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                                                                EXHIBIT 31.1

                                CERTIFICATION

I, Don W. Hubble, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Angelica
     Corporation;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
     necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
     circumstances under which such statements were made, not
     misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
     financial information included in this report, fairly present
     in all material respects the financial condition, results of
     operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
     the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
     responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
     controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
     13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

             (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
             or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
             be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
             material information relating to the registrant,
             including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
             to us by others within those entities, particularly
             during the period in which this quarterly report is
             being prepared;

             (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
             disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
             this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
             the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
             of the period covered by this quarterly report based
             on such evaluation; and

             (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the
             registrant's internal control over financial reporting
             that occurred during the registrant's most recent
             fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
             reasonably likely to materially affect, the
             registrant's internal control over financial
             reporting; and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
     disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
     control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
     and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors
     (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

             (a) All significant deficiencies and material
             weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
             control over financial reporting which are reasonably


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             likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
             record, process, summarize and report financial
             information; and

             (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
             management or other employees who have a significant
             role in the registrant's internal control over
             financial reporting.



Date:  September 4, 2003

                                        /s/ Don W. Hubble
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                                        Don W. Hubble
                                        Chairman, President and Chief
                                        Executive Officer of
                                        Angelica Corporation


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