In Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 filed with the California Secretary of State Feb. 15, 1967 the Legislature honored Ford A. Chatters who retired from the State Personnel Board December 31, 1966, after more than 20 years of distinguished service
A native of Michigan, where he attended school and first became interested in printing, he came west to California and settled in Lindsay. Mr. Chatters became a linotype operater on the Lindsay Gazette. Later, as a newspaper and advertising man, he still found time to continue his education at the University of Southern California.
After World War I, when he enlisted in the 26th Division and served overseas, he returned to Lindsay and organized the Lindsay American Legion in 1919 and served as its commander, and became editor and publisher of the Lindsay Gazette.
He worked in the Legislature during the 1921 and 1923 sessions, handled publicity in 1927 for the California Farm Bureau Federation and, during the 1929 session of the Legislature, he handled the news end of the Central Valley Water Project.
As a member of the Assembly of the State of California, from 1933 to 1936, he was one of the coauthors of the Central Valley Water Act.
He was appointed to the State Board of Education for a four-year term in 1937, and was named a temporary member of the State Personnel Board in 1943.
Mr. Chatters became a member of the Board of Trustees for the College of the Pacific in 1945, was secretary of the California Highway Commission in 1946–1947, and in 1947 and again in 1957 was reappointed to a full 10-year term on the State Personnel Board.
The Legislature wrote that Mr. Chatters contributed greatly to the raised public confidence in the State Personnel Board by his objectivity, friendliness, fairness, thoughtful suggestions, breadth of vision, and, in particular, his decisive leadership as the board's president for five years.
Mr. Chatters found time to be active in a multitude of other activities, including helping to organize the Orange Belt Scenic Highway Association, the promotion of the Orange Blossom Festival, the Boy Scouts and YMCA councils, the Lindsay Kiwanis Club, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, of which he was president in 1930.
“ … Mr. Chatters is deserving of the highest commendations for his long, distinguished, and meritorious service to the people of California; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Members of the Legislature take this occasion to congratulate Mr. Chatters upon his retirement and extend their gratitude for the excellent services Mr. Chatters has rendered the State of California …”
A native of Michigan, where he attended school and first became interested in printing, he came west to California and settled in Lindsay. Mr. Chatters became a linotype operater on the Lindsay Gazette. Later, as a newspaper and advertising man, he still found time to continue his education at the University of Southern California.
After World War I, when he enlisted in the 26th Division and served overseas, he returned to Lindsay and organized the Lindsay American Legion in 1919 and served as its commander, and became editor and publisher of the Lindsay Gazette.
He worked in the Legislature during the 1921 and 1923 sessions, handled publicity in 1927 for the California Farm Bureau Federation and, during the 1929 session of the Legislature, he handled the news end of the Central Valley Water Project.
As a member of the Assembly of the State of California, from 1933 to 1936, he was one of the coauthors of the Central Valley Water Act.
He was appointed to the State Board of Education for a four-year term in 1937, and was named a temporary member of the State Personnel Board in 1943.
Mr. Chatters became a member of the Board of Trustees for the College of the Pacific in 1945, was secretary of the California Highway Commission in 1946–1947, and in 1947 and again in 1957 was reappointed to a full 10-year term on the State Personnel Board.
The Legislature wrote that Mr. Chatters contributed greatly to the raised public confidence in the State Personnel Board by his objectivity, friendliness, fairness, thoughtful suggestions, breadth of vision, and, in particular, his decisive leadership as the board's president for five years.
Mr. Chatters found time to be active in a multitude of other activities, including helping to organize the Orange Belt Scenic Highway Association, the promotion of the Orange Blossom Festival, the Boy Scouts and YMCA councils, the Lindsay Kiwanis Club, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, of which he was president in 1930.
“ … Mr. Chatters is deserving of the highest commendations for his long, distinguished, and meritorious service to the people of California; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Members of the Legislature take this occasion to congratulate Mr. Chatters upon his retirement and extend their gratitude for the excellent services Mr. Chatters has rendered the State of California …”
In Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 filed with the California Secretary of State Feb. 15, 1967 the Legislature honored Ford A. Chatters who retired from the State Personnel Board December 31, 1966, after more than 20 years of distinguished service
A native of Michigan, where he attended school and first became interested in printing, he came west to California and settled in Lindsay. Mr. Chatters became a linotype operater on the Lindsay Gazette. Later, as a newspaper and advertising man, he still found time to continue his education at the University of Southern California.
After World War I, when he enlisted in the 26th Division and served overseas, he returned to Lindsay and organized the Lindsay American Legion in 1919 and served as its commander, and became editor and publisher of the Lindsay Gazette.
He worked in the Legislature during the 1921 and 1923 sessions, handled publicity in 1927 for the California Farm Bureau Federation and, during the 1929 session of the Legislature, he handled the news end of the Central Valley Water Project.
As a member of the Assembly of the State of California, from 1933 to 1936, he was one of the coauthors of the Central Valley Water Act.
He was appointed to the State Board of Education for a four-year term in 1937, and was named a temporary member of the State Personnel Board in 1943.
Mr. Chatters became a member of the Board of Trustees for the College of the Pacific in 1945, was secretary of the California Highway Commission in 1946–1947, and in 1947 and again in 1957 was reappointed to a full 10-year term on the State Personnel Board.
The Legislature wrote that Mr. Chatters contributed greatly to the raised public confidence in the State Personnel Board by his objectivity, friendliness, fairness, thoughtful suggestions, breadth of vision, and, in particular, his decisive leadership as the board's president for five years.
Mr. Chatters found time to be active in a multitude of other activities, including helping to organize the Orange Belt Scenic Highway Association, the promotion of the Orange Blossom Festival, the Boy Scouts and YMCA councils, the Lindsay Kiwanis Club, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, of which he was president in 1930.
“ … Mr. Chatters is deserving of the highest commendations for his long, distinguished, and meritorious service to the people of California; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Members of the Legislature take this occasion to congratulate Mr. Chatters upon his retirement and extend their gratitude for the excellent services Mr. Chatters has rendered the State of California …”
A native of Michigan, where he attended school and first became interested in printing, he came west to California and settled in Lindsay. Mr. Chatters became a linotype operater on the Lindsay Gazette. Later, as a newspaper and advertising man, he still found time to continue his education at the University of Southern California.
After World War I, when he enlisted in the 26th Division and served overseas, he returned to Lindsay and organized the Lindsay American Legion in 1919 and served as its commander, and became editor and publisher of the Lindsay Gazette.
He worked in the Legislature during the 1921 and 1923 sessions, handled publicity in 1927 for the California Farm Bureau Federation and, during the 1929 session of the Legislature, he handled the news end of the Central Valley Water Project.
As a member of the Assembly of the State of California, from 1933 to 1936, he was one of the coauthors of the Central Valley Water Act.
He was appointed to the State Board of Education for a four-year term in 1937, and was named a temporary member of the State Personnel Board in 1943.
Mr. Chatters became a member of the Board of Trustees for the College of the Pacific in 1945, was secretary of the California Highway Commission in 1946–1947, and in 1947 and again in 1957 was reappointed to a full 10-year term on the State Personnel Board.
The Legislature wrote that Mr. Chatters contributed greatly to the raised public confidence in the State Personnel Board by his objectivity, friendliness, fairness, thoughtful suggestions, breadth of vision, and, in particular, his decisive leadership as the board's president for five years.
Mr. Chatters found time to be active in a multitude of other activities, including helping to organize the Orange Belt Scenic Highway Association, the promotion of the Orange Blossom Festival, the Boy Scouts and YMCA councils, the Lindsay Kiwanis Club, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, of which he was president in 1930.
“ … Mr. Chatters is deserving of the highest commendations for his long, distinguished, and meritorious service to the people of California; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Members of the Legislature take this occasion to congratulate Mr. Chatters upon his retirement and extend their gratitude for the excellent services Mr. Chatters has rendered the State of California …”
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