Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

LEONARD BETTY

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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A man of liberal education, Leonard Betty is endowed with an alert mind and has 
occupied the responsible position of principal of the Sutter City Grammar School 
for the past three years, during which time the school has shown a marked 
advancement along educational lines.  His birth occurred on his father�s ranch 
near Meridian, and he is a son of Horace Ackley and Bettie (Kennedy) Betty, 
natives of Vermont and North Carolina, respectively.
Leonard Betty began his education in the district schools of Meridian and 
Brittan.  He was graduated from the Sutter Union High School, class of 1913, 
after which he entered the University of California.  In 1916 he was graduated 
from the Chico Normal School.  His military service began with the California 
National Guards, and as sergeant of Company A, 2nd California Infantry, he was 
sent to Nogales, Ariz., for border duty.  During the World War he was stationed 
at Jacksonville, Fla., and was placed in charge of troops sent from one camp to 
another.  After his discharge at the Presidio, in San Francisco, he returned to 
his home and secured a position as teacher in the Meridian district school, 
where he remained for one year.  He then came to Sutter City as principal.  
There are 130 pupils and four teachers in this school.  Mr. Betty is a 
Republican in politics.  Fraternally, he is a member of the American Legion at 
Marysville and the Odd Fellows at Meridian; and he is also a member of the Del 
Rey Club at the University of California.
Professor Betty was married on June 21, 1923, to Miss Gladys Moore of Sutter 
City.  She was born in Sutter County, a daughter of Jefferson Moore, of Sutter.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
page 676