Tulare County Biographies

R. O. MacDONALD

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        R. O. MacDonald was born in the city of San Francisco, but while he was 
still a small child his parents removed to Porterville. There he received a good 
public school education and at an early age became connected with the fruit 
packing industry. With the exception of a brief period when he was outside man 
for the Pioneer Water Company, of Porterville, and two years in charge of the 
receiving department of the General Electric Company, of San Francisco, his 
entire business career has been intimately associated with citrus fruits.
        Beginning in a subordinate position he kept his eyes and ears open, 
gradually working his way upward to the position of manager. Among other places 
where he was thus employed was the Earl Fruit Company, with which he remained 
for two years, later becoming district manager for the Mutual Orange 
Distributors. In 1917 Mr. MacDonald built the packing house known as the Native 
Son Orchards Company at Lindsay, of which he is the owner. This is one of the 
large packing and shipping companies of the city, having a capacity of fifteen 
cars daily. Most of the products of the Native Son Orchards Company are marketed 
through the Mutual Orange Distributors.
        Mr. MacDonald is a member of the Lindsay Chamber of Commerce, the 
Masonic fraternity and the Tulare County Golf and Country Club. Mrs. MacDonald 
before her marriage was Miss Ethel Giddings, of Porterville, California. She is 
the mother of two children : George and Olive.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 411