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W. C. McBRIDE, JR., M. D.
Dr.
W. C. McBride, Jr., physician and surgeon, engaged in the practice of his
profession at Yreka, is a product of the west, for he was born in Pocatello,
Idaho, May 26, 1900. He is a son of
William C. and Clara (Sawyer) McBride, the former a native of Ohio and the
latter of Iowa. The father has devoted
much of his life to railroad service, acting as general agent for the Denver
& Rio Grande, the Santa Fe, the Missouri Pacific, and other lines, and
resides in Portland, Oregon, where he has made his headquarters for about
twenty-eight years. He had two sons but
Ralph died in 1926.
After
mastering the branches of learning taught in the grammar and high schools of
Portland, Dr. McBride took a preparatory course at the State University of
Washington and then enrolled as a student in the medical department at the
University of Oregon, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of
June 10, 1929. Entering the naval
hospital on Mare Island, he continued with that institution for seventeen
months and then came to Yreka, where he has been associated with Dr. Pius, dean
of the medical profession in Siskiyou County.
They have a well equipped office and take care of patients at the County
Hospital.
On
the 19th of June, 1926, Dr. McBride was married to Miss Lucile
Evelyn McClung, who was born in Portland, Oregon, and acquired her public
school education in that city. After
taking a course in the collegiate department of the University of Washington
she matriculated in the University of Oregon, at Eugene, where she majored in
sociology, and was graduated in 1924. At
that time she took up work in connection with United States grants and previous
to her marriage had charge of the Red Cross organization at Portland. She has become the mother of one child,
Sally, who was born August 20, 1930.
In
his political views Dr. McBride is a Democrat and his wife votes with the
Republican Party. During his school and
college days he played tennis, belonging to various teams, but is now a devotee
of golf. He is identified with the Delta
Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Kappa Kappa societies, the
latter a medical organization, and he also has membership in the American
Medical Association. Endowed with more
than average ability, Dr. McBride also has the requisite energy and
determination and is destined to go far in his profession. He is a young man of substantial worth and
Yreka accounts him a valuable addition to its citizenship.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J. W. Major, History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 246-247. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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