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NETTIE H. MAYES
From the time of the establishment of the San Joaquin Valley Cement Pipe Company, Nettie H. Mayes has had charge
of the financial end of the business and owns a third interest in the concern. This company owns and operates three
factories, one at Chowchilla, established in 1917, one at Livingston, established in 1919, and one at Herndon,
established in 1922. The firm is composed of S. Y. Mayes, the originator of the business, Nettie H. Mayes and John
Baisa; they manufacture the guaranteed hi-test irrigation drainage and sewer pipe under their duly registered trade
mark, "Hi-test," and the three factories have a combined capacity of one and a half miles of pipe per
day. The sand used in the factories is washed sand from Friant, Fresno County, and the cement comes from Davenport,
Cal., and is known as Santa Cruz Portland cement.
Mrs. Mayes' maiden name was Nettie Hartzell and she was born at Waubeek, Iowa. She grew up in the Hawkeye State
and was graduated from the State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls. She came to California in 1907 and for six years
taught in the Wilson Grammar School at Pasadena. At Santa Ana, Cal., Miss Hartzell was married to S. Y. Mayes,
born at Melrose, Texas. The third partner, John Baisa, was born in Texas and is of Spanish descent; he has charge
of the factory at Livingston. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes reside at Chowchilla, where they own the telephone building and
other valuable property; they also own a lemon ranch in San Bernardino County, and property in Livingston and Herndon,
besides a row of houses near their factory in Livingston, which are occupied by their employes.
From:
History of Merced County, California
With a Biographical Review
History by John Outcalt
Historic Record Company
Los Angeles, California 1925
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