anaheim-gazette 1931-07-02

For Buyers and Sellers GAZETTE WANT ADS GET RESULTS THE GAZETTE CALL TWO-FOUR-ONE-FOUR VOLUME LXI New $250,000 Plant Opens in Few Days Golden State Citrus Products Co. Will Operate on Big Scale 75 EMPLOYES ON PAYROLL Fruit Juices Are Automatically Extracted Indications that the new plant of the Golden State Citrus Products company at 408 South Atchinson street will open within the next few days, employing upwards of 75 people, were seen this week as construction on the first units of the giant fruit-juice extracting concern were nearing completion. The present one-floor plant, automatically equipped so that oranges unloaded from trucks are only touched once by hand in the making of concentrates and emulsions and extracting of orange juice, cost in the neighborhood of $250,000. Largest in World The Nunan Manufacturing company of Los Angeles, under the personal direction of J. D. Nunan and C. R. Collupy, planned, designed and supervised the construction of the huge fruit-juice extraction plant, which in many re- Tardy Taxpayers Subject to Penalty July 1 was a day of regret to tardy taxpayers, for it was the date for tacking on a penalty of 10 percent to the delinquents who had not settled with County Tax Collector J. C. Lamb. Those who still do not pay can according to state law be deprived of their property which the state can sell. Property so sold can be redeemed within a year by paying the 10 per cent penalty and seven percent interest on the tax bill until the time of redemption, Lamb said. He pointed out that the sale to the state is a protection to the property owner inasmuch as it will hold the land against any invasion for five years, after which it is sold at auction to the highest bidder unless the owner has redeemed it. After this sale the owner's only recourse is the courts. Old-Timers Flock To County Park Two Thousand of Them Spend Day at Story-Telling Under Live Oak Trees NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED H. C. Head Leads Clan for the Largest in World The Nunan Manufacturing company of Los Angeles, under the personal direction of J. D. Nunan and C. R. Collupy, planned, designed and supervised the construction of the huge fruit-juice extraction plant, which in many respects is the largest in the world. Hundreds of Anaheim citizens during the past five and one-half months have noticed unusual activity on South Atchinson street, but were prevented by numerous "keep out" signs from satisfying their curiosity about the work going on there. Local business men, among them Ed Bremer, plumber; Ernest DuBols, of the National Lead company of California; and the manager of the Anaheim Electric company, spent days and weeks working around the plant, which at first was expected to require about one and one-half years to complete. By working two and three shifts a day during the last three months construction progressed so rapidly that extraction of orange juice actually was underway on a small scale this week, and next week, after all units of the plant have been thoroughly tested, full production of about 18,000 gallons per day is expected. F. W. Murphy is general manager of the local concern. Payroll of the construction crew ran in the neighborhood of $1,800 per week for the last several months. Prepared for Expansion The giant plant, now equipped to handle any citrus fruit juices, is one of the unique ones in the world. The Nunan Manufacturing company, makers of citrus products machinery, prepared plans for the company so that it easily could expand to accommodate any future requirements in the handling of fruit juices. Throughout the plant the new Alleghany metal is used, which, according to citrus products engineers, eliminates any possible metallic absorption by the fruit juices. Inside of containers are lined with glass, while numerous pumps throughout the plant are made of bronze but lined with solid silver in order to prevent contact of fruit juices with any metal that will be affected by fruit acids. Process for Handling Oranges may either be shipped to the plant in car loads or taken by trucks, entrances being on the north side. Traveling belts carry the oranges to the big washers on the ground floor where, after thorough washing they pass to the brushes and thence to elevators where they are carried to the balcony, dumped in bins and taken out automatically to the cylindar knives, sliced and carried to the three largest reaming tables in the world. Here is the present one-floor plant, automatically equipped so that oranges unloaded from trucks are only touched once by hand in the making of concentrates and emulsions and extracting of orange juice, cost in the neighborhood of $250,000. To County Park Two Thousand of Them Spend Day at Story-Telling Under Live Oak Trees NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED H. C. Head Leads Clan for the Coming Year Orange County Old Timers to the number of 2,000, ladened with lunch baskets and boxes, flocked to Irvine park last Sunday for their annual picnic, always a bright spot in the lives of the pioneers who look into the distant past of local history. Went Early, Stayed Late Long tables were stretched under the spreading live oak trees and at eventide about 1,000 people who have spent nearly all of their life in Orange county partook of the feast. It was early in the morning that the plenickers began to assemble, the numbers increased as the day went on, and all remained until the final story was told in the evening. James Sleeper, himself an old-timer, and president of the association, was general factotum and presiding officer of the day. The association held an election, when Horace C. Head, widely known attorney, was elected president. George Burns succeeded himself as treasurer, and Elmer Burns was re-elected secretary. Oldest of Old-Timers Among those introduced were J. C. Joplin, former county treasurer who is now 81 years old and has lived in the county for many years; J. E. Pleasantz, 95 years old who has been a resident of Santa Ana canyon for more than 70 years; J. H. Hall, 90 years old who was formerly county auditor and has lived in this section for more than 35 years; W. B. Tedford, who has been a resident of Santa Ana for 45 years; H. J. Williams, who has lived in Orange county since the time before Santa Ana was founded; J. C. Nichols, who was the third sheriff of this county and who now resides in Los Angeles; W. T. Newland, old resident; Mrs. Emma French, who has lived in Santa Ana for more than 50 years; Mrs. W. H. Spurgeon who may well be called the mother of Santa Ana for it was her husband that laid out the city, and Tom Harlin, another one of the county's oldest pioneers. Plenics of 70 Years Ago The picnic of last Sunday was not by any means the first affair of the kind held at the park. Irvine park, named for the man who gave it to Orange county, has been known and utilized since the first Ger- Anaheim People At first he employed people, gradually increase as his business grew up eight drivers covering San Bernardino to Los Angeles from Glendale to San Pedro all the territory around At present Mr. Smith people practically all ting in Anaheim. He hailing department, dry-clu- Process for Handling Oranges may either be shipped to the plant in car loads or taken by trucks, entrances being on the north side. Traveling belts carry the oranges to the big washers on the ground floor where, after thorough washing they pass to the brushes and thence to elevators where they are carried to the balcony, dumped in bins and taken out automatically to the cylinder knives, sliced and carried to the three largest reaming tables in the world. Here is the only place where humans touch the fruit. Employees, their hands sterilized by special washing preparations, place the halves of oranges on the reamers. The juice is carried to strainers, then directly to refrigerated containers. For preparation of any number of emulsions, the juice is pumped from these containers to half a dozen larger containers on the main floor. For concentrates it is pumped to the largest vacuum tank, and the only one of its (Continued on page 8) Mrs. Dorothea Burdorf Called By Death Orange county lost another of its pioneers this week by the death of Mrs. Dorothea Burdorf, who had lived in the north part of the county for 51 years, at the same ranch on East Orange-thrope avenue. She died at St. Vincent's hospital in Los Angeles. The body was taken to the Backs, Terry and Campbell funeral home, to be held until funeral arrangements could be completed. Mrs. Burdorf was born in Germany 74 years ago, coming to America when a young girl. She was a charter member of the Zion Lutheran church in Anaheim and a member of the Ladies Aid. She was the widow of the late Henry Burdorf. Surviving Mrs. Burdorf are two sons, Henry J. and Diedrich, and six daughters; the Misses Sophie and Rebecca Burdorf who reside at the family home; Mrs. Dorothy Pinkham, Los Angeles; Mrs. Annie Miller, Placentia; Mrs. Augusta Corbitt, Huntington Park; Mrs. Eleanor McCreery, Pasadena, as well as sixteen grandchildren and one great grandson. Plenics of 70 Years Ago The picnic of last Sunday was not by any means the first affair of the kind held at the park. Irvine park, named for the man who gave it to Orange county, has been known and utilized since the first Germans came to Anaheim 70 years ago bearing the torch of Civilization. The Germans were an honest, hardworking people. They worked from early until late through the week turning the great desert waste around Anaheim into a fertile garden of fruits and flowers. These pioneers knew Irvine park as Santiago Canyon. They year after year held plenies there every Sunday, when they rested from their hard work of the week that had past. To Santiago Canyon the German families carried baskets of fried chicken, boiled ham, hard boiled eggs, home-made pies, cakes and bread. Not the least items of these elaborate (Continued on Page 5) 77 Boys Leave for Y. M. C. A. Camp Seventy-seven boys left last Tuesday for the high school camping season at Osceola in the San Bernardino mountains, where the Orange county Y. M. C. A. has prepared for what is expected to be its most successful season. The camp is under the leadership of eleven adults, with Arch Raltt as secretary. DEATH OF WALTER ASPDEN Funeral services for Walter Aspden, who died at the Anaheim Sanitarium after an illness of a few hours, was held at the Hilgenfeld chapel, Tuesday, and burial was at Melrose Abbey. Mr. Aspden was 66 years old and had lived in this county for 35 years. The family lives on Orchard avenue, northeast of Anaheim. He is survived by Mrs. Aspden and a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Brooks, of Santa Monica. Celebration of By Ocean Pass The Saratoga, one of ships of war in the west chored off Ocean Parking of July 3 to the 6th, and open to visitors, of the two-days celebrated American Legion, July. Legionaires from Southern California who great Americanism do which the navy flyers, defense will take part replete with patriotic thrills is being arranged display will be set off of the 4th. On the afternoon of flyers will present a manouvers in which co-operation will be demonstrated, off and alighting on this AHEIM GAZET Anaheim, California, Thursday, July 2, 1931 Things Are Picking Up— By Ted Brown TIMES ARE SURE PICKING UP! I'M FIVE POP BOTTLES, TEN SARDINE CANS, AND NINE POP CORN BOXES AHEAD OF THIS DATE, LAST YEAR! KEEP OUT! NO PICNICS DO NOT CUT TREES LEAVE NO RUBBISH FARMER 3 New Buildings Will Cost $30,000 Boss Overall Cleaners Will Soon Complete the First $10,000 Unit Completion of the first $10,000 unit of a $30,000 series of three buildings for the Boss Overall Cleaners on Euclid avenue is scheduled within two weeks, according to announcements by Gus Smith, owner and manager of the big cleaning company. First Two Units The first structure, 40 by 72 feet, one story stucco, will house the distribution section of the cleaning concern. Mr. Smith said. Another building for washing, and enlargement of the present dry-cleaning plant under plans approved by the state, will be erected in the near future. Cost for the new building and enlargement will be in the neighborhood of $20,000. Mr. Smith started his Boss Overall Cleaners two years ago, utilizing buildings available on his place on Euclid between Lincoln and Orangethorpe avenues. Anahelm People Employed At first he employed but a few people, gradually increasing employees as his business grew until now he has eight drivers covering territories from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, and from Glendale to San Pedro, as well as all the territory around Orange county. At present Mr. Smith employs 18 people, practically all the families living in Anaheim. He has a large washing department, dry-cleaning depart- "Telling the World" About New Pier Huntington Beach made a brilliant start yesterday with a five-days' fiesta during which the civic enthusiasts there are "telling the world" of the completion of the new 2000-foot pier, made of cement, and said to be the longest municipal structure of the kind. The pier is being illuminated with 24,000,000 candle power of varicolored lights which may be seen for over 50 miles out at sea. Flags of all nations are waving from the light standards the full length of the pier. Some special features are a glass-inclosed sun parlor, restaurant, and a number of nooks. Preliminary to the opening was a contest to select a queen for the fiesta and Miss Isabelle Siracus was selected by an overwhelming vote. Her home is at Huntington Beach and she is a student at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. The queen, attended by nine women ladies-in-waiting and pages in brilliant costumes arrived with a blare of bugles and a flood of lights; in time for the dinner with which the fiesta opened last night. The drum and bugle corps of Orange county Legion posts will put on an exhibition tomorrow and the Fourth will be marked by a golf flag tournament and other sporting events during the day, with a display of fireworks tomorrow night. Chamber of Commerce Elects Directors Following the election of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, the old and new members of the board were sworn in. July 4th Exodus Makes Early Start Warm Weather Causes People to Swarm to Orange County Beaches The Glorious Fourth will be generally observed by Anaheimians next Saturday, when business houses, banks, city offices will be closed for the day and the week-end. The family car will be brought out and there will be a general exodus to the seashore, to the canyons, mountains and parks. The day will be marked by many picnics. Pretty Soft for Postal Men Things will come pretty soft with postoffice employees, for not only do they have a holiday on the Fourth, but they also begin a 44-hour week, with but one delivery of mail on Saturdays following the Fourth. Unusual heat of the past several days brought more people to Orange county beaches over the week-end than at any time this year, according to a report made by the Orange county division of the state highway patrol. Week-End Traffic Jams "The roads were jammed early Saturday, and the procession of cars continued over all the main arteries throughout Saturday and Sunday until late that night," Walter Meyer, acting state police captain, reported. In spite of the heavy traffic accidents in the county were not as heavy as usual, it was noticed. "There were so many cars on the road that the fast motorists did not have a chance and Anaheim People Employed At first he employed but a few people, gradually increasing employees as his business grew until now he has eight drivers covering territories from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, and from Glendale to San Pedro, as well as all the territory around Orange county. At present Mr. Smith employs 18 people, practically all the families living in Anaheim. He has a large washing department, dry-cleaning department, and in the distribution section has the ironing, pressing, and mending divisions. Meets Sharp Completion "Our business is solely the cleaning of working men's overalls and other working clothes, and the cleaning of grease rags," Mr. Smith said. "We cater mainly to bundles at garages, factories and printing establishments. Of course, most of cleaning is the removing of grease and ink from clothes. We have a great deal of competition especially in the Los Angeles metropolitan region. But we find that strict attention to business, service and good cleaning win and hold bundles in spite of the strenuous opposition of Los Angeles concerns." Celebration of Fourth By Ocean Park Legion The Saratoga, one of the two largest ships of war in the world, will be anchored off Ocean Park from the evening of July 3 to the morning of July 6, and open to visitors, on the occasion of the two-days celebration by the American Legion, July 4 and 5. Legionalair from every part of Southern California will gather for a great Americanism demonstration in which the navy flyers, coast and harbor defense will take part and a program replete with patriotic features and thrills is being arranged. A fireworks display will be set off on the evening of the 4th. On the afternoon of the 4th the navy flyers will present a program of air maneuvers in which combat formations will be demonstrated, the planes taking off and alighting on the Saratoga. Chamber of Commerce Elects Directors Following the election of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, the old and new members of the board met yesterday to organize for the coming year. The election resulted in the retirement of three veterans in favor of two former board members and a new comer. Dr. H. A. Johnston, member of the board since its inception; H. N. White and Stone Todd are the retiring members. F. A. Yungbluth, Charles Pearson, Donald M. Winans and Leonard Evans were re-elected for two-year terms. Henry Adams and William A. Dolan, former board members, were elected for two-year terms. Paul D. Tedrick, real estate dealer and prominent in American Legion circles, was elected for one year. Hold-over members of the board are President L. H. Loudon, Kurt Epstein, E. C. Kendrick, Fred P. Robins and H. E. W. Barnes. Higher Freight Rate Might Cost $1,500,000 If the Interstate Commerce Commission grants the railroads an increase of 15 percent in freight rates, it will cost Orange county citrus and walnut growers about $1,500,000 a year, says Roland D. Flaherty, of the Farm Bureau. The increase, he estimates, would cost the orange growers of this county $80 a car which, with huge crops and resultant market conditions, would spell disaster to the orchardists. Manager an executives of the Orange county packing houses will meet at dinner at the Ebell clubhouse in Santa Ana, next Monday evening, when the proposed freight rates will be discussed. Week-End Traffic Jams "The roads were jammed early Saturday, and the procession of cars continued over all the main arteries throughout Saturday and Sunday until late that night." Walter Meyer, acting state police captain, reported. In spite of the heavy traffic accidents in the county were not as heavy as usual, it was noticed. "There were so many cars on the road that the fast motorists did not have a chance and that is one reason the accidents were fewer." Myer said. Newport Beach and Balboa enjoyed bigger crowds than at any time before during the season, it was said, and strips of beach land which generally is not used was dotted with people all along the coast. Garden Valley a Red Tack in Television Garden Valley is about to achieve a distinction which will make it a red tack on the map of radio television, for it is expected to have the first station of the kind west of Chicago. The Federal Radio Commission has accepted a recommendation that the proposed station be located at Garden Valley because of the ideal reception conditions which that location offers. The exact location has not been announced, but negotiations for the necessary real estate are said to be pending, while a staff of television engineers are conducting experiments. DIES BEFORE BIRTHDAY Had Robert Culbertson lived until last Monday, he would have been 79 years of age. But death came Sunday after an extended illness. He was a native of Iowa and had lived in Anaheim for 15 years. He is survived by Mrs. Culbertson, two daughters and four sons. Funeral services were held at the Backs, Terry & Campbell chapel yesterday and burial was at Angeles Abby mausoleum at Compton. ZETTE Is Now In Its 61st Year IT GREW WITH ANAHEIM SINCE 1870 THE GAZETTE 108 NORTH EMILY STREET Number 39 San Clemente Beach Now a State Park The State Park Commission has acquired by purchase 6000 feet of beach frontage at San Clemente, $200,000 being the purchase price. The frontage was owned by a syndicate, represented by Hamilton H. Cotton, a Los Angeles banker. There are 100 acres included in the tract. The property had been appraised at $400,000 by the Park Commission, but the Board of Supervisors were unwilling to pay this sum. Under an arrangement made by the Park Commission, Orange county gets a new state park, to be maintained by the state, without the cost of a penny to Orange county taxpayers. There is now considerable speculation as to what effect this transaction will have on the Huntington Beach park project, which is at present pending in the courts. Lumbermen Form Gigantic Merger Anaheim Yards of Patten & Davies Included in $7,500,000 Combine of Three Companies The Anaheim and Fullerton yards of the Patten & Davies Lumber Co. are included in a gigantic merger of some of the largest lumber companies of A Rolling Stone Gathered Up Gold "Lucky" Baldwin Struck It Rich at Mt. Doble, Big Bear Valley "GHOST" CAMP MEMORIAL Relic Hunters Have Carried Much of It Away By LANNES McPHETRIDGE Big Bear, Calif.—"A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss." But "Lucky" Baldwin was a rolling stone if there ever was one, and the moss he gathered was mostly gold. He began down at the bare ground, but when he died on March 1, 1909, his will provided for the distribution of a fortune of $20,000,000. $3,000,000 From Mt. Doble It was at Mt. Doble, a peak overlooking Big Bear Valley, where tradition says that he took out gold-bearing quartz, smelted it in his own smelter, and the yield is said to have amounted to $3,000,000. His yellow metal was worth $19.40 an ounce, while the best of gold rates at $20.40. So "Lucky's" Mt. Doble gold was only $1 less than Gigantic Merger Anaheim Yards of Patten & Davies Included in $7,500,000 Combine of Three Companies The Anaheim and Fullerton yards of the Patten & Davies Lumber Co. are included in a gigantic merger of some of the largest lumber companies of Southern California, creating a $7,500,000 concern, said to be the largest combination of the kind ever formed in the Southwest. The three lumber giants merged are the Patten & Davies Co., the L. W. Blinn Lumber Co. and the Russ Lumber and Mill Co. Yards in 80 Cities The merged companies took on the name of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. yesterday, with general offices at 521 East Fifth street, Los Angeles. Harry S. Patten is president of the new organization and C. G. Lynch is vice-president. Involved in the transaction are yards in more than thirty southern California communities; planing mills and sash and door mills in Los Angeles and San Diego; wharves and modern distributing facilities at Wilmington; offices at Phoenix, Ariz., where will be carried on the Arizona portion of the business built up by the Blinn company during the past 50 years. All branch organizations will be maintained in tact with no change in their personnel, according to Mr. Patten. Why Merger Was Formed "The economy demands of modern business have pointed the way to consolidation in many lines of trade," said Mr. Patten, "and we feel that in taking this forward step in our lines we are going to be in a position to serve the public with greater efficiency than in the past. The three organizations involved in this deal have been outstanding for their business methods." "In every community where one or more of these three companies has served, our customers and the general public can count on a continuation of our business practices, with service through the same employees that have dealt with them in the past." The Patten and Davies Company, the youngest of the three in this merger, was established in Pasadena in 1894 and a few months later opened a yard in Los Angeles. Henry S. Patten became president in 1904 and under his guidance it has grown to be one of the largest distributors of lumber and building material in Southern California, operating more than 30 lumber and building material yards within a radius of 30 miles of Los Angeles. $3,000,000 From Mt. Doble It was at Mt. Doble, a peak overlooking Big Bear Valley, where tradition says that he took out gold-bearing quartz, smelted it in his own smelter, and the yield is said to have amounted to $3,000,000. His yellow metal was worth $19.40 an ounce, while the best of gold rates at $20.40. So "Lucky's" Mt. Doble gold was only $1 less than pure to the ounce. To go back over Ellas Jackson Baldwin's trail to his beginnings, he was born in Ohio, moved with his parents to near South Bend, later to Valparaiso, Indiana, and then into Michigan. But he gathered little "moss" on the way. He was living in Michigan when the '49 Gold Rush to California began. Started for California He had amassed a little material wealth in these years as a rolling stone, and in 1853 he outfitted a train of four covered wagons, with mules as the motive power, and started for gold-mad California, via Salt Lake City. One of his wagons was loaded with brandy and another with tobacco and groceries. He stopped at Salt Lake City to turn his cargo into money at a goodly profit, invested in horses and hurried on to join the gold hunters in California. There is a story that when "Lucky" arrived at Virginia City, Nevada, his first job was that of a stage-coach driver, on a route which ran to Sacramento. Among his passengers from time to time were some of the "big shots" of gold mining—Flood, Mackey and others. From them "Lucky" obtained tips on gold stocks on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and it was at this time that Ellas Jackson Baldwin began to take on the name of "Lucky", which followed him through life and by which he became known in about every household in the United States. Start as a Speeulator There is also a story that "Lucky"—far-seeing that he was—could see nothing in driving a stage coach. He abandoned that calling and went to San Francisco, where he started a livery stable. In his speculations in mining stocks, he acquired a roll of Consolidated Virginia mining stock. He is said to have invested $6,400 in this stock in 1872, paying $2 to $3 a share for it. He stuffed it in his strong box in his livery stable, and went on a trip to Austrialia. During his absence the rich Ophir mine in the Comstock lode, Nevada, was opened. Excitement became intense, and "Lucky's" stock began to soar. When he came back from Australia, he sold his $2 and $3 shares at $800 to $900, and in the end cleaned up $5,000,000 on his investment of $6,400. By 1890 he bought much real estate in San Fran- The Patten and Davies Company, the youngest of the three in this merger, was established in Pasadena in 1894 and a few months later opened a yard in Los Angeles. Henry S. Patten became president in 1904 and under his guidance it has grown to be one of the largest distributors of lumber and building material in Southern California, operating more than 30 lumber and building material yards within a radius of 30 miles of Los Angeles. $2,000,000 Paid To Dairy Farmers Farmers in Orange county received about $2,000,000 for their product last year, according to Sam H. Greene, secretary of the California Dairy Council. The 1930 report of the California Bureau of Dairy Control, recently completed, credits Orange county with 2,3793,989 pounds of milkfat, giving it sixteenth place among all counties in the state in production of milkfat. Total milkfat production for the State amounted to 151,939,520 pounds with a farm value of $82,690,000. For purposes of the report all commercial dairy production, however used, was measured in terms of milkfat. Orange county ranked ninth in distribution of commercial market milk processed and bottled, farm consumption not included, with 2,364,385 gallons, displacing San Joaquin which was ninth in 1929. Los Angeles County was in the lead with 53,739,656 gallons. New Signs Tell of Increases in Speed Since the speed limit for autos in the Anaheim business section is to be increased from 15 to 20 miles, and from 20 to 25 miles in the residence sections, new street signs are to be erected within the next ten days, according to announcement by Chief of Police Bouldin. The signs will be provided and set up by the Southern California Automobile Club, but the city of Anaheim will pay for them. Pennsylvania's Picnic, July 11 The Old-Time Pennsylvania Society of Southern California calls all from the State to a picnic reunion, all day, Saturday, July 11 in Bixby Park. Long Beach. The society will serve as a reception committee and will open county registers and headquarters, and supply souvenir badges and hot coffee. A brief program of song and oratory will follow the dinner. Good eats and cold drinks will be sold in the park. Al. Datz president, will answer your questions, or call on C. H. Parsons, Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles. Mutual 0171, the new office of the Federation of State Societies, where you will find the Pennsylvania State registers. DEATH OF WILLIAM G. BUTTREE Following an illness of several months, William G. Buttree died at the family home on North Sabina street, early Tuesday morning and funeral services were held at the Hilgenfeld funeral home this afternoon, the Rev. Charles Sewerey, of Pasadena officiating, with the Rev. V. K. Ledbetter, of Cavalry Baptist church, assisting. Burial was at Loma Vista cemetery. Mr. Buttree came to Anaheim eight years ago and was employed by the M. Eltiste Co. He was 68 years old and a member of the Masonic lodge at Fargo, North Dakota, and of the United Commercial Travelers' association. He is survived by Mrs. Buttree, well known music teacher, and by a sister, and two brothers who live away from Anaheim.