Elmo was the son of Walter Green Conley, b. Jan. 25, 1864 in Bells, Crocket Co., Tennessee and d. 1921 in Ca. &
May Crabtree, b. Feb. 2, 1872 in Indiana and d. Jun. 1, 1957 in Los Angeles Co., Ca.
*May's mother's maiden name was Gregory.
Walter Conley and May Crabtree marr. in 1895.
They had two children:
1) Elmo Hansford Conley, b. 1896 – 1957
2) Mary Garnett Conley, b. Apr. 14, 1899 in Lexington, Ky and d. Apr. 23, 1996 in Rosemead, L. A. Co., Ca. She marr. Arthur Louis Uffington Valentine, b. 1902 and d. 1996.
In the 1900 U.S. census, 3 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. Nov. 1896 in KY., was living in Lexington Ward 4, Fayette, KY. with his
36 yr. old father, Walter M. Conley, a professor, b. Mar. 1864 in TN.
28 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in Feb. 1872 IN.
1 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. Apr. 1899 in TN.
and 18 yr. old uncle, Horace Conley, b. Aug. 1881 in TN.
Walter and May had been married for 5 years. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
In the 1910 U.S. census, 13 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living in Rowland, L.A., CA. with his
45 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Clergyman at a Christian church, b. in TN.
37 yr. old May Conley, b. in IN.
and 11 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
This was a first marriage for both Walter and May and they had been married for 15 yrs. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
Both of Walter's parents were b. in TN. and both of May's parents were b. in KY.
Covina Argus (Covina, L.A., CA.), P. 6, Col. 3
Dec. 3, 1910
Paragraph from: High School Items
Elmo Conley, of the Sophomore class, has left Covina High and started for El Centro, to join his parents.
In the 1918 Metate Yearbook, (Claremont, CA.), P. 71, Elmo's biographical paragraph reads:
"Elmo Hansford Conley - El Centro
The editor of the 1917 Metate has proven himself one of the most versatile men of his class. Intercollegiate debating and Varsity baseball are, he says, his favorite activities. Incidentally, however, he has been president of P.C.L.S., captain of the Varsity tennis team, manager of the Student Life, a member of the Varsity Society for four years, of Lyceum, of Sigma Tao and of Cercle Francais, at the same time taking a real part in various class athletics. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year, and was one of the Commencement speakers chosen by the faculty."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 21
Mon., Aug. 25, 1919
Excerpt from: WIN NAVAL HONORS
Two Pomona College Graduates Attain Distinction
Two Pomona College men have just received signal honors in the navy. Lieut. E.H. Conley, son of Rev. and Mrs. W.G. Conley of Ontario, has been promoted to the chief executive office on the receiving ship Intrepid at Mare Island. Lieut. Conley entered the navy as an ensign after four years at Annapolis, following his graduation from Pomona College. He was soon promoted to a lieutenancy and was in charge of one of the turrets on the U.S. Mississippi when the fleet arrived on the Pacific Coast. After the fleet anchored off San Pedro Lieut. Conley was ordered transferred to the Intrepid.
In the Jan. 15, 1920 U.S. census, 23 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living at 324 W. 'D' St. in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA. with his
55 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Minister at the First Christian Church b. in TN.
47 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in IN.
and 20 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
On July 20, 1920, Elmo applied for a passport to travel on Naval Dept. orders aboard the U.S.S. Frederick, leaving from the port of Newport, Rhode Island, to sail to Belgium, France and England. In his application, he was described as 23 yrs. old, 5'8.5" tall, medium forehead, blue-gray eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, long chin, light brown hair, medium complexion and oval face. He was listed as a student, and his permanent residence was Cambridge, Suffolk, MA., but his father, Walter Green Conley, was residing in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA.
The fee for the passport was waived because Lt. Elmo H. Conley was a U.S.N.R.F.2 officer, proceeding abroad in the discharge of his official duties.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 22, Col. 1-5
Tue., Sep. 2, 1924
Of Interest to Women
SOCIETY
Engagement Announced
Of much interest to local society is the announcement made this morning of the approaching marriage of Miss Madeline Kimball, attractive daughter of Mrs. Herman Porter Kimball of Boston to Elmo Hansford Conley, prominent young lawyer of this city. The engagement was announced in Paris last June, where Mrs. Kimball and her daughter were visiting. They sailed last week from Europe and after passing several weeks in Boston will come direct to the Coast, where the wedding will take place early in October. Miss Kimball, who has studied music for several years in her home city, is an accomplished musician. Mr. Conley is graduated from Pomona College and the school of law at Harvard. It was while at Harvard that Mr. Conley met his bride-to-be. Mr. Conley served during the recent war as Lieutenant-Commander of the U.S.S. Mississippi, in command of the turrets which was wrecked in the harbor here recently by an explosion. Mr. Conley and his bride will make their home here after their return from their wedding trip.
According to the 1930 U.S. census, Elmo H. Conley, a lawyer in a law partnership and a WWI veteran, b. in KY., was living in a home he owned, valued at $20,000 at 1236 Adair St. in San Marino, Los Angeles, CA. with his
33 yr. old wife, Madeleine K. Conley, b. in MA.
1 yr. old daughter, Madeline K. Conley, b. in CA.
60 yr. old widowed mother-in-law, Josephine U. Kimball, b. in MA.
57 yr. old widowed aunt, Carrie U. Coggshall, b. in MA.
Elmo's father was b. in TN. and his mother in IN.
Madeleine's parents were both b. in MA.
Elmo and Madeleine were both 27 yrs. old at the time of their first marriage. Josephine was 23 yrs. old at the time of her first marriage and Carrie was 32.
Elmo's and Madeleine's names are on a Nov. 25, ___ list of passengers arriving back to the Port of Los Angeles from Balboa, Panama aboard the Talamanca. They are both 35 yrs. old.
According to his 1942 WWII Draft Registration card, 45 yr. old Elmo Hansford Conley, b. Nov. 25, 1896 in Lexington, KY., was living at 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, L.A., CA. He was self-employed, working at 634 So. Spring in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. The person who would always know his address was his mother, May Conley, who lived at 950 Muirfield Rd. in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 10
Sat., May 22, 1943
San Gabriel Stages Annual Linksfest
Golfers at the San Gabriel Country Club hook up today in a Reds and Blues team match, an annual links frolic which usually lures most of the members. Big drawing item - the losing team buys dinner for the winning contingent.
All entertainment program will follow the dinner at the clubhouse. (Golf) Pro Harry Pressler expects some 400 competitors to join the divot parade.
The Red team, which won last year, is captained by Tex Schramm (father of the former president of the Dallas Cowboys). Club President Elmo Conley heads the Blues.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 24
Thu., Mar. 31, 1949
Conley Named Pomona Trustee
CLAREMONT, March 30 - Election of Elmo H. Conley, Los Angeles attorney, to the Pomona College board of trustees was announced here today by Dr. E. Wilson Lyon, Pomona president.
Conley is associated as a partner with the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He is a graduate of Pomona College with the class of 1917 and of Harvard Law School in 1922. He spent almost three years in the Navy in World War I.
In addition to his extensive business associations, he is active in work of the Huntington memorial Hospital and Pasadena Hospital Association, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, American, State and Los Angeles bar associations, Twilight Club and Los Angeles Association of Tax Counsel.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 67, Col. 1 & 2
Thu., Oct. 26, 1950
Excerpt from: RISING TAXES ATTACKED AT INVESTMENT COURSE
If you are in a position to pay taxes, you had better be sure you vote when the opportunity comes. For so long as voters outnumber taxpayers in this country, the annual tax bill will increase.
That word of warning was spoken last night by Elmo Conley, tax expert and senior partner of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He addressed the audience of the Community Investment Course in Los Angeles High School.
Caution Asked
"The first problem of every American citizen is to prevent this great country from destroying itself by assuming burdens it cannot afford," said Mr. Conley as he analyzed the demands made on incomes by Federal budgets.
"An annual tax bill of $60,000,000,000 or $75,000,000,000 a year will destroy this economy just as every other democracy in history has destroyed itself.
Burden Too Great
Of course we must prepare ourselves against outside attack no matter what the cost. But we cannot pay the bill for national defense and at the same time continue to reckless spending on non defense projects. It is the same old story - first in Germany, then in Russia and now here in America - guns or butter - we cannot have both and pay for it.
"No nation of 150,000,000 persons can arm itself to the teeth, help support 2,000,000,000 people in other countries and at the same time increase welfare benefits at home without ultimately impoverishing itself," the speaker continued.
Excerpt from The Van Nuys News (Van Nuys, L.A., CA.), P. 8-A, Mon., Jan. 8, 1951
Register for Free Course in Investment
"Men and women alike are awakening today to the importance of understanding economic factors involved in providing Americans with the highest standard of living in the world."
Miss Grace S. Stoermer, Los Angeles bank official who is co-chairman of a February series of lectures in a Community Investment course to open Feb. 6 at Van Nuys High School, expressed that opinion of a marked and growing interest in the course which is being presented free of charge as a public service.
Experts Come Here
Appearing at the third meeting will be Elmo Conley, senior partner of the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who will speak on "Tax Influences of Investment," and Henri de La Chapelle, noted as a lecturer, economist and investment authority, who will speak on "Economic Influences on Inestment."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Sat., Jul. 12, 1952
Elmo Conley, attorney from San Marino, hot and hungry after flying from New York. He, Mrs. Conley and their daughters Jimmie and Thayer had arrived in New York that morning on the Queen Mary. Recounted fun on the big ship with home friends - Mildred and Harvey Mudd, Alma and Ernest Clark and Edna and Sennett Gilfillan.
(Harvey Seeley Mudd (30 August 1888– 12 April 1955) was a mining engineer and founder, investor, and president of Cyprus Mines Corporation, a Los Angeles–based international enterprise that operated copper mines on the island of Cyprus. The science and engineering college Harvey Mudd College was named in memory of him. He was also a vice president of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech, Pasadena).
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 2
Sun., Feb. 21, 1954
Excerpt from: EISENHOWER
Prior to going to the Thunderbird golf course today, the President (Eisenhower) reportedly visited with Phil Harris, film, radio and television entertainer and his wife, Alice Faye, and their children at their home on Thunderbird Ranch. Harris is said to have been the golf partner of the President in Denver.
Luncheon Guests
At luncheon in the clubhouse, the President ate with Hoffman, Helms, Allen, Paul Helms Jr., Kenneth B. Norris, Los Angeles industrialist; Samuel Goldwyn, Hoyt Leisure, John Dawson, president of Thunderbird; Herb Hazeltine of Los Angeles, and Elmo Conley.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 27, Col. 1-3
Tue., Mar. 2, 1954
Photo caption: ANNIVERSARY - Marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Huntington Library are, from left, Elmo H. Conley, new board member; Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director and Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, who spoke at observance.
Excerpt from: Library Group Marks Birth of Huntington
Some 350 Friends of the Huntington Library and guests met in the main exhibition home of the san Marino institution yesterday to hear an address by Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder, Henry E. Huntington.
Dr. Wroth, nationally known librarian of the John Carter Brown library of Providence, R.I., spoke on the subject, "An Elizabethan Merchant and man of Letters."
The speaker was introduced by Elmo H. Conley, a new member of the library's board of trustees. The guests also were greeted by Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director.
On July 8, 1952, 55 yr. old Elmo Conley, 55 yr. old Madeleine, and daughters Thayer, age 15 & Madeleine, age 23 are listed among the passengers of the Queen Mary arriving back into NYC from Southampton, England. Their address is listed as 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, Ca.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 68
Thu., May 20, 1954
In New York
Madrid they describe as a city carpeted with flowers - forget-me-nots, red tulips and flowering chestnut trees in full bloom. It was there that they met the John J. Garlands, with whom they again joined forces in Lisbon. Among other things they went together to hear the Fado singers.
New York is occupying the attention of the Elmo Conleys, who are staying at the Waldorf-Astoria. They will return to the Crown City to be present at the graduation from Westridge School for Girls of their younger daughter, Thayer.
Their eldest daughter Jimmie, who is attending Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Thayer will accompany their parents on a cruise to the Far East.
To Visit Orient
They have reservations on the President Cleveland for June 22 and will visit Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Mr. Conley was recently appointed a trustee of the Huntington Library.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 93
Sun., Apr. 8, 1956
Excerpt from: Philharmonic Will Offer Orient the Goodwill of the Occident
The lure is music and the reward is mutual understanding and peace. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra of 100 musicians will leave by air April 25 on a 10-week goodwill tour of the free nations of Asia to accomplish this idea, a brilliant and imaginative conception of a practical medium for exalting and advancing international understanding.
People of the Orient, with its ancient culture, and the people of the Occident will meet on a common ground of shared interest in beauty, as manifested in the programs to be heard with Alfred Wallenstein as music director of Los Angeles' own symphony orchestra. John Barnett, associate conductor, will make the tour also and will conduct some of the scheduled 58 concerts.
Pride in this enterprise, with its softly ideals, will have its expression in the civic luncheon to be given April 19. Mayor Poulson has appointed a citizens' committee of 100 leaders from all cases of civic life to sponsor the event to take place at the Biltmore Bowl.
Thus, the civic crown now has two diamond stars. To make it a trinity of jewels the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Continuance Fund Campaign begins tomorrow with John A. McCone as chairman and Elmo H. Conley, vice chairman. Southern Californians will welcome with fervor the opportunity to insure the economic security of the orchestra, the more so since it will fulfill the role of appealing for peace and goodwill internationally as well as giving regional pleasure.
Star News, Wednesday., February. 6, 1957
Rites Friday for Lawyer,
Civic Leader
Funeral services for Elmo Hansford Conley, 60, prominent Pasadena attorney and director of nine major Southland enterprises, will be held at All Saints' Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Friday, followed by interment at Inglewood Park Mausoleum. The arrangements are in charge of Turner & Stevens Mortuary.
Mr. Conley, of 1550 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, died yesterday at Huntington Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months. He was the senior member of the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crulcher, and a director of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, Redondo Improvement Co., Newpart News Land Co., Los Angeles Transit Lines, Purex Corp., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Inglewood Park Cemetery Co., and Leisure, Werden and Terry Co.
EX-HEAD OF CLUBS
He was also a member and president of the California Club, the San Gabriel Country Club and the Chaparral Club.
His widespread civic activities included serving as chairman of the Aviation Tax Panel from 1941-45; trustee and vice chairman of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, trustee and management committee member of the hospital in which he died, and trustee of Pomona College, from which he was graduated in 1917 with an A.B. degree.
SERVED IN NAVY
He was born in Lexington, Ky. and studied at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, serving in the Navy from 1917-22.
He received his law degree from Harvard in 1922 and then came to Southern California where he joined the law firm with which he was still affiliated at the time of his death. He became a partner in 1929.
One of the high points of his legal career was as chief counsel for the Henry P. Huntington estate, valued at $42,698,000, which was involved in a tax hearing that lasted for nearly 13 months in 1934-35.
Survivors include his widow, Madeleine K., to whom he was married in 1924; two daughters, Madeleine Kimball Conley and Thayer Conley, all of Pasadena; his mother, Mrs. May Conley of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mary C. Valentine of Rosemead.
May Crabtree, b. Feb. 2, 1872 in Indiana and d. Jun. 1, 1957 in Los Angeles Co., Ca.
*May's mother's maiden name was Gregory.
Walter Conley and May Crabtree marr. in 1895.
They had two children:
1) Elmo Hansford Conley, b. 1896 – 1957
2) Mary Garnett Conley, b. Apr. 14, 1899 in Lexington, Ky and d. Apr. 23, 1996 in Rosemead, L. A. Co., Ca. She marr. Arthur Louis Uffington Valentine, b. 1902 and d. 1996.
In the 1900 U.S. census, 3 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. Nov. 1896 in KY., was living in Lexington Ward 4, Fayette, KY. with his
36 yr. old father, Walter M. Conley, a professor, b. Mar. 1864 in TN.
28 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in Feb. 1872 IN.
1 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. Apr. 1899 in TN.
and 18 yr. old uncle, Horace Conley, b. Aug. 1881 in TN.
Walter and May had been married for 5 years. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
In the 1910 U.S. census, 13 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living in Rowland, L.A., CA. with his
45 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Clergyman at a Christian church, b. in TN.
37 yr. old May Conley, b. in IN.
and 11 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
This was a first marriage for both Walter and May and they had been married for 15 yrs. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
Both of Walter's parents were b. in TN. and both of May's parents were b. in KY.
Covina Argus (Covina, L.A., CA.), P. 6, Col. 3
Dec. 3, 1910
Paragraph from: High School Items
Elmo Conley, of the Sophomore class, has left Covina High and started for El Centro, to join his parents.
In the 1918 Metate Yearbook, (Claremont, CA.), P. 71, Elmo's biographical paragraph reads:
"Elmo Hansford Conley - El Centro
The editor of the 1917 Metate has proven himself one of the most versatile men of his class. Intercollegiate debating and Varsity baseball are, he says, his favorite activities. Incidentally, however, he has been president of P.C.L.S., captain of the Varsity tennis team, manager of the Student Life, a member of the Varsity Society for four years, of Lyceum, of Sigma Tao and of Cercle Francais, at the same time taking a real part in various class athletics. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year, and was one of the Commencement speakers chosen by the faculty."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 21
Mon., Aug. 25, 1919
Excerpt from: WIN NAVAL HONORS
Two Pomona College Graduates Attain Distinction
Two Pomona College men have just received signal honors in the navy. Lieut. E.H. Conley, son of Rev. and Mrs. W.G. Conley of Ontario, has been promoted to the chief executive office on the receiving ship Intrepid at Mare Island. Lieut. Conley entered the navy as an ensign after four years at Annapolis, following his graduation from Pomona College. He was soon promoted to a lieutenancy and was in charge of one of the turrets on the U.S. Mississippi when the fleet arrived on the Pacific Coast. After the fleet anchored off San Pedro Lieut. Conley was ordered transferred to the Intrepid.
In the Jan. 15, 1920 U.S. census, 23 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living at 324 W. 'D' St. in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA. with his
55 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Minister at the First Christian Church b. in TN.
47 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in IN.
and 20 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
On July 20, 1920, Elmo applied for a passport to travel on Naval Dept. orders aboard the U.S.S. Frederick, leaving from the port of Newport, Rhode Island, to sail to Belgium, France and England. In his application, he was described as 23 yrs. old, 5'8.5" tall, medium forehead, blue-gray eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, long chin, light brown hair, medium complexion and oval face. He was listed as a student, and his permanent residence was Cambridge, Suffolk, MA., but his father, Walter Green Conley, was residing in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA.
The fee for the passport was waived because Lt. Elmo H. Conley was a U.S.N.R.F.2 officer, proceeding abroad in the discharge of his official duties.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 22, Col. 1-5
Tue., Sep. 2, 1924
Of Interest to Women
SOCIETY
Engagement Announced
Of much interest to local society is the announcement made this morning of the approaching marriage of Miss Madeline Kimball, attractive daughter of Mrs. Herman Porter Kimball of Boston to Elmo Hansford Conley, prominent young lawyer of this city. The engagement was announced in Paris last June, where Mrs. Kimball and her daughter were visiting. They sailed last week from Europe and after passing several weeks in Boston will come direct to the Coast, where the wedding will take place early in October. Miss Kimball, who has studied music for several years in her home city, is an accomplished musician. Mr. Conley is graduated from Pomona College and the school of law at Harvard. It was while at Harvard that Mr. Conley met his bride-to-be. Mr. Conley served during the recent war as Lieutenant-Commander of the U.S.S. Mississippi, in command of the turrets which was wrecked in the harbor here recently by an explosion. Mr. Conley and his bride will make their home here after their return from their wedding trip.
According to the 1930 U.S. census, Elmo H. Conley, a lawyer in a law partnership and a WWI veteran, b. in KY., was living in a home he owned, valued at $20,000 at 1236 Adair St. in San Marino, Los Angeles, CA. with his
33 yr. old wife, Madeleine K. Conley, b. in MA.
1 yr. old daughter, Madeline K. Conley, b. in CA.
60 yr. old widowed mother-in-law, Josephine U. Kimball, b. in MA.
57 yr. old widowed aunt, Carrie U. Coggshall, b. in MA.
Elmo's father was b. in TN. and his mother in IN.
Madeleine's parents were both b. in MA.
Elmo and Madeleine were both 27 yrs. old at the time of their first marriage. Josephine was 23 yrs. old at the time of her first marriage and Carrie was 32.
Elmo's and Madeleine's names are on a Nov. 25, ___ list of passengers arriving back to the Port of Los Angeles from Balboa, Panama aboard the Talamanca. They are both 35 yrs. old.
According to his 1942 WWII Draft Registration card, 45 yr. old Elmo Hansford Conley, b. Nov. 25, 1896 in Lexington, KY., was living at 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, L.A., CA. He was self-employed, working at 634 So. Spring in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. The person who would always know his address was his mother, May Conley, who lived at 950 Muirfield Rd. in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 10
Sat., May 22, 1943
San Gabriel Stages Annual Linksfest
Golfers at the San Gabriel Country Club hook up today in a Reds and Blues team match, an annual links frolic which usually lures most of the members. Big drawing item - the losing team buys dinner for the winning contingent.
All entertainment program will follow the dinner at the clubhouse. (Golf) Pro Harry Pressler expects some 400 competitors to join the divot parade.
The Red team, which won last year, is captained by Tex Schramm (father of the former president of the Dallas Cowboys). Club President Elmo Conley heads the Blues.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 24
Thu., Mar. 31, 1949
Conley Named Pomona Trustee
CLAREMONT, March 30 - Election of Elmo H. Conley, Los Angeles attorney, to the Pomona College board of trustees was announced here today by Dr. E. Wilson Lyon, Pomona president.
Conley is associated as a partner with the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He is a graduate of Pomona College with the class of 1917 and of Harvard Law School in 1922. He spent almost three years in the Navy in World War I.
In addition to his extensive business associations, he is active in work of the Huntington memorial Hospital and Pasadena Hospital Association, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, American, State and Los Angeles bar associations, Twilight Club and Los Angeles Association of Tax Counsel.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 67, Col. 1 & 2
Thu., Oct. 26, 1950
Excerpt from: RISING TAXES ATTACKED AT INVESTMENT COURSE
If you are in a position to pay taxes, you had better be sure you vote when the opportunity comes. For so long as voters outnumber taxpayers in this country, the annual tax bill will increase.
That word of warning was spoken last night by Elmo Conley, tax expert and senior partner of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He addressed the audience of the Community Investment Course in Los Angeles High School.
Caution Asked
"The first problem of every American citizen is to prevent this great country from destroying itself by assuming burdens it cannot afford," said Mr. Conley as he analyzed the demands made on incomes by Federal budgets.
"An annual tax bill of $60,000,000,000 or $75,000,000,000 a year will destroy this economy just as every other democracy in history has destroyed itself.
Burden Too Great
Of course we must prepare ourselves against outside attack no matter what the cost. But we cannot pay the bill for national defense and at the same time continue to reckless spending on non defense projects. It is the same old story - first in Germany, then in Russia and now here in America - guns or butter - we cannot have both and pay for it.
"No nation of 150,000,000 persons can arm itself to the teeth, help support 2,000,000,000 people in other countries and at the same time increase welfare benefits at home without ultimately impoverishing itself," the speaker continued.
Excerpt from The Van Nuys News (Van Nuys, L.A., CA.), P. 8-A, Mon., Jan. 8, 1951
Register for Free Course in Investment
"Men and women alike are awakening today to the importance of understanding economic factors involved in providing Americans with the highest standard of living in the world."
Miss Grace S. Stoermer, Los Angeles bank official who is co-chairman of a February series of lectures in a Community Investment course to open Feb. 6 at Van Nuys High School, expressed that opinion of a marked and growing interest in the course which is being presented free of charge as a public service.
Experts Come Here
Appearing at the third meeting will be Elmo Conley, senior partner of the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who will speak on "Tax Influences of Investment," and Henri de La Chapelle, noted as a lecturer, economist and investment authority, who will speak on "Economic Influences on Inestment."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Sat., Jul. 12, 1952
Elmo Conley, attorney from San Marino, hot and hungry after flying from New York. He, Mrs. Conley and their daughters Jimmie and Thayer had arrived in New York that morning on the Queen Mary. Recounted fun on the big ship with home friends - Mildred and Harvey Mudd, Alma and Ernest Clark and Edna and Sennett Gilfillan.
(Harvey Seeley Mudd (30 August 1888– 12 April 1955) was a mining engineer and founder, investor, and president of Cyprus Mines Corporation, a Los Angeles–based international enterprise that operated copper mines on the island of Cyprus. The science and engineering college Harvey Mudd College was named in memory of him. He was also a vice president of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech, Pasadena).
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 2
Sun., Feb. 21, 1954
Excerpt from: EISENHOWER
Prior to going to the Thunderbird golf course today, the President (Eisenhower) reportedly visited with Phil Harris, film, radio and television entertainer and his wife, Alice Faye, and their children at their home on Thunderbird Ranch. Harris is said to have been the golf partner of the President in Denver.
Luncheon Guests
At luncheon in the clubhouse, the President ate with Hoffman, Helms, Allen, Paul Helms Jr., Kenneth B. Norris, Los Angeles industrialist; Samuel Goldwyn, Hoyt Leisure, John Dawson, president of Thunderbird; Herb Hazeltine of Los Angeles, and Elmo Conley.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 27, Col. 1-3
Tue., Mar. 2, 1954
Photo caption: ANNIVERSARY - Marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Huntington Library are, from left, Elmo H. Conley, new board member; Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director and Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, who spoke at observance.
Excerpt from: Library Group Marks Birth of Huntington
Some 350 Friends of the Huntington Library and guests met in the main exhibition home of the san Marino institution yesterday to hear an address by Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder, Henry E. Huntington.
Dr. Wroth, nationally known librarian of the John Carter Brown library of Providence, R.I., spoke on the subject, "An Elizabethan Merchant and man of Letters."
The speaker was introduced by Elmo H. Conley, a new member of the library's board of trustees. The guests also were greeted by Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director.
On July 8, 1952, 55 yr. old Elmo Conley, 55 yr. old Madeleine, and daughters Thayer, age 15 & Madeleine, age 23 are listed among the passengers of the Queen Mary arriving back into NYC from Southampton, England. Their address is listed as 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, Ca.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 68
Thu., May 20, 1954
In New York
Madrid they describe as a city carpeted with flowers - forget-me-nots, red tulips and flowering chestnut trees in full bloom. It was there that they met the John J. Garlands, with whom they again joined forces in Lisbon. Among other things they went together to hear the Fado singers.
New York is occupying the attention of the Elmo Conleys, who are staying at the Waldorf-Astoria. They will return to the Crown City to be present at the graduation from Westridge School for Girls of their younger daughter, Thayer.
Their eldest daughter Jimmie, who is attending Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Thayer will accompany their parents on a cruise to the Far East.
To Visit Orient
They have reservations on the President Cleveland for June 22 and will visit Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Mr. Conley was recently appointed a trustee of the Huntington Library.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 93
Sun., Apr. 8, 1956
Excerpt from: Philharmonic Will Offer Orient the Goodwill of the Occident
The lure is music and the reward is mutual understanding and peace. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra of 100 musicians will leave by air April 25 on a 10-week goodwill tour of the free nations of Asia to accomplish this idea, a brilliant and imaginative conception of a practical medium for exalting and advancing international understanding.
People of the Orient, with its ancient culture, and the people of the Occident will meet on a common ground of shared interest in beauty, as manifested in the programs to be heard with Alfred Wallenstein as music director of Los Angeles' own symphony orchestra. John Barnett, associate conductor, will make the tour also and will conduct some of the scheduled 58 concerts.
Pride in this enterprise, with its softly ideals, will have its expression in the civic luncheon to be given April 19. Mayor Poulson has appointed a citizens' committee of 100 leaders from all cases of civic life to sponsor the event to take place at the Biltmore Bowl.
Thus, the civic crown now has two diamond stars. To make it a trinity of jewels the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Continuance Fund Campaign begins tomorrow with John A. McCone as chairman and Elmo H. Conley, vice chairman. Southern Californians will welcome with fervor the opportunity to insure the economic security of the orchestra, the more so since it will fulfill the role of appealing for peace and goodwill internationally as well as giving regional pleasure.
Star News, Wednesday., February. 6, 1957
Rites Friday for Lawyer,
Civic Leader
Funeral services for Elmo Hansford Conley, 60, prominent Pasadena attorney and director of nine major Southland enterprises, will be held at All Saints' Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Friday, followed by interment at Inglewood Park Mausoleum. The arrangements are in charge of Turner & Stevens Mortuary.
Mr. Conley, of 1550 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, died yesterday at Huntington Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months. He was the senior member of the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crulcher, and a director of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, Redondo Improvement Co., Newpart News Land Co., Los Angeles Transit Lines, Purex Corp., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Inglewood Park Cemetery Co., and Leisure, Werden and Terry Co.
EX-HEAD OF CLUBS
He was also a member and president of the California Club, the San Gabriel Country Club and the Chaparral Club.
His widespread civic activities included serving as chairman of the Aviation Tax Panel from 1941-45; trustee and vice chairman of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, trustee and management committee member of the hospital in which he died, and trustee of Pomona College, from which he was graduated in 1917 with an A.B. degree.
SERVED IN NAVY
He was born in Lexington, Ky. and studied at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, serving in the Navy from 1917-22.
He received his law degree from Harvard in 1922 and then came to Southern California where he joined the law firm with which he was still affiliated at the time of his death. He became a partner in 1929.
One of the high points of his legal career was as chief counsel for the Henry P. Huntington estate, valued at $42,698,000, which was involved in a tax hearing that lasted for nearly 13 months in 1934-35.
Survivors include his widow, Madeleine K., to whom he was married in 1924; two daughters, Madeleine Kimball Conley and Thayer Conley, all of Pasadena; his mother, Mrs. May Conley of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mary C. Valentine of Rosemead.
Elmo was the son of Walter Green Conley, b. Jan. 25, 1864 in Bells, Crocket Co., Tennessee and d. 1921 in Ca. &
May Crabtree, b. Feb. 2, 1872 in Indiana and d. Jun. 1, 1957 in Los Angeles Co., Ca.
*May's mother's maiden name was Gregory.
Walter Conley and May Crabtree marr. in 1895.
They had two children:
1) Elmo Hansford Conley, b. 1896 – 1957
2) Mary Garnett Conley, b. Apr. 14, 1899 in Lexington, Ky and d. Apr. 23, 1996 in Rosemead, L. A. Co., Ca. She marr. Arthur Louis Uffington Valentine, b. 1902 and d. 1996.
In the 1900 U.S. census, 3 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. Nov. 1896 in KY., was living in Lexington Ward 4, Fayette, KY. with his
36 yr. old father, Walter M. Conley, a professor, b. Mar. 1864 in TN.
28 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in Feb. 1872 IN.
1 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. Apr. 1899 in TN.
and 18 yr. old uncle, Horace Conley, b. Aug. 1881 in TN.
Walter and May had been married for 5 years. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
In the 1910 U.S. census, 13 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living in Rowland, L.A., CA. with his
45 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Clergyman at a Christian church, b. in TN.
37 yr. old May Conley, b. in IN.
and 11 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
This was a first marriage for both Walter and May and they had been married for 15 yrs. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
Both of Walter's parents were b. in TN. and both of May's parents were b. in KY.
Covina Argus (Covina, L.A., CA.), P. 6, Col. 3
Dec. 3, 1910
Paragraph from: High School Items
Elmo Conley, of the Sophomore class, has left Covina High and started for El Centro, to join his parents.
In the 1918 Metate Yearbook, (Claremont, CA.), P. 71, Elmo's biographical paragraph reads:
"Elmo Hansford Conley - El Centro
The editor of the 1917 Metate has proven himself one of the most versatile men of his class. Intercollegiate debating and Varsity baseball are, he says, his favorite activities. Incidentally, however, he has been president of P.C.L.S., captain of the Varsity tennis team, manager of the Student Life, a member of the Varsity Society for four years, of Lyceum, of Sigma Tao and of Cercle Francais, at the same time taking a real part in various class athletics. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year, and was one of the Commencement speakers chosen by the faculty."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 21
Mon., Aug. 25, 1919
Excerpt from: WIN NAVAL HONORS
Two Pomona College Graduates Attain Distinction
Two Pomona College men have just received signal honors in the navy. Lieut. E.H. Conley, son of Rev. and Mrs. W.G. Conley of Ontario, has been promoted to the chief executive office on the receiving ship Intrepid at Mare Island. Lieut. Conley entered the navy as an ensign after four years at Annapolis, following his graduation from Pomona College. He was soon promoted to a lieutenancy and was in charge of one of the turrets on the U.S. Mississippi when the fleet arrived on the Pacific Coast. After the fleet anchored off San Pedro Lieut. Conley was ordered transferred to the Intrepid.
In the Jan. 15, 1920 U.S. census, 23 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living at 324 W. 'D' St. in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA. with his
55 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Minister at the First Christian Church b. in TN.
47 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in IN.
and 20 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
On July 20, 1920, Elmo applied for a passport to travel on Naval Dept. orders aboard the U.S.S. Frederick, leaving from the port of Newport, Rhode Island, to sail to Belgium, France and England. In his application, he was described as 23 yrs. old, 5'8.5" tall, medium forehead, blue-gray eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, long chin, light brown hair, medium complexion and oval face. He was listed as a student, and his permanent residence was Cambridge, Suffolk, MA., but his father, Walter Green Conley, was residing in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA.
The fee for the passport was waived because Lt. Elmo H. Conley was a U.S.N.R.F.2 officer, proceeding abroad in the discharge of his official duties.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 22, Col. 1-5
Tue., Sep. 2, 1924
Of Interest to Women
SOCIETY
Engagement Announced
Of much interest to local society is the announcement made this morning of the approaching marriage of Miss Madeline Kimball, attractive daughter of Mrs. Herman Porter Kimball of Boston to Elmo Hansford Conley, prominent young lawyer of this city. The engagement was announced in Paris last June, where Mrs. Kimball and her daughter were visiting. They sailed last week from Europe and after passing several weeks in Boston will come direct to the Coast, where the wedding will take place early in October. Miss Kimball, who has studied music for several years in her home city, is an accomplished musician. Mr. Conley is graduated from Pomona College and the school of law at Harvard. It was while at Harvard that Mr. Conley met his bride-to-be. Mr. Conley served during the recent war as Lieutenant-Commander of the U.S.S. Mississippi, in command of the turrets which was wrecked in the harbor here recently by an explosion. Mr. Conley and his bride will make their home here after their return from their wedding trip.
According to the 1930 U.S. census, Elmo H. Conley, a lawyer in a law partnership and a WWI veteran, b. in KY., was living in a home he owned, valued at $20,000 at 1236 Adair St. in San Marino, Los Angeles, CA. with his
33 yr. old wife, Madeleine K. Conley, b. in MA.
1 yr. old daughter, Madeline K. Conley, b. in CA.
60 yr. old widowed mother-in-law, Josephine U. Kimball, b. in MA.
57 yr. old widowed aunt, Carrie U. Coggshall, b. in MA.
Elmo's father was b. in TN. and his mother in IN.
Madeleine's parents were both b. in MA.
Elmo and Madeleine were both 27 yrs. old at the time of their first marriage. Josephine was 23 yrs. old at the time of her first marriage and Carrie was 32.
Elmo's and Madeleine's names are on a Nov. 25, ___ list of passengers arriving back to the Port of Los Angeles from Balboa, Panama aboard the Talamanca. They are both 35 yrs. old.
According to his 1942 WWII Draft Registration card, 45 yr. old Elmo Hansford Conley, b. Nov. 25, 1896 in Lexington, KY., was living at 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, L.A., CA. He was self-employed, working at 634 So. Spring in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. The person who would always know his address was his mother, May Conley, who lived at 950 Muirfield Rd. in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 10
Sat., May 22, 1943
San Gabriel Stages Annual Linksfest
Golfers at the San Gabriel Country Club hook up today in a Reds and Blues team match, an annual links frolic which usually lures most of the members. Big drawing item - the losing team buys dinner for the winning contingent.
All entertainment program will follow the dinner at the clubhouse. (Golf) Pro Harry Pressler expects some 400 competitors to join the divot parade.
The Red team, which won last year, is captained by Tex Schramm (father of the former president of the Dallas Cowboys). Club President Elmo Conley heads the Blues.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 24
Thu., Mar. 31, 1949
Conley Named Pomona Trustee
CLAREMONT, March 30 - Election of Elmo H. Conley, Los Angeles attorney, to the Pomona College board of trustees was announced here today by Dr. E. Wilson Lyon, Pomona president.
Conley is associated as a partner with the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He is a graduate of Pomona College with the class of 1917 and of Harvard Law School in 1922. He spent almost three years in the Navy in World War I.
In addition to his extensive business associations, he is active in work of the Huntington memorial Hospital and Pasadena Hospital Association, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, American, State and Los Angeles bar associations, Twilight Club and Los Angeles Association of Tax Counsel.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 67, Col. 1 & 2
Thu., Oct. 26, 1950
Excerpt from: RISING TAXES ATTACKED AT INVESTMENT COURSE
If you are in a position to pay taxes, you had better be sure you vote when the opportunity comes. For so long as voters outnumber taxpayers in this country, the annual tax bill will increase.
That word of warning was spoken last night by Elmo Conley, tax expert and senior partner of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He addressed the audience of the Community Investment Course in Los Angeles High School.
Caution Asked
"The first problem of every American citizen is to prevent this great country from destroying itself by assuming burdens it cannot afford," said Mr. Conley as he analyzed the demands made on incomes by Federal budgets.
"An annual tax bill of $60,000,000,000 or $75,000,000,000 a year will destroy this economy just as every other democracy in history has destroyed itself.
Burden Too Great
Of course we must prepare ourselves against outside attack no matter what the cost. But we cannot pay the bill for national defense and at the same time continue to reckless spending on non defense projects. It is the same old story - first in Germany, then in Russia and now here in America - guns or butter - we cannot have both and pay for it.
"No nation of 150,000,000 persons can arm itself to the teeth, help support 2,000,000,000 people in other countries and at the same time increase welfare benefits at home without ultimately impoverishing itself," the speaker continued.
Excerpt from The Van Nuys News (Van Nuys, L.A., CA.), P. 8-A, Mon., Jan. 8, 1951
Register for Free Course in Investment
"Men and women alike are awakening today to the importance of understanding economic factors involved in providing Americans with the highest standard of living in the world."
Miss Grace S. Stoermer, Los Angeles bank official who is co-chairman of a February series of lectures in a Community Investment course to open Feb. 6 at Van Nuys High School, expressed that opinion of a marked and growing interest in the course which is being presented free of charge as a public service.
Experts Come Here
Appearing at the third meeting will be Elmo Conley, senior partner of the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who will speak on "Tax Influences of Investment," and Henri de La Chapelle, noted as a lecturer, economist and investment authority, who will speak on "Economic Influences on Inestment."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Sat., Jul. 12, 1952
Elmo Conley, attorney from San Marino, hot and hungry after flying from New York. He, Mrs. Conley and their daughters Jimmie and Thayer had arrived in New York that morning on the Queen Mary. Recounted fun on the big ship with home friends - Mildred and Harvey Mudd, Alma and Ernest Clark and Edna and Sennett Gilfillan.
(Harvey Seeley Mudd (30 August 1888– 12 April 1955) was a mining engineer and founder, investor, and president of Cyprus Mines Corporation, a Los Angeles–based international enterprise that operated copper mines on the island of Cyprus. The science and engineering college Harvey Mudd College was named in memory of him. He was also a vice president of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech, Pasadena).
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 2
Sun., Feb. 21, 1954
Excerpt from: EISENHOWER
Prior to going to the Thunderbird golf course today, the President (Eisenhower) reportedly visited with Phil Harris, film, radio and television entertainer and his wife, Alice Faye, and their children at their home on Thunderbird Ranch. Harris is said to have been the golf partner of the President in Denver.
Luncheon Guests
At luncheon in the clubhouse, the President ate with Hoffman, Helms, Allen, Paul Helms Jr., Kenneth B. Norris, Los Angeles industrialist; Samuel Goldwyn, Hoyt Leisure, John Dawson, president of Thunderbird; Herb Hazeltine of Los Angeles, and Elmo Conley.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 27, Col. 1-3
Tue., Mar. 2, 1954
Photo caption: ANNIVERSARY - Marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Huntington Library are, from left, Elmo H. Conley, new board member; Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director and Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, who spoke at observance.
Excerpt from: Library Group Marks Birth of Huntington
Some 350 Friends of the Huntington Library and guests met in the main exhibition home of the san Marino institution yesterday to hear an address by Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder, Henry E. Huntington.
Dr. Wroth, nationally known librarian of the John Carter Brown library of Providence, R.I., spoke on the subject, "An Elizabethan Merchant and man of Letters."
The speaker was introduced by Elmo H. Conley, a new member of the library's board of trustees. The guests also were greeted by Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director.
On July 8, 1952, 55 yr. old Elmo Conley, 55 yr. old Madeleine, and daughters Thayer, age 15 & Madeleine, age 23 are listed among the passengers of the Queen Mary arriving back into NYC from Southampton, England. Their address is listed as 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, Ca.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 68
Thu., May 20, 1954
In New York
Madrid they describe as a city carpeted with flowers - forget-me-nots, red tulips and flowering chestnut trees in full bloom. It was there that they met the John J. Garlands, with whom they again joined forces in Lisbon. Among other things they went together to hear the Fado singers.
New York is occupying the attention of the Elmo Conleys, who are staying at the Waldorf-Astoria. They will return to the Crown City to be present at the graduation from Westridge School for Girls of their younger daughter, Thayer.
Their eldest daughter Jimmie, who is attending Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Thayer will accompany their parents on a cruise to the Far East.
To Visit Orient
They have reservations on the President Cleveland for June 22 and will visit Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Mr. Conley was recently appointed a trustee of the Huntington Library.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 93
Sun., Apr. 8, 1956
Excerpt from: Philharmonic Will Offer Orient the Goodwill of the Occident
The lure is music and the reward is mutual understanding and peace. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra of 100 musicians will leave by air April 25 on a 10-week goodwill tour of the free nations of Asia to accomplish this idea, a brilliant and imaginative conception of a practical medium for exalting and advancing international understanding.
People of the Orient, with its ancient culture, and the people of the Occident will meet on a common ground of shared interest in beauty, as manifested in the programs to be heard with Alfred Wallenstein as music director of Los Angeles' own symphony orchestra. John Barnett, associate conductor, will make the tour also and will conduct some of the scheduled 58 concerts.
Pride in this enterprise, with its softly ideals, will have its expression in the civic luncheon to be given April 19. Mayor Poulson has appointed a citizens' committee of 100 leaders from all cases of civic life to sponsor the event to take place at the Biltmore Bowl.
Thus, the civic crown now has two diamond stars. To make it a trinity of jewels the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Continuance Fund Campaign begins tomorrow with John A. McCone as chairman and Elmo H. Conley, vice chairman. Southern Californians will welcome with fervor the opportunity to insure the economic security of the orchestra, the more so since it will fulfill the role of appealing for peace and goodwill internationally as well as giving regional pleasure.
Star News, Wednesday., February. 6, 1957
Rites Friday for Lawyer,
Civic Leader
Funeral services for Elmo Hansford Conley, 60, prominent Pasadena attorney and director of nine major Southland enterprises, will be held at All Saints' Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Friday, followed by interment at Inglewood Park Mausoleum. The arrangements are in charge of Turner & Stevens Mortuary.
Mr. Conley, of 1550 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, died yesterday at Huntington Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months. He was the senior member of the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crulcher, and a director of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, Redondo Improvement Co., Newpart News Land Co., Los Angeles Transit Lines, Purex Corp., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Inglewood Park Cemetery Co., and Leisure, Werden and Terry Co.
EX-HEAD OF CLUBS
He was also a member and president of the California Club, the San Gabriel Country Club and the Chaparral Club.
His widespread civic activities included serving as chairman of the Aviation Tax Panel from 1941-45; trustee and vice chairman of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, trustee and management committee member of the hospital in which he died, and trustee of Pomona College, from which he was graduated in 1917 with an A.B. degree.
SERVED IN NAVY
He was born in Lexington, Ky. and studied at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, serving in the Navy from 1917-22.
He received his law degree from Harvard in 1922 and then came to Southern California where he joined the law firm with which he was still affiliated at the time of his death. He became a partner in 1929.
One of the high points of his legal career was as chief counsel for the Henry P. Huntington estate, valued at $42,698,000, which was involved in a tax hearing that lasted for nearly 13 months in 1934-35.
Survivors include his widow, Madeleine K., to whom he was married in 1924; two daughters, Madeleine Kimball Conley and Thayer Conley, all of Pasadena; his mother, Mrs. May Conley of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mary C. Valentine of Rosemead.
May Crabtree, b. Feb. 2, 1872 in Indiana and d. Jun. 1, 1957 in Los Angeles Co., Ca.
*May's mother's maiden name was Gregory.
Walter Conley and May Crabtree marr. in 1895.
They had two children:
1) Elmo Hansford Conley, b. 1896 – 1957
2) Mary Garnett Conley, b. Apr. 14, 1899 in Lexington, Ky and d. Apr. 23, 1996 in Rosemead, L. A. Co., Ca. She marr. Arthur Louis Uffington Valentine, b. 1902 and d. 1996.
In the 1900 U.S. census, 3 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. Nov. 1896 in KY., was living in Lexington Ward 4, Fayette, KY. with his
36 yr. old father, Walter M. Conley, a professor, b. Mar. 1864 in TN.
28 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in Feb. 1872 IN.
1 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. Apr. 1899 in TN.
and 18 yr. old uncle, Horace Conley, b. Aug. 1881 in TN.
Walter and May had been married for 5 years. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
In the 1910 U.S. census, 13 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living in Rowland, L.A., CA. with his
45 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Clergyman at a Christian church, b. in TN.
37 yr. old May Conley, b. in IN.
and 11 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
This was a first marriage for both Walter and May and they had been married for 15 yrs. May was the mother of two children, both still alive by this census.
Both of Walter's parents were b. in TN. and both of May's parents were b. in KY.
Covina Argus (Covina, L.A., CA.), P. 6, Col. 3
Dec. 3, 1910
Paragraph from: High School Items
Elmo Conley, of the Sophomore class, has left Covina High and started for El Centro, to join his parents.
In the 1918 Metate Yearbook, (Claremont, CA.), P. 71, Elmo's biographical paragraph reads:
"Elmo Hansford Conley - El Centro
The editor of the 1917 Metate has proven himself one of the most versatile men of his class. Intercollegiate debating and Varsity baseball are, he says, his favorite activities. Incidentally, however, he has been president of P.C.L.S., captain of the Varsity tennis team, manager of the Student Life, a member of the Varsity Society for four years, of Lyceum, of Sigma Tao and of Cercle Francais, at the same time taking a real part in various class athletics. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year, and was one of the Commencement speakers chosen by the faculty."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 21
Mon., Aug. 25, 1919
Excerpt from: WIN NAVAL HONORS
Two Pomona College Graduates Attain Distinction
Two Pomona College men have just received signal honors in the navy. Lieut. E.H. Conley, son of Rev. and Mrs. W.G. Conley of Ontario, has been promoted to the chief executive office on the receiving ship Intrepid at Mare Island. Lieut. Conley entered the navy as an ensign after four years at Annapolis, following his graduation from Pomona College. He was soon promoted to a lieutenancy and was in charge of one of the turrets on the U.S. Mississippi when the fleet arrived on the Pacific Coast. After the fleet anchored off San Pedro Lieut. Conley was ordered transferred to the Intrepid.
In the Jan. 15, 1920 U.S. census, 23 yr. old Elmo H. Conley, b. abt. 1897 in KY., was living at 324 W. 'D' St. in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA. with his
55 yr. old father, Walter G. Conley, a Minister at the First Christian Church b. in TN.
47 yr. old mother, May Conley, b. in IN.
and 20 yr. old sister, Mary G. Conley, b. in KY.
On July 20, 1920, Elmo applied for a passport to travel on Naval Dept. orders aboard the U.S.S. Frederick, leaving from the port of Newport, Rhode Island, to sail to Belgium, France and England. In his application, he was described as 23 yrs. old, 5'8.5" tall, medium forehead, blue-gray eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, long chin, light brown hair, medium complexion and oval face. He was listed as a student, and his permanent residence was Cambridge, Suffolk, MA., but his father, Walter Green Conley, was residing in Ontario, San Bernardino, CA.
The fee for the passport was waived because Lt. Elmo H. Conley was a U.S.N.R.F.2 officer, proceeding abroad in the discharge of his official duties.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 22, Col. 1-5
Tue., Sep. 2, 1924
Of Interest to Women
SOCIETY
Engagement Announced
Of much interest to local society is the announcement made this morning of the approaching marriage of Miss Madeline Kimball, attractive daughter of Mrs. Herman Porter Kimball of Boston to Elmo Hansford Conley, prominent young lawyer of this city. The engagement was announced in Paris last June, where Mrs. Kimball and her daughter were visiting. They sailed last week from Europe and after passing several weeks in Boston will come direct to the Coast, where the wedding will take place early in October. Miss Kimball, who has studied music for several years in her home city, is an accomplished musician. Mr. Conley is graduated from Pomona College and the school of law at Harvard. It was while at Harvard that Mr. Conley met his bride-to-be. Mr. Conley served during the recent war as Lieutenant-Commander of the U.S.S. Mississippi, in command of the turrets which was wrecked in the harbor here recently by an explosion. Mr. Conley and his bride will make their home here after their return from their wedding trip.
According to the 1930 U.S. census, Elmo H. Conley, a lawyer in a law partnership and a WWI veteran, b. in KY., was living in a home he owned, valued at $20,000 at 1236 Adair St. in San Marino, Los Angeles, CA. with his
33 yr. old wife, Madeleine K. Conley, b. in MA.
1 yr. old daughter, Madeline K. Conley, b. in CA.
60 yr. old widowed mother-in-law, Josephine U. Kimball, b. in MA.
57 yr. old widowed aunt, Carrie U. Coggshall, b. in MA.
Elmo's father was b. in TN. and his mother in IN.
Madeleine's parents were both b. in MA.
Elmo and Madeleine were both 27 yrs. old at the time of their first marriage. Josephine was 23 yrs. old at the time of her first marriage and Carrie was 32.
Elmo's and Madeleine's names are on a Nov. 25, ___ list of passengers arriving back to the Port of Los Angeles from Balboa, Panama aboard the Talamanca. They are both 35 yrs. old.
According to his 1942 WWII Draft Registration card, 45 yr. old Elmo Hansford Conley, b. Nov. 25, 1896 in Lexington, KY., was living at 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, L.A., CA. He was self-employed, working at 634 So. Spring in Los Angeles, L.A., CA. The person who would always know his address was his mother, May Conley, who lived at 950 Muirfield Rd. in Los Angeles, L.A., CA.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 10
Sat., May 22, 1943
San Gabriel Stages Annual Linksfest
Golfers at the San Gabriel Country Club hook up today in a Reds and Blues team match, an annual links frolic which usually lures most of the members. Big drawing item - the losing team buys dinner for the winning contingent.
All entertainment program will follow the dinner at the clubhouse. (Golf) Pro Harry Pressler expects some 400 competitors to join the divot parade.
The Red team, which won last year, is captained by Tex Schramm (father of the former president of the Dallas Cowboys). Club President Elmo Conley heads the Blues.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 24
Thu., Mar. 31, 1949
Conley Named Pomona Trustee
CLAREMONT, March 30 - Election of Elmo H. Conley, Los Angeles attorney, to the Pomona College board of trustees was announced here today by Dr. E. Wilson Lyon, Pomona president.
Conley is associated as a partner with the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He is a graduate of Pomona College with the class of 1917 and of Harvard Law School in 1922. He spent almost three years in the Navy in World War I.
In addition to his extensive business associations, he is active in work of the Huntington memorial Hospital and Pasadena Hospital Association, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, American, State and Los Angeles bar associations, Twilight Club and Los Angeles Association of Tax Counsel.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 67, Col. 1 & 2
Thu., Oct. 26, 1950
Excerpt from: RISING TAXES ATTACKED AT INVESTMENT COURSE
If you are in a position to pay taxes, you had better be sure you vote when the opportunity comes. For so long as voters outnumber taxpayers in this country, the annual tax bill will increase.
That word of warning was spoken last night by Elmo Conley, tax expert and senior partner of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. He addressed the audience of the Community Investment Course in Los Angeles High School.
Caution Asked
"The first problem of every American citizen is to prevent this great country from destroying itself by assuming burdens it cannot afford," said Mr. Conley as he analyzed the demands made on incomes by Federal budgets.
"An annual tax bill of $60,000,000,000 or $75,000,000,000 a year will destroy this economy just as every other democracy in history has destroyed itself.
Burden Too Great
Of course we must prepare ourselves against outside attack no matter what the cost. But we cannot pay the bill for national defense and at the same time continue to reckless spending on non defense projects. It is the same old story - first in Germany, then in Russia and now here in America - guns or butter - we cannot have both and pay for it.
"No nation of 150,000,000 persons can arm itself to the teeth, help support 2,000,000,000 people in other countries and at the same time increase welfare benefits at home without ultimately impoverishing itself," the speaker continued.
Excerpt from The Van Nuys News (Van Nuys, L.A., CA.), P. 8-A, Mon., Jan. 8, 1951
Register for Free Course in Investment
"Men and women alike are awakening today to the importance of understanding economic factors involved in providing Americans with the highest standard of living in the world."
Miss Grace S. Stoermer, Los Angeles bank official who is co-chairman of a February series of lectures in a Community Investment course to open Feb. 6 at Van Nuys High School, expressed that opinion of a marked and growing interest in the course which is being presented free of charge as a public service.
Experts Come Here
Appearing at the third meeting will be Elmo Conley, senior partner of the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, who will speak on "Tax Influences of Investment," and Henri de La Chapelle, noted as a lecturer, economist and investment authority, who will speak on "Economic Influences on Inestment."
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 12, Col. 1
Sat., Jul. 12, 1952
Elmo Conley, attorney from San Marino, hot and hungry after flying from New York. He, Mrs. Conley and their daughters Jimmie and Thayer had arrived in New York that morning on the Queen Mary. Recounted fun on the big ship with home friends - Mildred and Harvey Mudd, Alma and Ernest Clark and Edna and Sennett Gilfillan.
(Harvey Seeley Mudd (30 August 1888– 12 April 1955) was a mining engineer and founder, investor, and president of Cyprus Mines Corporation, a Los Angeles–based international enterprise that operated copper mines on the island of Cyprus. The science and engineering college Harvey Mudd College was named in memory of him. He was also a vice president of the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech, Pasadena).
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 2
Sun., Feb. 21, 1954
Excerpt from: EISENHOWER
Prior to going to the Thunderbird golf course today, the President (Eisenhower) reportedly visited with Phil Harris, film, radio and television entertainer and his wife, Alice Faye, and their children at their home on Thunderbird Ranch. Harris is said to have been the golf partner of the President in Denver.
Luncheon Guests
At luncheon in the clubhouse, the President ate with Hoffman, Helms, Allen, Paul Helms Jr., Kenneth B. Norris, Los Angeles industrialist; Samuel Goldwyn, Hoyt Leisure, John Dawson, president of Thunderbird; Herb Hazeltine of Los Angeles, and Elmo Conley.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 27, Col. 1-3
Tue., Mar. 2, 1954
Photo caption: ANNIVERSARY - Marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Huntington Library are, from left, Elmo H. Conley, new board member; Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director and Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, who spoke at observance.
Excerpt from: Library Group Marks Birth of Huntington
Some 350 Friends of the Huntington Library and guests met in the main exhibition home of the san Marino institution yesterday to hear an address by Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of the founder, Henry E. Huntington.
Dr. Wroth, nationally known librarian of the John Carter Brown library of Providence, R.I., spoke on the subject, "An Elizabethan Merchant and man of Letters."
The speaker was introduced by Elmo H. Conley, a new member of the library's board of trustees. The guests also were greeted by Dr. John E. Pomfret, library director.
On July 8, 1952, 55 yr. old Elmo Conley, 55 yr. old Madeleine, and daughters Thayer, age 15 & Madeleine, age 23 are listed among the passengers of the Queen Mary arriving back into NYC from Southampton, England. Their address is listed as 1550 Hillcrest in Pasadena, Ca.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 68
Thu., May 20, 1954
In New York
Madrid they describe as a city carpeted with flowers - forget-me-nots, red tulips and flowering chestnut trees in full bloom. It was there that they met the John J. Garlands, with whom they again joined forces in Lisbon. Among other things they went together to hear the Fado singers.
New York is occupying the attention of the Elmo Conleys, who are staying at the Waldorf-Astoria. They will return to the Crown City to be present at the graduation from Westridge School for Girls of their younger daughter, Thayer.
Their eldest daughter Jimmie, who is attending Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Thayer will accompany their parents on a cruise to the Far East.
To Visit Orient
They have reservations on the President Cleveland for June 22 and will visit Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Mr. Conley was recently appointed a trustee of the Huntington Library.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 93
Sun., Apr. 8, 1956
Excerpt from: Philharmonic Will Offer Orient the Goodwill of the Occident
The lure is music and the reward is mutual understanding and peace. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra of 100 musicians will leave by air April 25 on a 10-week goodwill tour of the free nations of Asia to accomplish this idea, a brilliant and imaginative conception of a practical medium for exalting and advancing international understanding.
People of the Orient, with its ancient culture, and the people of the Occident will meet on a common ground of shared interest in beauty, as manifested in the programs to be heard with Alfred Wallenstein as music director of Los Angeles' own symphony orchestra. John Barnett, associate conductor, will make the tour also and will conduct some of the scheduled 58 concerts.
Pride in this enterprise, with its softly ideals, will have its expression in the civic luncheon to be given April 19. Mayor Poulson has appointed a citizens' committee of 100 leaders from all cases of civic life to sponsor the event to take place at the Biltmore Bowl.
Thus, the civic crown now has two diamond stars. To make it a trinity of jewels the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Continuance Fund Campaign begins tomorrow with John A. McCone as chairman and Elmo H. Conley, vice chairman. Southern Californians will welcome with fervor the opportunity to insure the economic security of the orchestra, the more so since it will fulfill the role of appealing for peace and goodwill internationally as well as giving regional pleasure.
Star News, Wednesday., February. 6, 1957
Rites Friday for Lawyer,
Civic Leader
Funeral services for Elmo Hansford Conley, 60, prominent Pasadena attorney and director of nine major Southland enterprises, will be held at All Saints' Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Friday, followed by interment at Inglewood Park Mausoleum. The arrangements are in charge of Turner & Stevens Mortuary.
Mr. Conley, of 1550 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, died yesterday at Huntington Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months. He was the senior member of the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crulcher, and a director of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, Redondo Improvement Co., Newpart News Land Co., Los Angeles Transit Lines, Purex Corp., Huntington Land & Improvement Co., Inglewood Park Cemetery Co., and Leisure, Werden and Terry Co.
EX-HEAD OF CLUBS
He was also a member and president of the California Club, the San Gabriel Country Club and the Chaparral Club.
His widespread civic activities included serving as chairman of the Aviation Tax Panel from 1941-45; trustee and vice chairman of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, trustee and management committee member of the hospital in which he died, and trustee of Pomona College, from which he was graduated in 1917 with an A.B. degree.
SERVED IN NAVY
He was born in Lexington, Ky. and studied at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, serving in the Navy from 1917-22.
He received his law degree from Harvard in 1922 and then came to Southern California where he joined the law firm with which he was still affiliated at the time of his death. He became a partner in 1929.
One of the high points of his legal career was as chief counsel for the Henry P. Huntington estate, valued at $42,698,000, which was involved in a tax hearing that lasted for nearly 13 months in 1934-35.
Survivors include his widow, Madeleine K., to whom he was married in 1924; two daughters, Madeleine Kimball Conley and Thayer Conley, all of Pasadena; his mother, Mrs. May Conley of Los Angeles, and a sister, Mary C. Valentine of Rosemead.
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