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Dear David Middlecamp,
A friend of mine sent me the article you wrote about my grandfather, Albert Pettenger. I wanted to thank you for printing the article. It was very interesting. I am honored that you printed the story of the stage line from San Luis Obispo up to Cambria being purchased by my grandfather, Albert Pettenger, and John Sigler.
However as I read on in the article, I noticed you gave the credit to my granddad, Albert Pettenger with the first hamburger place on Osos and Marsh Street.
When I worked for my dad, Lloyd Irving Pettenger at his and Scrubby’s little hamburger place, called Scrubby and Lloyds’s, my dad had the same picture on the wall and it was his first hamburger place.
I found another article in the Telegram Tribune which confirmed what I thought.
The picture is in the other article about Scrubby and Lloyd’s and that article says that hamburger place on Osos and Marsh Street was Lloyd Pettenger’s first hamburger place.
This other article in the Telegram Tribune is from 1977, by Kay Reddy. It has a picture of my brother, Lloyd Lee Pettenger, and Scrubby, Zeta Lewis and the picture of Lloyd Irving Pettenger’s first place.
This article sort of explains things. Lloyd Irving Pettenger first built the little hamburger place on Osos and Marsh, in 1933. Then Lloyd Irving Pettenger, went into a partnership with his dad, Albert (Bert) Pettenger on Monterey Street. Then my dad, Lloyd Irving Pettenger built another hambuger cafe on Santa Rosa and called it Hamburger Haven. My grandfather, Albert Pettenger, (Bert) set up another business down on Higuera Street, near Nipomo Street, and he called it Dad’s.
So, again I thank you for printing the article about my granddad, Albert Pettenger. Maybe you would want to clarify the information. There were three generations of hamburger makers, starting with my dad, Lloyd Irving Pettenger , joined later by his dad Albert Pettenger, and then his son Lloyd Lee Pettenger, followed in his foot steps.
Very sincerely, June Elaine( Pettenger) Sylvester