San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 11/22/2009
LUTHER J. DUBOIS
Well and popularly known in the business circles of Stockton is the senior partner in the Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works of 111 East Weber Avenue, Stockton. He has practically grown up in the business, his father's family before him conducting the same kind of a business in France. Ten years ago he located in Stockton and became an employee of the Parisian Dyeing and Cleaning Works and is now sole owner of the establishment. During the ten years that he has been in business in Stockton he has been a public-spirited citizen, working for the welfare of his community. He was born in Belgium, February 4, 1889, and was a babe in arms when his parents came to America and they located in New Jersey, where he grew up and where he received his education. When a young man he removed to Independence, Kans., where he engaged in the dry cleaning business and in order to give better service to his patrons obtained data of his father's family in France, who were engaged in the same line of work, on the effective French system of cleaning and dyeing. On arriving in Stockton ten years ago he found work with the Parisian Dry Cleaners, which was established about twelve years ago by Glen Berup and B.B. Berup and J.D. Ellsworth with a capital of $300 and their first location was in a small building on North California Street with a downtown office at the present location. Eight years ago Mr. Dubois and Mr. Ellsworth purchased the interests of the Berup brothers and three years ago Mr. Dubois became sole owner of the concern and within that time the business has doubled in volume. Recently a modern cleaning and dyeing plant has been constructed on Lower Sacramento Road and Adams Street, fully equipped with the most modern machinery at a cost of $35,000, and it is among the most modern plants on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Dubois has his brother, William M., associated with him in the business as an equal partner. They are members of the National Association of Dyers and Cleaners.
The marriage of Mr. Dubois united him with Miss Aila S. Bowles, born in Livermore, Cal.; they have two sons, William and Robert, and the family reside in a beautiful residence in Tuxedo Park. Mr. Dubois belongs to the Morning Star Blue Lodge of Masons, the Eastern Star, the Ben Ali Shrine in Sacramento, the Shrine Patrol in Stockton and the Stockton Lions Club.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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