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So rapid has been the growth of the church that extensive enlargements at a contemplated cost of about $200,000 are to be made this fall. The church will then have about double the facilities for educational and social
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work it now possesses, and the church auditorium when enlarged and beautified will have a seating capacity of 2,400. At the present rate of growth within four years this will be the largest Congregational Church in this country outside the City of New York.
Doctor Booth is the author of a number of books and pamphlets. Among them are "The Religion of An Evolutionist," "Religion for Today," "The Faiths of Mankind," "The Philosophy of Prayer," "The Jesus of History," all of which embody his views of religion intrepreted from the liberal stand- point. He is also the author of a text book on Bible study, "An Outline of New Testament Literature." His recent travel in Europe and the New East he has embodied in an illustrated book entitled "High Lights of the Old World."
Doctor Booth exerts a powerful spiritual force in his church and com- munity. As a contemporary magazine, from which excerpts have been freely made in this article, states: "His remarkable familiarity with the Bible, the higher criticism, and the works of ancient and modern authorities on religious thought ; his affluence in prayer ; his progressive and courageous attitude on mooted theological questions ; his advocacy of human brother- hood and a strict adherence to the teachings of Jesus as constituting the intergral part of Christianity are popular traits of this popular Christian teacher which have placed him in the forefront of active ecclesiastics.
"His appointment at the Southern Congregational Conference as Moder- ator was not only a fine compliment to his ability, but a distinction that redounds to the credit of the city, and while it must be expected and even hoped that greater honors will come to him that may remove him to wider fields of distinction and usefulness, his ministry here is appreciated by a grateful people and the memory of his work will never die."
C. E. NEWBURY. One of the greatest problems which the tourist has to solve is the procuring of clean, well-prepared food. Too many of those who are catering to the public, especially to the tourist trade, appear to think that anything is good enough for the transient, and in consequence an other- wise pleasant trip is utterly ruined. Long Beach has a notable exception to this condition, in the Mission Cafeteria, which is under the management of its president, C. E. Newbury, a most capable business man and experi- enced restaurant man. This is admittedly one of the best and cleanest places to eat in Southern California, and many of its patrons arrange their itineraries so as to include it in their trip.
The Mission Cafeteria was opened to the public October 15, 1920, and 750 guests sat down to the banquet. The building is, as the name indicates, of Mission style, and is beautifully situated on the bluff overlooking the Pacific, and from its windows an inspiring view can always be commanded. From the opening day this cafeteria has enjoyed a wonderful prosperity, but this success has been brought about, not only through the efficiency of the management, but also by reason of the hearty cooperation of the employes, and the loyalty of the patrons.
The officials, all of whom are men of high standing at Long Beach, orig- inated the company, and they are as follows: C. E. Newbury, president ; William Heck, vice president; Bert Paul, secretary; and Charles G. Kerr, treasurer. The directors are: C. E. Newbury, A. M. Hansen, C. B. Bellows, Bert Paul, William Heck, Charles G. Kerr and A. C. Scanlan. Mr. Newbury is ably assisted in the management by A. M. Hansen. The most of experienced chefs and cooks in their special lines are employed, and the food prepared by them has a distinctiveness that is very different from the standardized products of some of the restaurants. A full line of soups, entres, meats, vegetables, salads, and salad dressings, breads, pies, puddings, cobblers, cakes, fruits and sauces, hot and cold drinks and cheese, is carried at all times, and there are certain specials which make the name of the Mission Cafeteria famous all over the western coast.
Some men seek success through political office ; others climb to eminence in one or other of the professions; a few make their names household
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words in times of warfare, but it is to the everyday business man that the prosperity of a city is really due. The quiet, conscientious performance of duty ; the establishment and maintenance of a reputation for honest service and reliable goods, in the long run is what constitutes good citizenship, and places a man among the class of those of real value to their community. It is, unquestionably, therefore, to this class that Mr. Newbury and his asso- ciates belong, and in their quiet, unpretentious way they are expanding the scope of Long Beach's influence, and adding to its prestige as a paradise of tourists with each one of the excellent meals they serve, for every satisfied guest is a booster for their establishment and for the city which has given it birth.
BULLING BROTHERS. A very important business line at Santa Monica is handling real estate and general insurance, and because this section offers so many advantages to investors a number of ambitious young men with business training have found here a field of effort that their energy has made profitable. It is a very important business, in that it attracts capital that stays here and, furnishing the means for still further develop- ment, pushes the car of progress along. One of the prosperous real estate and insurance firms of this city, operating under the firm name of Bulling Brothers, was established here in May, 1921, by Frank and Claude Bulling.
Claude Bulling, the older member of the firm, was born at Winnipeg, Canada, January 20, 1890, and is a son of Alfred C. and Sarah (Wood- house) Bulling, the former of whom was born at Montreal and the latter at Windsor, Canada. The father of Mr. Bulling was active in mercantile life for many years prior to coming to Santa Monica in 1921, where he lives retired.
Mr Bulling received his educational training in the public schools of Winnipeg, after which he accepted a position in the inspection department of the Dominion Bank, where he continued five years. . Following his bank training he became credit manager in a wholesale dry goods house for six years and for six more years was merchandise manager. The family then came to Santa Monica, and in May, 1921, Claude Bulling, in association with his brother Frank, established their present business, at 1347 Second Street, where they had erected an office in April of that year. They han- dle both city and suburban property and deal in general insurance, being agents for the General Insurance Company, the Commercial Union Com- pany, the California Insurance Company and others.
15" Mr. Bulling married in June, 1913, Miss Edith Lundy West, of Win- nipeg, Canada, at that time, but she was born in the State of New York 'and 'was educated in Macdonald Hall, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.". Mrs. Bulling takes an active part in the pleasant social life of Santa Monica and is a member of the Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, and belongs also to the Daughters of the Empire. Mr. and Mrs. Bulling have two chil- 'dren, Barbara and Larry.
Mr. Bulling takes an active interest in all that concerns the welfare of his city, is a factor in the Chamber of Commerce, belongs to the Greater Santa Monica Club, is a member of the Realty Board, and of the Sons of St. George, of which organization he is secretary. Courteous in manner and of pleasing personality, Mr. Bulling has made many friends since coming to Santa Monica, and his upright, honorable business methods have firmly established him in their esteem.
FRANK BULLING. 'In every line of business there are certain qualities that are helpful to a young man when he enters the business field, but sound, thorough business training of any kind serves as a true foundation and. often enables individuals in an entirely unknown field to leave less well prepared competitors far behind. 'An example may, perhaps, be found in the prosperity that has come to one of the later real estate and insurance firms 'established at Santa Monica, that of Bulling Brothers, the member's of Which are" Frank and Claude Bulling, both younger in
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years than the majority of those in their line here, but signally successful. From the end of their school days until they came to this city in 1921 they had had the useful discipline of thorough business training.
Frank Bulling was born at Winnipeg, Canada, November 27, 1895, and is a son of Alfred C. and Sarah (Woodhouse) Bulling, the father a native of Montreal and the mother of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. During his active business life the father of Frank Bulling was a merchant, but is now retired and since 1921 has been a resident of Santa Monica.
After completing the public school course at Winnipeg, Frank Bulling entered Bishop Ridley College, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, where he completed his studies and immediately afterward accepted a position in the Dominion Bank at Winnipeg, where he remained for two years, then spent one year with Stobart's (Limited), and for the succeeding six years was in a mail order business in the City of Winnipeg. In seeking a more equable climate the family decided to locate in California, and early in 1921 settled at Santa Monica, where the brothers decided to go into busi- ness under the firm name of Bulling Brothers, a name that is well known now in many a reputable business transaction. In April, 1921, the firm erected its real estate office, at No. 1347 Second Street, Santa Monica, and in May following opened for business. The firm handles both city re- alty and suburban properties and supplies accommodations for would-be purchasers in the way of automobile and other conveniences. They deal in general insurance and are agents for a number of representative com- panies.
Mr. Bulling married, September 6, 1919, Miss Marguerite Bliss, who was born and educated at Ottawa, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Bulling have two children, Rosemary and an infant. Mr. Bulling keeps in close touch with the real estate situation all over the country as well as at home, and is a member of the local realty board and of the State and National boards . As a business man, like his brother, Mr. Bulling enjoys the es- teem and confidence of his fellow citizens. He is a member of the Sons of St. George and of other social organizations.
LUTHER F. (JACK) WHARTON. That it does pay to advertise the real- tors of California are proving in a most remarkable manner, and one of the most enthusiastic of them is Luther F. Wharton, generally known as Jack, the nickname bestowed upon him by his wife proving so appropriate that he is using it in his business. Without the advertising campaigns launched and pursued by the energetic men handling the properties of the Golden State, especially its southern portion, much of the present wonderful development could not have been carried out. For centuries the natural resources of this favored section have lain awaiting the transforming touch of the twentieth century realtor. The magnificent scenery existed when none but the American Indian gazed upon its majesty unmoved. And, perhaps, Long Beach, Los Angeles and a hundred and one other beautiful modern cities would still be unthought of, had there not come to this western coast men of vision and initiative who saw what could be done with this region and commenced the development now being carried on and amplified by their successors, the realtors. The advantages of these regions were advertised, first by means of the slow word of mouth, but later in regular advertising, and now by means of the most advanced campaigns of adver- tising. The results prove the case.
Jack Wharton is not a native son as he was born at Sedalia, Missouri, February 5, 1884, but he is just as enthusiastic about Southern California in general and Long Beach in particular, as anyone born here. His grand- father, Powell Wharton, married Mary Powell in West Virginia, and then migrated to Missouri, where in the early days in that state he was a large holder of lands in the vicinity of Clinton. When war broke out between the two sections of the country, he became a soldier. Powell Wharton had three sons : one became a Methodist minister ; another was for years super- intendent of schools of Warrensburg, Missouri ; and a third, Isaac, was the
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father of Jack Wharton. The maternal grandfather of Jack Wharton, Channing B. Crowder, was one of the first to secure a claim when Oklahoma was opened for settlement. Isaac Wharton married Jennie Crowder, came to Corona, California, but after a few years returned to Missouri where she died. Mr. Wharton died in Illinois about 1918.
Jack Wharton was educated in Arkansas City, Kansas, and Sedalia, Missouri. Coming to Los Angeles he was assistant to the superintendent of construction of the Edison Electric Company at Los Angeles, serving as timekeeper and paymaster until 1911, and from then until 1917 he was at the Gas Appliance Exchange, 129 East First Street, Long Beach. Between 1917 and 1920 he was engaged in different lines of business, but in the latter year came to Long Beach, and was connected with the realty firm of Val Lester & Horne, Bungalow Merchants, 254 East Broadway, until he opened offices for himself at 330A East Fourth Street as a broker of real estate, loans and insurance, and anticipates opening a branch office at Wilmington as the harbor city is coming to the front so rapidly as to afford a profitable field for legitimate operations.
Mr. Wharton is a democrat. He belongs to Long Beach Lodge No. 888, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Long Beach Lodge No. 210, Knights of Pythias ; Long Beach Lodge No. 75, Knights of Khorassan; to the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Long Beach Realty Board, and California Real Estate Association. While he is not a member of any religious organization, he was reared in the Methodist faith, and his parents were consistent members of that denomination.
On June 14, 1908, Mr. Wharton was married in the Old Plaza Church of the Angels of Los Angeles, to Charlotte C. Campbell, a daughter of Charles Daniel and Ysabel Campbell. A sketch of Mrs. Wharton and her family follows this biography. Mr. and Mrs. Wharton have no children.
In a recent interview, Mr. Wharton, in speaking of the situation at Long Beach, said :
"This great city will keep to the forefront in its great building expan- sion, and there has been a noticeable increase in real estate transfers in all sections of the city recently.
"My confidence in the steady development of Long Beach along per- manent lines is based on the astonishing building records already made, and on the fact that the city's population is now over 80,000." This interview was published in the Prosperity Edition of the Long Beach Daily Telegram under date of November 20, 1922. In connection with it the paper goes on to state :
"Intimately associated with the real estate business at Long Beach, Jack Wharton is one of the well-informed operators in the community. He was with Val Lester & Horne for three years and has figured in numerous important transactions. Mr. Wharton recently opened an office at 330A East Fourth Street, and his twelve-year residence in Long Beach is a valuable asset to his growing clientele. He is giving special consideration to high- class listings, and is particularly qualified to give the highest character of service to investors. His record of success and wide familiarity with Long Beach values and locations offers a service to the investing public that is of inestimable value to the stranger or permanent resident."
CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL WHARTON. Numbered among the capable and successful members of her own sex at Long Beach, Mrs. Charlotte Camp- bell Wharton, wife of L. F. Wharton, is a very prominent factor in the insurance field and a notary public, and associated with her husband in a flourishing realty business at 330 A East Fourth Street. She is a native. daughter of Los Angeles County as she was born at Los Angeles, Septem- ber 19, 1887, a daughter of Charles Daniel and Ysabel Gallardo (de Car- rillo) Campbell.
The mother of Mrs. Wharton comes of one of the old and aristocratic families of Southern California, her grandparents on both sides of her house having been born in Barcelona, Spain. Her paternal grandfather,
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Gallardo de Carrillo, received a grant of land from the Spanish crown, in the Spanish possessions of the New World, which grant forms a portion of the records of Los Angeles County.
During the Spanish-Mexican war, the father of Ysabel Gallardo de Carrillo came to California, his arrival taking place in 1833. He was born of Spanish ancestors in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1818, and died at Los Angeles in 1897 when he was eighty-four years old, passing away on the home place which was a portion of the grant made to the mother of Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Salome Gallardo de Carrillo. Charles Daniel Camp- bell and his wife had six children : Leonora Campbell Dodd, is married and has four children, all of whom are residents of Long Beach; Charlotte, whose name heads this review ; Estelle ; Robert; William ; and Clarence C., who is married and has two children living in Los Angeles. Mrs. Campbell is also connected with the Dominguez, and Sepulveda families of Los Angeles. Mr. Campbell is still a resident of Los Angeles, being now sixty- six years old, and has spent forty-five years in and about this city. In the early '80s he served as sheriff of San Gabriel. Charles Daniel Campbell is a son of Robert J. Campbell of San Mateo, California, who, in the early 40s came from his birthplace, New York, to San Francisco, by way of the Horn.
Mrs. Wharton's family has been prominent in military affairs. An uncle, Walter Campbell, a son of Robert J. Campbell, served in the United States Navy under Admiral Dewey at the time of the sinking of the Maine in Santiago Harbor, and subsequently was one of the eleven men who, dur- ing the Boxer uprising in China, in 1899, held at bay hundreds of the rebels. For gallantry in action he was decorated by the the United States Govern- ment. Two of Mrs. Campbell's brothers, Robert James Campbell of Santa Barbara, California, and William J. Campbell, who is with the Union Oil Company of Santa Fe Springs, are veterans of the World war. A most distressing incident of the service of Robert James Campbell was the report- ing of him as missing from his battalion after the great Argonne drive, although both he and his brother were returned to the United States without a scratch.
While his broken-hearted mother was mourning her son as killed in action, two days before Christmas, 1918, she received the. following characteristic boyish letter from him, dated November 18:
"My Dear Mother :
"I would have written sooner, but this is the first piece of paper I was able to get. Well, mother, the war is over and, thanks to the good Lord, I'm still among the living. On the day that the armistice commenced we returned from the front, where we were shelled all night, but we returned their fire with machine guns, so you can readily see that the fighting kept on till the very last moment.
"I had been on the front line since October 23, and have been busy dodging shells all the time, night and day ; had some narrow escapes ; hope I never have to go through with it again.
"No doubt you have read in the papers of the grand successes of the Eighty-ninth Division, to a part of which I belong. Am proud to be with such a fighting machine; they know no fear. On November 1 we went over the top. Dutch bullets seem to have no effect on our boys; they just kept on going; reached their objectives and kept on ahead. I am sure that if this armistice had not come when it did we would still be going. Never- theless I certainly am glad it is all over, for I have certainly had my share of this war. It was a great experience for me, but I can say for myself that what I went through you could not buy for a million, but even at that, I don't want another just like it.
"Well, mother dear, when I get home I will be able to tell you much more of the places where I have been and seen. I am just longing to start for home, but God knows we may start soon or three months from now. I have had plenty of France and when I set foot on American soil I never want to leave it again. Often I think of Mother, especially at meal times.
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When I get home you will have to work overtime to feed me, as we do not get cake or pie in the army.
"How are all the folks? Is Dad feeling well? Nora and the babies, give them my love, also to Estelle and sister Lottie. I have not heard from Brother Bill since September, he is here in France, somewhere, God only knows. When you write to me please let me know what you have heard from him. Put on a return address on all of your letters as we may be on our way home before they reach me. Just imagine I have not had a single piece of mail since September 28; would sure appreciate some at this time.
"Must say good-bye for this time. Will write again soon. "Your son, Robert J. Campbell,
"Three Hundred and Forty-first M. G. Battalion."
Needless to say this soldier's letter, written without any knowledge of the mistake made by the War Department, was the most valuable docu- ment his family ever received.
Charlotte Campbell Wharton was carefully educated in the public schools of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, from which she was graduated in 1906; and the Los Angeles Business Col- lege, from which she was graduated in February, 1907. On June 14, 1908, she was married in the Church of the Angels, Los Angeles, to L. F. Whar- ton, generally known as Jack Wharton, a prominent realtor of Long Beach. They have no children.
Mrs. Wharton has had a long and varied business experience, begin- ning with her service for five and one-half years as a general office clerk in a grocery store, and continuing through five and one-half years as general office clerk and secretary to the superintendent of one of the large department stores of Los Angeles; one year as secretary to the superin- tendent of a sugar company of Bakersfield, California; three years as sec- retary and bookkeeper for a realty firm in Long Beach, and since August, 1922, as secretary and bookkeeper in the realty business she and Mr. Wharton own. She is a registered notary public, a public stenographer, and insurance agent for the leading old-line insurance companies for fire, burglary, plate-glass, automobile risks, in which field she has been particu- larly successful. In the various phases of her business life Mrs. Wharton has met a number of prominent citizens, active in business and civic affairs. She is a staunch republican, and interested in putting in office those men who have California's welfare at heart. She belongs to Long Beach Parlor Number 154, Native Daughters of the Golden West, and entered upon her duties as its president for the year beginning with Jan- uary, 1923; and with the Pythian Sisters of Long Beach. Although elected to office in the latter order, December, 1921, she resigned on account of the pressure of her business, and the illness of her husband. Obstacles have arisen in the path of this typical California woman, but she has bravely overcome them, and gone right ahead, faithfully and cheerfully discharging every duty, never shirking a responsibility, and is today respected and esteemed by her business associates and beloved by her family and hosts of warm, personal friends, to whom she has been, and is, a source of great inspiration.
BASIL HAMPTON TRAUGER, a skillful optometrist who is engaged in the successful practice of his profession at Long Beach, with offices and labora- tory at 132 West Broadway, brings to bear in his work the best of technical knowledge and the most modern appliances and accessories, so that the service rendered by him constitutes its own best advertising medium.
Dr. Trauger was born at Oakes, North Dakota, November 10, 1894, and is a son of Sylvester Hampton Trauger and Joanna (Puckett) Trauger. Sylvester H. Trauger was numbered among the sterling pioneer settlers in North Dakota, and there he continued his residence until 1904, when he came with his family to California and settled at Long Beach, his death having here occurred September 22, 1922, when he was seventy-two years of age, and his widow being now a resident of Long Beach, this state.
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Of the four children Dr. Trauger, of this review, is the youngest ; Mrs. Effie Grace Connor resides in the city of Los Angeles; and Mrs. Pearl Trauger Thompson and LeRoy W. are both residents of Long Beach.
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