History of Los Angeles county, Volume II, Part 11

Author: McGroarty, John Steven, 1862-1944
Publication date: 1923
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 840

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Mr. Wilkinson was born March 22, 1879, at Decatur, Illinois, and is a son of Daniel and Theodosia (Barrett) Wilkinson. His father, who was blind from birth, developed unusual musical talent in his youth, and his life has been a long and useful one. For many years he has been a professor of music at the State Institution for the Blind, in Iowa. Mrs. Wilkinson was born in the City of Dublin, Ireland, where her father, John Barrett, was a man of some prominence and influence. She died in 1917. William Barrett Wilkinson received his early education in the public schools of New- ton, Kansas, following which he pursued a course of study at the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois. His first employment was with the Chicago Telephone Company, with which concern he remained for several years, and in 1910 came to California and located at Fresno. He came to Southern California in 1911, and was indentified with the Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Company, rising to the position of district plant chief at Los Angeles. In August, 1919, Mr. Wilkinson came to Pasadena and purchased a half interest in the Webster Company, manufacturers of lighting fixtures, and in April, 1922, the style of the business was changed to its present form, as the Wilkinson-Scott Company, of which Mr. Wil- kinson is secretary and treasurer. This business was established in 1888, and is, therefore, one of Pasadena's older enterprises. The business con- sists of the importing, manufacture and installing of all kinds of lighting fixtures, in residences, office buildings, public buildings, etc. It is enjoying a healthy and wholesome growth at this time, keeping fully abreast of the advancement being made in other lines in the city. Mr. Wilkinson is essentially a business man and gives his main interest to the duties of his establishment. He is not a politician nor an office seeker and reserves the right to vote independently, regardless of candidate or party. Fraternally he is affiliated with Golden State Lodge No. 358, of Los Angeles. He belongs likewise to the Lions Club and the City Club of Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association of Pasadena. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church.

On October 9, 1919, at Los Angeles, Mr. Wilkinson was united in marriage with Miss Alyce M. Philipps, daughter of the late Dr. E. D. Philipps, who was a physician by profession, but became interested in mining in the early period of Nevada's development and owned and devel- oped several properties at Philippsburg, near Eureka, Nevada.

MARGARET B. QUINN, R. N. New fields of activity are being constantly opened to women who have carefully prepared themselves for work requir- ing training and efficiency, and one of them inviting the attention of some of the best nurses of today is that of treatment for obesity and those diseases growing out of overweight. In this practically new field Margaret B. Quinn, of Los Angeles, is acquiring a reputation that has far outrun local boundaries, and is building up a connection which demands the expansion into a sanatorium in the near future.

Margaret B. Quinn was born at Niles, Ohio, a daughter of Charles Quinn. Her father, an Irishman by birth, left County Tyrone, Ireland, for

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the United States when still a child, and settled at Niles, Ohio. Miss Quinn attended St. Stephens Academy at Niles, where she was reared, but in 1915 she felt the urge toward the West, and came to California in the interest of the National Mckinley Memorial, and a year later, finding California all that is desirable in climate, entered the Clara Barton Hospital, took the regular training for nurses, and graduated therefrom May 9, 1918, as president of a class of fourteen.

For a few months she did private work, but soon found that she could not be satisfied with bedside nursing, for she wanted to get into a larger field where she could have greater activity and more work. In order to prepare herself for this broader field she took up the Bergonie System, and after completing the course, in which she had become very much interested, decided to devote herself to it, and established herself in treatment rooms at 611A South Coronado Street, October 1, 1920, and started to treat obesity, rheumatism, nervousness, high blood pressure and various forms of neuritis. She has been particularly successful in her obesity treatments, which she claims under the system she uses has the great advantage over all others in that it may be applied independently to any part of the body that it may be desirable to reduce, without affecting any other part. This reduction is accomplished without mental effort or bodily discomfort, in a manner that is very soothing and agreeable. The system was developed by Professor Bergonie, who in 1909, in a paper read before the Academy of Science, Paris, France, brought his results to the attention of the world, introducing a method for the reduction of obesity which, according to Miss Quinn, is the most satisfactory yet produced. This method was quickly taken up in Europe, and has been used in the United States sufficiently long to prove its efficacy. It is nature's own exercise, but an exercise without mental effort by electro mechanical means. The muscle is made to contract and relax by mild electrical currents, stimulating nerve centers in the muscle tissues in the same manner that the muscle contracts and relaxes by nerve impulses from the brain in exercise, but many times more rapidly. This is accomplished without exhausting the nerve forces of the brain, because the electrical current takes the place of the nerve force.

In connection with the Bergonie system Miss Quinn has combined a mode of treatment that is distinctly her own idea and consists of stimulating elimination. It is entirely corrective, and she and her patients have had very gratifying and permanent results in rheumatism, neuritis and high blood pressure. Miss Quinn is working along entirely new lines, and it is safe to say with the results so far obtained that her treatment is consistently scientific and corrective and does much to regulate the body processes and will be the coming treatment for these diseases.

Miss Quinn is planning a new home in the near future, a sanatorium, where she can take care of her already large clientele and house them. Her strong personality and vigorous, stimulating mentality are vital forces in her success, and those who know and appreciate her many talents feel that in her the sex has a notable exponent of efficiency.

ARTHUR H. PALMER, D. D. S. In years of consecutive practice at Pasa- dena Dr. Palmer now ranks as the second oldest practitioner of dentistry in this city, which has represented his home for nearly thirty-five years and with the development and progress of which he has been closely associated, besides retaining secure prestige as one of the representative members of his profession in Los Angeles County.

Dr. Arthur Hopkins Palmer was born in Susquehanna County, Penn- sylvania, December 12, 1857, and in the same county his parents, Charles R. and Elmira (Kingsley) Palmer, were born and reared, the respective families having early been founded in the old Keystone State. In his native. county Charles R. Palmer continued his active association with farm indus- try until about 1885, when he removed to Illinois and engaged in farming near Sterling, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. Of the family of two sons and one daughter Dr. Palmer of this sketch is

Arthur Malwer

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the elder of the two surviving, his sister, Miss Ida A., being a resident of Santa Monica, California. Charles W., the other son, was a farmer near Sterling, Illinois, at the time of his death, in 1907, when about thirty- five years of age.

The public schools of the old Keystone State afforded Dr. Palmer his early education, and in preparation for his chosen profession he entered the Pennsylvania College of Dentistry, which is now the Dental College of the University of Pennsylvania. He was graduated as a member of the class of 1881, and after thus receiving his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery he was engaged in practice at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, until 1888, when he came to California, his arrival at Pasadena having occurred on the 7th of January of that year and this city having since continued the stage of his successful professional endeavors, the while he has been a loyal supporter of the various civic and material measures that have con- tributed to the splendid development and upbuilding of the fair and pros- perous city in which he may well claim a measure of pioneer precedence. The Doctor is an active member and former president of the Southern California Dental Association, and holds membership also in the National Dental Association.

Dr. Palmer has always taken active interest in political affairs, both national and local, but has had no desire for public office. He is a charter member of Corona Lodge No. 324, F. and A. M., at Pasadena, and is a past master of the same. His maximum York Rite affiliation is with the Los Angeles Commandery, Knights Templar, in the City of Los Angeles, and his name is now on the roll of honor of the thirty-year members of this commandery, who are thus relieved of the payment of dues. Dr. Palmer is a past master of Temple Lodge No. 245, F. and A. M., at Tunk- hannock, Pennsylvania, and in that state also he became a member of the Mystic Shrine, which adjunct Masonic body was then a comparatively new organization. He now maintains affiliation with Al Malaikah Temple of the Mystic Shrine in the City of Los Angeles. He is a charter member of Pasadena Lodge No. 672, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is the only member to have served two successive years as exalted ruler of the same. The Doctor holds membership also in the Overland and the Lions Clubs at Pasadena. He is a student and reader of unwavering appreciation, and has in his home one of the finest private libraries in Pasadena, the same comprising more than 3,000 volumes. The home, at 61 North Chester Avenue, is a center of gracious hospitality, with Mrs. Palmer as its popular chatelaine, she being a leader in the social and cul- tural activities of the community. Mrs. Palmer was educated in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, and prior to her marriage had gained distinc- tion on the dramatic stage, she having been a member of the company of Rose Stahl for four years, in the producing of the popular plays "Maggie Pepper" and "Perfect Lady," and having gained most favorable press notices on the part of leading dramatic critics in all parts of the United States. She takes a very active interest in the Community Players of Pasadena, an organization that has a high reputation all over the country.

At New London, New Hampshire, on the 1st of September, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Palmer and Miss Adelle Adams, who was born in the State of Maine but reared in New Hampshire. They have no children.

Dr. Palmer has insistently kept in touch with the advances made in both operative and laboratory dentistry, and his handsomely appointed office, 630 Chamber of Commerce Building, has the most modern of equip- ment and accessories.

MISS ADELAIDE TROWBRIDGE, who has supervision of the normal training department for piano teachers, as well also as of elementary and intermediate piano work, in the Musical College of the University of South- ern California, has devoted her many talents to the advancement of music in California.

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Miss Trowbridge was born in the City of Jackson, Michigan, and is a daughter of Harvey and Mary Lydia (Chase) Trowbridge, both natives of the State of New York and both representatives of old and distinguished American families. Mrs. Trowbridge was a member of a family long prominent in the Society of Friends, and was a cousin of the loved American poets, Alice and Phoebe Carey. Mrs. Trowbridge was in early days a teacher among the Indians, and her daughter Adelaide has many interesting relics and souvenirs of this phase of her service. In 1887 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Trowbridge established their home at Riverside, California, and it was in this state that their daughter Adelaide received the major part of her early education. Miss Trowbridge began her musical studies at home in Riverside, continued under Mrs. Lancaster, a pupil of Rubinstein, and, coming to Los Angeles, entered the College of Music of the University of Southern California, where she continued her piano study with W. F. Skeele, Dean. After her graduation she studied two years with Rudolf Friml, who wrote the score of "The Firefly" and many other delightful light operas. Thereafter she studied one year with Dalhousie Young, a pupil and assistant of Leschetitzky, and her work has included many courses of advanced art correlation, including comparative art, general pedagogy, psychology, harmony, etc. Recently she was under the instruction of Calvin B. Cady, formerly of the musical department of Columbia University, New York City.

As a teacher and as an interpretative musician Miss Trowbridge has achieved unequivocal success and prestige. In addition to her class teach- ing she has had as private pupils many gifted students who have achieved fine successes in concert and teaching. She has several teachers under her direction. A few years ago Miss Trowbridge organized at Anaheim, Orange County, a branch of the College of Music of the University of Southern California, and this branch has been remarkably successful in its work. She formerly gave instructions to a number of classes outside the City of Los Angeles, but this work she was finally compelled to abandon, owing to her duties at the University. She is one of the influential members of the Dominant Club, and was chairman of its program committee one year. She served one year as president of the Los Angeles Music Teachers Association, and as a member of the State Executive Board she is, in 1922, making a census of all music teachers in the state. She has made some valu- able contributions to the literature of her profession, both standard and periodical. She is the author of compositions for piano, and has recently compiled an index of musical literature and a graded list of teaching material in connection with music. She has spared herself neither time nor work in advancing musical interests, and as chairman of the public-school committee which made a survey of conditions in the State of California she did much to bring about a proper presentation of the relation of the work in music done in the public schools and that done by private teachers. The committee report to the State Board of Education was highly complimented, and has been the means of a closer cooperation in the system of preparing outlines of music which can be used for accreditation in the various branches and enable pupils to receive proper credits for work done under private teachers.

Miss Trowbridge is affiliated with the Alpha Chi Omega college sorority, and holds membership in the McDowell Club, the Woman's Athletic Club, and the Ebell Club, all of Los Angeles, as well as the Sunset Canyon Country Club. Her mother was active in the Council of Community Service, and in her honor has been established a fund for scholarships-a fitting memorial to one whose life was a true exemplification of the Beatitudes.

In conjunction with Mr. Davol Sanders, violinist, Miss Trowbridge has appeared in numerous programs of chamber music.

MISS CARMEL MYERS, who was born and reared in California, is a gracious young woman who has gained high reputation in the moving- picture profession, in which she stands an exemplar of high ideals and ethics and has proved herself a distinguished artist.

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Miss Myers was born in the City of San Francisco and is a daughter of Rabbi Isadore and Anna (Jacobson) Myers. In the public schools of Los Angeles she continued her studies until she had completed the curriculum of the high school, and in 1917 she made her initial appearance in connection with moving pictures, under the direction of the celebrated David W. Griffith. She received excellent discipline in the Fine Arts Studios, and from these studios she went to the Metro Studios and became leading lady for Harold Lockwood, with whom she starred in "The Haunted Pajamas." With the Universal Film Company, which then starred her, her biggest success was in "My Unmarried Wife." Thereafter she left pictures for a year and entered the "legitimate" drama in "The Magic Melody," a romantic play with music written by Sigmond Romberg, composer of "Maytime," and pronounced by the public one of the big successes of the season of its presentation. In this connection Miss Myers made her first appearance on the speaking stage, and as juvenile woman lead in the production she showed fine dramatic presence and powers and made a most favorable impression. After this interesting experience Miss Myers resumed her alliance with the Universal Film Company, and among the special pictures in which she has since appeared in this connection may be noted "Who Will Marry Me?" "In Folly's Trail," and "The Mad Marriage."

Since her departure from the Universal organization Miss Myers has done some notable work, particularly in "Blind Justice," an Ed Sloman Production, and as the fascinating widow in "The Famous Mrs. Fair," which was made at the Louis B. Mayer studio with Fred Niblo directing.

At the age of twelve years Miss Myers had the aspirations and ambition of a woman of twenty. She was at that age affiliated with a junior civic organization composed of girls between the ages of ten and eighteen years, and allied with the Los Angeles Council of Jewish Women, of which her mother was president at the time. Mrs. Myers had been chosen to represent the Federated Woman's Clubs of California at the meeting of the national federation at Jamaica, Long Island. Her daughter Carmel was then presi- dent of the Junior Civic League and was chosen to represent this organiza- tion at the convention of Jamaica. The result . was that hers became the distinction of being the youngest delegate ever sent by any club in the United States. At the convention this youthful delegate delivered, a speech, acquitted herself admirably and inspired much interest in the work of the organization which she represented.

Miss Myers expects to continue in screen work a number of years, but her ambition is ultimately to appear in dramatic roles on the legitimate stage. From her childhood she has aspired to be an actress, and when a small child she would, with the aid of her brother, build up a miniature stage in the family home, utilizing old furniture for settings, assisting vigorously as stage carpenter and stage director, and assuming gallantly the role of leading lady in the little amateur productions. Her youthful ambition was to play tragic roles in which she might "make her audience weep." While at the present time her heart is unreservedly in her screen work, in which she has shown surpassing dramatic talent and splendid stage presence, she plans finally to go on the legitimate stage of spoken drama. Leading directors of the screen have pronounced the work of Miss Myers as showing real personality that carries its full impression to those who witness her produc- tions. Her mother has been her devoted companion and helper in all her work, and has amplified her generous service so effectively as to be looked upon as a mother to all of the girls at the studios in which her daughter has appeared, her gracious aid and counsel being loyally valued by the young women. Miss Myers takes pleasure and vitalizes her forces through out- door sports and recreations, including pedestrian tours, tennis, horseback riding, etc. She is also a skilled chess player, and takes deep interest in the game.

WELTON STANFORD was a nephew of the late Leland Stanford, whose name and great benefactions are a very great part of the history of Califor-

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nia, and in earlier years had been a member of the family circle of this distinguished uncle, meanwhile he became prominently identified with California interests of broad scope and importance. Welton Stanford had been for many years prior to his demise a resident of Schenectady, New York, but he and his wife had made annual visits to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Glen E. Huntsberger, at Los Angeles, and it was while he was in this city on such a visit that he suffered the paralytic stroke that caused his death, on the 14th of January, 1922. In all of the relations of life Mr. Stanford well upheld the prestige of a family name that has been one of prominence in American annals since the early Colonial era in our national history.

From an appreciative estimate that appeared in a Los Angeles paper at the time of the death of Mr. Stanford are taken the following extracts : "Mr. Stanford was for many years identified with California interests. He spent his early youth in this state. His father, Charles Stanford, came to California in 1849 and started a business in Sacramento, during the early gold rush, while later he became actively associated with the business activi- ties of his brothers Josiah and Leland Stanford. Welton Stanford again came to California at the time of the opening of transcontinental railroad service, and was connected with the railroad offices in Sacramento. He came from Australia, where he had spent about two years in business with an uncle at Melbourne. He eventually returned to Schenectady, New York, where he long maintained his home, his residence having been formerly owned by General Schuyler, of Revolutionary fame, and having been con- tinuously occupied by the Stanford family for five generations." It may further be said that this ancient dwelling, in excellent preservation and still owned and occupied by representatives of the Stanford family, is one of . the historic landmarks of the old Empire State.

Welton Stanford was born in the City of Albany, New York, on the 11th of July, 1849, a son of Charles and Jane E. (Page) Stanford, his father having served as a member of the State Senate of New York and having also become a prominent factor in early development and progress of California, where he was closely associated with his distinguished brother, the late Leland Stanford, who was by him induced to come to California, this article having no occasion to enter into details concerning the life and great benefactions of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and the founder of Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Welton Stanford finally left California and established his home at Schenectady, New York, where he became editor and publisher of the Daily Union, a republican newspaper that had been founded by his father. He made this one of the influential papers of the Empire State, and after his retirement from its active management he turned his attention to the real-estate business, of which he continued a leading exponent at Schenectady until his death. He was a man who found life well worth while, and he made much of his life, both for himself and for others. His stewardship was shown in his love for home and family, in his church activities and in his loyalty and public spirit as a citizen. He took lively interest in civic affairs, was a member of a number of leading social clubs, and was an earnest member of the Dutch Reformed Church, as is also his widow, who now resides in Los Angeles. For fifteen years Mr. Stanford conducted a little Methodist Chapel, which he later presented to the parish and which is now known as the Stanford Methodist Community Church at Schenectady. He served many years as elder of the Dutch Reformed Church at Lishaskill, the Schenectady suburb in which he resided, this having been the birthplace of his wife, whose maiden name was Katharine G. Lansing, and who is a representative of a family whose name has been one of prominence in American history for many generations, dating back to Colonial times. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford was solemnized September 27. 1876, and nearly half a century passed ere the gracious bonds were severed by the death of the revered husband and father. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford became the parents of three sons and one daughter: Welton, Jr., is a

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resident of Detroit, Michigan ; Charles died at the age of ten weeks; Grant Lansing is a representative member of the bar of Schenectady, New York; and Lorraine is the wife of Glen E. Huntsberger, of Los Angeles. In the home of Mr. and Mrs. Huntsberger, at 16 South Kingsley Drive, the widowed mother now resides. Mr. Stanford is survived also by one brother and two sisters: Winfield Stanford and Mrs. Maude S. Kinmonth, of Daytona, Florida, and Mrs. W. T. Wells, of Melbourne, that state.

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History of Los Angeles county, Volume II, Part 11

Author: McGroarty, John Steven, 1862-1944 Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Number of Pages: 840

Author: McGroarty, John Steven, 1862-1944
Publication date: 1923
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 840