History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . been a resident of California since is a native of Hazardville, Conn., where he was born on October 30, 1886, and isthe son of Walter and Mary Luce, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter havingfirst seen the light in Germany. Besides our subject, these worthy folks had anotherson, Frank, who is now a painting contractor in Anaheim. The family migrated to Nebraska when
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . been a resident of California since is a native of Hazardville, Conn., where he was born on October 30, 1886, and isthe son of Walter and Mary Luce, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter havingfirst seen the light in Germany. Besides our subject, these worthy folks had anotherson, Frank, who is now a painting contractor in Anaheim. The family migrated to Nebraska when Walter was a small boy, and there hewas educated, enjoying the advantage of both a grammar school and a high schooltraining. Early in life, he entered the dry goods trade in Omaha, and in time hespecialized in millinery. He served as a clerk in Omaha, then became a millinerybuyer there, in the store where he was employed, then went to Houston, Texas, in thesame capacity; later he went to New York City and from there came to Los Angeles,Cal., in 1906. as millinery buyer for the Broadway Department Store. He followed thisbusiness until coming to Anaheim in 1917 to take charge of the orange and lemon ranch. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1417 that had been purchased by his mother, three miles west of Anaheim on the boulevard,in that year, and since that time he has applied himself steadily to the task of makingthe place a paying proposition and how well he has succeeded is shown by the returnsfrom the acreage. He was married in 1914 to Miss Caroline Hartman. Mr. Lucesfather died in 1891 and the widow is making her home in Anaheim. The Luces have brought their acreage up to a high and very creditable state ofproduction, and no doubt their excellent well and pumping plant, installed accordingto the most up-to-date plans, have had much to do with the development. The well is250 feet deep with a ten-inch bore, affording a capacity of eighty inches of viater; andthe pump is one of the best p
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