History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, 1923, Part 156

Author: Reed, G. Walter
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1026

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In 1873 Mr. Bauer was elected supervisor on the Independent ticket, served one year, and was again elected in 1877, this time on the Republican ticket, and served three years. Following this he learned the hide and pelt business with L. Schloss & Com- pany, and on May 1, 1882, went on the road as pur- chasing agent, and remained with them until 1884, when the firin closed out. He then engaged in the same business under the firm name of E. Hammond & Company, until December, 1886. He was appointed collector for the city water works and held the posi- tion until April 1, 1887.

The marriage of Mr. Bauer occurred February 17, 1862, in Sacramento, and united him with Miss Jane France, born in Lancashire, England. and six chil- dren blessed their union: Alice M., Charles E., Annie F., Emile F., Jennie E., and John J. Mr. Bauer was an Odd Fellow, being a past grand of Sacramento Lodge; he belonged to the Veteran Odd Fellows and was a member of the A. O. U. W., and for five years he belonged to the Neptune Hose Com- pany, serving for four and one-half years as secre- tary, and on the advent of the paid fire company he became an exempt. His demise took one of Sacra- mento's most loyal citizens, and he will long be remembered as a man of progressive ideas and high standards.

John J. Bauer, the third, was born in Sacramento, December 30, 1876, and received his education in the public schools of the city, graduating from the high school in 1894. He then took a business course and entered the office of W. A. Gett, attorney, and therc studied law, taking his examination and being admit- ted to the bar May 2, 1898. The following year hc removed to the office of McKune and George, and after six years with them he engaged in the practice of law for himself, meeting with deserved success in his chosen profession. Fraternally he is a member of the Elks and of the Masons, and his many friends in the city attest to his genial nature and strict busi- ness integrity. Naturally deeply interested in the further development of his native county, he takes his share of the burden in whatever projects are under way with that end in view, and is public-spirited to the degree found in all true Californians.

ARTHUR WOOD BUTLER .- A delta rancher who has made a real success in orcharding and in the raising of superior vegetables because of his mas- tery of all the natural conditions entering into the local problems with which he has had to deal, is Arthur Wood Butler, who owns 178 exceedingly at- tractive acres in the Delta region, his home place being on Grand Island, near Walnut Grove. He was born in Solano County, not far from Suisun, on Nov- ember 2, 1859, the son of Newton C. and Pauline (Barker) Butler, his father, a native of Iowa, having come to California in 1850, traveling across the great plains with ox-teams and a prairie schooner. He mined for a short time in the Feather River country, and then he settled in the Suisun Valley, and farmed there the balance of his life, dying at the age of sev- enty-two. Mrs. Butler, who lived to see her sixty- third year, was a native of Tennessee, and had many of the virtues and accomplishments for which the ladies of that state are justly famous.

One of six children, Arthur Wood Butler went to the public schools in Suisun Valley, and then helping his father, remained faithful to his parents on the home ranch, until he was twenty-four years old, when he took up farming for himself in Montezuma Hills. In 1891 he went to Los Angeles County and was farm- ing on a ranch in Antelope Valley, where he raised stock and grain. Then he returned to Rio Vista. In 1907 he bought fifty acres on Grand Island, part of which was already in orchard; and the balance he set out as orchard, or planted to asparagus. Later, he bought a second ranch of fifty acres on Grand Island, below Ryde, all in asparagus. He irrigates the first, but not the second ranch, as he does not find it necessary. In October, 1921, with his son-in- law, he bought a ranch of seventy-five acres on Mer- ritt Island, previously known as the Quinn ranch, and part of this acreage is devoted to orchard, part to open land. On this Merritt Island farm, he also en- gages in the growing of carrots, pumpkins, onions, and spinach, to provide seed for the C. C. Morse Seed Company, of San Francisco. He is a member of the California Pear Growers' Association and California Fruit Exchange and has been a member of the As- paragus Growers' Association from its organization.

At Rio Vista, November 11, 1884, Mr. Butler was married to Miss Jessie McIntyre, a native of Bran- nan Island, Sacramento County, and the daughter of George and Emma Bodenhammer McIntyre, carly

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settlers in Sacramento County, born in Virginia and Illinois respectively. The father came here in 1852 and was a pioneer on Brannan Island; he died at eighty-two years, his wife having preceded him many years, passing away when thirty-seven. Mrs. Butler is the oldest of their five children. Two chil- dren have blessed this fortunate union. Elsie is Mrs. Rugaard, and she resides on the home place; and Ruth is Mrs. Ernest Mayhood, and she resides near Rio Vista. Elsie has two children, Ruth Elaine and Helen Jean; and Ruth has one son, Ernest Mayhood. Jr. Mrs. Butler is a member of the Congregational Church at Rio Vista. Mr. Butler, years ago, built a residence on his Grand Island ranch, making that his home-place, situated one and one-half miles north of Walnut Grove bridge. In national politics, he is a Democrat, but that does not prevent him from being a good, non-partisan booster tor the home locality.

LOUIS HELDCORN .- An enterprising, progres- sive native of Holland, who has done so well since coming to California that he has proven an incentive to many others and pointed the way to those ambi- tious of doing something useful with their lives, is Louis Heldoorn, who was born in Amsterdam, on October 31, 1886, and there trained in the excellent schoo's for which that land is famous. His parents were William and Holida Heldoorn, who provided their family with the usual comforts of the old-time Dutch home. The father is now deceased; but the mother still lives. the center of a circle of many de- voted friends.

At the age of twenty-three Louis Heldoorn crossed the seas to the United States; and in 1916, he pushed on west to California and cast his lines in pleasant waters at Sacramento. The Golden State presented life in other outlines and different hnes than one would find in the land of Orange; but if the gigantic and ancient windmil's were wanting, the rivers and canals were here, and it was not long before he was at home. He was for a while engaged in transporta- tion; and then he formed a partnership with Mr. Hudspeth, and opened the Enterprise Employment Agency, at one of the popular bureaus in the city. He sold out his interest in the Enterprise Employ- ment Agency November 10, 1922. He is at pres- ent located at 901 Second Street, and is about to engage in the building game in North Sacramento. Mr. Heldoorn is deeply interested in Sacramento, town and county, and ready to do all that he can to hasten the day when California shall truly come to its own.

SCHNEIDER BROS .- An enterprising, very suc- cessful and prosperous firm that has had an impor- tant part in the development of Sacramento and Placer County commerce, is Schneider Bros., the pro- prietors of the popular auto-truck line for the han- dling of freight between Sacramento and Auburn. Schneider Bros. bought out the interests of a concern already established; and their busy headquarters are at 124 K Street, Sacramento. They came to the capital in 1922, and opened shop on the first day of April; and ever since they have been regarded as one of the necessary fixtures of the city and its thriving environs.

Having looked over the ground, and sized up the local situation with a deal of far-sightedness, the Messrs. Schneider threw themselves into the project

optimistically, took up the gauntlet of "nothing dare. nothing share," and the results of their venture prove that their judgment was pretty sound; Sacramento and Auburn and the wayside districts have responded and liberally supported their excellent service. They operate four trucks, besides an emergency truck, employing four men to assist them, make four round trips every day between Sacramento and Auburn, and maintain a regular schedule; and they use one truck to haul such perishables as ice cream, delicate garden truck, etc. They have never avoided, but on the con- trary have sought opportunities to help advance the commercial, industrial and social interests of this favored part of the Golden State; and all who are informed as to what, through unremitting effort, unwearying labor and the use of considerable capital, they accomplish, will agree that the public owes the Messrs. Schneider Bros. at the very least many meas- ures of good-will and best wishes.

LEONHART ROPCKE .- Among those of for- eign birth who have profited by the excellent oppor- tunities for advancement presented in Sacramento County is Leonhart Ropcke, who was born in 1869, in Germany, the son of William and Doris Ropcke. He was educated in the schools of his native country, and learned to be a cook. After serving his time in the German Army, he came to the United States at the age of twenty-one, and was employed on the government transports as a cook. He left the service of his adopted country, and settled in Reno, where he resided for ten years and engaged in hotel work. In 1912 he came to Sacramento and conducted the hotel in the Harvey House. Selling out, he ran the Graser Hotel in Williams two years. In 1917, he established the firm of the Golden West Pickle Works, and enjoys a most lucrative wholesale busi- ness in and about Sacramento.

In 1906, at Reno, Nev., Leonhart Ropcke was united in marriage with Miss Mary Church, who was born in Ireland. She passed away in 1915. He was married a second time, in Sacramento, to Miss Annie Mosselwhite, of England, in 1917. Politically, Mr. Ropcke adheres to the Republican party; fraternally, he is a Moose; and he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is very fond of horses and is deeply interested in the advancement and future of the community.

CHARLES MILES .- A progressive man who is fast rising in the business world and enjoying the fruits of intelligent industry, and a well-merited pop- ularity, is Charles Miles, who was born September 18, 1884, in Monkton, County of Kent, England, the son of Albert and Mary ( Measdey) Miles. His father was a contractor and builder in Margate, County Kent, till he retired there. Both parents are deceased.

Charles Miles was educated in the public schools and in St. George's College of Ramsgate for one year. He went to work with his father, who was a well- known contractor and builder, and afterwards as jour- neyman had the interesting experience of working in many cities in foreign countries, among which were Africa, India and Australia, and. in fact, he went all over the world. Coming to northern Cali- fornia, he operated the first gasoline type of cater- pillar used for irrigation. On April 1, 1907, he located in San Francisco, where he remained for one and one-half years. He then came to Sacramento and

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obtained a position as journeyman during the build- ing of the Sacramento Hotel, and was employed at different work until 1915, at which time he engaged in building, specializing in masonry. He went to Hon- olulu and about 1919 he took up irrigation, drainage and road work, and has become very successful in this line, in Sacramento and adjoining counties.

Charles Miles was united in marriage with Miss Alice Daisy Pointer, of London, England. They are the parents of two children, Albert Charles and Ber- nard Henry. Mr. Miles' political allegiance is given to the Republican party and fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the Commandery and the Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Sacramento. His career has been marked by steady advancement, due to his close application and industry, and he de- serves classification with the successful and public- spirited citizens of Sacramento County.

JAMES L. LYONS .- An experienced member of the well disciplined and well equipped fire depart- ment of Sacramento is Capt. James L. Lyons. Born in Ireland, he first saw the light on the 21st day of September, 1883, in Galway, the son of James L. Lyons and his wife Sophia Griffith. They were excellent folks, of the old-fashioned, but dependable school; and now that they have closed their earthly labors, it is pleasant to record that only good may be said of them.

James Lyons, Jr., progressed through the public schools and then put in two years pursuing collegiate work; and then, at the age of sixteen, went to Aus- tralia. He returned to Ireland for two or three years; and in 1904 crossed the Atlantic to the United States, and for a year or two remained in the East, getting accustomed to American ways. He was wide-awake to profit by every experience, and in consequence he steadily came forward.

In 1906, he came to Sacramento, where he re- mained a year, then went to Oakland with the Santa Fe, checking freight, until 1910, when he went East and was married in Pittsburgh, Pa. Returning to California he settled in Sacramento, where he was employed by the Southern Pacific shops for two years. He joined the fire department in 1915, and in time took the captain's examinations. In December. 1920, he was appointed a substitute captain and in 1921 was appointed captain. He belongs to the Firemen's Relief and Protective Association, and busies himself studying the many new problems aris- ing in the operation of the department, affecting the efficiency of the service to the. tax-payer, on the one hand, and the welfare of the firemen, on the other. He is a Republican in matters of national politics; but a non-partisan worker for the community in which he lives and thrives, whenever local questions forge to the fore. He built a residence at 4429 Y Street, where he resides with his family.

In Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1910, Captain Lyons mar- ried Miss Margaret Reynolds, a gifted and accom- plished lady from the East; and their four promising children, James L., third, John Melvin, George F., and Marguerite Frances attest to the happiness of their union. The second oldest, Sophia Florence, died at the age of two and one-half years. The Captain has filled all chairs of the Odd Fellows Lodge. He is fond of outdoor life, finding here in Sacramento, close at home, all the appeal to Nature he could desire.

FRANK B. HUDSPETH .--- Only those persons sorely in need of finding proper, congenial and profit- able employment, and particularly those who know from bitter experience how often it is next to im- possible for the individual, operating alone, to estab- lish a worth-while connection, can realize what a boon to many the Enterprise Labor Agency has proven since it was established, in 1921, by Frank B. Hudspeth and Louis Heldoorn. Mr. Hudspeth was born at San Francisco, on August 26, 1888, the son of John Hudspeth, who had come to California the year be- fore. Mrs. Hudspeth died when our subject was a babe; and now Mr. Hudspeth is deceased. Both had many friends, the result of high qualities and their appreciation by others.

Frank B. Hudspeth profited by the good courses of instruction in the schools of San Francisco, and then worked at various occupations, including real estate and newspaper work in San Francisco; and in October, 1919, he first settled in Sacramento. Two years later, on April 27, he and Mr. Heldoorn found- ed the Enterprise Labor Agency at 901 Second Street. The methods adopted by the managers, their fair and square way of dealing with both employer and would-be employe, their personal interest and eager- ness to assist in solving problems to the mutual sat- isfaction of all concerned-these attributes have con- tributed to that popularity which inevitably spells material success. The firm moved to the present ad- dress, at 129 J Street, October 20, 1922. Since No- vember 10, 1922, Frank B. Hudspeth has been and is sole proprietor, and the present firm name is the Enterprise Employment Office. Mr. Hudspeth is a Knight of Pythias.

GIUSEPPE BALDOCCHI .- A very successful rancher who must be proud of the results he has enjoyed in his scientific and practical methods of cultivating asparagus, is Giuseppe Baldocchi, the owner of some seventy-five choice acres on Sherman Island. He was born in the province of Lucca, Italy, on November 24, 1888, the son of Nicodimo and Louisa Baldocchi, and his father came out to Cali- fornia in the early days, settling near Courtland on the Sacramento River. After a while, he returned to Italy, and there his good wife passed away when twenty-eight years old, while he is still living, aged seventy-one years. Giuseppe was the older of their two children born of this union. The sister died in youth and the father married again, and had one child, Pietro, who resides in Lucca. Giuseppe was sent to the best ordinary schools of the neighborhood and got a good start for his battle with the world.

In 1903, having heard of the many attractive fea- tures of American life, Mr. Baldocchi came to the United States, and for a short time he was on the Sacramento River, and then he went back to the bay city, and lived there eight years. And in that city, on August 14, 1906, he was married to Miss Mary Novero, who was born in Piedmonte, and knew the life to which he had been accustomed in Italy. Her father, Joseph Novero, who had taken for a wife Har- riet Togliatto, came to California with his family when Mrs. Baldocchi was thirteen years old, and Mrs. Novero died on Brannan Island, about twenty- four years ago. He first settled on the Sacramento River, and farmed on the island until he died, Octo- ber 13, 1922, at the age of fifty-six years, as a result of an automobile accident. There were four children

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in the family, Mary being the second in the order of birth. Modesto is the eldest, Sylva the third, and the youngest is John. Mrs. Baldocchi attended school on both Brannan and Sherman Islands.

Mr. and Mrs. Baldocchi took up their residence on Sherman Island, where they purchased seventy-five acres of land, and there they have since farmed. They have improved the farm with numerous buildings, and today it is one of the really attractive ranches there. They have been blessed with three children. Louisa was born on October 6, 1907; Armando first saw the light on March 6. 1914; and Guido entered the family on February 19, 1918. Mr. Baldocchi is a Republican; a member of the board of trustees of Riverside district school on Sherman Island; and a past chancellor of Jefferson Lodge, Knights of Pyth- ias, of San Francisco.

JOSEPH BIANCHI .- Among the substantial residents of the community, a factor for good and progress in moral and social circles is Joseph Bianchi, the proprietor of the Paris French Bakery. He was born July 4. 1892, in Italy, a son of August and Caro- line Bianchi. His father first came to the United States, and his family followed later, and they reside in Sacramento.

Joseph Bianchi was educated in the schools of Italy. When he was fifteen years old he came to America with his mother, and went directly to Sacra- mento, where he worked on his uncle's farm three years, and then learned the bakery business. In 1914 he established his own bakery and in 1915 he bought his present place of business, which is equipped with the latest modern improvements. He does a great deal of retail business and some wholesale, having four delivery automobiles to handle the distribution of his bakery goods.

Mr. Bianchi was united in marriage with Miss Emma Apostolo, a native daughter of Italy. They are the parents of two children: Telly, and Caroline. He is an Odd Fellow, an Eagle and a Druid, and a member of the California Hospital Association. He and his family stand high in the estimation of the community where they have resided for many years. He is especially fond of hunting, and at all times is deeply interested in the welfare of his community, aiding materially in the county's advancement. In national political affairs he is a Republican.

PAUL D. MARITSAS .- A contractor so experi- enced, enterprising and conscientious in his under- takings and work that he could not help meeting with deserved success, is Paul D. Maritsas, a native of Greece, where he was born on July 29, 1881, but a loyal American. He went to school in Greece, and as carly as 1901 came out to the United States, hoping here to find the land of opportunity. Nor was he dis- appointed. He stopped for a while at Chicago and Salt Lake City and then he managed to reach Van- couver, B. C., in 1910. From there he went to Seat- tle in 1913-1914. In each of these places he enlarged his experience as a contractor; and the year 1914, so notable in history as the beginning of the great World War, saw him safely landed at Sacramento, ready to assist in the building up of the rapidly developing capital.

Since then Mr. Maritsas has done about $150,000 worth of work for the reclamation board of the state, and all in Sacramento County and the Districts Nos.

1500 and 1600, and he has also accomplished much for the Natomas and Sutter Basin Companies. In every instance, Mr. Maritsas has easily proved one of the most efficient contractors for such work, and one able to meet with new and untried problems. He has also been able to establish records for rapidity and economy.

It is evident, therefore, that Mr. Maritsas has done well for himself and done well for Sacramento County in coming here; and it is certain that as the years go by, he will be more and more in demand. llis live interest in Sacramento County, and his willing- ness, like a good booster. to cooperate in hastening the day when this portion of the great Golden State comes to its own, will be sure to open new avenues for his usefulness, and to add to his popularity.

CHRIS MERZ .- Widely famous as among the best-appointed, and most comfortable and attractive hostelries in northern California, and one that has done much to make the capital city an attractive cen- ter for both transients and more permanent guests. is the Golden Eagle Hotel, which was bought in 1913 by the late Chris Merz, who by natural gifts, devel- oped talent and experience, was one of the most cap- able men of affairs to be found in Sacramento. He was a native of Germany, and was born at Aldingen, about seventy-five miles from Stuttgart, in one of the most romantic and picturesque mountain districts of Europe, not far from the Hardt and Linsenberg spurs of the Alb, the high-lying and well-cultivated plain of the Baar, and the long Heuberg, poking its brow 2,894 feet into the blue sky. as if in competition with the flattened cone of the Hohenkarpfen, and bearing on its nearest peak, almost ready to topple over into the green valleys below, the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, or Church of the Trinity, erected there just how, in its dizzying environment, few if any persons nowadays can tell. He first saw the light on December 8, 1875. and came to the United States at the impressionable age of thirteen, when a lad is most likely to profit by all that he sees and hears. He had gone to the reg- ular schools in his native country, and was not slow to avail himself of the fine opportunities afforded by the American night schools, in addition to which he found a stay of three years upon his uncle's cotton plantation in Texas particularly profitable.

Leaving the Lone Star cotton-fields, he came north into California in 1897, and for eight years was at Los Angeles, for a while as proprietor of the Palace Restaurant; but removing to Sacramento. he opened a cafe at 806 K Street, which he conducted until he bought the Golden Eagle Hotel, in 1913, an establish- ment which he improved more and more, by untiring application and wise, generous expenditures for better equipment and service, and which he continued to conduct, to the great satisfaction of the community, until his death.

In Sacramento, Mr. Merz was married to Miss Alvina Welch, a native of Alsatian Strassburg. France, and a gifted, popular lady who had resided at the California capital since 1898; and their fortu- nate union was further blessed in a son, Edward Merz, now also an experienced hotel man. Mrs. Merz is a member of the Eastern Star and the White Shrine, and she also belongs to, and is usefully active in the Ladies' Aid Society at St. John's Lutheran Church. Chris Merz was a Republican in matters of

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national political import, and especially influential in civic circles because he was always willing to put aside partisan issues and boost for the locality in which he found himself. He was a Knight Tem- plar Mason, and a member of Islam Temple. N. M. S., in San Francisco. He also belonged to the Foresters and the Red Men, and to the Turnverein. He was liberal to a fault, good to the poor, and helped wherever and whenever, and in whatever movement. the opportunity was afforded. He breathed his last in September, 1921; and in his death the city and county lost an exemplary citizen, gentleman and manly man.

The Golden Eagle Hotel was established in 1853. but the name of its first proprietor, owing to the lack of orderly records of that formative time in the build- ing of the Pacific commonwealth, does not seem to be known. From its beginning, however, it had a large and enviably Incrative patronage by the best people who lived in, or came and went to and from the city; and here all the notables of the times stopped .- the governors of the state, and all the high officials, the first governor of the state even making his home here for a wh.le. Celebrities such as Buffalo Bill also made the Golden Eagle their headquarters when in Sacramento, drawing other notables hither. and leading men of international repute or lasting fame, from every quarter of the globe, have rested or feasted under the Golden Eagle's hospitable roof. and the old register, a most highly prized souvenir, con- tains their historic names. Today, under the highly progressive and liberal management of Mrs. Merz and her son Edward, who affords valuable assistance to his mother, the hotel is conducted as a first-class hostelry, the managers continuing there the broad pol- icies instituted by the long-experienced and lamented Chris Merz. It is indeed a thoroughly modern and first-class establishment, rebuilt and made up-to-date in every respect, with a capacity of 150 rooms. Sac- ramento will never forget Chris Merz, one of the true founders of the capital city, whose foresight led him to be an optimistic prophet of the future great- ness of both town and county; and in the popular Golden Eagle Hotel the fast-developing and prosper- ous northern metropolis has one of the most inter- esting memorials and monuments.

CLARENCE J. RAMBO .- A public accountant who is widely and well-known for his expert work, the fruits of exceptional training and a valuable expe- rience, is Clarence J. Rambo, a native of New Jersey and since the beginning of the last decade a promi- nent member of the professional corps at Sacramento. He was born on May 23, 1890, when he entered the family circle of Aaron and Anna (Brown) Rambo. and he enjoyed the advantages of a grammar school and a high school course, which offered also excellent training along business lines. There and thereafter he took special training to fit him for his profession, and that profession he has followed ever since, not only elevating himself. but adding distinction to the city in which he has come to make his home.

It was in 1913 that Mr. Rambo came to California, and the same year when he opened a Sacramento

office. He was not long in specializing on income taxes; and having established branch offices in Wash- ington. D. C., and in Los Angeles, he has been snc- cessful from the beginning in attracting and in hold- ing an important clientage. He is nationally known for his scholarly knowledge of conditions likely to affect the interests of his patrons in this part of the world, and enviably of repute for his high ethical standards. The Sacramento Chamber of Commerce is glad to number him among its most progressive members.

When Mr. Rambo was married, Miss Sybil Mark- ham of Iowa became his wife and gifted companion; and their happy union has been blessed with the birth of two children. Arthur and Clara. Mr. Rambo is public-spirited and decidedly patriotic; which means that his allegiance to the Republican party is broad- minded, rather than merely partisan, and that he is deeply interested in Sacramento County, its past. present and future.

CLARENCE R. PARKER .- Doubtless among the most popular of all high school officials in Sacra- mento-and the high school has long been favored with an exceptionally able and experienced faculty, all well-liked-is Clarence R. Parker, the aggressive ath- letic coach, a native son proud of his association with the Golden State, having first seen the light at Santa Ana. He was born on June 2, 1887, and his parents were I. D. and Helen May (Gill) Parker. His father crossed the great plains as a ten-months-old babe, brought by his parents, who moved to Pomona, where the Parkers took up ranching. There the mother died, mourned by all who knew her excellent qualities.

Clarence went to the grammar school and high school of Pomona, and after that matriculated at Claremont College, from which he was duly graduated in 1911, when he received the coveted B. S. degree. Later, in 1916, he was given the MI. A. degree by the University of California, and when thus equipped, he taught for a year in the high school at Turlock. He next went to Fullerton, in Southern California, and for three years instructed there, and added to his experience and friends; and after that he was for a year in San Francisco.

In the fall of 1917, he came to the Sacramento high school, and here, as elsewhere before, he has had charge of athletic exercise and physical development. He likes his work, and thoroughly believes in it; and he is recognized as an inspiring athletic instructor. well-liked by everybody. He has raised the athletic morale in the Sacramento high school decidedly since he came to the capital city; and in so doing, he has extended the fame not on'y of one of the most im- portant of all the secondary schools in California, but of the historic city as well.

By his marriage, in 1915. Mr. Parker was united with Miss Elsie Barnes, of Iowa, the ceremony taking place at Wichita, Kans .; and the well-mated couple have enjoyed their domestic life, our subject being decidedly a "home man." He is fond of farming, and duly interested in Sacramento County, its stirring past and its promising future; and in political or civic affairs he thinks and acts independent of party.

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History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present, 1923, Part 156

Author: Reed, G. Walter Publication date: 1923 Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co. Number of Pages: 1026

Author: Reed, G. Walter
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1026