before the Golden Arches: A Look at Richard and Maurice McDonald (opened January 2017) an exploration of the life of the McDonald's founders when they lived in Depression-era Glendora, including the movie theater they owned and the local inspiration for their restaurant business Cubs Win!: Frank Chance of Glendora (opened November 2016) a celebration of Frank Chance, the professional baseball player and team manager who led the Chicago Cubs to two world-series victories (1907 and 1908), in commemoration of the Cubs 2016 World Series win Citrus Speaks: 100 Years of Citrus College (opened August 2014) a look at the history of Citrus College, the first public junior college in Los Angeles County, and the 5th oldest in the state of California, from its beginning as a rural high school in the 1890s, the addition of its first college curriculum in 1915, to the bustling commuter campus it is today The Glendora Story (ongoing exhibit) chronicling the history of lands that would come to be called Glendora, from the time of the native inhabitants who called the area