Fullerton Union High School - Pleiades Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES The students of Fullerton High School are very grateful for the valuable serv- ices rendered by the members of the board of trustees. It is through them that the many social privileges, athletic opportunities, and educational facilities are made possible. The five members of the board of trustees for the current school year are as follows: Claude Ridgeway, president; J. W. Schiller, clerk; Fred John- son; Albert Launer; and L. B. Steward. Mr. Claude Ridgeway is the deputy assessor for Orange County, and operates an orange and avocado ranch in La Habra. Mr. Schiller is a resident of Buena Park, where he operates a feed store. Mr. Johnson is an orange rancher of Yorba Linda. Mr. Steward and Mr. Launer are residents of Fullerton, the former being an orange rancher and the latter being an attorney. If we remember that the members of the board serve voluntarily and with no remuneration, we will more fully appreciate their services. It is the board of trustees that makes it possible for us to have the advantage of such a well-equipped training ground for our future life. They have placed at our disposal one of the finest institutions of secondary education in the United States. 13

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ocated on what is now known as Placentia Avenue. Some of the trees have succumbed for various rea- sons and have been replaced by other Valencias. It is not positively determined that the original tree in Orange County was located on the Gilman J Voperty; but since the few trees that Dobbins had • were accidental, and since the location of his prop- erty is not even known, the credit is given to Mr. Gilman because his grove was not the result cyan accident but of wise choice;

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OUR PRINCIPAL Mr. Louis E. Plummer, our much-esteemed principal, was born on the twenty- fourth of June, 1883, in Ottoville, Putnam County, Ohio. His father, William A. Plummer, was a successful farmer, and his mother, Ella Viola Plummer, was the daushter of Joseph R. Smith, a Civil War veteran. Mr. Plummer attended the public schools and 3raduated from high school at Grover Hill, Ohio. He later entered Ohio Northern University, at Ada, from which he graduated in 1909 with the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commercial Science. In 1900 he began his career as an educator, teaching school in Paulding County, Ohio. From 1906 to 1908 he was superintendent of schools at Mandale, Ohio. In 1909 he came to California, where he was head of the commercial department of Fullerton Union High School from 1909 to 1919. In 1913 he became vice-principal of the institution, and in 1919 he rose to his present high position of principal. For twenty-six years Mr. Plummer has been serving Fullerton Union High School in the most capable manner. He is a member of many important organiza- tions. Each of these organizations has elected him its president one or more times. He stands in the front rank in all respects not only in Orange County but in all of Southern California. 14