An enterprising man of trade, thoroughly familiar with his important field, who reminds one, in his advancement from being proprietor of a small shop to becoming the owner of an extensive works, of the famous proverb as to the growth of oaks from acorns, is Leslie L. Elliot, a native of Toledo, Ohio, where he was born on September 28, 1887. He went to school in Toledo until he was ten years of age, and then came to California and Pomona. Here he attended the Kingsley School, and then went to the Throop Polytechnic at Pasadena; and having finished his studies there, he was engaged as timekeeper at the Wentworth, now the Huntington Hotel, at Pasadena, while it was being constructed.
Returning to Pomona in 1909, he entered the employ of the Pratt Music Company for a time, and then he opened a bicycle shop on South Thomas Street, where he had the first vulcanizing plant in the Valley. After that, having sold his place at Pomona, he started a shop at Redlands.
When he had conducted a business in Redlands for a while, he sold out to advantage and returned to Pomona and bought a five-acre orange grove on East Holt Avenue, which he developed to the best of his ability and sold after four years. He next entered the employ of S. B. Barnes at Pomona, dealer in auto supplies and proprietor of the vulcanizing works then conducted in the shop he now owns at the corner of Thomas and West Third streets; and having in time bought Mr. Barnes out, he came to conduct the business under his own name.
Here, in this well-appointed establishment, Mr. Elliot has built up a large and ever increasing trade, being distributor to the Valley of the famous Kelly-Springfield tires and the Goodyear tires, and there is little of value needed by the motorist that he does not carry or cannot at least obtain if it is ordered.
Mr. Elliot was married, on May 11, 1911, at Los Angeles, to Miss Antha Greenleaf, of Detroit, the daughter of Fred Greenleaf, of Detroit; and three sons have come to bless their happy home. They are Leslie G., Vincent and Marcus Elliot.
Mr. Elliot is, of course, a live wire in the Pomona Chamber of Commerce; and he is equally live as a member of Pomona Lodge No. 107, Knights of Pythias, and of Pomona Lodge No. 789, B. P. O. Elks.
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 11/16/08, Pages 698-699
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