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Note N1864
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Per California birth records.
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Note N1865
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Lived in the Long Beach, Cal area in the 1942-1945 area, served in the US Navy.
"New Chef Has Enthusiasm in All Types of Endeavor..Should you attend a movie and hear an infectious, appreciative, way-down-deep laugh, you can bet your shekels Chef of the Week Robert J. (Bob) Leebrick is under it. He's known well for his animated, vivacious sense of humor and the fact that he's never been known to be unkind to anyone.
Peru, Ind., was not only his place of birth, but that of the well known Cole Porter and that illustrious general of World War II George E. Statemeyer. Peru "saw" him through high school and he came to Long Beach with his parents in 1908. He tarried just long enough to turn north and enter UC at Berkeley. He came home with a degree in business administration.
Our "chef" considered dentistry once as his vocation, but found he preferred another kind of cement so went into the building materials business. For the past 25 years the firm has been known as Leebrick & Fisher, and while the name still remains, it is now jointly owned by his brother, his son, his nephew and himself. He's "Mr. President", but will climb a truck with equal efficiency should a load of cement be needed in a hurry. The Leebrick Apartments at 529 W. First which his father built in 1908, is still the property of the family. It was the 50th apartment house to be erected and his Dad was advised at the time that Long Beach was overbuilt.
Interested in anything connected with sports, he plays golf for all the sport that's in it. That's a part of his success story. fact is, he chalked a "runner-up" in first flight Hancock tournament which is played each year at the Virginia Country Club. He's rated to walk faster on his hands than most men of like age can travel on foot.
And he's helped to build Long Beach, too. A Rotarian, he is a past director. he holds memberships in the Virginia Coluntry and the Pacific Coast Clubs and the Sports Boosters. A past director of the Chamber of Commerce, he was for six years co-ordinating director between the Junior and Senior Chambers. He has served on the board of directors of the Boys' Club, the Army and Navy YMCA, the Long Beach Builders Exchange, the Community Chest and is a life member of the Community Players. He even held the spotlight for five minutess in a drama once."--31 Aug 1952, The (Long Beach CA) Independent Press-Telegram
"Leebrick Hurt in Auto Crash Robert J. Leebrick,66, owner of Leebrick&Fisher, Inc., Building Materials, 1831 E. 19th St., suffered serious injuries Wednesday when his car was struck by another auto at Grand Ave. and Colorado St., Leebrick, who resides at 4360 Lime Ave., was treated at Community Hospital for fractures of his left leg and pelvis, possible concussion and a head laceration. The other driver, William S. Halley, 49, of 1101 Daisy Ave., was not hurt."--3 Mar 1955, Long Beach (CA) Independent
"Robert J. Leebrick Jr., vice president of Leebrick & Fisher, is chairman for the Anaheim St. Divisioin. Leebrick has worked for Red Cross for many years. This year he has a quota of $2,750. Leebrick received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Univ. of Texas. He is active in the Long Beach Jr. Chamber of Commerce and spends his free time golfing and skiing."--16 Feb 1956, Long Beach (CA) Independent
"ROB AND SUZANNE (Marichal) Leebrick are beginning to think they have either a fun-loving future socialite or a budding actress for a daughter, in the person of new baby, Shelley. Her smoky blue eyes are never closed if there's a bright light to look at, they say. And she won't be a month old until next Sunday What about 21 years from next Sunday, they're wondering."--1 Sep 1957, Independent-Press Telegram (Long Beach CA)
"Long Beach Councilman's Vote on Pact Questioned. A Long Beach city councilman voted to award a city cement contract to a firm with his his private company had been doing business, the Times has learned. Councilman Wel Carroll, Jr. agreed to aware a $41,000 contract to Leebrick & Fisher, Inc., last July, two months after he completed a controversial financial transaction with the firm on behalf of Coast Drywall Construction Co., of which he was vice president.
That transaction, the exchange of identical $18,181.12 checks between Leebrick & Fisher and the drywall company, has led to an inquiry by district attorney investigators. Carroll confirmed the investigation, but he denied any conflict existed in his relationship with the supply company and his subsequent vote to award that firm a contract. "Leebrick & Fisher was getting city contracts before I was born," he said....The transaction came to light along with others involving Carroll and the Long Beach-based supply firm after a feud between corporate partners of Leebrick & Fisher spilled into the courts. In a civil suit filed in Long Beach Superior Court, Earl Barker, president of Leebrick & Fisher, cited the role of his partner, Robert Leebrick, in the check exchange as justification for forcing him out of a management role in the firm...."--5 Jan 1977, The Los Angeles (CA) Times.
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Note N1866
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The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leebrick died at the home of its parents in Mirage township, Monday April 17th, 1916. The body was embalmed and prepared for shipment by the reeves and Son undertakers of this city, Tuesday. The fond parents in their sad loss have the sincere sympathy of their many friends. -- April 20, 1916, Citizen Patriot Newspaper.
Robert Lewis Leebrick, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Leebrick was born October 16th, 1915 and departed this life April 17th, 1916, age 6 mo and 1 day. The little fellow just recovered from a spell of scarlet fever and pneumonia and before regaining his vitality fully was prostrated with measles. He lingered a few days and passed away. He leaves to mourn his loss, father and mother, one little sister, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leebrick and his grandfather Lewis from Nebraska who came to take the remains to Nebraska to be laid to rest in the silent tomb to await the resurrection morn.
Oh, Dear parents sad, loved ones do not weep as for those without hope. Your little treasure is just over yonder where there is no more pain, sickness or death. Yes, you will miss him but look beyond the things of this world to something higher, trander, and more noble and in some glad sweet day you will clasp little Robert Lewis to your hearts again.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. K. Bone of this city. -- April 27, 1916, Citizen Patriot Newspaper.