*** Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs. *** ---page 47--- Normal, Ill., 1883. Engaged in teach- ing during college course; reporter, city editor, editor and general news- paper writer from graduation to 1909, having worked on newspapers at Bloomington, Ill.; Chicago, Ill.; Dubuque, Ill.; San Diego, Cal.; Fresno, Cal.; Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Cal.; Stockton, Cal.; ap- pointed collector of customs for San Diego port and district by Pres. Roosevelt, Dec., 1908, which office he holds to date. Member Republican County Central Committee, San Diego county, for several years. Mem- ber Cuyamaca and Union League clubs; B. P. O. E. BLANCHARD, Fred W. Proprietor of office bldg. Res. 1324 Crown Hill Ave.; office, Blanchard Hall Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 25, 1864; son of John S. and Harriet (Putnam) Blanchard; married to Grace Hampton in 1903. Educated in the public, high and Latin schools of Boston, un- til 1882. Moved from Boston to Denver, Colo., in 1882, and engaged in general musical business, 1882-86; moved to Los Angeles, Cal., and con- tinued same line of business as mem- ber of firm of Clark & Blanchard, 1886-94; partner in Blanchard & Fitzgerald Music Co., 1894-99; retired from this connection and built Blanchard Hall, an office and studio building, operated by the Blanchard Hall Bldg. Co., incorporated 1899, and of which he is president. Pres. Municipal Art Commission under three mayors; chairman Union Station Committee of C. of C.; pres. Allied Arts Center Committee; pres. Gamut Club, member California, L. A. Country, City clubs and L. A. Chamber of Commerce. Republican. During stewardship of Blanchard Hall and presidency of Gamut Club has been instrumental in bringing to Los Angeles many international celeb- rities. Inaugurated movement to erect the cluster street lights in Los Angeles, now so widely in use. BLANCHFIELD, Charles O'Donnell. Manufacturer and publisher. Res. 1513 Magnolia ave. ; office 120 S. Los Angeles st., Los Angeles, Cal. Born at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 17, 1876; son of Owen E. and Anna Camelia (Pratt) Blanchfield. Married Vanelia E. Underwood in 1905. Education received in public schools. Engaged in the business and news departments of American Manufacturers & Iron World, Pittsburgh., Pa., 1899; in charge of Cincinnati and New York city offices, 1899-1900; man- ager Journal of Electricity, San Francisco, 1904; organized Blanchfield Publishing Co., San Francisco, and instituted Western Electric & Gas Directory, 1905; became pres. and gen. mgr. Blanchfield Publishing Co.; re- organized National Iron & Steel Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906; in- stituted Industrial World and ab- sorbed American Manufacturer & Iron World; became pres. of this company (office equipment and rec- ords of Blanchfield Pub. Co., San Francisco, destroyed by the fire of 1906; re-established in 1908); organ- ized in Los Angeles, Anchor Plastic Stone Co., manufacturers of "Plastone," Oct., 1910; pres. and gen. mgr. of this corporation; pres. Blanchfield Pub. Co., San Francisco; vice-pres. National Iron & Steel Pub. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. BLANKENHORN, Louis Mac. Investments. Res. Pasadena; office 506 Security Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 3, 1884; son of Louis and Lillian (Stevens) Blankenhorn. Received his education in the public and private schools of Pasadena; graduated from Throop Institute in 1903. Employed in San Gabriel Valley Bank, Pasadena, 1903- 05; with his father in brokerage busi- ness, 1905-08; formed partnership with Howard G. Rath, under firm name of Blankenhorn & Rath in 1909. Mem- ber Union League Club. Episcopalian. BLEE, John F. Consulting engineer and architect. Res. San Gabriel, Cal.; office 509 Union League Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Hyde Park, Mass., April 17, 1877; son of Samuel L. and Agnes Isabel Grieve (Scott) Blee; married to Ethel J. Slater in 1905. Graduate grammar school, Hyde Park, Mass.; attended high school, Hyde Park, one year, and high school, Dorchester, Mass., one year; studied architectural course under tutors for five years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. With General Electric Company, Boston, Mass., 1894-95; with Loring & Phipps, architects, Boston, 1895-96; with Jenney & Fox, architects, Boston, 1896-02; United States Appraisal Co., Boston, 1902-04; Amer. Appraisal Co. of Milwaukee, *** end ***