Sacramento County
Biographies
FREDERICK W. WING
FREDERICK W. WING.--A leader among
Galt’s progressive business men, Frederick W. Wing has done much to mould
public opinion through the columns of his live weekly paper, the “Galt
Herald.” He was born in Syracuse,
N. Y., August 24, 1886, the son of Abel and Anna (Ripley) Wing, both natives of
the Empire state. The father, who was
for many years a well-known undertaker, is now deceased and Mrs. Wing now makes
her home in Calgary, Canada. They were the parents of nice children, five
sons and four daughters, and seven of the family are still living.
Although not
favored with great opportunities for an education, Frederick W. Wing did not
allow this to handicap him, but by vigilant night work and constant study he
acquired a broad foundation that has been the basis of his success in the
journalistic world. At the age of
thirteen he started to learn the printing business, working for some time at Fayetteville,
N. Y., and than going to Courtland, N. Y., where he worked on the “Courtland
News.” From there he went to Buffalo,
N. Y., and then to Chicago, Ill.,
where he worked on the “Examiner” for some time. He then traveled extensively, doing newspaper
work all over the United States and Canada,
adding to his store of knowledge and gaining an invaluable experience. For Three years he lived in Fargo, N. D.,
where he was business manager of the “Fargo Daily News,” and on coming to Galt
in 1920 he purchased the “Galt Herald” from William Botzbach; and he has built
up a splendid weekly paper with a subscription list of 1,150, and steadily
growing. Mr. Wing has been selected by
the California Transit Company as manager of the stage depot, which through his
efforts has been moved from its location on the highway to the Sawyer block in
the business district of Galt.
Progressive and
public-spirited, Mr. Wing organized and conducted the Galt “Booster” trip in
1921 and had twenty-five automobile loads of people who traveled over Sacramento
and San Joaquin Counties,
advertising the advantages that Galt has to offer; in 1922 forty car loads made
the trip and much interest was evinced by the local people in this excellent
publicity. Mr. Wing also started the
movement through the columns of his paper that eventually defeated the late
county charter. He organized and conducted mass meetings in various parts of
the county, debating with the proponents of the charter, and the sentiment
against it grew until the final election showed his efforts successful.
At Terre
Haute, Ind., August 11, 1907, Mr. Wing was
married to Miss Emily S. Walter, born at Amherst, Ohio,
the daughter of Waldemar Alexander and Selma
(Gundert) Walter. Her father, who was a
Presbyterian minister, is now deceased and her mother makes her home at Ann
Arbor, Mich. Mr. Wing is president of the Galt Chamber of
commerce and he is giving his best efforts and time to constructive measures
that will make for the progress of his adopted city.
Transcribed
by Patricia Seabolt.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 616. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Patricia Seabolt.