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JAY
EVERETT NORTON
Jay
Everett Norton is a man who believes that true happiness is derived by serving
others and who acts accordingly. The
proprietor of the Palace Barber Shop at 1012 West Valley Boulevard in Alhambra
since 1935, he has long been active in community service.
Jay
Everett Norton was born in Imogene, Iowa, on November 27, 1910, one of ten
children, all presently living, of David Alanzo
Norton, a farmer now deceased, and Althea Omega Nims
Norton, a former teacher. Both of Mr.
Norton’s parents’ people date back to the Pilgrims. A brother, Lester Paul Norton, also a barber,
has a shop in San Marino.
Young
Jay Norton attended the country school in Honey Creek, Iowa, and graduated from
Randolph High School, also in Iowa; he earned his track letter in high school
for running the half mile and lettered in football. He graduated from Moller Barber College in
1932, and that same year worked as a barber in Whittier and Pasadena.
Mr.
Norton started his business in Alhambra in 1935, a family barber shop which now
has four barbers and a beauty shop. He
is a member of Barbers’ Union Local 295; Mr. Norton was vice-president of the
Master Barbers’ Association in 1944.
Interested
in working with young people, Mr. Norton was in Cub Scout and Boy Scout work
for many years, and was youth director at the Emmaus First Lutheran Church in
Alhambra where he is a member. He has
also held office as chairman of trustees, chairman of the board of education,
vice-chairman of the congregation, president of the congregation, and Elder.
Mr.
Norton received the Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Citizenship from the
Alhambra Civitan Club in 1960. He has
been a member of the Alhambra Kiwanis Club since 1945 and was on its board of
directors for five years, also serving as advisor of Alhambra Key Club two
years. He is an active Republican
precinct worker. Chairman of the Valley
Boulevard Associates of the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce in 1957 and 1960, and
this is his fourth year as a member of the board of directors of the Alhambra
Chamber of Commerce.
On
January 1, 1935, Jay Everett Norton was married to the former Miss Edna M. Burtram in the Lutheran Church in Shenandoah, Iowa. Mrs. Norton has been active in church work
and the Red Cross. The Norton’s are the
parents of three children: Kenneth J.
Norton, a Lutheran parochial school teacher in Long Beach, a graduate of
Alhambra High School, married, and the father of one son; Gary Paul Norton, a
graduate of Alhambra High School, a track letterman, president of the Key Club,
and a cheerleader in his senior year, who is now a junior at Concordia
Teachers’ College in Nebraska; and Phyllis Marie, a junior at Alhambra High
School. She is a member of Pequentias Service Club and a member of the A Cappella
Choir.
A
real “do-it-yourself” man, Mr. Norton enjoys woodworking and did all the
woodwork in his barber shop himself. He
also finds relaxation in golf.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Historical Volume & Reference Works Including Alhambra, Monterey Park,
Rosemead, San Gabriel & Temple City, by Robert P. Studer,
Pages 687-688, Historical Publ., Los Angeles, California. 1962.
© 2013 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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