iRmiterril Uritintittlit @irrath ; 4 Thursday, Sept. 2,1982. ,* Deathi E.B. Hurlbert, Civic Leader, Is Dead at 77 - Elgin Blaine Hurlbert, 77, a long- time Pacific Grove resident, retired L Navy captain, noted ornithologist and - civic leader, died Sunday at Letterman · Army Medical Center in San . Francisco. Capt. Hurlbert was the brother of the late Elmarie Hurlbert Dyke, founder of the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns, + who died Jan. 17,1981. He was born in Campbell on Sept. 24, • 1904, and attended Occidental College : (earning the nickname "Oxy"), San I Jose State and the University of Cali- fornia, as well as the Navy's General . Line School. He was married during his : college days to a former Pacific Grove 2 schoolteacher, Winifred Rugh. Ensign 7- He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in i 1924 and in 1929 was commissioned an. • ensign. He was attached to the Fifth : Fleet Division, San Jose. I After working for the city of Pacific Grove in the recreation department and as timekeeper and assistant shipping clerk for Hovden Food Prod- ucts Corp. in Monterey, he became a deputy probation officer and juvenile officer for the county of Monterey and was serving in that capacity when called to active duty in 1941. * He served aboard the USS Yorktown as a lieutenant, participating in the ; Battle of the Coral Sea as well as the attacks on Mili and Jaluit in the Mar- ' shall Islands and on Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea. The Yorktown was sunk on June 7, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, but Lt. Hurlbert was uninjured. For the remainder of the war he .served in the Atlantic in anti-subma- frine warfare and convoy escort. At 1 war's end he assisted in the building of · .the heavy cruiser USS Helena in . Quincy, Mass., and served on that ship :as first lieutenant and damage control f .officer, later becoming operations offi- 'cer and navigator of the ship while she made a round-the-world cruise as the .first "saluting" ship to visit foreign ports after the war. Naval School I Following duty as a damage control · instructor at the General Line School in Newport, R,I., Commander Hurlbert I attended the Monterey Naval School as C .a student in 1949. Following graduation · Ihe served aboard the USS William Mit- 1 ·chell as executive officer, as executive r Jofficer and chief inspector of Military ELGIN BLAINE HURLBERT . . . long-time P.G. resident Sea Transportation Service in New York, and later for 21/2 years in Japan. Acquiring his own ship, Capt. Hurl- bert took the USS Mauna Loa, an am- munition ship, on a tour of duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. His final duty was with Naval Reserve Programs on the staff of Commandant, Twelfth Naval District in San Fran- cisco. He retired June 30, 1960. After retirement, Capt. and Mrs. Hurlbert touted the country as bird- watchers. pursuing studies of bird ac- tivities and bird migrations. He served for three terms as president of the Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society and was also chairman of the Northern Chapter of the Western Bird Banding Association. The Hurlberts were also active in the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy and the Point Lobos League. AMBAG Organizer Capt. Hurlbert assisted in the forma- tion and organization of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, being appointed chairman of the first nomination committee and serving as a non-elected member of the association. In 1970 he was appointed to the Point Lobos Advisory Committee. He spoke before civic* and community organiza- tions on the subjects of ornithology and conservation. He is survived by his wife, Winifred Rugh Hurlbert; son, Jerry of Weav- erville; daughter, Jean Jorgensen of Jackson, Wyo.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in the Masonic Temple in Pacific Grove on Saturday at 11 a.m. According to his wishes his ashes will be scattered off Point Pinos in Pacific Grove by the California Cremation Society. The family suggests memorial con- tributions to the Pacific Grove Mu- seum of Natural History Association, 165 Forest Ave. . , OCR Text: iRmiterril Uritintittlit @irrath ; 4 Thursday, Sept. 2,1982. ,* Deathi E.B. Hurlbert, Civic Leader, Is Dead at 77 - Elgin Blaine Hurlbert, 77, a long- time Pacific Grove resident, retired L Navy captain, noted ornithologist and - civic leader, died Sunday at Letterman · Army Medical Center in San . Francisco. Capt. Hurlbert was the brother of the late Elmarie Hurlbert Dyke, founder of the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns, who died Jan. 17,1981. He was born in Campbell on Sept. 24, • 1904, and attended Occidental College : (earning the nickname "Oxy"), San I Jose State and the University of Cali- fornia, as well as the Navy's General . Line School. He was married during his : college days to a former Pacific Grove 2 schoolteacher, Winifred Rugh. Ensign 7- He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in i 1924 and in 1929 was commissioned an. • ensign. He was attached to the Fifth : Fleet Division, San Jose. I After working for the city of Pacific Grove in the recreation department and as timekeeper and assistant shipping clerk for Hovden Food Prod- ucts Corp. in Monterey, he became a deputy probation officer and juvenile officer for the county of Monterey and was serving in that capacity when called to active duty in 1941. * He served aboard the USS Yorktown as a lieutenant, participating in the ; Battle of the Coral Sea as well as the attacks on Mili and Jaluit in the Mar- ' shall Islands and on Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea. The Yorktown was sunk on June 7, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, but Lt. Hurlbert was uninjured. For the remainder of the war he .served in the Atlantic in anti-subma- frine warfare and convoy escort. At 1 war's end he assisted in the building of · .the heavy cruiser USS Helena in . Quincy, Mass., and served on that ship :as first lieutenant and damage control f .officer, later becoming operations offi- 'cer and navigator of the ship while she made a round-the-world cruise as the .first "saluting" ship to visit foreign ports after the war. Naval School I Following duty as a damage control · instructor at the General Line School in Newport, R,I., Commander Hurlbert I attended the Monterey Naval School as C .a student in 1949. Following graduation · Ihe served aboard the USS William Mit- 1 ·chell as executive officer, as executive r Jofficer and chief inspector of Military ELGIN BLAINE HURLBERT . . . long-time P.G. resident Sea Transportation Service in New York, and later for 21/2 years in Japan. Acquiring his own ship, Capt. Hurl- bert took the USS Mauna Loa, an am- munition ship, on a tour of duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. His final duty was with Naval Reserve Programs on the staff of Commandant, Twelfth Naval District in San Fran- cisco. He retired June 30, 1960. After retirement, Capt. and Mrs. Hurlbert touted the country as bird- watchers. pursuing studies of bird ac- tivities and bird migrations. He served for three terms as president of the Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society and was also chairman of the Northern Chapter of the Western Bird Banding Association. The Hurlberts were also active in the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy and the Point Lobos League. AMBAG Organizer Capt. Hurlbert assisted in the forma- tion and organization of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, being appointed chairman of the first nomination committee and serving as a non-elected member of the association. In 1970 he was appointed to the Point Lobos Advisory Committee. He spoke before civic* and community organiza- tions on the subjects of ornithology and conservation. He is survived by his wife, Winifred Rugh Hurlbert; son, Jerry of Weav- erville; daughter, Jean Jorgensen of Jackson, Wyo.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in the Masonic Temple in Pacific Grove on Saturday at 11 a.m. According to his wishes his ashes will be scattered off Point Pinos in Pacific Grove by the California Cremation Society. The family suggests memorial con- tributions to the Pacific Grove Mu- seum of Natural History Association, 165 Forest Ave. . , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,G through H File names,Hurlburt,HURLBERT_001.pdf,HURLBERT_001.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: HURLBERT_001.PDF, HURLBERT_001.pdf 1 Page 1