In 1977, the property was sold, and all 10 children received equal shares. By then, Scotten was well into her long career as a school secretary. She was stunned when Scotten School, built in 1988 next to Lyman Gilmore School, was named after her. Her plan was to work as a secretary one year then study at Sacramento State University, where she had been accepted. Plans changed when she saw her first paycheck and thought she was rich, and she didn't retire until 1993.
Kids are what it's all about.
American Legion Post 130 was dedicated in Frank's name in 1979, the same year he retired and died. He was 63. He grew up working in the dairy then served in the Coast Guard during World War II in the South Pacific. He returned to the dairy and, in 1951, Sheriff Brown appointed him undersheriff. David and his wife, Barbara, run a cattle ranch on Beyers Lane off McCourtney Road, and David is also a contractor.