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086 Lb0YD H. BANKS. During tile ten years that Lloyd H. Banks has re-sided in Santa Aha he has risen high in public esteem and bas made rapid strides in his material affairs, being now the auditor ami purchasing agent for the nmnicipality, in which capacities he is performing able and efficient servmc. He was born m Bethel, Fairfield county, Conneetieul. on the 29th of April, 1899, and is a son of Clarence H. and Aunabelte (Lake~ Ba~s, both of whom also were born in Cmmeetieut. The molher passed away in 1914 and the father is now living retired a~ Bethel Lloyd H. Banks attended the grade and high schools of his home comtnunity and took a two-year commercial course in the Eastman Business College al Poughkeepsie. New York. In June, 1917, he entered lhe service of his country as a member of the Medical Corps of the army, and was sta- tioned in succession at ~ort Hamilton, ~ort McHenry and at Camp Hol- lingsbird. He was in the service for txventy-two monlhs and was honor- ably discharged on Juue 14, 1919, on which same day in 1916 he was given a diploma from his high school. On January 6, 1920. Mr. Banks came 1o California and for four years lived at Riverside, where he was manager ufa packing house owned by his uncle. LleweHyn A. B,nks. In 1924 he came t. Sanla Aha and became a bookkeeper in the city engineering de- parlment In 1928 he was appointed city auditor, and in September of IIiSTORY OF ORANGE ('()['NTY, £'ALIF()ItNIA 77 the following year was ziven lhe added position of eiU' lmrehasing agenl. Bolh appointments are ones o[ greal responsibilily and im~ porlancc, hut Mr. Banks has filled them in a highly salisfaetory manner, showia~ himsel~ a ~nan of ripe judgmenl and sound diserimim~tion. On June 14, ]922, ~he day on which he was discharged from military service, .Xh'. Banks was united in marriage to Miss May Manett, o~ Grin- m~]l. Iowa and d~ev are ll~e imrenls of lwo children, Belty Beryl and a tarred)er o~ Enreka l.~dTe No 83, F & A. M.. at Bethel. Connecticut; i]OLL~ Beaci~ (kmsistot'x A. A ~. R.: Al Maiaikah Temple, A A. O. N. M. S. ~t Los 2n~eles: Sa.la Alia Pusr No. 131, A. L.. and the ()range (:ottnlV S[lrillP ('htb He holds a [~romll/ellT place amoll~ [}lc younger FREI) G. TAYLOIi. ~h~G. Taylor. deceased, was one o~' Orange eomny's best k~ business ~ ami ;ts the head oi Tayhn's he had a leading lmr~m the and pt'ogre md eommal~ded the i'csla who had the honor o[ his acquaintance. Tnvlm' was ('hieago, Illinois, in 1S47, and was a ~on of -] (Eames) Taylor. His father, who ~,as a naUve of Ncw 0hieago m an early day and in 1852 located in Freeport. rare he engaged in busine~, iii which he was stLecessinh J. B., decca: Freeport, an tliat '6if:~} 7ri E{e'(lied in 19011 · 8 of 11 his widow later pa~ed ir~