New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 101

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262

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Joe S. Park was born in Iowa, the son of W. P. Park, a native of that state, who moved to Port Arthur in 1897, and began in the retail grocery busi-

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ness. Later he went in the grain and feed busi- ness, and later, in 1910, was appointed postmaster, which position he held until 1914, during which time he greatly increased the efficiency of the local office, and took an active part in civic advancement. In 1914 he retired from active life, and has since made Port Arthur his home. Mr. Park's mother, before her marriage Miss Sadie Peach, is also a resident of Port Arthur. Mr. Park was educated in the public schools of Iowa, and later of Port Arthur. He then went to Chicago, where he took a business course, and after which he spent several years there with Fairbanks-Morse Company, in charge of cleri- cal work in the office. In 1910 he returned to Port Arthur, and assisted his father in the postoffice dur- ing his administration as postmaster. In 1914 he went with the First National Bank, in the savings department, and later, in 1916, was made trust offi- cer. He held that position until 1918, when he be- came cashier. He was made vice president in 1919, still holding that position.

Mr. Park was married to Miss Edith Hemingway, a native of Iowa, the ninth of September, 1914. Mrs. Park is the daughter of W. E. Hemingway, a retired furniture manufacturer of Clinton, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Park have two children, Bobbie and Betty. They own their home at 3400 Seventh Street. Mr. Park is a member of the Rotary Club, the Elks Club, the Port Arthur Country Club, and has been since 1920 chairman of the board of the Sabine Pilots Commission.

AMES P. LOGAN, mayor of Port Arthur, has brought to bear in the direction of the municipal affairs of the city the charac- teristic energy that has significantly marked his career as a business man, and his ad- ministration has shown a marked advancement in public improvements. These have included the ex- tension of water and sewer mains, the paving of business and residence streets, the improvement of the police and fire departments, and a thorough sys- tematization of every department of the municipal government. It is given to few men holding a public office to so meet with public approval as has Mayor Logan, and few men in the public eye have been so generally liked and admired. Port Arthur has been with him, and for him, in every forward looking step he has taken, and has helped him in his am- bition to make this city one of the best governed, most modern and most prosperous in the state. Few cities of the population of Port Arthur can boast of better or more loyal police and fire departments, but Mayor Logan has not neglected the more utili- tarian side of civic advancement, and has urged the paving of streets, the extension of all public ultili- ties, and keeping pace with the rapid growth of the city in the matter of supplying these con- veniences.

James P. Logan was born in Grand Chenier, Lou- isiana, the seventh of June, 1890, the son of J. B. Logan, a native of Texas, who later moved to Lou- isiana, and came from there to Port Arthur, which is now his home, and Virginia (Sweeney) Logan, a na- tive of Louisiana, and now a resident of Port Arthur. Mayor Logan was educated in the public schools of Port Arthur, later attending Port Arthur College, the leading business college in the South, where he equipped himself for his commercial ca- reer. He began with the Phelan Josey Grocery

Company in 1912 as salesman, and later became sales manager, resigning this position in order to become a candidate for the mayoralty, to which office he was elected by a large majority.

Mayor Logan was married in Beaumont, Novem- ber 26th, 1911, to Miss Achsah Campbell, a native of the Lone Star State, and the daughter of R. B. Campbell of Kyle, Texas. Mayor and Mrs. Lo- gan have two children: Harry B. and Virginia Ray, and reside at 311 Mobile Avenue. Mayor Logan is a director of the Seaboard State Bank and Trust Company, a financial institution which he helped to organize, and which has contributed a construc- tive banking service to the community for many years. Fraternally he is a Mason, being affiliated with Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 872, Port Arthur Chapter, No. 250, R. A. M., Port Arthur Comman- dery, No. 73, K. T., and El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. He is also a member of the Shrine Club of Port Arthur, the U. C. T., and a director of the Lions Club. Mayor Logan as a public man has been faithful to the trust imposed in him, and has been steadfast to his duty to the community. He has worked indefatigably for the development of Port Arthur, and is one of the best liked and most ad- mired public officials the city has ever had.

LBERT N. PECKHAM for around a decade has been a factor in navigation and ship- ping activities at Port Arthur, and has been instrumental in the development of one of the largest towing and marine contracting businesses on the Gulf Coast. Mr. Peckham is vice president and manager of D. M. Picton and Com- pany, Inc. This business, established in 1898 by D. M. Picton, has been in operation since that time, and has engaged in a general marine contracting and towing business. For many years the business was operated under Mr. Picton's name, but since its incorporation several years ago has been known as D. M. Picton and Company, Inc. The business has grown rapidly, especially since the development of the ship channel and waterway, and the subse- quent increase in shipping, and is one of the larg- est of its class along the coast. The company oper- ates tugs, and a number of barges, and maintains a force of employees numbering around one hun- dred. The company also handles a large volume of breakwater, jetty and all other classes of marine construction work throughout the Gulf Coast region. The office of D. M. Picton and Company, Inc., is in the Realty Building at Port Arthur. The officers are: D. M. Picton of San Antonio, president; Albert N. Peckham, vice president and manager; R. P. Clark, vice president, Miami, and D. M. Picton, Jr., of Houston, secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Peckham is a native of Canada, the son of J. R. Peckham, of Canada, who moved to Detroit during the son's boyhood. He was educated in the schools of Canada and Detroit, and came to Texas as a young man. Mr. Peckham has lived in the Lone Star State for around a quarter of a century, and spent many years at Galveston prior to coming to Port Arthur. Fraternally he is a Mason, being affiliated with Tucker Lodge, No. 297 of Galveston. He is also a member of the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, the Port Arthur Country Club, the Tarponia Club, Y. M. B. L., and the Beaumont Club, and has been especially interested in all work cen- tering on the development of the waterways.

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ILLIAM T. HOOKER, for many years en- gaged in various lines of business in Texas, came to Port Arthur in 1915, and since that time has been a prominent figure in the busi- ness circles of this city. Mr. Hooker is president and general manager of the Corner Drug Company, Inc., a closed corporation which is owned by Mr. Hooker and his son, Guy B. Hooker, who is the vice president of the company, and the store is located in the Merchants National Bank Building. This drug store, which is one of the leading establish- ments of its kind in Port Arthur, was established in 1911 and purchased by the present owners in 1915. It carries a large and complete line of drugs and druggists' sundries, toilet articles, school sup- plies, tobaccoes, cigars, and in fact everything that is to be found in a modern store of this kind. It also has a prescription department, where prescrip- tions are filled night and day by careful and ac- curate pharmacists, and the service in this, as in all of the other departments of the Corner Drug Company, is of the best. Twelve experienced peo- ple are employed at the Corner Drug Company's store. The fixtures in this establishment are mod- ern and ornate, and the interior, as well as the ex- terior, has a very inviting appearance. Mr. Hooker started his business career at Chester, Texas, with U. G. Fagin, and remained in his store for four years. He then went to Silsbee, Texas, with the Texas Pine Land Association, and was in charge of the mercantile store of this association for two years, after which he served them for three years as book- keeper. He later went to Jasper County and with his brother opened the Hooker Bros. Mercantile Store, and remained in this business for two years, then with his brother built a saw mill at Rogin- ville, which was known as the Roginville Lumber Company, and they operated this mill until Jan- uary, 1902, when they sold it to the Kirby Lumber Company. Mr. Hooker, then became associated with the Kirby Lumber Company, with headquarters at Houston and was in charge of the stumpage de- partment until September, 1907, when he went to Silsbee as operating manager for the Kirby in- terests. In 1908 the mill was destroyed by fire and Mr. Hooker was transferred to Call, Texas, as operating manager, for four years. He was then placed in charge of operations at the Browndell mill. While with the Kirby Lumber Company, Mr. Hooker had acquired an interest in the Silsbee Drug Company. When he left them in 1914, he disposed of this store and began to look over the state for a location, and foreseeing the great future of Port Arthur, located here, where he has built up a splendid business.

A native Texan, Mr. Hooker was born at Moscow, Texas, on August 1st, 1867. His father, Leroy B. Hooker, a native of Mississippi, was brought to Texas by his parents when a small boy and the family settled in East Texas and were among the pioneers of that portion of the state. His mother was Miss Mary A. Stokes, a native of Mississippi, and a member of a well known family of that state. His education was obtained in the public schools of Polk County, Texas, and at the Nacogdoches Business College.

Mr. Hooker was married at Chester, Texas, on October 7th, 1892, to Miss Alice Burch, a native Texan and a niece of John H. Kirby of Houston, one

of the leading lumber men of the United States. They have two children, Guy B. Hooker, associated with his father in business, and Ettie, now the wife of James W. Carroll. Mr. Hooker is a director of the Jefferson Drug Company, wholesale druggists at Beaumont, the Port Arthur Building and Loan Association and the Consumers Ice and Coal Com- pany of this city. Mr. Hooker is a member of the B. P. O. E., and the Knights of Columbus and has attained to the 4th degree in the latter organiza- tion. Since locating in Port Arthur, Mr. Hooker has been active in the business, social and general community life of this city, and is enthusiastic as to the future of Port Arthur, and believes that it will become one of the leading ports of the South- west.

OHN L. BANGARD, for a decade and a half a factor in the field of drug merchandising at Port Arthur, has taken an active part in trade development, and is one of the pro- gressive business men of the city. Mr. Bangard is owner of the Owl Drug Store, one of the finest and most complete pharmacies in the city, and one that has met with the approval of the public, as attested by the large patronage that has been given the store. Mr. Bangard established the Owl Drug Store in 1915, at 111 Procter Street, where it has since been located. The drug store occupies a modern building, twenty-six by one hundred feet, in the business district, and is equipped throughout with the finest fixtures. The stock is exceptionally com- plete, and a full line of drugs, of absolute purity, proprietary medicines and drug sundries is carried. The line of candies and toilet articles stocked has been selected to meet the requirements of the most exacting trade, as have the other items, and the Owl Drug Store caters to the highest class of trade. A force of five operatives assist Mr. Bangard in giving a service that has been no small factor of the store's success, and the patrons are assured prompt, efficient and courteous treatment. The store has no fountain, but deals exclusively in drugs and drug sundries. Mr. Bangard was the first drug- gist in Port Arthur to take this step. The prescrip- tion department is under the direction of W. H. Jones, a registered pharmacist, and the oldest phar- macist in Port Arthur.

Mr. Bangard was born at Bay St. Louis, Missis- sippi, the seventeenth of October, 1876. His father, L. Bangard, also a native of Bay St. Louis, was street commissioner there for forty years before his death. He came to Port Arthur in 1922, and his death occurred in this city in June of that year. Mr. Bangard's mother, prior to her marriage, Miss Madeline Fayard, was also a native of Mississippi, her death occurring in her native state in 1915. Mr. Bangard was educated in the public schools of Bay St. Louis, graduating from high school there, after which he went on the road as traveling salesman, traveling in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, sell- ing flour and grain. He came to Port Arthur in 1915, after a tour of various Texas cities, to open the Owl Drug Store, which he has since operated. Mr. Bangard is also active in various financial and business enterprises, and was one of the organi- zers and is a director of the Seaboard State Bank and Trust Company, and was also an organizer, and is a principal stockholder of the Jefferson Drug Company of Beaumont.

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Mr. Bangard was married at Port Arthur the twenty-second of December, 1914, to Mrs. Emma Shepard Skaggs, widow of the late W. J. Skaggs. They make their home at 414 Houston Avenue. Mr. Bangard is a member of various fraternal orders, and is an Elk, an Eagle, a Woodman of the World, and an Odd Fellow. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, the Civitan Club, the Retail Merchants Association, and has been for many years a member of the Port Arthur Improvement and Park Board, taking an active part in all educational and civic affairs.

OHN MITCHELL JARRATT, pioneer resi- dent of Port Arthur, and one of the first builders to become associated with this community, through his activities in this field has been instrumental in making Port Arthur a city of beautiful homes, and has contributed ma- terially to the development of the city through his interest in construction work. Mr. Jarratt came to Port Arthur in June of 1901, and since that time has been a general contractor and builder, specializ- ing in the building of real homes. During his years in this city he has built more than five hundred homes, including in this number many of the finest residences in Port Arthur, and he has also built many other buildings, including business buildings and public buildings. He has also bought, devel- oped and sold a great deal of property in Port Ar- thur, and has taken a constructive interest in the general development of the city. Mr. Jarratt enjoys the distinction of being the oldest active contractor in the city, and in point of homes built, and high standards for work, is one of the leading contractors here.

Mr. Jarratt was born at Middleton, Tennessee, the sixth of December, 1853, the son of James Archer Jarratt, a native of that state who came to Texas, locating at Seguin, in 1875, and was engaged in stock raising and farming in this state thereafter until his death, which occurred in Gonzales County, and Caroline (Johnson) Jarratt, also of Tennessee. Mr. Jarratt was educated in the schools of his na- tive state, and as a young man came to Texas with his father. After a few years spent in farming, during which time he also built most of the houses, gins, stores and like structures in his locality, he removed to Leesville, Texas, to give his entire time to construction work. Four years later he went to Luling, where he spent eighteen years, later going to Beaumont to act as foreman on a large building under construction there. Concluding this work some five months later he came to Port Arthur, at that time offering unusual opportunities to the con- tractor and builder interested in development work and home building, and began here as a general contractor. At that time he bought the tract of land, then in the country, where his home now stands, in the center of a fine residence district, and has lived for a decade and a half at this location, recently occupying a new home here.

Mr. Jarratt was married at Leesville, Texas, the fourth of December, 1882, to Jane Elizabeth Pruett, a native of Alabama, and the daughter of James Pruett, whose death occurred when she was a small child. Her mother, now deceased, removed to Texas after her husband's death. Mr. and Mrs. Jarratt reside at 718 Galveston Avenue, and have had a family of six children, four of whom are living.

These are: Margaret, wife of Edward Tanner of Port Arthur, and who has three children; John A. Jarratt, of New Orleans, Louisiana; Dennis M. Jar- ratt, a civil engineering student at Texas A. and M. College, and Benjamin Franklin Jarratt. Two chil- dren are deceased, Walter James Jarratt, who died in service during the World War shortly after going overseas as a special duty man, and Minnie, who was the wife of R. L. Dixon, and who left three children. The family attend the Methodist Epis- copal Church, South. Mr. Jarratt formerly belonged to various civic organizations and fraternities, but has recently resigned from these organizations, how- ever not relinquishing his interest in the develop- ment of Port Arthur.

EONARD W. HANNEMAN, during the period of his residence at Port Arthur, has attained a commendable reputation in the community for his activity in mercantile circles, and has for many years been one of the leading representatives of the drug trade. Mr. Hanneman is president and general manager of the Hart Drug Company, Inc., which was established in 1909, and taken over by the present owners in 1916. The store is the leading drug store of Port Arthur, located in the business district, and occu- pying a modern building, twenty-five by sixty feet, at 448 Procter Street. A complete line of drugs, drug sundries, and candies, toilet articles, etc., is carried, and the store is well organized and care- fully operated. Special attention is given the com- pounding of prescriptions, and an excellent foun- tain trade has been built up, as well as a good busi- ness in each department. Dr. W. E. Crumpler is vice president of the corporation, and G. L. Moore, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Hanneman is also president and manager of the Service Drug Com- pany, organized in 1923, and located in the Deutser Building. This store is modern in every respect, and is a complete drug store. Other officers are: Dr. A. R. Autrey, vice president, and Dr. Frank D. Mabry, secretary and treasurer.

Leonard W. Hanneman was born at Winchester, Wisconsin, the thirteenth of December, 1880, the son of Fred and Bertha Hanneman. He attended the public schools of his native state, graduating from high school. He then entered Northwestern University, receiving his Ph. G. degree from that institution. Following his graduation, Mr. Hanne- man went to Arlington Heights, Illinois, where he went in the drug business and for the ensuing seven years operated a drug store there. At that time his health failed and he came to Port Arthur, to rest and regain his health, and liked this city so well that he decided to remain here, making Port Arthur his permanent home. He shortly went in the drug business, and has since been one of the leading druggists of the city.

Mr. Hanneman was married in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, to Miss Helga Gottsleben, a native of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Hanneman reside in Port Arthur, at 2148 Procter Street, and have two chil- dren, Gordon and Helen. He is a member of the Lions Club and fraternally is a Mason, being af- filiated with Cosmopolitan Blue Lodge, No. 872, and Port Arthur Chapter. Mr. Hanneman is active in all work for the commercial and civic advancement of Port Arthur, and is in every way a well liked, substantial resident of this city.

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R. LEONARD POWER is president of the Port Arthur College, one of the most com- plete business colleges in the South, an institution founded in 1909, and the gift of the city of Port Arthur, which gave the land, and John W. Gates, who built the buildings. The insti- tution, the only one of its kind in the United States, was the inspiration of John W. Gates, the builder of Port Arthur, and was designed to prepare young men and women for the better class of commercial positions. The school is operated the year round, with the exception of a few holidays, and students may be admitted at the opening of any term. A night school and correspondence courses are also maintained for those unable to take advantage of the regular school, and the enrollment in these depart- ments is especially gratifying. The school is oper- ated under the scholarship plan, and while the aver- age time for completion of a course is from nine months to one year, the student may take as long as he chooses to complete his course. Courses are offered in public accounting and auditing, and in salesmanship, in addition to the regular bookkeep- ing, secretarial and stenographic courses. Special attention is also given to athletics and sports, and the regular teams representing the school each year on the gridiron, diamond and court are well able to hold their own against any competitors. The buildings are unusually attractive, and every provi- sion is made for the students' comfort as well as their scholastic advancement. The faculty and corps of instructors are selected with discrimination, and high standards of scholarship maintained. Although the school is under the direct supervision of the Methodist Episcopal Church, it is non-sectarian in atmosphere, with at the same time a distinct religious influence. Port Arthur College operates under the policies stipulated by Mr. Gates at the time of founding the institution. It must see how well it can prepare young people for the business world, and it must not be operated for profit. These are sufficient guarantees to insure a maximum of attendance with a minimum of expense, and to rank the college as one of the leading business institu- tions in the South.

Leonard Power was born at Chicago, Illinois, the fourteenth of March, 1891, son of J. L. Power, a na- tive of Virginia, who came to Chicago as a young man and was with the Chicago Tribune many years, and Julia M. (Leonard) Power, a native of LaSalle, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Power have made their home at Joplin, Missouri, since Mr. Power's retirement from the newspaper business. His son, Leonard Power, the subject of this sketch, attended the public schools of Joplin, Missouri, later attending the Normal Col- lege at Warrensburg, where he took his B.S. degree. This was followed with post-graduate work at the University of Chicago School of Education, where he spent several summers. His first position was at Odessa, Missouri, where he was acting superin- tendent of public school for one-half year. He then went to Linn Creek, Missouri, and was superintend- ent of the schools there for one year. At the con- clusion of that year he started to California. Upon stopping off at Waco, Texas, to visit his wife's parents, he liked the state so well that he decided to remain here. He took work at the University of Texas, after which he went to Ferris, and was prin- cipal of the high school there for the 1913-1914

term, after which he went to Hillsboro, as principal of the grammar school for three years. The follow- ing three years he was principal of the Austin School at Dallas, and in 1920 came to Port Arthur, where he was principal of the Franklin School, the largest public school in the state, for three years. He was elected president of the Port Arthur College in 1923, and now holds that position.

Mr. Power was married at Licking, Missouri, the twentieth of May, 1912, to Miss Nora Mae Craven, daughter of Asburry J. and Mary (Beeler) Craven, natives of Missouri, who later moved to Texas, and now make their home at Waco. Mr. and Mrs. Power have two children, John and Phoebe, and reside at 1605 Lake Shore Drive. Mr. Power belongs to various college fraternities, and was president of the Department of Elementary School Principals of the National Education Association for two years. He is a member of the Texas State Teachers Associa- tion, and of the National Education Association. Mr. Power served at the University of Texas as special lecturer on Methods of Teaching in Elemen- tary schools for five summers. He has been lectur- ing and conducting teachers' institutes for several years and is widely known as an expert on questions of school methods. With his family he attends the Methodist Church, and is a steward of the church. His leadership and influence in support of better educational measures has been of vital importance to Port Arthur, and he is one of the recognized leaders of educational work in this city, and a factor in all civic development.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 101

Author: Davis, Ellis A. Publication date: 1926 Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?] Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262