Sacramento County
Biographies
WALTER W. CASE
WALTER W. CASE.--Among the prominent
and well-known business men of Sacramento
is Walter W. Case, the president and owner of the Richardson-Case Paper Co.,
whose business has steadily grown in extent and importance through the passing
years until he is one of the successful and influential citizens of the capital
city. His birth occurred in Jackson,
Mich., May 28, 1882, and he is the son of
Howard H. and Anna (Nichols) Case.
Howard H. Case brought his family to California
when their son Walter W. was a small child; both parents are living and reside
in Alameda, Cal.,
where Howard H. Case is employed by the A. Schilling Company.
Walter
W. Case received his education in the public schools. He was brought up to keep busy; so his spare
hours out of school were spent in selling newspapers. After finishing high school, he returned to
his native state and entered a printing office in Detroit,
where he worked for the following six years.
In 1902 he returned to California
and took a position with the Bonestell-Richardson
Paper Company, remaining with them for five years. Then he was put in charge of a department
with the Blake, Moffitt & Towne Paper Company, remaining with them for five
years. Then he was put in charge of a
department with the Blake, Moffitt & Towne Paper Company, which he
efficiently managed three years. In
1910, in partnership with Charles A. Richardson, his former employer, he
organized the present company known as the Richardson-Case Paper Co.; since the
death of Mr. Richardson in 1918. Mr.
Case has purchased his interest and is now sole owner of the business.
Mr.
Case’s marriage united him with Miss Grace Matthews, born in Salinas,
Cal.; and they have one daughter,
Carmelita. Mr. Case’s fraternal
relations are with the B. P. O. Elks, and he belongs to the Sutter and Del Paso
Country Clubs. He is a Republican in
politics.
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 885-886.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.