Celebrating 101 Years
Sonora SIR Branch 136 celebrated SIR Elwood L. Johnson 101st birthday at the June 9 meeting. Mr. Johnson was born during June of 1908 in Santa Rosa, California. He graduated from Sebastopol, CA. High School in May 1927, and entered Cal Berkeley that fall. To help with university expenses, he began working at a gas station. One year later he was able to buy the gas station and continued to operate it until he graduated with a B.A. in Business in 1932. He was married in 1934 to his wife who had just graduated from U.C. Berkeley. After graduation he worked for International Harvester and McCormick Deering in Alameda County. He was the primary farm equipment dealer in Alameda County until he retired in the early 1960’s. After retirement he and his wife moved to Twain Harte where he was the Twain Harte Lake Manager for 25 years. He helped establish the Twain Harte SIRs and finally became a member of the Sonora SIRs.
