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interest in all civic and community affairs. In 1912 he
was elected exalted ruler of the Nevada City Lodge of
Elks; he served on numerous committees at both the
city and county level. In 1915 he was elected to the
Nevada City Board of Education, where he served until
1925. During this ten year tenure,.he held the presidency
most of the time. In 1919 he was elected chairman of the
Nevada County Promotion Committee, the same position
having been occupied by his uncle, B. S. Rector many
years before. Under his vigorous leadership, the committee was completely reorganized and enlarged. The
name was changed to the Nevada County Development
Association, and its publicity work became far-reaching
in its effect. Among the more notable accomplishments
of this successful organization was the revitalization of
the jaded bartlett pear industry, the promotion and
formation of the Nevada Irrigation District and the
successful promotion of funds from the State and the
Federal governments for the development of the TahoeUkiah and Yuba Pass roads. He was particularly active in
boosting the great quartz mining industry and was able
to bring the 1924 convention of the Board of Governors
of the Western Division of the American Mining Congress
to Nevada County. He was also responsible for bringing
members of the San Francisco Stock Exchange to our
area for an extensive visit to the mines. (22) After the
sale of the Nevada County Bank in 1923 “G. J.” remained
in retirement for ten years and then returned to the
banking profession as vice-president and manager of the
Grass Valley branch of the Bank of America, a position
which he held until his death on September . , 1933.
B. Edwin Meritt Rector.
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Edwin Meritt Rector, usually called Meritt or “E.41."
was born in Hollister June 20, 1882 and died in Nevaca.