Prominent in the civic, business and social life of Pomona, Clinton Bertram Afflerbaugh has been a resident of the city since a small lad of eleven years, and has both watched the city grow and has been a part of its growth. Born in Clay County, Nebr., October 11, 1887, he is the son of Thomas J. and Carrie Afflerbaugh, the father a pioneer of Nebraska, where he engaged in ranching. The family came to California in 1898 and the parents now reside in Claremont.
Clinton Bertram Afflerbaugh received his education in the public and high schools of Pomona, and was one of the first class that entered the new high school. After graduating from that institution he took a course in pharmacy at the University of Southern California, finishing in 1906. He then entered the employ of Mr. E. E. Armour at Pomona for one year; then was with the Owl Drug Company at Los Angeles for a year and a half.
After this preliminary business experience Mr. Afflerbaugh opened his new, modern drug-store in Pomona, and the firm has been very successful from its first opening. Progressive in every sense of the word, Mr. Afflerbaugh has carried that characteristic into his business life, and his store ranks equal to the best in its line. Besides his business interests, Mr. Afflerbaugh takes an active part in the work of the Pomona Chamber of Commerce, was a director in 1916, and always a willing worker for the advancement of community interests. He also interests himself in civic affairs, and was elected, in April, 1919, alderman of the fourth ward, to serve in the city council. Among his other work to bring Pomona to the fore in Southern California, he has taken an active part in the floral pageants, both here and at Pasadena, designing and decorating his own floats, and his float took a prize at one of the Rose Carnivals at the latter city, and first prize in his home town of Pomona, in 1915, and again in 1919, during the Pageant of Progress.
The marriage of Mr. Afflerbaugh, which occurred September 19, 1907, on Pomona, united him with Miss Edna Fich of Pomona, and they have been blessed with one child, Kenneth Jack. Fraternally, Mr. Afflerbaugh is a member of the Pomona Lodge of Elks, and was exalted ruler of the order in 1915. Always athletic and fond of outdoor life and fishing, during his high-school days he was well known in football circles and was chosen for the all-star team. In these busy days he still enjoys his outdoor recreation when possible, taking an especial pleasure in plying the fisherman's rod. In political matters he is of the Republican party, and in church affairs the family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Pomona Valley might almost be said to have more than its share of progressive, wide-awake men of this caliber, and to this fact is due the really remarkable growth evidenced here within the last ten years.
History of Pomona Valley, California, with Biographical Sketches
of The Leading Men and Women of the Valley Who Have Been
Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days
to the Present
Published in Los Angeles, Cal., by the Historic Record Company
1920
Transcribed by Linda Jackson 10/26/08, Pages 612-613
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