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CLARE
WOOLWINE
Clare
Woolwine is one of Los Angeles’ most valuable citizens not only because of his
high standing in the legal profession but also for his political and fraternal
activities and his record as a progressive and public-spirited citizen. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee,
September 1, 1888, son of Woods R. and Minnie (Beverley) Woolwine. He attended public and preparatory schools in
his native state and was a student in Leland Stanford University. He was graduated from the University of
Southern California in 1911 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws and was
admitted to the bar and began the practice of his
profession in Los Angeles. Success
attended him from the start and in 1915 he was appointed assistant district
attorney of Los Angeles, serving for two years.
In 1917 he enlisted in the World War and served overseas, being promoted
to a captaincy in 1918. Since returning
to civil life he has devoted his attention to his profession and has made rapid
advancement therein.
On
the 4th of October, 1919, Mr. Woolwine married Miss Portia Clark, a native of
Ohio, and they are the parents of a daughter, Mary.
Mr.
Woolwine is a Republican and has been active in the councils of his party, having
been a member of the county and state committee since 1921. In 1926 he was elected to the lower house of
the state legislature from the sixty-third legislative district, was reelected
in 1928 and in 1932, being sent from the forty-fourth district in 1932. He was made a member of a number of important
committees and rendered valuable service as a lawmaker, supporting all measures
which he deemed favorable to the interests of his constituents and just as
effectively opposing movements which he deemed inimical to their welfare. In 1927 Mr. Woolwine represented California
before the ways and means committee of congress at Washington, D. C., as a
member of the National Council of State Legislatures. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic
bodies, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias,
the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Loyal Order of Moose. He is a charter member of Los Angeles Post,
No. 8, American Legion, having represented southern California in the formation
of the American Legion at St. Louis in 1919, and was a member of the first
executive committee of the American Legion of the state of California. Along strictly professional lines he has
membership in the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the California State Bar Association
and the American Bar Association. An
earlier biographer said of Mr. Woolwine:
“True and loyal, he has exemplified a high type of citizenship and has
shown himself worthy of the respect and confidence in which he is uniformly
held.”
Transcribed
by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 665-666,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V.
Gerald Iaquinta.
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