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WILLIAM H. FAUST
Since 1912 William H. Faust has been
affiliated with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, as manager of the
Lodi office, and through his capable management the business has grown to
satisfactory proportions. He was born in
Dubuque, Iowa, on September 27, 1874 and was educated in the public schools of
his native city. His first business
experience was in the real estate and insurance business; later he was the
passenger agent at Dubuque for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
for one year; he then removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, and for one year was the
cost accountant for the American Sash & Door Company. In 1905 he journeyed to the Pacific Coast and
entered the employ of the Diamond Match Company, at Chico, where he worked for
four and a half years; then in 1911 he entered upon his duties with the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company, at Sacramento.
His ability as a manager was soon recognized and in 1912 he assumed the
oversight of the office in Lodi. Not
only has Mr. Faust put the office on a paying basis, but he has systematized
the work so that the patrons get better service, and the service has been
extended from 800 in 1912 to 2200.
Upon take up his residence in Lodi,
Mr. Faust became an active worker in the affairs of the community; at one time
being a member of the board of health.
During the Exposition at San Francisco, in 1915, he served as chairman
of publicity and exhibits for the local Chamber of Commerce and designed and
prepared the Lodi exhibit, receiving a personal letter from C. C. Moore, the
president of the Exposition, complimenting him upon his attractive and
comprehensive exhibit. He was a director
in the Lodi Business Men’s Association at one time and is the man who started
the movement for the erection of the Lodi Hotel and the Lodi Theater and worked
untiringly for the success of the enterprise.
In 1922 he served as president of the Lodi Business Men’s Association,
which has a membership of 200. At the
present time he is serving as clerk of the grammar school board and is one of
the three trustees; he is also secretary of the Lodi fire department. During the World War he was captain of a team
in all war drives. He is a member of the
Elks and of the Lodi Rotary Club.
The marriage of Mr. Faust, in May,
1904 united him with Miss Cynthia F. Becker, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, and
they are the parents of one son, William H., Jr., born in Chico,
California. Mr. Faust is wide-awake to all
measures for the advancement of his locality and with his wife is active in
educational affairs and the associated charities of Lodi. Mrs. Faust is a member of the Lodi Woman’s
Club.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1272-1275. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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