Sacramento County
Biographies
ERNEST CARITHERS
ERNEST
CARITHERS.–An excellent example of how the right kind of a man may always
hope to succeed in the capital city, is afforded by Ernest Carithers,
proprietor of the popular Carithers Sign Company, whose headquarters at 707 California Street are busy from morning till night. Born at Perrysville, Ind., on December 18, 1890, he is the son of William and
Agnes (Jones) Carithers, both of whom, highly esteemed for their years of
pioneering, are still living to enjoy the wonderful developments in the Golden State.
Ernest Carithers
passed all the requirements of the grammar and high schools of his native
district, and then matriculated at the state normal school at Terre Haute, Ind. Next he learned the sign painter’s trade; and that
technical line he has since followed. He specializes in commercial signs, and
with such success that he is able to keep five men busy the year round, and
many more in the busiest season, his orders coming from the entire northern
section of the county.
Mr. Carithers
came to Sacramento in 1914, the year memorable as the beginning of the
World War; and for a while he was superintendent for W. H. Funk; but on July 1,
1921, he bought out the commercial department of his business; and knowing just
what the public wants, and how to meet the demands, he has been very
successful. He belongs to the Sacramento Chamber of
Commerce and to the Rotary Club.
Mr. Carithers’ marriage took
place at Woodland, Cal., when he and Miss Evlyn Patterson of Los Angeles were made man and wife. He is a thirty-second-degree
Scottish Rite Mason.
Transcribed by Vicky Walker, 6/20/07.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 907.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Vicky Walker.