Lou Grubb

It seems to be the ability to turn adversity into an advantage, and the energy to do what ever work is required. When a room wasn't available at the Y.M.C.A., Lou checked into the Westward Ho Hotel, and within two weeks was working there as a night clerk.

He met people and became involved in civic organizations. His dedication and hard work made him a popular young man in the community.

His next job was as Caddy-master at the Phoenix Country Club. It was at the club, in 1949, that Read Mullan offered Lou a job with his Ford Agency, and started him on what was to be his lifelong career.

A perfectionist, and open to new ideas, Lou hopes to continue to be active in the future of Phoenix. He expects phenomenal growth for the city within the next few years.

"I sincerely hope that the community leaders of Arizona take positive measures now in order to plan in a future direction. With growth comes problems. It's no different than planning a home you wish to build," says Lou, "If you don't have a plan and just start sticking stakes in the ground, it becomes haphazard and you end up with something that is ill conceived and not comfortable to live in.

"Certain areas of the country have already found this to be their circumstance. I would think that we have had enough rapid growth in Phoenix to know the ills of just plain growth without preparation.

"Even if that preparation might be painful to some people, even those people in our business, there should be no favoritism in planning. Numbers of cars have contributed to the nation's good in so far as jobs, growth of industry and so forth, so has that vast number of cars contributed to the nation's ills with pollution and congestion. I hope that with the proper planning in the future, we can solve many of those problems. I am certainly willing to do my part."