Conspicuous among the
enterprising and popular citizens of Imperial County, is Dr. Perry N. Sims,
a well-known physician of Calexico, who, during the comparatively short time
in which he has been here engaged in the practice of his profession, has met
with noteworthy success. Dr. Sims was born in Columbus, Indiana, August 21,
1884, son of John and Mary (Ross) Sims, the parents of two children, the
subject of this review, and a brother, Walter, identified with the American
Wire and Steel Company. Dr. Sims acquired his education in the public and
high schools of his native city, after which he attended the Chicago College
of Medicine and Surgery, graduating with the class of 1910. He served as
interne in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He went to Mexico
and practiced two years in Chihuahua, and was resident physician of the
Sierra Mining Company. Owing to the revolution, he left Mexico and located
in Calexico in 1915, where he has met with gratifying success and has since
practiced his profession. In September, 1917, Dr. Sims was appointed City
Physician Health Officer, and is a member, of the Board of Health.
Fraternally he is affiliated with the K. of P., and is Past Chancellor of
his lodge, and the I.O.O.F. of Calexico. He was united in marriage to Miss
Ethel Beatty, May 18, 1912, a native of Canada. To this union have been born
John Ross, born April 15, 1913; and Margaret Mary, born July 24, 1916. Dr.
Sims' success has been attained through the medium of his own efforts and he
is today a worthy representative of his profession. The esteem in which he
is held by his associates testifies to his absolute integrity.
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California,"
Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 1918, p. 381.
Transcribed and submitted by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.
Prominent among the
wide-awake and progressive business men of Calipatria, is Almon A. Hall,
proprietor of the Calipatria Drug Company. Mr. Hall came to the county in
April, 1914. He was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 1884, a
son of Asa and Matilda (Irwin) Hall. Mr. Hall's father is now serving as
deputy city auditor of Los Angeles, and his mother passed away in Los
Angeles and is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery. The ancestors of Mr. Hall
are of old Scotch origin, and his forefathers were among the first to settle
in Canada. Almon A. acquired his education in the Azusa, California, public
schools, graduating from the high school of that place in 1903. For three
years he took charge of his father's orange grove. From 1906 to 1914 Mr.
Hall was secretary to Percy H. Clark of Los Angeles. In 1914 he came to
Imperial County and served as secretary to the manager of the Imperial Farm
Land Association. He is a man of culture and talent, whose mind has been
broadened by coming in contact with men of affairs. Mr. Hall has made most
judicious investments in the valley and in addition to being proprietor of
the Calipatria Drug Company, he farms eighty acres of valuable land on which
he grows cotton and corn. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic lodge,
holding membership in Arlington Lodge of Los Angeles. He is a member of the
Scottish Rite of Imperial Valley. Both in his business and agricultural
pursuits, Mr. Hall is carrying on his labors after the most approved modern
methods, and is meeting with well deserved success.
Source: "The History of Imperial County, California,"
Elms and Franks Publ. Co., 1918,
pp. 381-382.
Transcribed and submitted by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.