The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-21
TYSADDENED
BY THE DEATH
OF SOL Calm
Beloved Citizen Dies
Unexpectedly At His
Home On Palafox
Street Yesterday

Sol Calm is dead, and in his
passing Pensacola loses one of
Its most upright; most depend
able; most public spirited citi-
zens and merchants.
HIS death occurred at 1:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon at
his home, 701 N. Palafox street
and could not have been more
peaceful or painless.
Al CLOCK. accompanied bv bia eo,
Kenneth Calm, and his son-in-law Tsl.c
Hlrsch' he left his store for lunch
LlFlhS at his home he complained to hi~
11aut;n., uiusLleIr, Mrs. Hirsch' of not feeling
aat aa+. IuidFiy wen and took a simple rem
Guy LOT Indigestion. which temnorariI,
renewed him. Nothing serious was anti
pdted nE members OF his family and e,.i-
uehtly not by him. Nevertheless bo 49,.
10 ms room and laid across his he'd ar,5
!iISnloers of his family went to the lunrf
SSo'e, out before the meal was fipis,e1
80 i1irSch discovered that he was diving
a. .,N tiI Iess IMAM five minutes he had pass
eu INTO the Unknown, and. irresnac,jt,e
OF creed or nationality, thousands ~ Pen
sscohans who have known AIR Cabp
throughout his residence Of approxirat,.,.
toT'y years in this city. will be saddencd
DJ the announcement OF his deatb
Native Of Texas
-'F' lam was native Of Belr7on.
1eAas' having been born there IN NJ
1eh1oef 1859. As a child, he lived at Bel
aa,,,. ana victoria, Texas, but in his
carry teens moved with his parents -
ne" orleans. where he lived until bo
moved to Pensacola almost forty ,-a,-.
ago. > years
coming to Pensacola when he was N
years OF age, he was employed i,,- T.cvrfs
Dear Dear FOUNDER of the present whoiesa,,.
sloceFy mouse Of The Lewis Bear Com
PAN p"Hs. Al Inns employment he was book
heeper ana confidential clerk 70 ounc~s
OF the Bear business until he went Ir,o
'he retail grocery business on hts ou,r
account 70 years ago. From that da.o
uhth MS death yesterday, the name coI
NAhn' has always been regarded in Per
e1coia as synonymous OF the very best
,iI ,haI II IS possible for any man to estab-
hsh IN the business world
Liquidates All ObTioa4io,s
When the crash Of the hanls (,,,. T.
tehsacola in 1914. Mr., Calm was deepI,,
involved, but he was honest and he crd,
t.orS knew 1t and did not press him. wifi,
the result that every Obligation tbat
STOOD against him was nquidated. and
with interest, within five years after his
80 ~ C4iieHt IN deDt- AT his death no
comfortably Off but not wealthy r,sr
as wealth Is regarded in these davs Of
oloated fortunes
Sir. cam always took prominent rar4
IN CIVIC affairs and was identified viii,
several fraternaI organizations. He was
Mason and a Shriner; also a member
OF the Elks and B'Eai Birth In the dav.
OF the old aldermanic CITY governroc1.,
ne served several terms as an alderman
and at his death he was a member or
the Rotary club and Chamber Of Corr
meTce.
Mr.. Calm was a widower his wife hay
ing preceded him some seven or eirlt
years. He is. howveer. survived bv tuo
daughters Mrs Jake Hirsch, Of AtIanfa
Mrs. Jake Hrsch of this city and "a,
sons La2ar Calm of PhiiadelpIia ana
Kenneth Calm Of Pensacola. besides thrce
little granddaughters, two sisters. Misc
Rene Calm Of New Orleans and Mrs
Belle Rouff, Of Beaumont. Texas: also
one brother Louis Calm, OF Chicago
Owing to the in7possibiIity of reIafivsx
reaching here sooner the funeral wfu NOT
be held until Sunday, the time to be an
nounced later
Lazar Calm left Philadelphia this af-
ternoon and Is expected to arrive here On
the early morning train Sunday.