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CHARLES BENTLEY GUTHRIE

 

 

GUTHRIE, CHARLES BENTLEY, Real Estate Investments, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 9, 1875, the son of Dr. James W. Guthrie and Adda S. (Bentley) Guthrie.  He married Pearl C. Coles at Long Beach, Cal., May 22, 1905.  They have one child, Catherine C. Guthrie.  Mr. Guthrie is of Scotch Lineage.

            Mr. Guthrie was graduated from high school at Bedford, Ia., in 1893, and then taught school for two years in Taylor County, Iowa.  In 1893 he became a railway mail clerk and served between Chicago and Omaha for about then years.  Resigning in 1905 he moved to Los Angeles and entered the employ of the Los Angeles Abstract and Trust Co., later organizing and becoming manager of its escrow department.

            In 1907 he organized the firm of C. B. Guthrie and Co., real estate operators, and has been in that field ever since.  He was President of the company and one of the pioneers in the Perris Valley of California, a rich alfalfa country; and also dealt largely in land between Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean.  In 1911 he dissolved his company and aided in forming the Redman-Guthrie Investment Company, of which he is Vice President.  This company is actively engaged in real estate operations in Los Angeles and vicinity, Mr. Guthrie being one of the active factors in its management.

            In 1909 Mr. Guthrie represented the State of California at the meeting of the National Farm Congress in Chicago and in 1910 was a delegate to the Natl. Irrigation Congress, held at Pueblo, Colo.

            Mr. Guthrie is a member of the Los Angeles Realty Board and also holds membership in various fraternal and social organizations of Los Angeles, including the Masons, B. P. O. Elks, Sierra Madre Club, and the Knight of Pythias, of which he is a Past Chancellor.

 

 

Transcribed By:  Michele Y. Larsen on 13 November 2011.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 825, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.

© 2011 Michele Y. Larsen.

 

 

 

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