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TAD UYENO
Part
of the Japanese heritage is a wonderful talent for horticulture, both in the
raising of plants and in their artistic arrangement. Though his company does no landscaping, Tad Uyeno
has combined his innate talent with a fine business sense as the owner of the
oldest wholesale nursery in Rosemead, Uyeno Nursery Company, established in
1948 at 8719 East Mission Road, handling general nursery stock in a wholesale
capacity only. Mr. Uyeno, a native of
California, had started in the nursery business in 1937, but during the war had
to leave the state, resuming his business in 1947, first in San Gabriel, then
at his present location.
The
son of Charles K. and Miyo (Matsumoto) Uyeno, both of Wakayama, Japan, Tad
Uyeno was born on November 15, 1914, in Winters,
California, where he later attended elementary and high schools. During wartime Mr. Uyeno attended night
school in Chicago, the Freight Traffic Institute, until 1945, and was given
qualification in 1946 to practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Tad
Uyeno’s wholesale nursery business in Rosemead supplies retailers from Los
Angeles to San Francisco with ornamental nursery stock; a large portion of his
business is with local retailers.
Employing about ten people, Mr. Uyeno works five acres locally and six
in another area, with about eight acres under cultivation at the present
time. Licensed by Public Utilities
Commission as a highway carrier, Mr. Uyeno’s company does his own and other
hauling.
A
member of the California Association of Nurserymen, Mr. Uyeno was one of its
directors in the 1950’s. He is a member
of the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce.
Married
in Vacaville, California, on March 14, 1937, Mr. Uyeno and his wife, the former
Chiyoko Sakauye of El
Centro, recently celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. They are the parents of one daughter, Sayoko
Uyeno, who attended Muscatel School, was active at Rosemead High School, and is
in her final year at the University of Southern California. In 1958 Sayoko Uyeno received the Rosemead
Rotary Club’s “Service Above Self” Award.
Mr.
Uyeno has written articles on gardening and contributed articles on general
topics to newspapers. He read
extensively and makes a hobby of photography.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Historical Volume & Reference Works Including Alhambra, Monterey Park,
Rosemead, San Gabriel & Temple City, by Robert P. Studer,
Page 795, Historical Publ., Los Angeles, California. 1962.
© 2013 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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