Sacramento County
Biographies
WILLIAM H. LAINE
WILLIAM
H. LAINE.--An experienced, progressive farmer, who has proven that he can
also be an enterprising and successful merchant, is William H. Laine, of Perkins,
William H. Laine attended
the rural school, and then helped on the farm, as most boys did in those days;
and since then he has dealt in live-stock.
For six years he was with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, in
In 1922, seeing the need of something better to take
the place of the tabooed saloon, Mr. Laine opened a
store and a parlor for soft drinks; and he added at once to his
popularity. He married Miss Cora Harvey,
of
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 989. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.