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This is an audio recording of an interview with John H. Nicholson that took place on April 28, 1979. Nicholson was born in Upland on November 12, 1915. For the first part of the interview, Nicholson discusses his family and how he spent some of his childhood. Nicholson also discusses his mother’s brother Earl Hawthorne who was amongst other things, the secretary of the Ontario Water Company. Nicholson was, at one point, on the board of directors of the Ontario Water Company. He recalls that the water was pumped upon demand and came from underground or mountain streams. He also discusses the role and duties of a Zanjero. The interview goes on to discuss what his father did on the land that they owned, his sister, his childhood, and what his childhood home looked like. Nicholson also discusses the Metropolitan Water District and how the water system was put into place in the area. Nicholson reflects upon the future of water in the area, and suggests that much of the water will continue to come from the San Joaquin River Delta from Sacramento. A continuation of the interview takes place on May 19, 1979 in the Upland Library. In this interview, John H. Nicholson recalls times he spent near Catalina Island and his experience in World War II. He discusses the various places he lived across the Southern California region. Nicholson shares how he became involved with Sunkist. He describes how he became an engineer in the company, what challenges he faced, and reflected generally on the ins and outs of the company. He also discusses the processing of the citrus fruits. Nicholson chronicled how in 1952 the California Fruit Growers Exchange became the Sunkist Growers, Incorporated. He describes how Sunkist had both a research and field division in Ontario, California that focused on improvements on products and designing new products. He also discusses aspartame, a new pharmaceutical product that addressed capillary fragility. The audio recording for tape 2 (oral history #116) is not available. The audio recording for tape (compact disc) 3, side 1 is incomplete and only includes audio up to page 85 of the transcription for file upl00032 and file upl00015. The audio recording for tape (compact disc) 3, side 2 begins in progress and does not commence until page 92 of the transcription for file upl00015. There is no audio for transcription pages 86 to a portion of page 92 for file upl00015.
Audio cassette tape and compact disc, 2 cassette tapes and 1 compact disc, Oral History #115, #122, and #123: San Antonio Water Company Oral History Collection, Upland Public Library Local History Collection.
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