Background
Wertz, Alta Happ was born on February 19, 1921 in Kennewick, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Henry Lewis and Annie Elizabeth (Yates) Leckliter.
Wertz, Alta Happ was born on February 19, 1921 in Kennewick, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Henry Lewis and Annie Elizabeth (Yates) Leckliter.
Student Bakersfield Junior College,1939-1940.
; 1 child, Robin Adams McBride. Married Richard Clarence Smith (division 1961). Children: Robin Smith McBride, Alan Montgomery, Shelley Elisabeth Smith Stoye.
Married William Morris Happ, January 19, 1967 (deceased 1980).
Married Harvey William Wertz, February 26, 1984 (deceased December 1989). Instructor oil painting, adult education Palomar College, San Marcos, California, 1958-1962.
Private teacher, lecturer in field, 1962. One-woman shows The Atheneaum, Louisiana Jolla, California, 1959, Jeane"s Gallery, Louisiana Jolla, 1961, Palomar College, 1959-1961, The Little Galleries, Escondido, California, 1964, Louisiana Pina Limited., Louisiana Jolla, 1965, 66, 67, Gray"s Gallery, Escondido, 1973, Carlsbad Oceanside Art League Gallery, 1973.
Exhibited in group shows San Diego Museum Art, San Diego The Art Institute of Chicago, Riverside Museum Art, San Bernardino Museum Art, Southern California Exposition, Delegate March, also various galleries represented in permanent collections.
Contributor articles to professional journals Lecturer on psychology and symbology of color in music and art Active Palomar Hospital auxiliary, 1957-1959. President Showcase of Arts, Escondido, 1961-1962.
Representative to San Diego Council of Visual Arts, 1966-1967.
Member Escondido Cultural Arts Committee, 1972-1973. Chairman Mission Valley (California) Exposition Art, 1967.
Board directors Philosophical Religious Free Library., 1970-1974, Pala Mission Indian School, 1965-1972. Volunteer Bishop Morris CareCtr., Portland, Oregon Huntington Hartford Foundation fellow, Pacific Palisades, California, 1964.
Active Palomar Hospital Auxiliary, 1957-1959. President Showcase of Arts, Escondido, 1961-1962. Representative to San Diego Council of Visual Arts, 1966-1967.
Member Escondido Cultural Arts Committee, 1972-1973. Chairman Mission Valley (California) Exposition Art, 1967. Board directors Philosophical Religious Free Library., 1970-1974, Pala Mission Indian School, 1965-1972.
Volunteer Bishop Morris Care Center, Portland, Oregon. Member San Diego Art Institute, San Diego Art Guild of Fine Arts Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, National League of America Pen Women (president 1974-1976), Watercolor West, Oregon Astrol. Association, Escondido Arts Partnership.
Married George Maxey Adams (deceased 1947). 1 child, Robin Adams McBride. Married Richard Clarence Smith (divorced 1961).
Children: Alan Montgomery Smith, Shelley Elisabeth Smith Stoye. Married William Morris Happ, January 19, 1967 (deceased 1980). Married Harvey William Wertz, February 26, 1984 (deceased December 1989).