Karl Rydgren (1914- ) I Remember, Unpublished Ms., 1975 [Reprinted 2005], 1942, 1906
"Mr. Emile Pourroy [ -1942] arrived in California during the San Francisco earthquake (1906). He ran the Blue Streak Roller Coaster and later the Merry-Go-Round. Later he worked for the City of Santa Monica as a grounds keeper at Santa Monica High School. He used a hand mower. He also planted all the trees at the McGinley Estate, now Jocelyn Park, and was chief caretaker there until his passing in 1942."