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PORBECK, GEORGE F., 609 E. Six- teenth St. Manufacturing Con- fectioner. Born at Morrilton, Ark., Oct. 23, 1893. Son of John Porbeck and Mary Lou Porbeck. Educated in Public Schools of Morrilton, Ark .; Subiaco Col- lege (graduated 1910). Married Miss Christine Kirspel. at Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 6, 1916. 1910- 1919, Karcher Candy Co .; 1919 to date, Schmand-Porbeck Candy Co. Member of K. of C.
PORTER, R. W., 2008 Center St. Sec. and Treas. Little Rock National Farm Loan Assn. Born at John- son County, Ark., Feb. 23, 1858. Son of William Porter and Eliza- beth Utley Porter. Educated at Rural Schools in Johnson and Pulaski Counties; L. R. High School; L. R. Commercial Col- lege. Married Miss Emma Hay- nie, at Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 9, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have
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three children: Dean H., Flor- ence E., and William H. Farm- ing until 1875; sewing machine business, 1876-7 ; L. R. and Mem- phis R. R. service, 1878-1900; organizer and Secretary of the Citizens Building & Loan Assn., 1900; partner in Citizens Invest- ment & Security Co. until it merged with the Peoples Bank, 1918. At this time the R. W. Porter Co. was organized. Sec. Citizens Bldg. & Loan Assn., Fire Insurance, Real Estate. One of organizers of the Central Presby- terian Church. Member of the Board of Directors of Y. M. C. A. in 1890-1916; organized and member of the Board of Direc- tors of the Ark. Humane Society, 1896-1911. Traveled U. S. and Canada. Democrat.
POWELL, BYRON C., 1514 Summit Ave. Vice-Pres. Southern Trust Co. Born at Mt. Holly, Ark., April 3, 1875. Son of Pricilla Smead Powell and Ben Powell. Married Miss Rosa McRae at Camden, Ark., Nov. II, 19II. Mr. Powell has three children by former marriage : Margaret, Eve- lyn and William. With Arkan- sas Oil Corporation. Member Rotary; Elks of Camden, Ark .; Lakeside Country Club. Demo- crat.
PRALL, BEATRICE, 311 E. Sixth St. Librarian. Daughter of B. Geo. and Effie La Dora Williams Prall. Educated at the Univer- sity of Arkansas, B.A .; Univer- sity of Illinois, B.L.S. Member D.A. R .: P.E. O .; Y. W. C.A .; Business and Professional Wom- en's Club : American Library Assn .: Chi Omega Fraternity ; Oniana Club.
PRATT, CHARLES A., 814 W. Second St. Born in Milwaukee, Wis. Son of Alexander and Antoinette Powers Pratt. Educated in the Public Schools of Waukesha, Wis. Married Miss Martha R. Riley, 1887. Their one child is Mrs. John D. Rather of Tuscum- bia, Okla. Mr. Pratt is Chair- man of Board of Directors Ex- change National Bank ; financial- ly interested in a chain of eating houses along Missouri Pacific R. R .; Vice Pres. of Little Rock & Hot Springs & Western R. R .; Director in Ark. Central R. R.
PRICE, CORLEY GEE, 4206 South Lookout. General Agent Union Central Life Ins. Co. Born near Augusta, Ark., Dec. 22, 1872. Son of David Flournay Price and Anna F. Price. Educated at the University of Arkansas, gradu- ate, 1898, A.B. degree. Married Miss Mary Ethel Woods at Batesville, Ark., June 15. 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Price have five children: Mary Frances, Flour- noy Woods, Margaret Lillian, Virginia Ethel and Elizabeth Kin- nard. Member Pulaski Heights No. 673, F. & A. M .; Arkansas Consistory No. 1 ; Union Chap- ter; Country Club; Quapaw Club ; Twelve Club. Democrat.
PROBST, AUGUST, 222 N. Woodrow St. Supt. Little Rock Cotton Exchange. Born at Mumliswil, Switzerland, Nov. 28, 1876. Son of Theodore and Catherine Probst. Educated at Public and Private Schools; Key's Business College. Married Miss Matilda Rust at Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 12, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Probst have one child : August F. Statis-
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tician L. R. Board of Commerce ; proprietor L. R. Barber's Supply Co .; Pres. Ark. "Echo;" Sec. Retail Grocers Ice Co .; Sec. and Treas. L. R. Grain Exchange ; Manager Exchange Bldg. Co. Member of the Eagles; St. Jo- seph's Benevolent Society ; L. R. Turn Verein ; A. O. U. W.
PUGII, HORACE GAINES, 2323 Bat- tery St. Printer and Stationer. Born at Bluegrass, Ill., Jan. 13, 1874. Son of William M. and Martha E. Pugh. Educated at Public Schools. Married Miss Jamie D. Ward, at Malvern, Ark., April 28, 1904. President H. G. Pugh & Co .; Pres. Y. M. C. A .; Pres. United Charities Assn .; Sec. Ark. Children's Home Society. Republican.
RAMEY, HARRY M., 1500 Gaines St. Life Insurance Manager. Born in Rappahommock County, Va., Feb. 4, 1863. Son of Thomas A. Ramey and Elizabeth Jane Ramey. Educated at Public Schools ; Blacksburg College. Married Miss Bessie Brannick, at Little Rock, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Ramey have one child: Alice Elizabeth. Has been in Life In- surance business 30 years ; Man- ager Equitable Life Ins. of N. Y. for Ark. and Okla. six years ; Manager National Life Ins. of U. S. A .. Chicago, 15 years. Member of the Elks Lodge No. 29; Masonic Lodge, Ft. Smith, Ark. Democrat.
RAMSEY, MRS. W. A., 17II W. Twenty-second St. Born at Batesville, Ark. Daughter of P. Galvan and Laura Galvan. Edu- · cated at Public Schools at Bates- ville and Little Rock. Married
Mr. W. A. Ramsey, at Little Rock. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have two children: Adille and Elizabeth. Member and State Treas. of the Memorial Chapter of U. D. C. Methodist. Demo- crat.
RAMSEY, WILLIAM HARVEY, 207 W. Fourth St., North Little Rock, Born at Spring Place, Ga., Feb. 2, 1840. Son of Caswell and Malinda Ramsey. Educated at Public Schools; University of Ga. Married Miss Judith E. Seale, at Washington, Ga., May I, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have three children: Mrs. J. M. Griffin, Jas. C., and Miss Jessie M. Judge of Court in Ga. 20 years; Justice of the Peace in North Little Rock 15 years ; was clerk of Municipal Court; Judge of Municipal Court two years ; four years in Va. in Civil War. Member Masonic Lodge; Omer R. Weaver Camp, U. C. V. Dem- ocrat.
RATCLIFFE, CUMMINS, 1004 Scott St. Lawyer. Born at Little Rock, Ark., April 18, 1874. Son of Wm. Cummins Ratcliffe and Margaret Matilda Ratcliffe. Edu- cated at Vanderbilt University and Harvard Law School. With Ratcliffe, Fletcher & Ratcliffe, 1907-II ; Ratcliffe & Ratcliffe, 19II-1920. Member of the Country Club ; Methodist Church. Democrat.
REAP, ALVIN J., 1424 Louisiana St. Vice-Pres. Exchange Nat. Bank. Born at Pine Bluff, Ark. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Reap. Edu- cated at Pine Bluff Public Schools; Eastman Business Col- lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mar- ried Miss Lola Reaves, at Little
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Rock, Oct. 17, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Reap have two children : Alvin J. and Alice. Member Spring Lake Club; active in Y. M. C. A. work. Member of the Second Baptist Church. Demo- crat.
RECTOR, W. H., 1717 Gaines St. Attorney at Law. Born at Nash- ville, Ark., Aug. 12, 1884. Son of George L. and Willie Kelly Rector. Educated at Nashville High School ; University of Ark., Academic and Law Depts. For- mer Aset. U. S. Atty., Eastern District Ark .; former Asst. Atty. Gen. Ark. ; member Constitution- al Convention, 1918; Professor Constitutional Law, Ark. Law School; member law firm of Vaughan & Rector, Little Rock; Patterson & Rector, El Dorado, Ark. Member of the L. R. Country Club ; Elks; W. O. W .; Episcopal Church; L. R. Board of Commerce ; El Dorado Cham- ber of Commerce. Democrat.
REDDING, SIDNEY BARNES, Clerk U. S. Dist. Court for Eastern Dist. of Ark. Born at Somerset, Ky., Sept. 25, 1869. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Redding of Shelbyville, Ky. Graduated from Carthage High School, Carthage, Mo .; special courses at Presbyterian College, Carthage, Mo. Married at Little Rock. Mr. and Mrs. Redding have one child: Eliza- beth Barnes. Clerk U. S. Dist. Court and insurance business for last 20 years; Pres. Sid B. Red- ding & Co., Insurance and Invest- ment. Member Executive Com- mittee of the National Life Un- derwriters Assn. ; member Qua- paw Club; Country Club; Past Vice-Pres. and Treas. National
League of Republican Clubs and an official of Ark. Republican State Congressional and local or- ganizations. Traveled over the U. S., Canada and Mexico. Re- publican.
REED, DR. CHARLES CLAY, 1222 Summit Ave. Physician. Born at Evansville, Ind., July 7, 1875. Son of A. J. Reed and Nellie Wilkinson Reed. Educated at Public Schools, Evansville, Ind .; High School, Beebe, Ark .; grad- uated from the University of Ark., 1906, Medical Dept. ; post graduate work in Chicago, 1910. Married Miss Ruth Robinson, at Lonoke, Ark., Aug. 13. 1905. Mrs. and Dr. Reed have six chil- dren : Nellie, Charles C. Jr., Emma Jackson, Lucille, H. Kay and Ruth. Wm. Farrell Lumber Co., 13 years, at Henseley. Ark .; practicing in Little Rock. Mem- ber of the American, State and County Medical Assns. ; Mason, 32 degree ; Elks. Republican.
REID, CHARLES CHESTER, 200 Pros- pect Ave. Lawyer. Born at Clarksville, Ark., June 15, 1868. Son of Charles C. and Sarah Robinson Reid. Received early education at Morrilton. Ark. : University of Ark., three years ; graduated from Law Dept. of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. Married Miss Geraldine Crozier of Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Reid have four children : Charles C., Lillian, Will and J. E. Reid. He began the practice of his profession at Morrilton. In 1896 was Prosecuting Attor- ney of his district, which he served for four years ; was elect- ed Congressman from the Fifth Congressional District from
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1900-1908. Member of the firm of Mehaffy, Reid & Mehaffy, 19HI-1919; 1919 entered the firm of Reid, Burrow & McDonald. Member on the Committee of Claims, the Committee on Terri- tories, the Committee on Indian Affairs, and on the Judiciary Committee.
REID, DR. CHARLES CHESTER JR., 4518 Lookout Ave. Dentist. Born at Morrilton, Ark., Jan. 12, 1891. Son of Charles Chester Reid and Geraldine Crozier Reid. Educated at the Public Schools of Morrilton, Ark .; Private School, Washington School Tech- nology; post graduate, research work, at Little Rock. Married Miss Catherine Terry, at Little Rock, Ark., July 14, 1917. Dr. and Mrs. Reid have one child : Joyce. Practiced in Little Rock six years; Camp Dodge, Iowa, Med. Dept., U. S. A .; member Psi Omega Fraternity; County, State and National Dental Assn. Democrat.
REMMEL, MRS. H. L., 1622 Center St. Born at Fort Covington, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1878. Daughter of James Geo. Cameron and Harriet Frances Parker Cameron. Edu- cated at Fort Covington High School; Dominion College of Music, Montreal ; P. I. Crane In- stitute of Music, Potsdam, N. Y. Married Mr. H. L. Remmel, at Fort Covington, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Remmel have one child : Harmon L. Rem- mel Jr. Music Teacher, 1901- IO; Field Secretary of Woman's Board of Home Missions, Pres- byterian Church. Member of Ada Thompson Home Board;
Treas. Phillis Wheatley Club, Chairman Advisory Com .; Fine Arts Club; Aesthetic Club. Re- publican.
REMMEL, HARMON L., 1622 Center St. Pres. Bankers Trust Co. Chairman of State Central Com- mittee of the Republican Party ; Manager for Ark. of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. Born at Stratford, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1852. Educated in the Public Schools of Stratford and at Fairfield, N. Y., Seminary. Married Miss Elizabeth Irene Cameron, at Fort Covington, Oct. 6, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Remmel have one child : Harmon L. Remmel Jr. Mr. Remmel traveled extensively over Europe, Canada and the U. S. Taught Public Schools of New York, 1870-71 ; mercantile busi- ness, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1872-76; lumber business, Newport, Ark., 1876-95 ; manager or Ark. of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. since 1896; leader in the Repub- lican party in National and State organizations; Republican nom- inee for Governor of Arkansas, 1894, 1896 and 1900; nominee Congress, 1884; member Natl. Republican Committee and Chair- man Republican State Commit- tee ; delegate from State at large to Natl. Republican conventions to nominate Presidents Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft; active in the drainage and good roads movement of the State; elected to State Legislature, 1886; Collector of Internal Rev- nues; U. S. Marshall; member State Capitol Com .; Lieutenant- Colonel on staff Gov. Jones ; Past Pres. Board of Trade; was Pres. Mercantile Trust Co .;
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Pres. Bankers Trust Co. Mem- ber Country Club; Knights of Pythias and other orders. Mem- ber Methodist Church, South.
RENFRO, DONOVAN BROWN, 1003 W. Third St. Banker. Born at Holly Grove, Ark., Feb. 5, 1880. Son of D. B. Renfro and Susan Elliott Renfro. Educated at Holly Grove High School; Spears-Langford Military Insti- tute, Searcy, Ark. Married Miss Florence Camille Gilliland, at Corning, Ark., Oct. 20, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Renfro have two children : Ray Harnar, Donovan Bryan (deceased) and Charles Gilliland. Cashier Central Bank ; Secretary and Treasurer Little Rock Clearing House Associa- tion; Treasurer Capital Lodge 26, A. O. U. W. Member of the Masons, A. O. U. W. and W. O. W. Democrat.
REYNOLDS, ANNA L., Mabelvale, Ark. Stamp Manufacturer. Born at Trenton, Tenn. Daugh- ter of Martha Lois Ward Rey- nolds and Thomas P. Reynolds. Educated at Little Rock Public Schools. Was with Arkansas Baptist paper ; Arkansas Gazette ; entered Rubber Stamp business with Southern Stamp Works; 1906 entered stamp business for self. Member of First Baptist Church.
RHINEHART, DR. DARMON ARTELLE, 1624 W. Twenty-first St. Physi- cian. Born in Pulaski County, Ind., June 5, 1887. Son of Wes- ley A. and Sarah Catherine Bayles Rhinehart. Educated at Public Schools; Plymouth, Ind., High School ; Indiana University, A.B., 1910; Graduate School, A.M., 1912; School of Medicine,
M.D., 1913. Married Miss Hazel Van Buskirk, at Bloomfield, Ind., Sept. 1, 1914. Mrs. and Dr. Rhinehart have two children : Frances Bayles and William Jackson. Interne Indianapolis City Hospital, 1913; Instructor in Anatomy, Ind. University, 1913- 14; Associate Professor Anat- omy, Med. Dept. U. of A., 1914- 18; Professor of Anatomy, U. of A., 1917-19; Professor Applied Anatomy, U. of A., 1920 to date. Roentgenologist Logan H. Roots Memorial Hospital, Isaac Folsom Clinic; member of firm of Drs. Watkins, Shipp, Bond & Rhine- hart. Member of the Pulaski County Medical Society ; Ark. Medical Society ; American Med- ical Assn .; American Assn. of Anatomists; Phi Beta Pi; Sigma Xi.
RHOTON, MRS. LOUIS, 2222 Mar- shall St. Born at Greenville, Ohio. Daughter of James K. and Janette Fitzpatric Riffel. Educated at Public and High Schools at Kansas City ; ; Female College at Liberty, Mo .; Mrs. Warner's Seminary, Little Rock ; St. Mary's at South Bend, Ind. Married Mr. Louis Rhoton, at Poplar Bluff, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoton have two children : Francis and Riffel Garret. Trav- eled over the U. S., France, Eng- land, Ireland, Belgium and Switzerland. Made speeches for presidential campaign in Ohio. Member of the American Legion (Ladies' Auxiliary) ; member of the Daughters of 1812; one of organizers of Kindergarten in Arkansas.
RHOTON, LEWIS, 2222 Marshall St. Lawyer. Born in Henry County,
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Ind., May 13, 1868. Son of Franklin and Susana Garrett Rhoton. Educated in Public Schools of Henry County. Grad- uated from Illinois State Normal School, 1889; graduated from law department, University of Arkansas, in 1894; 1896 complet- ed a law course in the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Married Miss Bessie Riffel of Missouri, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoton have two children : Riffel Garrett and Bayord Frances. Began practice of law in Little Rock, 1901 to 1904; served as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of Pulaski County; later elected Prosecuting Attorney for the 6th Judicial Circuit. In Nov., 1908, Mr. Rhoton was appointed Asst. Gen. Atty. for the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Rail- way Co. In succeeding years became Gen. Atty .; Lecturer in Law Dept. of University of Ark., 1900-06; author of "Arkansas and the Nation." Member of the Woodmen of the World; A. O. U. W. Democrat.
RICHARDSON, P. C., 2408 State St. Pres. of Richardson-Miles Tire Co. Born at Egypt, Miss., Sept. 18, 1884. Son of Amos H. Rich- ardson and Ida Roberta Gunn Richardson. Received education at A. & M. University of Miss. Married Miss Rose Beavers, at Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 14, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have one child: Francis Gunn Rich- ardson. Ten years Ticket Agent for R. I. R. R. ; two years mana- ger of Newman Auto Tire Vul- canizing Co .; Pres. R. M. T. Co. Member of the Elks; Lakeside Club; Rotary Club; First Meth- odist Church. Democrat.
RIFFEL, MRS. JAMES KIRBY, 2206 Wolfe St. Born at Gainesville, Ark. Daughter of James Ed. Riddick and Emma Mack Rid- dick. Educated at Public Schools and High School in Little Rock and Randolph Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Va. Mar- ried Mr. James Kirby Riffel, at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 31, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Riffel have two children: James Kirby Jr. and Edward Riddick. Was Presi- dent of Mitchel S. I. A., 1920 (resigned) ; member of Chi Omega, Lynchburg, Va., Chapter in L. R. Member of the First Methodist Church. Democrat.
RIGHTSELL, R. W., 615 W. Six- teenth St. Vice-Pres. American Bank of Commerce & Trust Co .; Pres. Equitable Bldg. and Loan Assn. Born at Little Rock, Ark., April 29, 1872. Son of J. R. Rightsell and Mary Allen Wil- shier Rightsell. Educated at Public School and High School at Little Rock; University of Ark., Medical Dept. Married Miss Blanche Reno, at Chicago, Ill., Nov. 10, 1913. Director German Natl. Bank, 1905; Sec- retary and Director of German Trust Co., 1911-19; now Vice- Pres. of the consolidated Bank of Commerce & Trust Co.
RILEY, JAS. R., 1524 W. Twenty- fourth St. Pres. Riley Lumber Co. Born at Ashley County, Ark., Feb. 29, 1880. Son of John R. Riley and Georgia Hale Riley. Educated at Public Schools of Hamburg, Ark. Married Miss Mary Sue Richardson, at Ham- burg, Ark., Dec. 27. 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Riley have five chil- dren: Doris, Mattie Elizabeth,
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James Robert Jr., Kathleen and George Richardson. Pres. Riley Lumber Co. Member Kiwanis Club. Democrat.
RING, PATRICK F., 1915 Wolfe St. Ring & Co., Clothing and Fur- nishing Goods. Born at Cork, Ireland, July 31, 1868. Son of Timothy and Julia Casey Ring. Educated at Public Schools of Crawfordsville, Ind. Married Miss Lizzie Louden, at Memphis,
Tenn., Oct., 1904 (died 1937). Mr. and Mrs. Ring have one child : Elizabeth. Traveling salesman; came to Little Rock 1899. Ring & Co., Clothing and Furnishing Goods. Member of Elks and Eagles. Democrat.
ROBBINS, ROBERT P., 3318 High St. Managing Editor Daily News. Born at Cornersville, Tenn., Sept. 29, 1872. Son of Robert P. and Ione Dabney Robbins. Educated at Public Schools. Married Miss Bessie Crawford, at Jonesboro, Ark., Nov. 1, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins have four children : Crawford, Dabney, Frances and Ione. Began newspaper business on Pulaski Citizen, at Pulaski, Tenn .; Jonesboro paper, 13 years; came to Little Rock in 1907 and was editorial writer and reporter on the Democrat ; editor of the Batesville Guard, one year; edited a newspaper at Stuttgart one year ; organized L. R. Daily News Co. and now! managing editor of the paper.
ROBERTSON, T. N., 1920 Summit Ave. Attorney at Law. Born at New Oxford, Miss. Son of George W. Robertson and Mary Frances Robertson. Educated at the University of Mississippi; University and Law Dept. Uni-
versity of Arkansas. Married Miss Annie Hayden, at Chicago, Ill., July 19, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have two children: Thomas Arthur and Mary Anne. Member of L. R. Bar Assn. Democrat.
ROBINSON, JOE T., Lonoke, Ark. Lawyer and U. S. Senator. Born ,near Lonoke, Ark., Aug. 26, 1872. Son of Dr. Jas. Robinson and Matilda Jane Robinson. Attend- ed Public Schools and University of Arkansas; University of Vir- ginia. Married Miss Ewilda Miller, at Lonoke, Dec. 15, 1896. Member of the law firm of Cole- man, Robinson & House, Little Rock. Democrat.
RODMAN, EVAN S., 511 N. Oak St. Born at Barton, Miss., May 26, 1882. Son of William D. Rod- man and Nannie E. Rodman. Attended High School, Altus, Ark .; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Married Mrs. Georgia M. Rodman, at Benton, Ark., June 10, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Rodman have three chil- dren : Evelyn Louise, William M. and Emmett Lee. Vice-Pres. Bankers Trust Co. Member of Scottish Rite; Mason; Shriner. Democrat.
ROGERS, GEO. W., 505 E. Capitol Ave. Vice-Pres. American Bank of Commerce. Born at Albany, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1868. Son of Geo. W. and Lida (Reid) Rogers. Married Miss Anna Bocage of Pine Bluff, 1893. One daughter : Miss George Rogers. Credit man seven years for large wholesale house in Elmira, N. Y .; came to Arkansas 1899 and was teller in bank of Pine Bluff. Organized
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Mechanic's Bank of Argenta .; Pres. of Little Rock Board of Trade three years. Member of Arkansas State Board of Trade and Merchants Exchange; Secre- tary and Treasurer of Marion Hotel Co .; Director of American Building and Loan Assn.
ROGERS, ROBERT E. LEE, 2201 Chester St. Attorney. Born at West Point, Ark., Jan. 28, 1868. Son of David Everett and Mary Price Taylor Rogers. Educated at Grammar Schools of Arkan- sas. Married Miss
Laura Swarts, at Little Rock, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have two chil- dren: Alice Rogers Heath and Mary June Rogers. Admitted to bar 1892; County Atty., Texas, 1902-03; Represt. from Craw- ford County, Ark., 1899; Pros. Atty., 15th Judicial Circuit, Ark- ansas, 1900-04; Atty. Gen., 1905- 07; Pros. Atty., 1910 to 1914, 6th Dist. Pulaski and Perry Counties. Traveled over U. S., Canada and Mexico. Associated with W. F. Terral. Member of Blue Lodge Master Mason) ; Chapter (Royal Arch) ; Scottish Rite; Shrine, Al Amin Temple ; I. O. O. F .; Elks ; Eagles ; W. O. W. ; Maccabees ; F. A. V. Demo- crat.
ROGERS, S. W., 2323 Broadway St. Attorney at Law. Born at Mt. Magazine, Ark., July 8, 1880. Son of Edley A. and Mary Thompson Rogers. Educated at the University of Arkansas, Law Dept .; Preparatory Dept., Pea- body College, Nashville, Tenn .; Geo. Washington University, Washington, D. C. Married Miss Eliza Watta Killian, at Green- ville, S. C., Oct. 22, 1912. Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers have three chil- dren : Mary Joe, Silas Williams and Thomas Thompson. Prin- cipal of Schools Arkansas and Tennessee, 1904-7 ; practiced law, Patton & Rogers, Danville, Ark., 1907-8; Clerk Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., 1908- II ; practiced law, Rogers & Bar- ber, Conway, Ark., 1911-14; practiced law, Rogers, Barber & Henry, 1914-21 ; Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ark., 1920. Member of Trin- ity Lodge (Masons) ; Elks Club ; Y. M. C. A .; Sigma Phi Epsilon (Fraternity) ; M. E. Church, South. Democrat.
ROGOSKI, W. L., 2413 Marshall St. Merchant. Born at New York City, June 25, 1866. Son of John and Antonia Rogoski. Educated in Public and Catholic Schools of New York and Philadelphia. Married Miss Mary Josephine Metzger May 4, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Rogoski have four children : John W., Anthony L., Mary Vir- ginia and Elmer M. Started as apprentice in the railroad ma- chine shops in 1882; served as machinist and shop foreman on different roads in the U. S. Vis- ited Europe ; Sec. and Treas. of Arkansas Co-operative Co. of Little Rock since its incorpora- tion in 1905; acting Mayor in the absence of Mayor Duley. Represented Third Ward Alder- man from 1897-1901 and from 1909-913; engaged in the mer- cantile business since 1905. Member Knights of Columbus and Order of the Elks.
ROHNER, REV. FATHER MAURUS, O.S.B., 815 Sherman St. Catho- lic Priest. Born at St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 1, 1869. Son
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of Haver and Marion Thromheer Rohner. Educated at Switzer- land; Subiaco College, Subiaco, Ark .; entered into Benedictine Order at New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Ark., Dec. 25, 1891; professed Dec. 25, 1892; or- dained by Rt. Rev. Bishop Ed- ward Fitzgerald, May 3, 1895. Member St. Joseph's Benevolent Society; Christian Mothers So- ciety ; Young Men's Club ; Young Ladies' Society; Children of Mary. Pastor of St. Edward's Church for the last twenty years.
ROOTS, MRS. LOGAN H., 923 Scott St. Born at Silver Creek, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1844. Daughter of Ly- man Curtis Blakeslee and Mariah Candate Angell Blakeslee. Edu- cated in Public Schools ; Duquorn Seminary in Illinois. Married Mr. Logan H. Roots, at De Valls Bluff, Ark., Aug. 9, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Roots have three chil- dren : Mrs. William Starr Mitch- ell, Mrs. Patrick Wilkins Craw- ford and Mrs. W. Lynn Heming- way. Hon. Pres. Logan H. Roots Mem. Hospital ; Hon. Pres. Daughters of American Revolution ; Pres. Descendants of Colonial Governors; Past Pres. Colonial Dames of America ; Past. Pres. Woman's Auxiliary and Ladies' Aid of Episcopal Church ; Aesthetic Club ; Current Events ; Country Club. Member Episcopal Church. Republican.
ROSE, GEORGE B., 516 W. Sixteenth St. Lawyer. Born at Batesville, Ark., July 10, 1921. Son of U. M. and Margaret T. Rose. Edu- cated at St. John's College, L. R. Married Miss Marion Kimball, at Little Rock, Ark., May 2, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have one
child: Clarence E. Member of law firms of U. M. & G. B. Rose ; Rose, Hemingway & Rose, now Rose, Hemingway, Cantrell & Loughborough ; made II trips to Europe, mostly to study Italian Renaissance Painting ; author of "Renaissance Masters" (C. P. Putnam's Sons), and "The World's Leading Painters" (Henry Holt & Co.) ; magazine articles on Art and Literature. Member of the American Bar Assn .; Ark. State Bar Assn .; L. R. Bar Assn. ; Natl. Arts Club of N. Y .; The Art's Club of Washington, D. C .; various clubs in Little Rock. Democrat.
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