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TAYLOR, CHAS. E., 2312 Broadway. Real Estate. Born at Austin, Miss., Sept. 15, 1868. Son of Wm. Arbuckle and Mary Per- kins Taylor. Educated in Pub- lic Schools of Little Rock ; gradu- ated from L. R. High School. Married Miss Belle Blackwood, Oct. 15, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have four children : Chas. E. Jr., Austin B., Merrill B. and Rosemary. Salesman for Fones Bros. for seven years; traveling salesman for W. W. Dickinson Hdw. Co. for seven years; be- came Secretary and Treasurer of Ark. Brick and Manufacturing Co. Mayor of Little Rock four terms; Secretary Southwestern Realty Co. Member Woodmen of the World; Knights of Pyth- ias. Democrat.
TELLIER, JULIUS ARTHUR, 2604 Gaines St. Attorney at Law. Born at White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1888. Son of Thomas and Clara Harmon Tellier. Edu- cated at Vermont Academy, Sax- ton's River, Vt .; University of Vermont. Burlington, Vt .; A.B. 1902, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C .; LL.B. 1905. Brown University, Providence, R. I. Married Miss
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Martha M. Rumbaugh, at Burl- ington, Vt., Oct. 4, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Tellier have three chil- dren, Alice C., Thomas and Mar- tha M. Private practice of law 1908 to date ; Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1913 to date; Sec- retary Miller-Butterworth Co., Little Rock, Ark., 1912 to date; Secretary Southern Granite Co., Little Rock, Ark., 1919 to date; President Riverview Plantation Co., Blytheville, Ark., 1916 to date. Member of B. P. O. E., Little Rock, Ark .; K. of P., Lit- tle Rock, Ark .; University Club, Washington, D. C .; Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, Delta Psi Fra- ternity. Republican.
TEMPLETON, VERY REV. R. B., D.D., 1613 Spring St. Dean Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal). Born at Jennings, N. C., Aug. 10, 1872. Son of Thos. and Piercy Temple- ton. Educated
at Grammar Schools ; Fairview College ; Uni- versity of Chattanooga, Tenn .; University of Indiana; special work Temple College, Philadel- phia, Pa .; Virginia Seminary and University of Chicago. Received A.B., A.M. and D.D. degrees. Married Miss Josephine Davies, at Key West, Fla., 1897. Mrs. and Rev. Templeton have two children : Fay and Ruth. Served churches in Florida, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas; special work in Washington, D. C .; New York City for past five years ; Dean of Trinity Cathedral, L. R. Mason and Shriner ; Spring Lake Club.
THALMAN, JOHN HENRY, IOI E. Twenty-fourth St. General Con- tractor and Builder. Born at Indianapolis, Ind., July 28, 1853.
Son of John J. and Anna Maria Thalman. Educated at Common Schools. Married Miss Ruth Hoffman of Ohio, at St. Louis, Mo., March 7, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Thalman have one child : Ethel Henry (now Mrs. Frank L. Reed). Apprenticed to Hoffman Bros., Contractors and Builders, Kansas City, Mo., three years; contracted carpenter work in St. Louis, Mo. Came to Little Rock in 1878. Entered firm of Thal- man & Clark, Contractors and Builders ; sold out 1883. Bought interest in the Colorific Brick Co., Kansas City, Mo., and be- came Superintendent, 1883; Su- perintendent Hydraulic Press Brick Co., 23 years ; sold business and formed partnership in the carriage business. Removed to Little Rock, 1906; with Clark Thalman in the Contracting Building Business; with Thal- man & Reed, General Building Construction. Mr. Thalman built some very beautiful build- ings in Arkansas: High School building, Hot Springs ; St. Mary's Academy, Pulaski Heights. First Pres. General Contractors Assn. and of the Builders Exchange, now serving second term.
THEOBALD, LAWRENCE H., 2522 State St. Owner T. & T. Tire Co. Born at Meridosia, Ill., Nov. 26, 1885. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Theobald. Educated at Public and High Schools, Deca- tur, Ill .; Millikin University. Married Miss Mary E. Barrin- ger, at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 2, 1917. Stephens Decatur Lodge No. 979, A. F. & A. M .; Bende- meer Grotto U. D .; Union Chap- ter No. 2; Hugh De Payens Commandery No. 1; Knight Templar, Ark. Consistory No. I ;
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Al Amin Temple; A. A. O. N. M. S .; B. P. O. E., No. 417, Oklahoma City, Okla.
THOMPSON, CHAS. L., 2015 Broad- way St. Architect. Born at Danville, Ill., Nov. 16, 1868. Son of James C. and Henrietta Light- ner Thompson. Married Miss Mary Watkins, at Little Rock, Ark., April 22, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have six chil- dren : Myra Thompson Thebault, May J., Chas. L. Jr., George, Mildred and Henrietta. Senior member of firm of Thompson & Harding, Architects. Member of the L. R. Country Club ; Lakeside Club ; various Masonic bodies.
THOMPSON, RUSSELL H., 2304 Ringo St. Wholesale Cigars. Born at Bowling Green, Mo., Nov. 14, 1884. Son of Wm. Clay and Marguerite Thompson. Edu- cated at High School. Married Miss Ethyl Hyatt, at Monticello, Ark., Dec. 26, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have three chil- dren: Eloise, Russell H. Jr. and David H. Traveling salesman cigars and tobacco), 1902-II; now Secretary of Thompson Bros. & Price Co. National Di- rector and State Secretary of the Travelers Protective Association. Democrat.
THORNBURGH, REV. GEORGE, Blind School. Supt. School for the Blind. Born at Havana, Ill., Jan. 25, 1847. Son of Eli Thorn- burgh and Elizabeth Thoman Thornburgh. Educated at Pub- lic Schools; Hillhouse Institute ; Cumberland University, Law Dept .; admitted to the bar in 1868. Married Miss M. C. Self, at Smithville, Ark., Sept. 30. 1868. Their two children are: Mrs. J. M. Workman and Mrs.
R. P. Ramsey. Later married Mrs. L. B. Green, at Newport, Ark Newspaper business, 1886; established "Walnut Ridge Tele- phone;" founded the Masonic Trowel, 1887, and is still its edi- tor. Manager and part owner of the Arkansas Methodist 14 years ; served four terms as mem- ber of Legislature and Speaker of House in 1881; in Brooks- Baxter War, commissioned a Colonel. One of organizers of Anti-Saloon League in Ark., and has been State President for many years. Was Pres. Ark. Press Assn .; first Pres. Law- rence County (Sunday) School Assn., 1885; one of originators of Methodist Orphanage (was Secretary, President since 1906) ; Author: "The Monitor," "His- tory of Freemasonry," "Sunday School Catechism." Elected
Superintendent Blind School, 1918. 33 degree Honorary Scot- tish Rite Mason. Held highest office in all the Masonic grand bodies of Arkansas.
THWEATT, CHARLES BOOKER, 212I Louisiana St. Lawyer. Born at Camden, Ark., July 22, 1885. Son of J. G. and Maggie Thweatt. Educated at DeValls Bluff High School; Hendrix College, Con- way, Ark .; Vanderbilt Univers- ity, Nashville, Tenn. J. G. & C. D. Thweatt, De Valls Bluff, Ark., 1907-17; Army, 1917-18; pract- ticing in Little Rock since 1919. Member of Masons (Master) ; Quapaw Club and Boat House Club. Democrat.
TILLAR, MRS. FRANK, 400 W. Eighteenth St. Born at Desha County, Ark., 1863. Daughter of A. C. Holmes and Jane Jose- phine Carr Holmes. Educated at
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the Methodist College of Little Rock, Ark. Married Mr. Frank Tillar, at Pine Bluff, Ark., March I, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Tillar have one child: Emma Antoin- ette (now Mrs. F. O. Rogers). Traveled over Canada, Cuba and Europe. Past Pres. Work- ing Woman's Home and Day Nursery five years ; D. A. R. and U. D. C .; State Chairman for Daughters of Confederacy ; mem- ber Methodist Church.
TOBIN, RT. REV. THOMAS V., 617 Louisiana St. Rector St. An- drew's Cathedral. Born in 1866. Ordained at Nashville, Tenn., by Bishop Rapanacher, 1893. Trans- ferred from Chattanooga, Tenn .. to Little Rock and has been Pas- tor of St. Andrew's Cathedral for past ten years.
TOWNSEND, WALLACE, 1516 W. Twenty-third St. Lawyer. Born at DeWitt, Iowa, Aug. 20, 1882. Son of John R. and Italia James Townsend. Educated at Little Rock High School, graduated 1899 ; B.A. degree, 1902, Hendrix College ; LL.B. degree, 1906, Law Dept., University of Arkansas. Married Miss Bessie Voss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Voss, at Little Rock, Ark., April 15, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Town- send have one child: Eleanor Katherine. 1904-1906 Principal in Little Rock Grammar Schools ; 1906-1910 Principal of Little Rock High School; 1916 Repub- lican nominee for Governor of Arkansas ; 1920 Republican nom- inee for Governor of Arkansas ; 1917-1919 Arkansas State Council of Defense. Re- publican.
TRIEBER, HARRY MARSHALL, 923 W. Second St. Lawyer. Born at Helena, Ark., Jan. 20, 1884. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Trieber. Educated at Helena and Little Rock Public Schools; Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; Har- vard University, B.A .; Harvard Law School, B.L. Member of law firm of Moore, Smith, Moore & Trieber ; traveled in the United States and Europe. Republican.
TRIEBER, JUDGE JACOB, 923 W. Sec- ond St. U. S. District Judge. Born at Raschkow, Germany, Oct. 6, 1853. Son of Morris and B. Brodek Trieber. Educated at Gymnasium in Germany and Public Schools in St. Louis, Mo. Married at Peoria, Ill., Jan. 10, 1 882. Mr. and Mrs. Trieber have two children : Harry M. and Bess T. Newton Trieber. Prac- ticed law in Helena, Ark. ; mem- ber of Stephenson & Trieber from 1876-1897 ; U. S. Attorney, East Dist. of Ark., 1897-1900; U. S. Dist. Judge East. Dist of Ark since 1900; traveled over the U. S. and Europe. Masonic and Royal Arch; American, Arkansas, State and Little Rock Bar Assns. Was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F. & A. Ma- sons of Arkansas. Republican.
TRIESCHMANN, JOHN W., 115 RO- setta St. Chain Stores, Building Materials in Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana. Born at Cassel, Germany, March 1, 1882. Son of Jacob Trieschmann and Kath- leen Anna Trieschmann. Edu- cated at Wellman, Iowa. Mar- ried Miss Anna Bell Beard, at Lake Providence, La., Nov. 26, 1908 (died 1912). Married. Dec.
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II, 1920, to Miss Cora York Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Triesch- mann have one child: John Wer- ner Jr. With the Fordyce Lum- ber Co., Fordyce, Ark., four years; Carroll Lumber Co., Lake Providence, La., 1906 (half own- er, secretary and general mana- ger) ; East Ark. Lumber Co., Sec. and Gen. Mgr., 1913 to date. Member of Masonic Lodge; Lakeside Country Club; Rotary Club.
TUCKER, MRS. F. W., 2320 Louis- iana St. Born at Peabody, Mass. Daughter of Julia A. and James W. Wilkins. Educated at Mount Hollyoke, Mass. Married Mr. F. W. Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have three children : Ruth, Mary and Francis. Mem- ber Educational Aid; G. A. R. Circle.
TUCKER, HENRY H., 2501 Broad- way St. Merchant, Wholesale Hardware. Born at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 14, 1888. Son of Jennie Hennigen Tucker and Sterling Woodward Tucker. Educated at the Little Rock Pub- lic Schools; Arkansas Military Academy; Cornell University. Married Miss Katherine Duke, at Monticello, Ark., June 5, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have one child: Elizabeth Duke Tucker. Secretary Fones Bros. Hardware Co .; Vice-Pres. Tucker Sand & Gravel Co .; Director Union & Mercantile Trust Co. Member of L. R. Country Club; Rotary Club; Board of Commerce : Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Demo- crat.
TUCKER, JAMES GUY, 1616 W. Fourteenth St. State Auditor.
Born near El Dorado, Ark., April 14, 1894. Son of Guy B. and Mattie J. Tucker. Educated : Public Schools, El Dorado, Ark .; L. R. High School; Georgetown University of Washington, D. C. With Southern Railroad and Government Departments in Washington, D. C .; enlisted in the Ark. Natl. Guard in 1916 and served on the Mexican border ; promoted Second Lieutenant ; en- tered the Army and promoted First Lieutenant when World War began; overseas with the 153rd Infantry; transferred to 89th Division and served in the St. Mihiel and Muese-Argonne offensives; was wounded twice and cited by Division Command- er for bravery in action; with Army of Occupation in Germany and promoted to Captain. Was nominated in the Democratic Pri- mary in 1920 for Auditor of State of Arkansas.
TUCKER, JNO. W., 1414 Summit Ave. Retail Furniture Dealer. Born at Tucker, Ark., Nov. 9, 1889. Son of J. W. and Sarah E. Tucker. Educated at Hen- drix Academy, Conway, Ark .; Castle Heights School, Lebanon, Tenn. Married Miss Jamie D. Niven, at Tucker, Ark., Nov. 30, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have one child: Josephine Harrison. City State Bank, Oklahoma City, 1910; Tucker Furn. Co., Okla- homa City, 1913; Gus Blass Co., Furn. Dept., Little Rock, 1917; Strawn-Tucker Furn. Co., Little Rock, 1919 to date. Member of the Masons, 32 degree ; Shriner ; Civitan Club. Democrat.
TUOHEY, JOHN H., IIII Welch St. Retail Grocer. Born at New York, N. Y., May 31, 1871. Son
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of James and Bridget O'Neill Tuohey. Educated at Little Rock Rock Public Schools; Little Rock Convent; University of Arkansas, Law Dept., May 31, 1895. Married Miss Tillie Dutt- linger, at Little Rock, Ark., June 25, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Tuohey have four children : James, Rose Marie, Patricia, Matilda. Prac- ticed in Little Rock from 1895- 98 ; grocery business now. Mem- ber of the Bar Assn .; Elks ; K. of C .; Alderman in Second Ward; W. O. W. Democrat.
TURNER, H. S., 3205 W. Fifteenth St. Banker, Real Estate. Born on the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 5, 1870. Son of Joseph : W. and Louisa Turner. Educated at L. R. Public Schools. Married Miss Josie M. Pritchard, at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 14, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have four chil- dren: Gladys J. Coleman, Ger- trude K. Martin, Ruth M. Tur- ner and George H. Turner. Learned printer's trade in Little Rock .; connected with Iron Mountain Railway, 1891; 1904 appointed Deputy County Clerk of Pulaski County ; County Clerk of Pualski County, 1912-16; con- structed A. O. U. W. Building, 1916-1918; Real Estate business. 1918 to date ; one of founders of Central Bank, member of Board of Directors. Member and Di- rector of Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W., of Arkansas; Woodmen of the World; Knights of Pythias ; Fraternal Aid Union ; was mem- ber of the Elks, Eagles, Owls, Loyal Order of Moose, the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Democrat.
UTLEY, J. S., Benton, Ark. Attor- ney at Law. Born at Greenbrier, Ark., Oct. 18, 1876. Son of Francis David and Amanda Snow Utley. Educated at Pub- lic and High Schools, Springfield, Ark. ; received A.B. degree, 1906, from Hendrix College, Conway, Ark. Married Miss Vivian Wil- liams, at Greenbrier, Ark., June 18, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Utley have three children: Don Wil- liam, Georgia Fentem and Ruth Beale. Prosecuting Attorney, 7th Judicial District of Ark., 19II- 14; State Senator, 9th Senatorial District of Ark., 1917-21 ; Attor- ney General, 1921. Member of the Masons; Eastern Star ; Odd Fellows; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Arkansas State Bar Assn .; United States Attorney Generals' Assn .; American Bar Assn .; Hendrix College Alumni Assn. Democrat.
VAUGHIAN, MRS. GEO., 800 Battery St. Born at Richmond, Ark., Feb. 28, 1878. Daughter of Wil- liam B. Edwards and Virginia Gillione Edwards. Educated at Lockesburg High School and Union Female College, Oxford, Miss. Married Mr. George Vaughan, at Locksburg, Ark., April 17, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan have five children : Bur- ton, Frances, George, Paul and Virginia. Member of the Daugh- ters of Confederacy ; Fine Arts Club; active on S. I. A. work; Pres. of the Cosmopolitan Club ; member First Methodist Church, South. Democrat.
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Fayetteville, Ark., May 20, 1873. Son of George A. and Frances E. Williamson Vaughan. Edu- cated at Public Schools of Lockesburg, Ark .; University of Ark. (B.A., Fayetteville, 1896; LL.B., Little Rock, 1898). Mar- ried Miss Frances E. Edwards, at Lockesburg, Ark., April 17, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan have five children; Burton Ed- wards, Frances, George Allen, Paul and Virginia Eleanore. With Vaughan Abstract Co., 1900; Sevier County Land Co., at Lockesburg, Ark., 1908; Beach Abstract & Guaranty Co., Little Rock; admitted to bar 1897; partnership with Judge Vaughan in L. R., 1897-98; went to Lockesburg, 1898, and prac- ticed alone until 1904; resumed partnership in L. R. with Judge Vaughan, which was dissolved 1909; member of firm of Vaughan & Rector, 1920 to date. Member of Spring Lake Club; Country Club; Kappa Sigma (College) Fraternity, Catalog Editor, 1897; Amer. Assn. of Title Men, Pres. 1912; National Tax Assn., on Exec. Com., 1918- 24; L. R. Bar Assn .; Ark. Bar Assn., on Exec. Com., 1921; Amer. Bar Assn .; Amer. Econ. Assn., Acad. of Pol. Sci. in N. Y. ; Amer. Acad. of Pol. and Soc. Sci., Pa; Amer Assn. for Agri'l Legislation ; Amer. Library Assn. ; Southwestern Pol. Sci. Assn., Pres. 1921-22. Steward in First M. E. Church, South; Senator, Ioth Dist. Ark., 1919-21. Demo- crat.
INSONHALER, DR. FRANK, 500 E. Ninth St. Occulist. Born at Graham, Mo., April 4, 1864. Son of Geo. and Sarah Rea Vinson-
haler. Educated at Northwest- ern Normal School, Oregon, Mo .; M.D., College Phys. Surg., Co- lumbia, 1885; student extraordi- nary, U. of Vienna, 1892; Royal Ophthalmic Hosp., London. Mar- ried Miss Wrennetta Beidelman, at Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 9, 1898. Mrs. and Dr. Vinson- haler have three children: Ma- rion Wilmer, Frances, George, John Wilmur (deceased). In practice at Little Rock since 1893 ; Prof. Ophthalmology, Uni- versity of Ark. since 1893; Com. Maj. Med. R. C., 1917; L.L. Col., 1919; Comd. Base Hosp. 109, Vichy, France; Pres. Ark. Med. Soc., 1901. Fellow Am. College Surg. Formerly Consul for Bel- gium at Little Rock, Ark. 33 degree Mason; Quapaw and Country Clubs; Elks; Shriner. Democrat.
Voss, CARL, 2010 Battery St. Manufacturer of Harness and Saddlery. Born at Rostock, Ger- many. Son of Henry Frederick and Mary Oldenburg Voss. Edu- cated : Common Schools in Ger- many. Married Miss May Eleanor Montague, at Pine Bluff, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Voss have five children : Mrs. Wm. M. Lewis, Mrs. Marion C. Hutton, Mrs. Wallace Townsend, Mrs. Allen N. Jones and Mrs. Earl J. Bowman. Started business in Pine Bluff, Ark., 1873; C. Voss & Bro., 1885; Pres. Voss-Nichol Co., 1902; Voss-Barbee Mnfg. Co .; Voss-Hutton Mnfg. Co., 1919. Member of Ark. Consis- tory No. 1; Al Amin Temple ; served three years as Chairman and Treasurer of Board of Stew- ards First M. E. Church, South (Episcopal) ; was Pres. City Beautiful Assn. Democrat.
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WADE, HON. JOHN WILLIAM, 292I Arch St. Judge. Born near Pu- laski, Miss., Oct. 14, 1877. Son of A. LaFayette Wade and Su- san Ellen Lingle Wade. Edu- cated at Grammar Schools of Mississippi; Millsaps College. Jackson, Miss .; University of Miss., Oxford, Miss., and re- ceived Ph.B., M.A. and LL.B. degrees. Married Miss Sarah V. Webster, at Oxford, Miss., Oct. 7, 1909. Judge and Mrs. Wade have three children: John Web- ster, Elizabeth and Emmie Ellen. Taught Country Schools, 1894- 99; admitted to the bar, 1902, Oxford, Miss; elected first May- or of Wilburton, Okla., 1902 ; practiced law . in Greenwood, Miss., 1904-06; moved to Little Rock, 1907, and practiced law as member of the law firm of Miles & Wade; Circuit Court Bench. 1917 to date. First Pres. Jeffer- son Club, 1907 ; charter member Woodrow Wilson Club, 1911 ; speaker in State and National campaigns ; attended Democratic National Conventions in Balti- more, 1912, San Francisco, 1920; first Pres. Board of Managers Ark. Boys Industrial School, 1917-21 ; member Ark. Commis- sion Charities and Corrections, 1921-28; Pres. Ark. Prison Assn. since 1916; representative National Prison Assn., Colum- bus, Ohio, 1920; Pres. Ark. Con- ference Social Welfare, 1919-21 ; representative National Confer- ence Social Workers, New Or- leans, 1920 ; member Ark. Proba- tion Assn. and National Proba- tion Assn .; member Southern Sociological Congress since 1914 ; Pres. Cottage Home for Business Girls, L. R., 1920-21; Sec. Ark. Anti-Saloon League since 1910;
Pres. Ark. Hygiene and Social Welfare Assn., 1921; member Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias ; Law Committee of Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. since 1914; W. O. W .; Praetorians ; Moose; Red Men ; Ben Hur ; Dramatic Order Knights of Korassan; Repres. Ark. and American Bar Assns .; member L. R. Board of Com- merce; Lions Club; Lakeside Country Club; organized and managed two Federal Farm Loan Assns. ; Pres. Military Wel- fare Com .; Pres. Military Af- fairs Com .; Y. M. C. A. Four- Minute Man; speaker and can- vasser in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives ; member and Rul- ing Elder Grace Presbyterian Church; Moderator L. R. Pres- bytery, 1916; Pres. Board Reli- gious Education, L. R., since 1920; Pres. Presbyterian Alli- ance, L. R., since 1918. Com'r. Presby. General Assembly, Dal- las, Texas, 1917; member of Council and Court of Honor Boy Scouts ; lecturer in Arkansas Law School. Democrat.
WAIT, ROBERT E., 1519 Spring St. Sec. Ark. Bankers Assn. Born at Pittsburgh, Pa., July 24, 1869. Son of Wm. B. Wait and Fannie Gastin Wait. Educated at L. R. Public Schools; L. R. Univers- ity ; University of Tenn., Knox- ville, Tenn. Married Miss Isa- belle S. Smart, at Little Rock, Ark .. Nov. 14, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Wait have four children : Alice Eclaire, Robert Eastin, Jr., Wm. S. and Frank E. Practiced law 1890-93 at L. R .; private Sec. to the Asst. Sec. of Agricul- ture at Washington, 1893-98; Pres. of the Citizens Investment Security Co., 1900-18; Sec. of
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the Ark. Bankers Assn. since 1918; Pres. of the L. R. Board of Trade one year; Pres. of the Y. M. C. A. for 12 years. Mem- ber of the L. R. Board of Com- merce and Kiwanis Club. Junior Warden of the Christ Episcopal Church ten years. Independent.
WALDEN, MRS. EDGAR ELDREDGE, 625 Palm St. Kindergarten Teacher. Born at Madisonville, Ky., Jan. 29, 1892. Daughter of C. M. Bourland and Ora Gordan Bourland. Educated at Central High School, St. Louis, Mo .; Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Mo. Married Mr. E. E. Walden, at St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 30, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Walden have one child: Edgar Eldredge Jr. Teaches Private Kinder- garten and Primary School. Member of the Pulaski Heights Study Club. Democrat.
WALKER, JAMES F., 905 Cumber- land St. Vice-Pres. and Treas. American Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. Born at Beebe, Ark., Aug. 29, 1877. Son of R. C. Walker and Sarah Elizabethı Walker. £ Educated at Beebe Public School; State University, Fayetteville, Ark. Married Miss Alma Fletcher, at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 10, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have two children: Sarah Elizabeth and Alma Fletcher. 32 degree Mason ; Al- bert Pike Consistory ; Elks Lodge No. 29. Democrat.
WALLER, REV. CALVIN B., D.D., 1623 W. Twentieth St. Min- ister. Born at Geraldstown, Tenn., July 30, 1874. Son of William A. and Sarah Cath- arine Waller. Educated at Pub-
lic Schools of Tennessee; Jones- boro High School, Jonesboro, Tenn .; Carson-Newman College, Johnson City, Tenn. ; D.D., Union University, Jackson, Tenn. Mar- ried Miss Lelia Mae Reed, at Jonesboro, Tenn., June 21, 1898. Rev. and Mrs. Waller have three children : Anna Mae, Grace Reed, Dorothy Mynatt. Pastor Eliza- bethton Baptist Church, Eliza- bethton, Tenn., 1899; Pastor Tabernacle Baptist Church, Chat- tanooga, Tenn., 1902; Pastor Deaderick Avenue Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn., 1908; First Baptist Church, Asheville, N. C., 1911-17; White Temple, Portland, Ore., 1917; First Bap- tist Church, Winchester, Ky., 1917; Second Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., 1918 to date. Member of the Lions Club.
WALT, DR. DAVID C., 806 N. Val- mar St. Physician. Born at Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20, 1863. Son of J. R. Walt and Mary Bateman Walt. Educated at Christian Bros. College, Mem- phis, Tenn .; Memphis Medical Hospital College; N. Y. Poly- clinic. Married Miss Hatty Woodruff Bell, at Little Rock, Ark., June 5, 1918. Practiced in Litle Rock 14 years. Member of the Masons, 32 degree. Democrat.
WALTHER, CHIAS. W., 816 Com- merce St. Born at Little Rock, Ark., July 18, 1870. Son of Louis Walther and Rosina Krutz Walther. Educated in the Little Rock Public Schools and German schools. Member of firm Lewis & Walther, 1897 to present. Married Miss Sophie Haasis, at Carlinville, Ill., Oct. 29, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Walther have four
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children : Eugene, William, Charles and Adelma. Member of the German Lutheran Church. Democrat.
WALTHER, LOUIS, 414 E Ninth St. Insurance. Born at Little Rock, Ark., June 14, 1861. Son of Louis and Rosina Walther. Edu- cated at Public School, Little Rock. Married Miss Laura Schauck, at Little Rock, Ark., April 28, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Walther have three children : Louis, Rosina Durham and Lucylle Saunders. Secretary of Liberty Building Assn. Frater- nal Order of the Eagles. Demo- crat.
WALTON, SAM K., 2720 Izard St. Life Insurance Representative. Born at Cochituate, Mass., Aug. 5, 1885. Son of Nathan S. and Ebba A. Walton. Educated at Wayland, Mass., Grammar and High Schools; English High School, Cambridge, Mass .; Bry- ant & Stratton Com. College, Boston, Mass. Married Miss Hattye I. Eads, at Dallas, Texas, Feb. 26, 1912. Former Southern Representative of a New York Manufacturing Co .; now Lead- ing Producer of Life Insurance in the United Sattes for 1919 and 1920 for the Union Central Life Ins. Co. Member of the Lakeside Country Club. Demo- crat.
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