Imperial County, CA Biographies

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, January, 2007.

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GUY URQUHART
 
 
                     No better example of what may be accomplished by a man of 
energy and enterprise than the career of Guy Urquhart, dealer in motorcycles, 
bicycles, and sporting goods, 674 Main Street, El Centro. Starting out in life 
unaided and without finances, he has made a success. He was born August 18, 
1894, in Louisville, Kentucky, a son of John and Della (Schurmer) Urquhart. His 
father is a resident of San Diego and his mother died in Los Angeles and was 
buried in Rosedale Cemetery of that city. The subject of this review received a 
limited education and at the age of fourteen he started out in life and learned 
his trade in Los Angeles and San Diego, which he has always followed. He started 
to walk from San Diego to El Centro and had thirty-five cents in his pocket. He 
demonstrated that neither finances nor influence are necessary to the man with 
determination to win life's battles. He had his kit of tools and readily found 
employment. He saved and worked hard and has built up a business that would do 
credit to a larger city, and today Mr. Urquhart is considered one of the 
substantial business men of the community. He has the confidence and esteem of 
his business associates. Mr. Urquhart was united in marriage with Miss Hazel 
Gribble, a native of Oregon.
 
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California," Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 
1918, p. 491.