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HENRY A. MAGHETTI
A model institution that seems to
fill a long-felt want because of progressive operation is the Tracy Creamery at
Tracy, California, conducted along up-to-date lines by Henry A. Maghetti, where
high grade alfalfa produced under irrigation, fed to well-bred dairy cows,
results in the best quality of pure milk and cream which is distributed by his
house. A native of California, he was
born at San Rafael, Marin, County, on July 26, 1886, and was reared and
schooled there until he went to San Francisco, where he took a course in the
Humboldt evening high school. He is the son of Oirollio
and Mary (Corti) Maghetti, natives of Italy and Switzerland,
respectively, who were early settlers of Marin County, where the father became
a very successful dairy farmer, and here Henry received his first lessons in
farming and stock raising. After his parents passed away Henry decided
to learn the pattern making trade, but he was fond of an outdoor life and could
not content himself to stay indoors, as this trade would compel him to do. He then entered the employ of Shafter Howard
in his creamery plant at Point Reyes and here he found the occupation to his
liking. In 1909 he entered the dairy
business for himself and has built up and disposed of several very fine herds
of dairy cattle. Removing to Tracy in
1918, he looked the field over and became greatly impressed with the
possibilities of the section under the West Side Irrigation System. He purchased the Tracy Creamery, made a
number of important improvements, and installed an up-to-date pasteurization
plant.
Mr. Maghetti is making and
distributing a fine quality of butter, ice cream and cheese. In the conduct of the milk, cream, butter,
and cheese industry, Mr. Maghetti uses progressive methods. The plant is thoroughly sanitary and is
maintained along advanced lines. An
automobile delivery provides quick response to orders from town and outside
patrons, immediate service being a special feature. Mr. Maghetti is well pleased with conditions
in the Tracy country, and having had much experience in farming he is in
position to appreciate the future in this section where the lands are
irrigated.
The marriage of Mr. Maghetti
occurred in Santa Rosa in 1919 and united him with Mrs. Margaret (Mehegan) Maritzen, a native of
San Francisco. They are the parents of
three children: Clara, Barbara Jean, and
Jack. For the past fourteen years, Mr.
Maghetti has been active in the Odd Fellows and is an active member of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
836. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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