San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/15/2009
FORTY-NINE DRUG COMPANY, INC.
For over seventy-three years, dating back to the “days of '49,” the corner of East Main and El Dorado streets, Stockton, has been the site of a drug store, hence the historical appropriateness of the name of the pharmacy now located there, linking the past with the present. It was founded in the year of the great gold rush by E.S. Holden, and was the first drug store in Northern California, if not in the state. A small, two-story building occupied the site at that time, which in later years was replaced by the present structure. The business later came into the possession of I.D. Holden, a son of the founder, and his old safe, with a picture of the store painted on the front, still stands in the rear of the store, having been in use for fifty years. The present proprietors of the drug store, Charles R. Chase and Arthur C. Brown, both came into the store as delivery boys and on November 1, 1919, they entered into partnership and purchased the business, which has prospered greatly under their expert management.
Charles Robert Chase was born at San Francisco, June 2, 1887, and when three years of age was brought to Stockton by his parents. Here he attended the public schools and when about fifteen years old he started to work for the Holden Drug Company as a delivery boy, and was later a registered pharmacist with the company. During the World War he enlisted in the Medical Corps, U.S.A., serving for eleven months in the United States and a year in France. His marriage united him with Miss Clara Miner, a native daughter of Porterville, Cal., and they are the parents of a son, Charles Robert Chase, Jr. Mr. Chase is a member of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N.S.G.W., and of Karl Ross Post, American Legion.
A native of Seattle, Wash., Arthur C. Brown was born there on May 11, 1891, but since he was four years old he has been a resident of Stockton. About fifteen years ago he went to work for the Holden Drug Company as a delivery boy, then became a registered pharmacist, continuing in this position until he became one of the proprietors of the business. He married Miss Maud Twitchings, who was born in New York City, and they have a son, Arthur C. Brown, Jr. In fraternal life Mr. Brown is a member of Delta Lodge, F. & A.M., the Sciots, and the Kiwanis 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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