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ROSE, JOIIN M. JR., 620 Third St. Lawyer. Born at Little Rock, Ark., April 22, 1891. Son of John M. Rose and Lillie May Kelly Rose. Educated at Little Rock Public Schools; University of Ark. Law School; University of Chicago Law School. Mem- ber of the American Bar Assn .; Ark. Bar. Assn .; L. R. Bar Assn .; Commercial Law League of America; L. R. Athletic Assn .; L. R. Country Club ; Elks ; American Legion; L. R. Board of Cominerce. Democrat.
ROSE, MRS. U. M., 620 W. Third St. Born at Bowling Green, Ky., Sept. 15, 1833. Daughter of Thomas P. Gibbs and Alica Mc- Elroy Gibbs. Educated at Pub- lic Schools. Came to Arkansas 1853, and to Little Rock 1865. Married Mr. U. M. Rose, at Lebrion, Ky., Oct. 25, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have nine chil- dren. Member of Daughters of Confederacy ; Second Presbyte- rian Church. Democrat.
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ROSE, DR. WALLACE D., 620 W. Third St. Physician. Born at Little Rock, Ark., March II, 1887. Son of John Milton and Lillie May Kelly Rose. Edu- cated at L. R. Public Schools ; Arkansas Military Academy ; Subiaco College, Subiaco, Ark .; Davidson College, Davidson, N. C .; Med. Dept. University of Ark. Married Miss Kathryn N. Nowlin, at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 21, 19II. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have two children: U. M. and Lillian May Rose. Service in France as Captain in Med. Dept. U. S. Army, with Base Hospital 115 at Vichy, France ; Lecturer on Physical Diagnosis and Associate Professor of Med- icine in University of Arkansas; author of medical work entitled "Physical Diagnosis." Master Mason. Democrat.
ROSSNER, FRED, 904 Center St. In- surance Agent. Born at Alten- burg, Germany, May 12, 1849. Son of J. G. and Christina Muel- ler Rossner. Educated at Public Schools in Germany. Married Miss Louise Heitman, at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 3, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Rossner have four children : Edna Parsons, Fred Rossner Jr., Louise Douglas and Earl Rossner. Confectionery business in Little Rock, 1871-98; insurance business, 1898-1921 ; Director of the Southern Trust Co., 12 years ; Pres. of the Citizens Bldg. Assn., 22 years ; Vice-Pres. of the Karcher Candy Co., six years; Pres. of Liberty Bldg. Assn., 28 years ; Sec. of the L. R. Turn Verein, 15 years. Member and Treasurer of K. of P. Lodge for 29 years; Grand Trustee of the K. of P. Grand Lodge for 16
years ; W. O. W .; Elks. Demo- crat.
ROTENBERRY, BURL C., 300 Booker St. Criminal Law Inforcement. Born at Eureka Springs, Miss., July 12, 1880. Son of Henry F. Rotenberry and Nannie E. Miles Rotenberry. Educated at Public Schools. Married Miss Nannie M. Brown, at Faulkner County, Ark., Sept. 24, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Rotenberry have two chil- dren : Lucile Elloise and Burl Conrad Jr. Chief of Police of the City of Little Rock. Member of the W. O. W .; Elks; 32 de- gree Mason and Mystic Shrine. Democrat.
ROWE, EDGAR M., 10 Abeles Apts. Wholesale and Retail Automo- biles. Born at Carroll County, Tenn., Dec. 5, 1870. Son of John M. and Josephine Jordan Rowe. Educated at Public Schools ; Bethel College, McKen- zie, Tenn. Married Miss Pearl Carter, at West Plains, Mo., May 10, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe have one child: Thornton B. Secretary and Treasurer Fort Smith Brick Co .; Pres. Hop- kins-Woolfolk Piano Co .; Direc- tor Monarch Mill and Lumber Co .; President Rowe-Woolwolk Automobile Co .; served with American Red Cross in France. Member of Masons; Elks; Past Potentate of A. A. O. N. M. S .; Exalted Ruler of Elks; member of (directors) Kiwanis Club; Country Club; Lakeside Club. Republican.
RULE, MRS. H. C., Abeles Apts. Born at Lancaster, Wis. Daugh- ter of Marcia St. John Buchner and Herman Buchner. Educated
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at Lancaster High School; Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa. Married Mr. H. C. Rule, at Lancaster, Wis., Oct. 19, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rule have three chil- (ren : John H., Helen Elizabeth and Herbert C. Gates Lumber Co .; Crossett Lumber Co. Mem- ber of O. E. S .; Cosmopolitan Club; Bay View Club ; P. E. O .; Chairman of Board of Arkansas State Farm for Women.
RUNYAN, DR. JOSEPHI P., 1902 Schiller Ave. Surgeon. Born at McNeil, Ark., Jan. 29, 1869. Son of Wm. and Pauline Boyd Run- van. Educated at Grammar Schools; graduate Tulane Uni- versity, Med. Dept., 1890. Europe twice for post-graduate work. Married Miss Callie Jackson, at Waldo, Ark., June 5, 1895. With Dr. Joseph Price of Pa. ; Runyan & Shinault ; Drs. Runyan & Kir- by, 1916; Drs. Runyan, Kirby & Sheppard, 1917. Member Elks ; K. of P .; A. O. U. W .; Civitan Club; Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Med. Assns .; American Assn. Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Democrat.
RUST, OSKAR, 712 Rock St. Direc- tor of Conservatory. Born at Gesteemunde, Germany, June 13, 1881. Educated at Public Schools; Parochial. Married at Little Rock, Ark., June 8, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Rust have two chil- dren : Oskar Delphin and Marion Manona. Founder of Oskar Rust Conservatory of Little Rock; Concert Violinist and Teacher of Advanced Violin ; studied with Olhauser and Leste- man in Chicago; Henry Schra- dieck and Ovide Mus'n of Liege, Belgium ; Oskar Rust has written
a number of compositions for the violin and has compiled a graded course for the violin. Member Elks Lodge No. 29.
SAFFERSTONE, ISRAEL L., 1213 Cumberland St. Principal own- er of Wholesale Hats. Born at Poland, Aug. 1, 1872. Son of Isaac Safferstone and Esther Kronenberg Safferstone. Edu- cated at Public Schools, Poland ; Hebrew College, Poland. Mar- ried Miss Eva Dreeben, at Gainesville, 'Texas, April 18, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Safferstone have four children : Mamie, Esther, Marion and Helen. Gen- eral mercantile business in Louis- iana ; carriage business in Little Rock two years; 191I started Wholesale Hats. Member of the Rotary Club; Mason; I. O. B. B .; Board of Commerce ; Jewish Temple. Democrat.
SAPHIORE, RT. REV. EDWIN W., D.D., Y. M. C. A. Bldg. Clergy- man. Born at Rahway, N J. Son of Daniel R. and Martha Stokes Saphore. Educated at Public Schools of Philadelphia, Pa .; South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, N. J. ; graduated from Pennsylvania State College, 1882 ; Madison Theological Seminary, 1885. Married Miss Frances E. Cumber. Rev. and Mrs. Saphore have two children: Amy Lealta and Edwin Warren Jr. Conse- crated Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Arkansas, Aug. 24, 1917; the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred by the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Member of the Elks ; Masons ; Delta Psi Frater- nity.
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SAYE, J. N., 116 S. Cross St. Law- yer. Born at Beebe, Ark., Aug. 12, 1888. Son of Mr. W. B. Saye and Mrs. Lula Saye. Edu- cated : Public and High Schools ; private law course in law office of Chas. T. Coleman. Coleman, Robinson & House, 1919-1921; Saye & Saye, 1921. Member of Modern Woodmen of America ; Arkansas Bar Assn., and Little Rock Bar Assn. Democrat.
SAYE, W. T., 116 S. Cross St. Lawyer. Born at Beebe, Ark., Oct. 15, 1890. Son of Mr. W. B. Saye and Mrs. Lula Saye. Edu- cated : Public and High Schools ; private law course in law office of Chas. T. Coleman. Married Miss Katherine Hibner, at Little Rock, April, 1921. With Cole- man, Robinson & House, 1919- 1921 ; Saye & Saye, 1921. Mem- ber of Arkansas Bar Assn. and Little Rock Bar Assn. Demo- crat.
SCARBOROUGHI, DR. JAMES I., 1700 Arch St. Surgeon. Born at Kosciusko, Miss., Aug. 26, 1880. Son of Judge O. W. Scarbor- ough and Mrs. O. W. Scarbor- ough. Received A.B., Princeton University, 1904; M.D., Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 1908. Married Miss Mary Roberta Carter, at Balti- more, Md., March 16, 1916. Dr. and Mrs. Scarborough have one child: James Carter. Chief of Staff, St. Vincent's Infirmary ; member of firm of Scarborough, Ogden, Zell & Judd, Drs. Mem- ber of the American College of Surgeons; Association of Resi- dent and Ex-resident Physicians of the Mayo Clinic.
SCHMUTZ, FRED J., 504 State St. Banker. Born at Berne, Switz- erland, 1872. Son of Gottlieb Schmutz and Elizabeth Schmied Schmutz. Educated at Public Schools at Switzerland and Little Rock, Ark. Married Miss Lassie Shoffner, at Little Rock, Ark., 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Schmutz have one child: Frederick Hew- ett. Mr. Schmutz is Trust Officer American Natl. Bank. Member of F. & A. M.
SCHMAND, WILLIAM, 1416 Center St. Manufacturing Confection- er. Born at Evansville, Ind., March 31, 1872. Son of Albert Schmand and Frederica Dau Schmand. Educated in Public Schools of Hamburg, Germany. Married Miss Annie Busse, at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 17, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Schmand have three children: Alma, William Jr., and Delbert. Manufactur- ing confectioner 1897 to date. Member of A. O. U. W. and German Lutheran Church. Re- publican.
SCROGGIN, DR. JAMES HENRY, 2016 W. Eighteenth St. Physician. Born at Conway, Ark., July 7, 1884. Son of J. J. Scroggin and Betty N. Broadway Scroggin. Educated at Public and High Schools at Morrilton, Ark. ; Uni- versity of Arkansas, 1903-04; University of Virginia, Academic Dept., 1905-1906 ; Medical Dept., 1906-10. Married Miss Florence Cribb, at Little Rock, Ark., April 26, 1915. Dr. and Mrs. Scroggin have three children: J. J. Scrog- gin Jr., Mary and Ruth. Prac- ticed one year at Morrilton, Con- way County, Ark .; practiced in
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Little Rock since 1911. Member of State, National, County and Southern Medical Assns .; Christ Doctrine.
SEWELL, H. V., 601 N. Monroe St. Receiver of U. S. Land Office. Born at Russellville, Ark., Feb. 3, 1885. Son of Robt. A. and Mattie F. Sewell. Educated at Russellville High School. Mar- ried Miss Mamie Jones at At- kins, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Sewell have two children: Garland and Rosemary. Norwood Wholesale Gro. and Bank of Russellville, Ark .; County Clerk of Pope County, 1912-16; Receiver of U. S. Land Office, 1918-21 ; Record- er of City of Russellville, 1910- 12. Democrat.
SHEPHERD, GEORGE WENDELL, 500 N. Palm St. Lawyer. Born at Belleville, Ill., April 23, 1896. Son of George W. Shepherd and Lua G. Shepherd. Educated at Draughon's Business College ; Public Schools, Little Rock; Bridgeport, Ill., High School; Arkansas Law School, L. R. With firm of Emerson, Donham & Shepherd, lawyers. Member Pulaski Heights No. 673, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Ark. Consistory No. 1. Democrat.
SHEPHERD, MRS. J. K., 1708 Spring St. Born at Shreveport, La., Feb. 24, 1888. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tritos Huis Thurmond of Shreveport. Educated in Public Schools at Shreveport, La .; Judson Institute, Marion, Ala. Married Mr. J. K. Shep- herd, at Shreveport, La., April 8, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have two children: Marion and Howard. Traveled over the U.
S. and Canada. Member of U. M. Rose S. I. Assn. Democrat.
SHEPHERD, JOSHUA KEMP, 1708 Spring St. State Agent, Aetna Fire Ins. Co. Born at Green- wood, La., Aug. 29, 1886. Son of Wm. Roland and Mary T. Jones Shepherd. Educated at Public Schools. Married Miss Mary Lee Thurmond, at Shreve- port, La., April 8, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have two chil- dren : Marion S. and Howard Thurmond S. Fire Insurance since 14 years of age ; Past Pres. Insurance Federation of Ark. ; Past Pres. Conservation Assn. of Ark. Member of the Masonic Order, 32 degree K. C. C. H .; L. R. Country Club. Democrat
SHEPHERD, JUDGE W. W., 500 N Palm St. Lawyer. Born at Flora, Ill., Oct. 8, 1890. Son of Geo. W. Shepherd and Louise Shepherd. Educated at St. Louis Public and High Schools; Mis- souri Valley College, Marshall, Mo .; University of Ark., Law Dept. Married Miss Charlotte Babcock, at Little Rock, Ark., July 17, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have one child: Miss Charlotte. Pettit & Pettit, Stutt- gart, Ark., Lawyers, 1910-12; Official Court Reporter, 2nd Div. Circuit Court, Little Rock, 1912- 20; Municipal Judge, 1920-21 ; Schoggen & Shepherd, A. O. U. WV. Bldg. Member of the Ma- sons, Shriner. Democrat.
SHEPPARD, DR. J. PALMER, 500 E. Eighth St. Physician. Born at Columbia, Tenn .. April 6, 1875. Son of William Clinton and Idell Sheppard. Educated : Pub- lic Schools, Columbia, Tenn .;
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Private Male High School, three years ; graduate Med. Dept. Van- derbilt University, 1900. Mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Denison, at Little Rock, Ark., July 26, 1905. Member of the firm of Runyan, Kirby & Sheppard. Traveled U. S., Canada and Mexico. Mem- ber of the Elks; Country Club; A. M. A .; Ark. State Med. Assn. ; Pulaski County Med. Assn .; Assn. Am. Railway Surgeons ; Rock Island Surgeon Assn. Democrat.
SHIRADER, JOSEPH, 715 W. Sixth St. Artist. Born at Orel, Russia. Educated in High Schools of na- tive city. Traveled extensively throughout Europe and America. Engaged in photograph business in 1885; worked at his business at Indianapolis, Ind., Louisville, Ky., Providence, R. I., New York City and Memphis, Tenn .; en- gaged in business for himself at St. Joseph, May, 1901 ; came to Little Rock, 1910; opened the Shrader Studio. Mr. Shrader is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Moila Temple of Shriners and Little Rock Lodge No. 29, Order of Elks.
SIMMONS, P. H., 1501 Summit Ave. Sec. and Treas. Little Rock Cot- ton Exchange. Born at Webster Groves, Mo., Feb. 9, 1892. Son of Caroline H. and H. C. Sim- mons. Educated at St. Louis High School. Married Miss Mary McCleskey, at Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 13, 1918. Mr. Sim- mons has been in the cotton busi- ness since 1915; Wholesale Dry Goods Business in St. Louis, four years. Member Algonquin Golf Club, St. Louis; Sunset Hill Country Club, St. Louis ; L. R. Country Club.
SIMPSON, J. L., 617 Ash St. Treas.
Beal-Burrow Dry Goods Co. Born at Viloma, Ark. Son of James Noah and Catherine Wil- son Simpson. Married Miss Katherine Edenburn, at Little Rock, Ark., March 18, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have two chil- dren: Ruth and Louise. Mr. Simpson was with Plunkett-Jar- rell Grocer Co., 1904-06; Beal- Doyle Dry Goods Co., 1906-13; Beal-Burrow Dry Goods Co., 1913 to date. Member of the Lions Club; Spring Lake Club. Democrat.
SIMPSON, MISS MARY, 522 Rock St.
Born at Fountain Hill, Ark. Daughter of John William and Minnie Terry Simpson. Edu- cated at Hamburg High School ; Henderson-Brown College; Uni- versity of Chicago. Teacher Hamburg High School, 1908-11 ; Mitchell School, 1911-13; em- ployed as secretary to cashier American Bank of Commerce & Trust Co., 1914-21. Traveled in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Member of Y. W. C. A .; Business and Professional Women's Club; Business Wom- en's Social Service Club; Bank Girls' Club ; Local Chapter, American Institute of Banking ; Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion.
SIMS, VAN B., 2317 State St. State Comptroller. Born at Rome, Ga., March 4, 1890. Son of Mr. Jno. W. Sims and Mrs. Alice Locke Sims. Educated : Public School, Ashley County, Ark .; Beauvoir College, Wilmar, Ark .; Ouachita College, Arkadelphia, Ark. Mar- ried Miss Anne Lindsay, at Mon- ticello, Ark., Nov. 12, 1913. Bookkeeper, Asst. Mgr. and
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Manager, successively, of Gen- eral Merchandise store at De- Queen, 1908-1910; elected City Treasurer of DeQueen, 1910; Deputy Circuit Clerk of Sevier County, 1911-1912; Asst. Secre- tary to Governors Robinson, Old- ham, Futrell and Hays, 1913- 1914; Financial Clerk, U. S. In- dian Service, 1915; Executive Secretary to Gov. Brough, 1917; Asst. State Comptroller, 1917- 1920; State Comptroller since Jan. 15, 1920. Member of Ma- sonic Lodge, Blue Lodge and Chapter. Democrat.
SNODGRASS, FRED A., 112 Berry St. Lawyer. Born at Morganfield, Ky. Son of James W. and Mag- gie Snodgrass. Educated at State College, Lexington, Ky .; Southern Normal University, Bowling Green, Ky. Married at Morganfield, Ky., June 6, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass have two children : Paul C. and Fred A. Jr. Prosecuting Attorney, Custer County, Okla. Now Fred A. Snodgrass, Attorney.
SNODGRASS, LATTA KAVANAUGH, 715 W. Second St. Drug Mer- chant. Born at Murray, Ky., April 26, 1877. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elmira Warterfield Snodgrass. Educated at Public Schools. Married Miss Julia Gillette, at Milwaukee, Wis., June, 1897. Partnership Snod- grass & Bracy, established 1898; Holman Drug Co. Traveled in U. S. and Canada studying drug store methods. Member of the Rotary Club; Lakeside Country Club ; Elks; Knights of Pythias; A. O. U. W. Democrat.
SNODGRASS, DR. WM. A., 814 W. Third St. Physician. Surgeon. Born at Murray, Ky., March 17, 1874. Son of Andrew J. and Elmira F. Masterfield. Educated at the University of Arkansas, Med Dept., graduated 1896; Post Graduate, Med. Dept., Tulane University, New Orleans, 1903; Post Graduate Course Uni- versity Austria; Post Graduate Course University of London, London, England. Married Miss Leila Phillips, at Hazen, Ark., Dec. 21, 1898. Dr. and Mrs. Snodgrass have four children : Myra, Ruth, William Jr. and Pat. W. Jr. Associate Professor of Anatomy, University of Ark., 1896-1905 ; Professor of Surgery, College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Little Rock, 1906-12 ; Pro- fessor of Clinical Surgery, Med. Dept., University of Ark., 1912- 21; organized Red Cross Hos- pital Unit T. and commanded this unit overseas; was trans- ferred to First Division U. S. Army; served six months as Surgeon Field Hospital, 12 and 15 Division, A. E. F .; Commis- sioned Major, Med. Corps, U. S. A., 1917. Honorable discharge, 1919. Member of Royal Arch Masons; Western Star Lodge, F. A. M .; Spring Lake Club ; American Med. Assn .; Ark. State Med. Society; Pulaski County Med. Society; Fellow American College of Surgeons. Democrat.
SMALL, JOHN C., 911 Spruce St. State Commissioner of Immigra- tion. Born at Palestine, Texas, April 10, 1873. Son of Eliza C. Moore Small and William Davis
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Small. Educated at Grammar Schools of Palestine, Tex .; Vo- cational and Literary training in newspaper office. Mr. and Mrs. Small have three children: John Davis, James Clifton and Tyre Hughes. Connected in editorial capacity with Galveston, Texas, "News;" Kansas City, Mo., "Times," and St. Louis, Mo., Republic ;" Asst. Adv. Mgr. Mo. Pac. R. R .; Asst. Mgr. General Press Bureau Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition; former Pub- lisher "Arkansas Homestead;" founder of "The Pulaskian," Little Rock. Former Sec. of the Mo. Pac. Club, St. Louis ; first Pres. L. R. Press Club ; member Masonic Order and Past Worthy Patron of Pulaski Heights Chap- ter, Order of the Eastern Star. Democrat.
SMITH, MRS. C. A. FORNEY, 1814 W. Ninth St. Born at Sevier County, Ark., Jan. 29, 1843. Daughter of V. R. Greene and Nancy C. Holman Greene. Edu- cated at Common Schools. Mar- ried Mr. B. F. Forney of Sevier County, Ark., April, 1865. Sec- ond marriage to Mr. James F. Smith in Little Rock, Ark., May. 1899. Member of the Colonial Dames; United Daughters of Confederacy ; Eastern Star ; Cur- rent Events Club. Democrat.
SMITH, JUDGE FRANK G., 422 W. Eighteenth St. Associate Justice of Supreme Court. Born at Crittenden County, Ark., Aug. 2, 1872. Son of John Franklin and Martha Jane Gidden Smith. Educated at Public School at Crittenden County. Ark .; Uni- versity of Ark .; (Old) Searcy College, Searcy, Ark .; Davis School, N. C. Married Miss
Clara Webb at Crittenden Coun- ty, Ark., June 16, 1897. Prac- ticed law at Marion and Critten- den, Ark., since 1893; House of Representatives, sessions 1895- 97 ; State Senate, 1903-05 ; elect- ed Circuit Judge, 1936-12 ; elect- ed Associate Justice, 1912; re- elected 1920. Member of the State Bar Assn .; Elks; Masons ; Country Club. Member of the M. E. Church, South. Demo- crat.
SMITH, REV. HAY WATSON, Fourth and Izard Sts. Clergyman. Born at Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 18, 1868. Son of Rev. J. Henry Smith, D.D., and Mary Kelly Watson Smith. Educated at Public Schools; Davidson Col- lege, N. C .; Union Theological Seminary, Va .; Union Theologi- cal Seminary, New York City. Married Miss Jessie Alice Rose, at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 22, 1902. Rev. and Mrs. Smith have five children: Margaret Rose, Mary Virginia, Hay Watson Jr., George Rose and Norris Kelly. Pastor Second Presbyterian Church. Member of the Country Club and Spring Lake Club. Democrat.
SMITH, WILLIAM BAILEY, 1510 Battery St. Lawyer. Born at Grand Glaize, Ark., Jan. 12. 1873. Son of Abner F. Smith and Ten- nie Heard Smith. Educated at Searcy College. Married Miss Alice Wilson, at Little Rock. Ark., Oct. 15. 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have three children : William Wilson, Sarah Elizabeth and Shirley. Member of the firm of Moore, Smith, Moore & Trieber ; Director in American Bank of Commerce & Trust Co .; Director of Doyle-Kidd Dry
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Goods Co. and Director in Kidd- Bossinger Hardware Co. Past Pres. L. R. Board of Commerce, 1916-17; was Chairman for Pu- laski County of the four Liberty Loan drives and the Victory Loan Campaign. Member of the Elks Lodge ; Country Club ; Qua- paw Club; L. R. Athletic Assn. Democrat.
SMITH, DR. WELLS FERRIN, 917 W. Second St. Physician and Sur- geon. Born at Atkinson, Ill., 1871. Son of Dr. William M. and Viola M. Ferrin Smith. Edu- cated at Drury College, B.S., 1895; M.S., 1901; Beaumont, M.D., 1898. Married Miss Rob- inson Blythe, at Clarkesville, Ark., June . 6, 1903. Dr. and Mrs. Smith have five children : Mabel Blythe, John McCullough. Elsie, Elizabeth and Jane Jozee. Member of American College of Surgeons ; District Surgeon Mo. Pac. R. R. Hospital; Pres. Staff Baptist State Hospital; 32 de- gree Scottish Rite, Knight Tem- plar; Shriner; Country Club ; Spring Lake Club. Democrat.
STERN, EUGENE J .. 1821 Broadway. Architect. Born Austria, Hun- gary. Son of Jacob and Helena Stern. Educated at Public Schools of New York; Mechan- ics Institute, New York City ; architectural education in Ate- liers in N. Y. City; Structural and Mechanical Engineering through private tuition; became instructor in architecture and building construction in Mechan- ics Institute. Married Miss Frances Elizabeth Burger, at New York City, Dec. 27, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Stern have four children : Howard Seymour, Olive Juliane. Virginia Marie and
Carol Helena. Practice of archi- tecture with Stern & Morris, New York City, 1906-08; Wheel- er & Stern, Charlotte, N. C., 1908-13; Mann & Stern, Little Rock, 1913-21; architect for many prominent buildings in South and Southwest; traveled over the U. S. and Canada. Pres. Ark. Chapter, American Insti- tute of Architecture; member American Specification Inst .; Lakeside Country Club ; Concor- dia Golf Club; L. R. Board of Commerce ; Kiwanis Club ; L. R. Motor Club; A. F. & A. M .; B. P. O. E .; A. O. U. W .; I. O. B. B. Democrat.
STIFFT, CHARLES S., 1302 Scott St. Jeweler. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1855. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stifft. At- tended Public Schools of Cincin- nati. Married Miss Rebecca Maelhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Stifft have six children. Partner of Chas. S. Stifft Co .; Pres. Capital Bldg. & Loan Assn .; Director Mercantile Trust Co .; Pres. C. S. Stifft Realty Co .; Vice-Pres. Ark. Diamond Corporation ; Di- rector in several other institu- tions. Member of the Masons, 32 degree; Scottish Rite, char- ter member Al Amin; B'Nai Brith; Luther Burbank Society ; charter member Elks of Little Rock.
STRAWN, JAS. W., 4218 Woodlawn Ave. Retail Furniture Dealer. Born at Cerrogordo, Ark., Sept. 9, 1882. Son of Mr. V. P. Strawn and Mrs. Julia Strawn. Educated : Public School; Uni- versity of Arkansas ( Law Dept.). graduated 1910. Married Miss Josephine Potts, at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 3. 1907. Mr. and Mrs.
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Strawn have one child: James Wesley Jr. Practiced law two years in Oklahoma. Entered furniture business in Little Rock, I9II; manager of Jackson- Strawn Co. (now Strawn-Tuck- er), 1919; Ark. Consistory No. I ; Al Amin Temple ; B. P. O. E. No. 29; P. H., F. & A. M. No. 673; Kiwanis Club; President L. R. Retail Furniture Dealers Assn .; President L. R. Retail Credit Men's Assn. Chairmar Board of Directors Ark. Retail Furniture Dealers Assn. Repub- lican.
STREEPEY, JNO. P., 3624 K St. Lawyer. Born at Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 15, 1882. Son of Mr. Geo. Russell Streepey and Mrs. Elizabeth Russell Streepey. Edu- cated : Hot Springs High School ; University of Ark., 1903, B.A .; Law School, University of Ark., 1906. LL.B. Married Miss Susie Martin Hicks, at Lonoke, Ark., Dec. 19, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Streepey have four children: G. W., Mary Elizabeth, Edna Sue and Jno. P. Asst. Atty. General of Ark., 1913-16; Alderman Ninth Ward, L. R., 1916-1921 ; P. M. Pulaski Heights Lodge No. 673, F. & A. M .; present Com- mander Hugh De Paynes Com- mandery No. I, K. T .; Lions Club; Sigma Xhi; Alumni Asso- ciation ; Al Amin Temple, A. A. O. N., M. S. ; Union Chapter No. 2, R. A. M. Democrat.
SWAIM, WILLIAM D., 209 Midland Ave. Attorney. Born at Lonoke, Ark. Educated at Law School, Little Rock, Ark. Traveling salesman for Joe Daniel Grain Co., Little Rock, Ark .; practiced law in Little Rock since 1917. Democrat.
TATE, MRS. R. A., 607 W. Capitol Ave. Born at Douglas, Wyo., June 20, 1887. Daughter of Frank E. Caffey and Annie H. Caffey. Educated at the Public Schools, Bakersfield, Cal .; three years at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Married Dr. R. A. Tate, at Mercur, Utah, April 2, 1908. Dr. and Mrs. Tate have two children: Kathryn Flonnie and Robert Caffey. President Musical Coterie ; Vice- Pres. Peabody School S. I. A.
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