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HON.
CLAUDE A. RITTER
Claude A. Ritter acquired his education
in the schools of the Lone Star state.
When the United States became involved in the World War he joined the
army and for one year served overseas with the One Hundred and Forty-fourth
Infantry of the Thirty-sixth Division, with which he saw active duty on the
Champagne and other fronts, sustaining wounds in battle. He served as commander of the local chapter
of the American Legion in 1932 and is also a member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. It was in March, 1920, that Mr.
Ritter came to the Imperial Valley. He
received his first appointment as postmaster of the city of Calexico from
President Herbert Hoover for a term of four years and is now a clerk in the
post office. His official duties in this
connection have been discharged with the utmost thoroughness and efficiency and
to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
In 1930 at Yuma, Arizona, Mr. Ritter
was united in marriage to Miss Clara Reed, of San Bernardino, California, a
daughter of John and Mary Reed. Mrs.
Ritter, who is a past president of the Women’s Improvement Club, has always
manifested an active and helpful interest in women’s affairs. Mr. Ritter is a member of the Kiwanis Club
and fraternally is affiliated with Lodge No. 1832 of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks at Calexico. He
finds pleasurable recreation in a game of golf and he is deservedly popular
among his many friends.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Page 302, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis.
1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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