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Villa Park was originally named Mountain View on account of its sightly location near the mouth of the Santiago Canyon overlooking the rest of the valley, but the postoffice department objected to the name because there was an- other Mountain View in the state. Although the objection has since been removed by the abandonment of the postoffice, it was sufficient at the time to secure the adoption of the name Villa Park. The soil around Villa Park has considerable gravel in its composition, making it good material for roads, and also enabling it to absorb the heat of the sun during the day and retain it through the night better than a clay soil. For this reason the Villa Park section is specially adapted to the growth of semi-tropic fruits and winter vegetables. The Serrano Water Association, a cooperative concern, furnishes abundance of water for irrigation from the Santiago Creek and from wells.
Westminster was promoted as a Presbyterian colony by Rev. Weber of Pat- erson, N. J., and John Y. Anderson was the first purchaser of land in the settle- ment. In 1870 he bought eighty acres, which later he reduced to thirty-two acres and kept till his death, which occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Tilton, at East Los Angeles, May 18, 1920. James D. Ott, of Santa Ana, helped him build his house in 1871, the same house in which his son, Harry Anderson, lives today. Mr. Anderson was eighty-two years old when he died, having lived in what is now Orange County practically fifty years.
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Westminster is rated as one of the older settlements of the county, perhaps next to Anaheim. It early became known in the political conventions at Los Angeles as a foe to intemperance. More than one tippling candidate went down to defeat before the combined delegations from Westminster, Orange, Pasadena and other temperance communities. Located seven miles west of Santa Ana. in the midst of a broad plain of rich, damp lands, Westminster began with a dairy industry, the first products of its herds being hauled to Los Angeles to market. A creamery company was organized in 1895, which invested $5,000 in a building. These improved facilities increased the profits; still with the drainage of the peat lands to the south and the introduction of cultivated crops the land became too valuable for a mere cattle range. At the present time all kinds of stock and poultry raising is carried on to a certain extent, and nearly every product of the farm and garden is grown in great profusion.
Wintersburg is a shipping station on the Newport Beach and Smeltzer branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad one mile south of Smeltzer.
Yorba takes its name from some of the Spanish families in its vicinity. It is a station on the Santa Fe Railway to Riverside, east of Richfield. Its sur- roundings are adapted to fruits, grain, vegetables and stock and poultry raising.
Yorba Linda is a comparatively new town north of the Santa Ana River and east of Yorba on the Riverside branch of the Santa Fe Railway. It has made a fine start and, with so many thriving young orchards, it will continue to grow.
CHAPTER XIV
ORANGE COUNTY'S SCHOOLS
Perhaps the best index of the character of any people may be found in the provision such people make for the education of their offspring. In order to make a fair showing of the school facilities of Orange County in the briefest space possible, it is thought best to present in tabular form the same kind of data about every school in the county. The following four descriptive items have been selected out of more than a dozen given in Superintendent Mitchell's report for 1920, as most typical of the size and quality of the county's schools, viz., Number of teachers, number of pupils, value of property and year's expenses.
Elementary Schools
Names of Districts
Number Number of Teachers
Value of
Expenses of
1.
Alamitos
2
49
$
1,850
1919-1920 $ 3,053.31
2.
Anaheim
29
852
168.050
103,768.77
3. Bay City
3
75
12,325
4,307.10
4. Bolsa
2
57
18,350
16,106.36
5.
Brea
12
295
68,850
21,841.67
6.
Buena Park
4
83
8,060
6,886.47
7.
Centralia
2
47
5,550
2,599.14
8.
Commonwealth
1
30
4,100
1,054.90
9.
Cypress
2
45
3,140
2,627.60
10.
Delhi
4
100
13,000
4,701.65
11. Diamond
1
34
3,300
1,518.02
12.
El Modena
7
150
36,900
9,222.37
13.
El Toro
2
47
7,000
2,008.66
14.
Fountain Valley
2
57
5,600
2,771.46
15.
Fullerton
24
594
92,500
49,648.41
16. Garden Grove
11
272
21,500
14,774.96
of Pupils
Property
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17.
Greenville
1
24
15,300
13,973.11
18. Harper-Fairview
3
80
10,675
5,558,21
19.
Huntington Beach
11
257
96,550
20,575.00
20.
Katella
3
55
6,750
4,252.64
21.
Laguna
2
30
5,750
3,051.33
22.
La Habra
11
228
50,000
22,004.45
23.
Laurel
4
79
6,600
4,705.18
24.
Loara
1
111
12,200
5,493,80
25.
Lowell Joint
2
26
20,000
2,847.00
26.
Magnolia
2
53
3,100
2,326.95
27.
Newhope
2
42
1,600
1,930.06
28.
Newport Beach
+
101
33,975
6,329.70
29.
Ocean View
4
82
11,790
5,423.58
30.
Olinda
6
188
14,700
11,057.92
31.
Olive
3
80
16,800
19,854.76
32.
Orange
25
645
113,000
38,631.84
33.
Orangethorpe
3
102
15,500
5,167.36
34.
Paularino
1
30
975
942.35
35.
Peralta
1
24
2,5.50
938.17
36.
Placentia-Richfield
16
361
53,750
47,560.01
37.
San Joaquin
3
96
7,100
3,850.74
38.
San Juan
3
93
10,800
4,727.18
39.
Santa Ana
73
1,930
281,950
112,826.51
40.
Savanna
2
32
2,250
2,131.36
41.
Serra
1
0
90
874.56
42.
Silverado
1
14
450
902.95
43.
Springdale
2
22
4,950
2,522.11
44.
Trabuco
1
12
650
1,117.87
45.
Tustin
12
260
61,000
20,399.45
46.
Villa Park
2
64
2,200
24,606.89
47.
Westminster
3
84
17,800
3,773.39
48.
Yorba
7
51
3,700
2,524.69
49.
Yorba Linda
5
142
10,700
17,159.16
Totals
324
8,194
$1,365,280
$666,931.93
High Schools
The legislature of 1891 passed two high school laws, one allowing the people in an entire county to authorize the establishment and maintenance of one or more high schools at the expense of the county, and the other permitting two or more contiguous school districts to unite and form a union high school district. The county board of education advocated the establishment of a high school under the former law. After more or less agitation of the subject, petitions were circu- lated, signed and presented to the board of supervisors asking that an election be called to vote on the question. With one exception, the supervisors were in favor of the county measure, and called the election for August 29, 1891. The super- visor from the Fourth District, having failed to even delay the calling of the election, started in to defeat the measure at the polls. He furnished the county papers each week with articles against a county high school and carried on a dis- cussion in the Evening Blade with Gen. H. A. Pierce, a Santa Ana attorney, over the legal points involved. A resident of Tustin reported that the papers con- taining these articles were passed from voter to voter until they were literally worn out. The result of the election was 749 votes in favor of a county high school and 1,026 against. This defeat prepared the way for union high schools in different parts of the county, instead of one large institution at the county seat. There are now (1920) six of these schools in the county, each doing good
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work and in flourishing condition, allowing the pupils to board at home while pursuing their advanced studies in the high school.
The following statistics, along the same lines as those presented on the ele- mentary schools, show that these high schools are appreciated and are liberally supported and patronized by the communities in which they are located.
Number Number of
Value
Expenses
Names of Schools
of Teachers Pupils
of Property $ 172,500
of 1919-1920 $ 61,463.93
1.
Anaheim
2.
Capistrano (new )
.
537
491,000
201,655.67
4.
Huntington Beach
12
173
108,800
33,172.96
5.
Orange
23
395
137,200
61,404.12
6. Santa Ana
51
981
391,000
126,422.52
Totals
147
2,416
$1,300,500
$484,119.20
Junior Colleges
There are two junior colleges in the county at the present time (1920). They are carried on in connection with their respective high schools and are dependent on them for teachers, grounds, buildings and other accommodations, leaving nothing but the number of pupils to be reported in this paragraph, as follows:
1. Fullerton Junior College
79 Pupils
2. Santa Ana Junior College.
51 Pupils
Total number in Colleges
130 Pupils
Number of Graduates
The number of graduates from the schools of the county in the class of 1920 was as follows:
Names of Schools
Boys 322
Girls 306
Totals
Elementary Schools
628
Anaheim Union High
46
65
111
Fullerton Union High
29
59
88
Huntington Beach Union High.
5
15
20
Orange Union High
32
29
61
Santa Ana Union High
46
65
111
Total, Union High Schools
158
233
391
Fullerton Junior College
6
8
14
Santa Ana Junior College
. .
5
5
Totals from Junior College.
6
. 13
19
Public Kindergartens
Nine of the school districts maintain kindergartens in connection with the other grades of their elementary schools. Most of these, like the junior colleges, are somewhat dependent on another department for grounds, buildings and other accommodations ; still they are so far separate that the same lines of data can be given on them as on the other departments, as follows:
Number Number
Value
of
Teachers
of Pupils
Property
1919-1920
1. Anaheim
2
97
$ 1,700
$ 2,177.73
2. Brea
?
40
2,315
1,900.00
3. Fullerton
2
62
4,300
4,267.20
3. Fullerton
39
330
of
Expenses of
Names of Kindergartens
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4. Huntington Beach
2
41
1,312
2,318.46
5. La Habra
1
47
4,500
1,932.16
6. Olinda
1
34
1,106
1,435.27
7. Orange
1
88
5,025
3,327.01
8. Santa Ana
311
9,250
7,408.16
9. Tustin
26
3,006
1,875.00
Totals
25
746
$32,514
$24,765.99
Private Schools
There are at least seven private schools in the county, supported by religious denominations, or by tuition charged the pupils, instead of by taxation as are the public schools. Although not quite so easy to trace and separate the items as with public schools, yet some of the lines of data can be given on the private schools, as follows :
Number Number of Teachers
of Pupils
Value of· Property
Expenses of 1919-1920
1. Seventh Day Adventists, Garden Grove
1
18
$ 545.00
2.
St. John's Parochial, Orange ....
4
160
5,445.00
3. Lutheran Trinity, Olive ..
?
31
1,700.00
4. St. Joseph's Academy, Anaheim ..
7
193
5. St. Catharine's, Anaheim. . . . .
5
147
6. St. Joseph's Grammar, Santa Ana
5
100
7. Orange Co. Bus. College, Santa Ana
4 200
$ 25,000
Totals
28
849
$ 25,000
$ 7,690.00
Grand Totals for County. 524
12,335
$2,723,294
$1,183,507.12
.
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As an indication of the growth of the schools of Orange County and of the way the taxpayers respond to the call for more school accommodations, County School Superintendent Mitchell gave out figures on March 16, 1920, showing that a number of districts in the county had voted an aggregate of $870,000 worth of bonds since March, 1919, to be used in the erection of new buildings, while other districts are planning to vote bonds within the next six months that will bring the total up to $1.100,000. Inasmuch as a few districts, which need more school room, failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote for their bonds, we may be per- mitted to state here some of the underlying principles that should govern the voting of bonds.
A public corporation, such as a state, county or district, issuing bonds upon all the taxable property within its jurisdiction, as security for the repayment of borrowed money with interest, is like an individual's placing a mortgage on his property for the same purpose. In either case the borrower must meet his obliga- tion or have his property seized and sold, in the one case for delinquent taxes and in the other under foreclosure of the mortgage, to repay the lender. It behooves every citizen, therefore, to weigh carefully the needs for the public improvement called for at any time, as well as the ability of the average taxpayer to meet his pro rata of the obligation he is thus helping to incur, before he votes for bonds.
The officers in charge of any department, or portion of the government, having concluded that more room, or other accommodations, is absolutely neces- sary for the successful handling of the increasing business of such department, shoukl carefully consider the ways and means for procuring the needed improve- ment. If the amount wanted is small, it may be obtained by a single assessment or tax ; but, if large, it will require several assessments or taxes in succession, or
Names of Schools
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a bond issue, to raise the requisite amount of money. A succession of assess- ments or tax levies can only be applied when the improvement can be made a piece at a time, like road building. This method of raising money is much more economical than issuing bonds, and also gives opportunity to correct mistakes in construction, that may be discovered by use, before much money is misspent.
For instance, after the proceeds of the good road bond issue were practically exhausted, the county highway commission decided that the concrete base would be stronger and better with one part less of sand in the mixture. Still later the supervisors concluded that the paving should be five inches thick instead of four to withstand the strain of the heavy traffic. If this paving had been done under the continued contract system, a portion each year, instead of all at once under a big bond issue, the improved methods just described could have been applied to the unpaved portions of the highways to be improved, and thus have made a better job on the greater part of the work.
Another case in point is the improvement of the ditches of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company. From three to seven miles of these ditches were lined or piped with cement concrete each year until now practically the whole system is thus improved. Funds for this work were obtained by levying about three ten-per-cent assessments per annum on the capital stock of the company, every dollar of which went directly into the work. This vast improvement, cost- ing thousands of dollars, but worth millions to the central part of the county. was accomplished without much hardship on the stockholders and without a dollar of indebtedness to the company. Had bonds been issued to finance the im- provement. more than double the par value of the bonds would have been spent before the last bond was paid off, to say nothing about the money that would have been wasted in mistakes, if the work had all been done at once thirty years ago.
However, there are some kinds of public improvements requiring large sums of money, like school buildings, which must be completed at the time of their construction in order to get the immediate use of the entire structures. Such improvements must be financed by the issue of bonds ; there is no other practical way. Since good schools are essential to the future welfare of the community. state and nation, and since they cannot be carried on successfully without adequate support, it becomes the patriotic duty of loyal citizens to economize on other enterprises, that can either be dispensed with altogether or be procured by "the continued contract system." and give their hearty support to their schools by voting bonds for needed improvements, provided that such improvements are wisely planned without any extravagant superfluities.
Evidence of Efficiency
The foregoing record of the establishment and maintenance of Orange County's schools, wonderful as it is, would be incomplete without some evidence of the efficiency of such schools.
The high schools of this county are accredited by the University of California, showing that their scholarship is rated as high as that of other schools. They have repeatedly joined in friendly rivalry in forensic and athletic contests with the high schools of other counties, to quicken the pupils' interest in elocution and keep their equilibrium, in accordance with the Latin formula, Mens sana in corpore sano. In all such contests Orange County's representatives have proved to be the peers of their competitors.
While every person receives more or less benefit from his attendance at school, according to his ability and application, and hundreds of Orange County high school graduates are filling positions of importance and trust in the trades and professions, yet lack of space will permit only a few, from such of the schools as have furnished the data, to be mentioned as examples of pupils who have re- ceived at least a part of their preparation in these schools and who are making
UNION HIGH SCHOOL, FULLERTON
F
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good in every walk of life, with honor to themselves and credit to their alma mater, as follows :
Louis E. Plummer, Principal of the Fullerton Union High School, kindly furnished the following data about that institution :
The Fullerton Union high school was organized in 1893. Mr. W. R. Car- penter was elected principal, serving until 1906, at which time he became County Superintendent of Schools and was succeeded in Fullerton by Mr. Delbert Brun- ton. Mr. Brunton served as principal until 1916, at which time he was superseded by Mr. E. W. Hauck, who in turn was followed by Mr. Louis E. Plummer, the present principal. During the time of Mr. Carpenter's service the school grew until the enrollment reached 65. The period of greatest growth came during the ten years of Mr. Brunton's service as principal. At the time he left the school in 1916 the total attendance reached 400. In 1913 a junior college was established, in connection with the high school. The college has flourished. The enrollment for 1920-21 totals nearly 100, while our high school for the same year totals 650.
So many of the persons who spent their school days in the Fullerton Union high school have achieved more or less prominence that it becomes a difficult task to select those deserving of special mention. A few, however, will be mentioned with the full knowledge that many more as worthy will remain unnamed so far as this article is concerned.
The first graduating class, that of 1896, numbered only two, both of whom have made their mark in their chosen work. Mr. Arthur Staley continued his education in Stanford University, graduating in 1900. Since that time he has held positions of influence in his own community. He is an auditor of high ability, a splendid packing house foreman, and very successful rancher. Mr. Thomas McFadden, also a graduate of Stanford University, is now a very suc- cessful and prominent attorney of Orange County, with residence and extensive citrus holdings at Placentia.
Dewitt Montgomery of the class of 1897 has proven unusually successful in the teaching profession. Following his graduation from Stanford University his marked ability won for him position as county superintendent of schools in Santa Rosa County. He was later elected city superintendent of schools of Visalia, which position he now holds.
A student and athlete in his school days in the Fullerton Union high school later won for himself undying fame in the pitcher's box in big league company. This person is none other than the world-famous pitcher, Walter Johnson, of the Washington Nationals.
A young attorney, growing in prominence, and likely some time to be hear 1 of in state affairs, is Mr. Albert Launer, now city attorney for Fullerton. Mr. Launer graduated with the class of 1909, and after completing his law course, returned to northern Orange County to win his first laurels.
Mr. Arthur Schultz, a graduate of the class of 1902, is steadily climbing upward in the ministerial field. Mr. Schultz is now located at San Diego.
Mr. Barrett Case, a classmate of Mr. Schultz, entered the University of Cali- fornia to take engineering work. He later returned to the oil fields of northern Orange County, where he remained in the employ of the Columbia Oil Company for a number of years. He now holds a position of importance with the State Mining Bureau in the Oil Production Department.
A more recent graduate of the high school, Mr. Max Henderson, of the class of 1908, is one of Orange County's most successful dentists. He is now located at Anaheim, and has one of the largest practices in the county.
Miss Sue Dauser, a graduate of the class of 1907, later took training in the California Hospital and followed the profession of nursing. During the recent war she was in charge of the relief work at Camp Kearney. She has served her country and fellowmen with such rare skill that she became known to many through her activities.
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Captain Delbert Brunton, late principal of the Orange Union high school, with the assistance of Professors Mason M. Fishback and Alfred Higgins, fur- nished the following list of a few of the graduates of this school who have made good and what they are doing :
Fred Kelley, World Champion High Hurdler, Lieutenant of Aviation, U. S. A.
Nina Harbour, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Vassar College for Women.
Carey Billingsley, M.D. Died in service of his fellowmen during the influ- enza epidemic.
Clyde Shoemaker, J.D., Prominent Attorney, Los Angeles, Calif.
Revoe Briggs, Civil Engineer in the Government Service. Prominent in affairs in Alaska.
May Bathgate, State Sanitation work. State Board of Health.
Jesse Crawshaw, Lieutenant Infantry, U. S. A.
Ruby Campbell, Social Worker, Hamburger Dept. Store, Los Angeles, Calif. Arline Davis, Librarian, Riverside, Calif.
Aileen Everett, Phi Beta Kappa, graduate Stanford. Y. W. C. A. work. U. S. Fitzpatrick, Attorney ; Consul, Central America.
William Hinrichs, Baseball Pitcher on Washington American team. Went direct from High School to the big league. Retired on account of injury.
Walter Kogler, Banker, 1st National Bank, Orange, Calif.
William Kroener, Lieutenant Infantry, U. S. A .; Y. M. C. A. Secretary ; Medical Student, University Chicago.
Edward Lucy, Instructor in Radio, Harvard University Radio School, during the World War.
Leighton Bascom, Ensign in U. S. N. during the World War. Banker in Santa Ana.
Frank Aldrich, Assistant Paymaster, U. S. N., during the World War.
Norman Luke, Lieutenant Aviation, U. S. A.
Verl Murray, noted track athlete. On Olympic Team, 1920.
Maurice Perry, Lieutenant Infantry, U. S. A.
Clyde Slater, Lieutenant Infantry, U. S. A. Now a student at the University of California.
Paul Schooley, Athlete. State Agricultural College, N. C.
Maurice Forney, Instructor, University of California.
Ralph Woods. M.D., Los Angeles Hospital.
Lew Wallace, Instructor in Farm Mechanics, University of Nebraska.
Besides the laurels of individual students, like Fred Kelley and others, won in athletic contests, the school has become distinguished by the phenomenal success of its baseball, basketball and track teams on many a hard-fought field in the southern part of the state. In fact, the men's basketball team holds the champion- ship of the California and Nevada high schools at the present time. In 1918 the school won five first prizes in forensic contests, one by each class, and one by the school; an unusual occurrence in a single contest.
The Santa Ana High School was established in 1889 in the building on Church Street, now known as the Washington School. In 1897 it was moved to larger quarters at Tenth and Main streets, where it remained until the present modern Polytechnic plant was completed for it in the fall of 1913. Since its establishment, diplomas have been granted to 1,535 graduates, the class of 1920 numbering 112.
Space will not permit the mentioning of the names of the many graduates of the high school who have been successful in their chosen life work. Found near and far will be ministers, teachers, farmers, lawyers, doctors and business men along various lines who have been successful.
Charles Martin, an authority on Oriental Relations, is now a Professor of International Law at the University of California.
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Willsie Martin is pastor of the First Methodist Church of Hollywood; also a lecturer.
John Nourse is Associate Justice of the District Court of Appeals.
James Nourse is a Washington and New York correspondent.
Glenn Martin, while not a graduate, is a Santa Ana boy and his success as an inventor, manufacturer and operator in aviation is well known.
CHAPTER XV PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SITES
Shortly after the organization of Orange County, temporary provision was made for housing the prisoners in a little brick jail which cost the county, without the cells, about $4,000. With the kindest of motives the jailer was in the habit of leaving the cell doors open so the prisoners could have the range of the entire jail for air and exercise. Some vagrants took advantage of this liberty and picked a hole through the brick wall with a case knife, thereby making their escape. At the request of the sheriff. the superior judge issued an order requiring him to place a guard over the jail. This was the jail, thus guarded, from which Fran- cisco Torres was taken and hanged, as narrated in the Chapter of Tragedies. The building and lot were sold to the city as soon as the present county jail was ready for occupancy.
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