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 . citrus industry. The introduction of this system hasfreed the orchards from infectious diseases and caused thousands of trees to bearbounteous crops that otherwise would- not have matured. The fumigating depart-ment of the Placentia Orange Growers Association, at Fullerton, is fortunate in havingas its superintendent Albert Caillaud, a native son of French lineage, born at Riverside,Ca
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 . citrus industry. The introduction of this system hasfreed the orchards from infectious diseases and caused thousands of trees to bearbounteous crops that otherwise would- not have matured. The fumigating depart-ment of the Placentia Orange Growers Association, at Fullerton, is fortunate in havingas its superintendent Albert Caillaud, a native son of French lineage, born at Riverside,Cal., August 12. 1893. His father. Alex Caillaud. now deceased, came to California fromFrance in 1880. He located in Riverside County, where he conducted a nursery andengaged in budding and pruning citrus orchards, becoming an expert in this line; atone time he had a nursery at San Dimas. Albert Caillaud received his education in the Riverside public schools and helpedhis father in the nursery business. In 1913 he located in Orange and for one seasonworked for a large fumigating company. His next move was to Pomona, where heentered the employ of the Growers Fumigating Supply Company, one of the largest in. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1193 the state. While with this company he gained a thorough knowledge of the businessand became so efficient that he was made foreman of the fumigating outfits. During the World War, Mr. Caillaud saw twenty months of service, becoming asergeant in the One Hundred Sixteenth Engineers, Forty-first Division. As early asNovember, 1917, he was sent abroad and remained for six months after the close ofthe war, returning to the United States in July, 1919. Owing to his ability to speakFrench fluently he was made an interpreter and he also filled the position of buyer ofsupplies for the regiment. He spent six months in Belgium, where he was attachedto the grave registration department, his duty being to take bodies from the battlefieldto the cemetery. Whatever
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