Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

CHESTER DOUGLAS WINSHIP

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Prominent among young educators of Northern California who are 
materially advancing the science and practice of pedagogy is Chester Douglas 
Winship, the popular principal of the grammar school at Yuba City.  He was born 
at West Sutter, in the western part of Sutter County, on November 9, 1895, the 
son of Oliver Everett and Eliza (Ross) Winship, and grandson of Isaac Winship, a 
sturdy pioneer who came from Boston, Mass., and settled in California in the 
early fifties, ranching for years along the Sacramento River.  Both parents are 
still living, enjoying the esteem of their fellow-men.
            Chester Winship attended the grammar schools of his district, and 
then went to the Sutter High School, after which he completed the work required 
preparatory to teaching, and from Septembr, 1916 to May 18, 1917, conducted the 
Slough School.  At the call for troops to support the United States government 
during the World War, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was assigned to 
submarine service.  For twenty-two months he was active in his patriotic work, 
and was then discharged as a radio electrician of the first class.  In 1919, he 
returned to California, and in the fall of that year commenced to teach at the 
Winship School; and two years later, in September, 1921, having established a 
record for exceptional fitness, he was appointed to the grammar school 
principalship at Yuba City, where his interest in the community and its 
educational work has won for him a hearty welcome from the first day of his 
activity here.  His participation in the development of youth through his work 
as scout-master has added to his popularity with the boys; and because the 
citizens feel that he is truly �one of them,� his influence has become very 
helpful.
            The marriage of Mr. Winship and Marjorie Hartridge, an accomplished 
lady of Westerly, R. I., took place on September 6, 1918, at New London, Conn.  
Their married life has been given added joy by the adoption of a lad named 
Robert Douglas.  In politics, Mr. Winship is a Republican.  In community affairs 
he gives whole-hearted, non-partisan support to the best interests of the 
locality.  He is a member of Colusa Lodge, No. 240, F.&A.M., and Meridian Lodge, 
No. 212, I.O.O.F., and belongs also to the Encampment.  Both Mr. and Mrs. 
Winship are intensely interested in Sutter County, past, present and future; and 
they are ready at all times to �do their bit� toward advancing the interests of 
Northern California.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p . 1305-1306