El
Dorado County
Biographies
ROLLAND ROSCOE GUST
Among
the younger business men of El Dorado County, California, a prominent figure is
Rolland Roscoe Gust, who is the owner of the modern Diamond Spring Garage at
Diamond Spring, and one of the most progressive and successful of the citizens
of this community. A native of
California, he was born in Fresno County, November 29, 1903, a son of John A.
and Marian (Tether) Gust. The father was
born in Germany, and went to San Francisco in 1886. After a short stay there, he settled at
Fresno, but is now living with his son, Rolland R., at Diamond Spring. The mother is deceased.
Rolland
R. Gust attended the common schools, and then learned the garage business as an
apprentice in Fresno, after which he engaged in the automobile business in that
city with a partner, but in 1926 sold his interests there in order to move to
the town of El Dorado. After one year at
El Dorado, he came to Diamond Spring and established his garage business. In the conflagration of April 7, 1930, which
destroyed the business section of Diamond Spring, Mr. Gust’s garage was
consumed by the flames. Undaunted,
however, he immediately began to rebuild, and his new establishment is modern
and conforms to the latest accommodation of garage structures. He has an up-to-date shop to take care of all
types of repair work, and carries a full line of automobile supplies, with a
service station to supply his customers with gasoline and oil.
Mr.
Gust was married to Miss Lora Melchior of El Dorado County, a member of an old
pioneer family, her grandfather having come to this county in the early
‘50s. Mr. and Mrs. Gust have two
children, William R. and John E. Mr.
Gust is independent in political matters, and his fraternal affiliation is the
Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hunting and
fishing are his favorite diversions.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Page 457. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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