Sacramento County
Biographies
WILLARD WARNER
WILLARD WARNER.--A wide-awake, progressive and experienced business man is Willard Warner, the manager of the Cascade Laundry, at 1515 Twentieth Street, who has been engaged in the laundry business during his entire industrial career. When a young man, he drove the first steam-laundry wagon in Seattle, and later he worked in the various departments of laundry. He was observant, not merely of what was going on in the same concern, but of what was being attempted in rival establishments; and when he came to Sacramento, he was ready for any problems that might present themselves in connection with his new enterprise. Mr. Warner was born in Fulton, N.Y., on January 4, 1869, of a distinguished family prominent in the history of the Empire Stare. His parents removed to Minnesota, and he was educated in that state.
About thirty-two years ago Mr. Warner came to the capital, and he has since been identified with the largest laundries in the city, principally as manager. When the Cascade Laundry was established in 1903, he was chosen manager; and to accept the new post, he gave up a very desirable position with the Union Laundry, also an excellently equipped concern, which position he had filled for five years. Since taking hold of the Cascades affairs, he has made it the largest laundry establishment in northern California. The Cascade Laundry was incorporated with a capitalization of $60,000, and it now employs 125 men and women, and has a pay-roll totaling $100,000 annually. As a strictly modern plant, it is equal to the best on the Coast. Mr. Warner is president of the Laundry Association, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.
At Seattle, on May 19, 1890, Mr. Warner was married to Miss Flora Rich, a popular belle of Seattle. A son, Eugene, is associated with his father in the conducting of the laundry; and there are two daughters, Philo and Adeline. Mr. Warner has just returned from the annual convention of the Laundry Owners' Association of California, which was held at Riverside, Cal., on May 17, 18 and 19, 1923, and which elected Mr. Warner as its general secretary.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 561. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.