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ARTHUR L. BOARD
One of the comparatively recent
additions to the business circles of Lodi is Arthur L. Board, who since 1918
has been the local manager of the Western States Gas and Electric Company, and
whose business ability has resulted in a steady growth to the present volume of
business done by this company. He was
born near Oakdale, California, October 5, 1884, a son of Robert and Harriet
Board. Robert Board crossed the plains
with an ox team from Callaway County, Missouri, and settled first at the
Seventeen Mile Bar in Calaveras County.
Our subject’s mother was a native of California, whose father was a very
early settler in the Golden State. There
was a family of six children: Robert H.;
Arthur L., the subject of this sketch; Mabel; Florence, now Mrs. Winfred Weber;
Fred and Vesta, the two latter deceased.
Arthur L. is the only member of the family residing in Lodi; the others
all reside in Stockton.
Arthur L. Board was educated in the
grammar schools of Calaveras and Tulare counties. When he was fourteen years
old his family settled in Visalia, where he attended for three years. Then he began to work for himself at anything
he could get to do, doing mostly farm work.
Next he went to the Imperial Valley, when that portion of California was
in the early stages of its wonderful development, and there he engaged in
general farming near El Centro for two years.
Twelve years ago he began working for the Mount Whitney Power &
Light Company, and he remained with them for nine years, his headquarters being
at Visalia. Then in March, 1918, he
located in Stockton and began to work for the Western States Gas & Electric
Company. On August 1, 1918, he was
transferred to Lodi where he became the local manager of the company.
The marriage of Mr. Board occurred
in Fresno on January 30, 1916, uniting him with Miss Ida Olive Bailey, born in
Madera, California, a daughter of Horace and Emma Bailey. Horace Bailey was a pioneer of California, and
for many years engaged in the transfer business. He is now deceased. The mother is still living in Madera. Mrs. Board began her education in the grammar
schools of Madera. She entered the San
Jose State Normal, from which she was graduated, and then taught school for ten
years in the Lowell School, Fresno, until her marriage. She was so well liked that the board of
education asked her to continue teaching; but she declined, preferring to
devote her time to her home. Three
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Board:
James Arthur, Mabel Jeanette, and Florence Nadine. Mr. Board is the owner of valuable real
estate in Stockton and Richmond. A
Republican in politics, he favors the men and measures supported by that
party. Fraternally he is a member of the
Knights of Pythias and the Lodi Lions Club.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1571. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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