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A hard-working, progressive, large-hearted and public-spirited young man, who is equally successful with his brother, E. M. Nord, reviewed elsewhere in this history, and who is rapidly forging to the front, socially, financially and politically, is Fritz E. Nord, a rancher living four miles northeast of Kingsburg, on Central Avenue, in the Clay school district, where he is clerk of the school board. There he has thirty acres of land; and there his good wife, who is an excellent mother, neighbor and citizen, assists him to dispense a liberal hospitality.

He was born in Sweden on December 13, 1887, and when six months old came to California with his parents, who settled, with good judgment, in Fresno County, at West Park, and the next year came to Kingsburg. His father was John P. Nord, and he is still living, a pioneer rancher in the Kingsburg Colony, having reached his sixty-fourth year. He married Susanna Timan, and she became the mother of four children. These were E. M. Nord; I. J., who died on August 3, 1917; Fritz E., the subject of this review; and Alfred, who was born at Kingsburg and died in infancy.

Almost a native son, Fritz grew up on his father's farm and attended the Harrison district school; and when twenty-one — having meanwhile remained at home to help, as a dutiful son — he started in for himself by renting land. The next year he bought his twenty-acre place which he has converted, as if by a miracle, from a patch of weeds into a highly developed area; and still later he purchased another ten acres adjoining. On January 21, 1914, Mr. Nord was married to Miss Hannah Anderson of Kingsburg, and since that time he has been the fortunate enjoyer of a happy home life. They have three children: Ethel E., Helen V., and Chester A. E.

Mr. Nord has served as the efficient clerk of the school board; he is both a member and a stockholder for the California Raisin Growers Association, and a solicitor as well, and he succeeded in getting one hundred per cent, of the acreage assigned to him in his territory, namely. Sections 7-1623, signed up, and subscribed willingly. He is also a member and a stockholder in the California Peach Growers Association, and has encouraged all movements to improve the market for the ranchman, and to produce more stable agricultural conditions, on which so many thousands depend. This interest of Mr. Nord in commerce and industry has led him to take a live interest in politics, voting always for the best man and the principle involved; and while giving loyal support to the national administration, he is keenly alive to all affairs affecting the community.