JERRY PERSON -- A Look Back

At one time in our rich past, the Standard Market waso7 the f7

market in town and for decades stood at the corner of Main Street and

Walnut Avenue. Inside the store, Joe Irvine ran its meat market.

But before Irvine took over the market from his uncle, it was run by

Ray McIntosh, our Look Back subject this week.

It was on the frozen Prince Edward Island in Canada that Charles

Handel Ray McIntosh was born Nov. 22, 1888. He was one of seven brothers

and three sisters, and received his formal education in Canada before

coming to the United States to run a meat business in Nevada.

In 1909, McIntosh moved his meat business to Bishop. About this time

he served in World War I.

In 1922, he came to Huntington Beach, where he worked with his brother

in the meat business. When the art deco-style Standard Market was built

by Roy DeBritton in 1928, the McIntosh brothers ran the meat market.

In November 1931, McIntosh bought out his brother’s interest and years

later would himself be bought out by Irvine, his nephew, who worked his

way up in the market to become manager of McIntosh Meat Market.

McIntosh’s market prospered, and he opened a second one in Santa Ana. The

second location was run by William Truman.

Possessed with a fine tenor voice, McIntosh sang in a Baptist church

choir. Because of his service in World War I, McIntosh joined the Joseph

Rodman post of the American Legion.

McIntosh was an active member of the community for several years but,

on Sept. 27, 1939, after a short illness, Huntington Beach lost one of

its pioneer residents. Although the Standard Market building is no longer

there, the city has placed a bronze plaque at the entrance to the new

building that stands there to remind us that the Standard Market once

stood there and, with our reminiscences, McIntosh and his meat market

will continue to be part of Huntington Beach’s golden heritage.

* JERRY PERSON is a local historian and longtime Huntington Beach

resident. If you have ideas for future columns, write him at P.O. Box

7182, Huntington Beach, CA 92615.