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| Research Note | Grover Garland Hurt, son of Erastus and Argiva (McClain) Hurt, was born in near Medford, Oregon, in December 1886. He was gifted with a rich tenor voice and loved to sing. He was at Chico University, California, in 1907, when his sister Leta and his mother died of ptomaine poisoning.
Grover also attended the University of Chicago for a time. At the University of California at Berkeley he was a track star. In 1912 he ran the 440-yard dash and was clocked at 49.6 seconds surpassing all previous records at that school. His record stood for 25 years. On October 8, 1916, he married Hazel Jane Bardin, who was born October 17, 1886, in Salinas, California. At one time, Grover was the headmaster at Mt. Tamalpais School for boys in north San Francisco. He had an outstanding speaking and singing voice. At one time he had a leading role in the opera, "La Giaconda," for the San Carlos Opera Company. He later went into business in Salinas, California, where he and his wife, Hazel (Bardin), lived with their three daughters, Barbara, Phyllis and Mildred. At one time he had the controlling interest in the Salinas Valley Canning Company. When he left the cannery business, he hauled lumber to the shipping docks in Oakland, California. He was an outstanding man in every way. He died of arteriosclerosis and septic infection on June 24, 1972. His wife Hazel died in her sleep of old age September 4, 1984. |
| Date Taken | Not Dated |
| Resource | Family Photos |
| Submitted by | Data and photo submitted in 2009 by: Steve Hurt |
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