6-PACIFIC GROVE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1951 activity in which Roy takes great interest is the Recreation program THE HOBBYIST since its beginning, and has play- of this city. Roy has been a mem- ber of the Recreation Commission ed an important part in the de- velopment of the soft-ball league, the various city playgrounds and of course, the Rec' club. WTHE STORE 0'3»DERS.=}\,60 -We may sound "hobby-happy" 7-You Wonder F i havE Ir' . "' .9* Wright has done to promote civic butastudyofallthethingsRoy 1 31'Won¢er Where It IS' A. '-" t&*3=1 . welfare would be a pretty interest- ,2-EverW)0#V<,dvs.ow7//mi/r.'.C?F!)PF- .'.,ly.'....,Z=--3-,-:P" , ing hobby in itself. /ul -7 9./.<339- qllill 34:7---• •t.,2.i* p n -lib Roy Wright's Store Is His Hobby, By Golly Roy "by Golly" Wright, local , hardware merchant is a hard man father engaged in business in a to pin down when it comes to a store located in tne old Robinson hobby, as he lists golf, fishing, block. In 1925 he purchased Lhe hunting and his ranch at Placer- building where his store is now. ville among his hobbies. At that time, the rooms above But we feel, after going through 623 Lighthouse were used for Roy's store, that Roy's business Lodge purposes. With the passage is his real hobby-nothing could of the years however, Roy has be more interesting than the mer- converted them into store rooms. chandise to be found there. While browsing around the store- Where else could one find the room we noticed the wooden shut- latest thing in appliances prac. ters on the inside of the windows, tically cheek to jowl with a bear and asked Roy about them. trap and a Blickensderfer type- "Well," said Roy "back in 1901 writer? Electrical appliances, coal when Thomas Scobel had the oil lamps, fishing tackle, hunting building, dancing wasn't allowed gear, brushes to be used in paint. in Pacific Grove. Those wooden ing mustaches on portraits, and a shutters used to come in mightly thousand and one other articles, tiandy, I imagine." all of use to the right person, if Retrogressing a bit, the Blic- the "Wright" man locates them. kensderfer mentioned (one of the And find them he can. What looks, first typewriters ever made) is to the unitiated, to be a slightly not for sale. It belonged to Roy's mixed up assortment of odds and father, and is stored along with ends, is all pigeon-holed and la- such treasured personal items as beled as far as Roy is concerned. the uniform Roy wore when a We know, because we asked Roy member of the Peninsula Band (re- for several unrelated items, which member when Roy played the he found with the same unerring French horn and A. 0. Gates.the instinct as that of a welltrained slide.trombone?) And we'll bet pointer. you'd find a fire helmet memento Roy entered the hardware busi- of the 14 years Roy spent as fire ness in Pacific Grove in 1905 fol- chief of Pacific Grove. lowing his graduation from high We seem to be getting away school. At that time he and his from the store, but another civic , OCR Text: 6-PACIFIC GROVE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1951 activity in which Roy takes great interest is the Recreation program THE HOBBYIST since its beginning, and has play- of this city. Roy has been a mem- ber of the Recreation Commission ed an important part in the de- velopment of the soft-ball league, the various city playgrounds and of course, the Rec' club. WTHE STORE 0'3»DERS.=}\,60 -We may sound "hobby-happy" 7-You Wonder F i havE Ir' . "' .9* Wright has done to promote civic butastudyofallthethingsRoy 1 31'Won¢er Where It IS' A. '-" t&*3=1 . welfare would be a pretty interest- ,2-EverW)0#V<,dvs.ow7//mi/r.'.C?F!)PF- .'.,ly.'....,Z=--3-,-:P" , ing hobby in itself. /ul -7 9./.<339- qllill 34:7---• •t.,2.i* p n -lib Roy Wright's Store Is His Hobby, By Golly Roy "by Golly" Wright, local , hardware merchant is a hard man father engaged in business in a to pin down when it comes to a store located in tne old Robinson hobby, as he lists golf, fishing, block. In 1925 he purchased Lhe hunting and his ranch at Placer- building where his store is now. ville among his hobbies. At that time, the rooms above But we feel, after going through 623 Lighthouse were used for Roy's store, that Roy's business Lodge purposes. With the passage is his real hobby-nothing could of the years however, Roy has be more interesting than the mer- converted them into store rooms. chandise to be found there. While browsing around the store- Where else could one find the room we noticed the wooden shut- latest thing in appliances prac. ters on the inside of the windows, tically cheek to jowl with a bear and asked Roy about them. trap and a Blickensderfer type- "Well," said Roy "back in 1901 writer? Electrical appliances, coal when Thomas Scobel had the oil lamps, fishing tackle, hunting building, dancing wasn't allowed gear, brushes to be used in paint. in Pacific Grove. Those wooden ing mustaches on portraits, and a shutters used to come in mightly thousand and one other articles, tiandy, I imagine." all of use to the right person, if Retrogressing a bit, the Blic- the "Wright" man locates them. kensderfer mentioned (one of the And find them he can. What looks, first typewriters ever made) is to the unitiated, to be a slightly not for sale. It belonged to Roy's mixed up assortment of odds and father, and is stored along with ends, is all pigeon-holed and la- such treasured personal items as beled as far as Roy is concerned. the uniform Roy wore when a We know, because we asked Roy member of the Peninsula Band (re- for several unrelated items, which member when Roy played the he found with the same unerring French horn and A. 0. Gates.the instinct as that of a welltrained slide.trombone?) And we'll bet pointer. you'd find a fire helmet memento Roy entered the hardware busi- of the 14 years Roy spent as fire ness in Pacific Grove in 1905 fol- chief of Pacific Grove. lowing his graduation from high We seem to be getting away school. At that time he and his from the store, but another civic , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,V through Z File names,Wright History,WRIGHT_003.pdf,WRIGHT_003.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: WRIGHT_003.PDF, WRIGHT_003.pdf 1 Page 1