One
of our near neighbors during the early days at San Quentin was the
Reynolds family. Drury Reynolds, a native of Missouri, had married
Chris Mann, of an old San Quentin family. Reynolds ran the stage line
at that time that operated between San Quentin and Greenbrae. The
Reynolds had three sons and I recall them to be lively little
rascals. The sons were Drury, Quentin and John. The Reynolds were
good friends and neighbors of the Duffys. Quentin Reynolds was named
after the little town where he was born, and where there was a
notorious prison of the same name. Quentin entered the grocery
business at an early age. They had left San Quentin when the boys
were youngsters. Quentin was employed by others and eventually was
employed as a manager of a Safeway Store. He continued to advance
with that firm and became president, holding this position during the
period of this firm's greatest expansion. He is now the Chairman of
its Board of Directors.
An
interesting incident in connection with Quentin Reynolds was in
September of 1973 when I was attending the so-called Host Breakfast
at Sacramento. This affair is held annually, and is given to honor
the Board of Directors of the California State Chamber of Commerce,
and the Directors of the California Exposition and State Fair. About
600 to 700 people are guests at this breakfast, which includes
several leaders of agriculture and industry in California. Quentin
Reynolds is a director of the California State Chamber of Commerce
and I had the pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with him at that
time, after a lapse of about sixty years.
Author:
William J. Duffy, Jr.