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p. 156-157.

LETTELIER, WALTER H., president of the Everett Box & Manufacturing 
Company of Loewell, has been identified with the business interests 
of Snohomish county for a number of years and in a manner that has 
contributed to the general industrial development of this section as 
well as to individual success.  He was born in Bloomington, Illinois, 
January 17, 1878.  His father, Georg W. Lettelier, was a native of 
Trenton, New Jersey, and removed to Illinois in 1871.  In 1891 he 
came to the west, settling at Los Angeles, where he resided for 
fourteen years, conducting business as a successful contractor and 
builder.  In 1905 he removed to Everett and from that time until his 
demise was associated with the Everett Box & Manufacturing Company.  
He married Flora Edwards, a native of Illinois and a descendant of 
John Edwards, a native of England, who left a large unsettled estate in 
New York city involving many millions of dollars.  This estate has been 
in litigation between the heirs and New York city for the past thirty 
years.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Lettelier have passed away.  The former, who 
was born in 1847, died in 1906 and the latter, who was born in 1857, 
departed this life in Los Angeles in 1900.  In their family were five 
children, of whom one died in infancy, while four yet survive: Grace D., 
the wife of Roy Ransburg, living at Burbank, California; Walter H.; 
Charles G., vice president of the Everett Box & Manufacturing Company; 
and Roy H., who is associated with his brothers in business.
	Walter H. Lettelier was a young lad at the time of the removal of the 
family to Los Angeles and there he continued his education but started 
out to earn his own livelihood when a youth of fourteen.  He was first 
employed by his uncle, John G. Lettelier, a pioneer box manufacturer on 
the Pacific coast, and while with him learned all branches of the 
business, as did his brothers.  he worked his way upward through merit 
and ability and ultimately became foreman of his uncle's plant in Los 
Angeles, which position he filled for eight years.  In November, 1903, 
the Los Angeles Box & Hive Company established a second factory at 
Tacoma and Mr. Lettelier of this review removed to that city to take 
charge of the Tacoma plant.  Some time later one of the Los Angeles 
plants, of which there were two, was destroyed by fire and one of the 
two plants at Tacoma was also burned.  As a result of these disasters 
the Los Angeles company sold out their entire business and Mr. Lettelier 
then determined to secure a location for himself and in this connection 
decided upon Everett, having been advised by the Commercial Club of its 
need for a box factory.  He erected a palnt, beginning in a small way 
with a few workmen and thus made his start in the development of the 
large enterprise, owned and controlled by him and his brothers, their 
business extending to South America, Mexico, California, and neighboring 
states and as far east as Dakota and Minnesota.  It became the foremost 
undertaking of the kind in this section of the state, representing the 
investment of over thirty thousand dollars, but September 17, 1916, 
the plant was entirely destroyed by fire.  The yards and plant covered 
over two acres and the shops were equipped with the most modern 
machinery, while eighteen people were employed.
	On the 26th of February, 1908, in Everett, Mr. Lettelier was married to 
Miss Ada M. White, a native of Canada and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
William White.  They have one child, Ralph.  The family reside at No. 2430 
Baker street, which property Mr. Lettelier owns.
	In politics he is a republican and he and his wife are members of the 
Baptist church, in which he has served as a trustee for many years.  
Undoubtedly one of the factors in his success is the fact that he has 
always continued in the same line in which he embarked as a young 
tradesman, never dissipating his energies over a broad field, but 
concentrating his efforts and thus gaining an efficiency which has 
been a dominant element in the attainment of prosperity.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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