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Biographies
PAUL
J. TURNER
Eleven
years ago Paul J. Turner became the owner of Turner’s Pet and Garden Supply,
the only store of its type in Monterey Park.
The business had been started at 521 North Garfield in 1951, and in 1957
was moved to its present location at 157 West Garvey. A variety pet shop rather than a specialty
shop, Turner’s handles birds, small animals, and tropical fish, with special
emphasis on pet foods and remedies. Mr.
Turner also features free delivery within the area, and has a boarding service
for birds. Turner’s also carries a full
line of garden supplies.
Mr.
Turner has been very active in the Monterey Park Kiwanis Club, serving as its
third vice president. Thanks to the work
of his predecessors, Mr. Turner had a solid foundation to build on, and
consolidated the club, getting it to run smoothly. He is presently on the board of directors of
Kiwanis. He has been active in other
community undertakings, especially Red Cross, and has been a local Republican
campaign worker. He was also chairman of
the Cub Scout pack committee, from 1946 to 1951.
Born
in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on March 6, 1906, Paul J. Turner is the son of the
late H. Clyde Turner, of Pulaski, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth (Ulrich) Turner,
of Sharon, Pennsylvania, who lives in Alhambra.
Mr. Turner’s paternal ancestors have been traced back beyond the
Revolutionary War. Receiving his early
education in New Castle, Mr. Turner graduated from high school there in 1924,
and attended the University of Pittsburgh for two years.
Before
coming to California in 1939, Mr. Turner worked in chemical laboratories,
continuing that work in this state through 1945. For the next six years was a salesman for a
furniture firm, settling down to his present business in 1951.
Mr.
Turner was married to the former Miss Hazel Gladys Holt, of Altoona,
Pennsylvania, on June 6, 1936, in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Turner is a member of the Christian
Science Church.
At
home the Turner’s have tropical fish and a cat, the only pets that can be
successfully left alone during the day while both Mr. and Mrs. Turner are
working. In the past they have always
had a dog, but dogs need companionship.
Mr. Turner also makes hobbies of photography and gardening.
Transcribed
by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Historical Volume &
Reference Works Including Alhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel &
Temple City, by Robert P. Studer, Pages 367-368,
Historical Publ., Los Angeles, California.
1962.
© 2012 V.
Gerald Iaquinta.
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