New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 151

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

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Mr. Scott was married at Dallas, Texas, the thirty-first of March, 1919, to Miss Sadie Rose Handly, daughter of W. C. Handly, for many years a well known Dallas citizen and business man. Mr. and Mrs. Scott make their home in Houston, living at the Tennison Hotel. Mr. Scott is a Blue Lodge Mason, Waco; Knight Templar, Waco; a Thirty- second Degree Scottish Rite Mason; a Shriner of Karem Temple, Waco, and is a member of the Glenbrook Country Club.

YLVAN KAHN, although a recent addition to the business circles of Houston, has entered into the spirit of the South Texas Metropolis and has been a factor in build- ing up a profitable business. Mr. Kahn came to Houston in 1919, where prior to the establishment of his present business, he was for four years con- nected with the First National Bank of Houston. Mr. Kahn, with his partner, Mr. Sol Gordon, own and operate the National Tire and Supply Company, located at 1302-4 Mckinney Avenue. Their business was started in a small way in January, 1923, and since that time has grown to such porportions that it was necessary for them to obtain more room, when they moved into their commodious quarters, where they occupy a space of one hundred feet by sixty-two feet, and employ five experienced people. They planned and built by themeselves one of the finest filling stations in the city, and carry a full and complete line of auto supplies, besides the gas and oil station, which is one of the most complete and modern to be found in the city, where their business is growing daily.

Mr. Kahn was born at Gainesville, Texas. His father, S. K. Kahn, has been a resident of the Lone Star State for forty-five years and is now residing in Houston. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Gainesville, after which he entered the University of Texas, where he pursued a straight literary course. He left the university and entered the employ of the First National Bank of Houston, and remained with this institution from 1919 until starting his present business in 1923.

Mr. Kahn is a member of the Scottish Rite body of the Masonic order to the 32nd degree and is a Shriner of Arabia Temple. Mr. Kahn is enthusi- astic as to the future of Houston, which he believes is soon to become the leading city of the South- west, where be is a recognized leader among the young business men. Character, perseverence, fore- sight and the willingness to meet any emergency requiring service, have been dominant factors in the success achieved by this young man who is still in the morning of his life.

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EO H. WEADOCK, owner of the Houston Undertaking Company, has been engaged as a mortician in Houston for nearly a score of years. He established the Houston Un- dertaking Company on the first of April, 1915, and from that time this business has kept pace with the advancement made by other establishments through- out the country, and this funeral home is expressive of the most modern improvements in this line of business. In addition to the offices, display and stockrooms, a chapel has been provided for the accommodation of patrons, and slumber rooms have been equipped. A modern operating room, where licensed embalmers prepare bodies for burial, is also a part of the establishment. Mr. Weadock has a fine motor hearse, a number of service cars, and an ambulance and pulmotor service. The Houston Undertaking Company occupies a modern building at 1419 San Jacinto Street, the plans of the build- ing being adapted to this business, and adding to the attractiveness of the home.

Leo H. Weadock was born at St. Mary's, Ohio, the first of June, 1886, son of James M. Weadock, and Catherine (McFarland) Weadock, the former a native of Ireland, the latter of Ohio. Mr. Weadock attended the schools of Ohio, and came to Texas in 1907, going with C. J. Wright and Company, Hous- ton undertakers, at that time. He also spent about two years in El Paso, in the undertaking business, and during the World War, handled the undertaking for Ellington Field. In 1915 he established his present business.

Mr. Weadock was married at Lake Charles, Lou- isiana, the ninteenth of December, 1921, to Miss Lennora E. Bixler of New Orleans, and a daughter of Frank and Mrs. Annie B. (Coward) Bixler, the former of Arkansas, the latter of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Weadock reside at 1419 San Jacinto Street. Mr. Weadock belongs to the Optimists Club, and the Catholic Church.

OUIS LOBIT came to Houston from Gal- veston in 1915 and since that time has been active in the real estate and invest- ment circles of this city. Mr. Lobit's office is located in the Stewart Building and he is engaged in buying and selling residence property in all parts of the city, and builds houses suitable to the neigh- borhood in which he buys lots, and sells these homes on terms to suit the individual client. Mr. Lobit also deals in farm lands, which are mostly in the counties of Galveston and Harris, and he owns in fee farm lands in these counties, but when coming to Houston he sold a large portion of his interests in the City of Galveston, but retained the acreage property. Mr. Lobit has been very suc- cessful since coming here and has handled a vast amount of property.

A native Texan, Mr. Lobit was born in Galveston, January 19th, 1891. His father, Joseph Lobit, shortly after the close of the Civil War located at Calvert, Texas, and for many years was engaged in the grocery business at that place. When selling his interests at Calvert, it was his intention to enter the wholesale grocery business at Galveston, and tentative arrangements had been made for the con- summation of a purchase of this kind of business, when the parties from whom he was to purchase the business backed out, and Mr. Lobit entered the banking business, and the firm was known as Adoue

and Lobit, and continued in this business until 1911, when the business was liquidated. Both partners died in 1914. Mr. Lobit's early education was ob- tained in the public and high schools of Galveston and he later entered the University of Virginia, where he was taking a course in law, but had to leave college in 1913. In 1915 he started in the real estate business, which he has continued since that time. Mr. Lobit's two brothers, J. E. and Edgar Lobit, are engaged in the real estate business in Arizona, and another brother, Paul Lobit, is a well known merchant of Galveston, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha Lobit Wilson, resides in New Orleans, where her husband, Hunter L. Wilson, is a prominent cot- ton broker.

Mr. Lobit was married in St. Louis, April 14th, 1917, to Miss Artella Kirk. Mr. and Mrs. Lobit reside at 804 Hawthorne Street. Mr. Lobit is a member of the University Club at Houston and is a charter member of this organization. He is also a member of the Houston Real Estate Board, and takes a very active interest in this organization. Since coming to Houston, Mr. Lobit has been active in the business, social and general community life of this city, and gives liberally of his time to all projects tending to the welfare and advancement of his adopted city. He is optimistic as to the future of Houston and believes it will soon become the leading city of the Southwest. Mr. Lobit has always been a generous supporter of charitable institutions and a friend of the unfortunate. He has always believed that fair dealing with one's fellowman is the only ladder to success, and carries out this belief in his daily life.

J. McCARTY, well-known business man and dealer in real estate, has been interested in the development and sale of property in Houston and vicinity for the past quarter of a century. During this time he has handled deals aggregating hundreds of thousands of dollars and is exceptionally well posted on values in the city and surrounding country. He has offices at 308 Keystone Building, and has a splendid organization, well equipped to serve the interests of his clients.

For the first fifteen years after coming to Hous- ton Mr. McCarty devoted his attention principally to farm lands in Harris and adjoining counties, but for the past ten years most of his time has been given to development work in the city proper. He was interested in the development of Park Place and Hyde Park, two highly popular residence additions, the development of which added materially to the needs of the city for additional home sites.

Five years ago Mr. McCarty became interested in industrial tracts and was instrumental in bring- ing to Houston a number of important industries that have located here during the past few years. Included in these was the large plant of the South- ern Motors Manufacturing Company. Harbourdale, an addition adjacent to the ship channel, docks and turning basin, is Mr. McCarty's personal enterprise and one that bids fair to become one of the most successful he has promoted. An extension of the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway runs through the property, making it especially attractive as an industrial site.

Mr. McCarty was born in Illinois on August 23, 1865, and spent his early life on a farm attending the country schools of that section three months

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in the year. He worked on a farm and had eight years' experience in the mercantile business. Com- ing to Texas on a recreation trip he was so im- pressed with the opportunities offered here that he decided to wind up his affairs in Illinois and come to Houston to live.

On October 11, 1893, Mr. McCarty was married at Charleston, Illinois, to Miss Lulu Schaun. They have one daughter, Mrs. Emily Kohoe, of Houston. Mr. and Mrs. McCarty reside at 2404 Smith Street.

Besides his real estate work Mr. McCarty takes an active interest in civic affairs and is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, co-operating extensively with this organization in its work of bringing new industries to Houston. He is affil- iated with the Catholic Church, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus.

W. MCCULLOUGH came to Houston in 1911, and is the executive head of one of the largest firms of Public Accountants in South Texas, where he is known as one of the leaders of his profession. Mr. Mccullough or- ganized this firm in 1920, and later the following came into the firm and are owners with Mr. Mc- Cullough: A. F. Fincher, I. D. Sykes, Sam Street- man, Jr., and W. B. Peterson. Twenty trained men are employed in the Houston office of J. W. McCul- lough Company, and they specialize in Corporation work, handling the largest accounting jobs in South Texas. The offices of this firm are located in the Carter Investment Building, corner of Rusk and San Jacinto. Mr. Mccullough has been engaged in the accounting business all his life, and before en- tering the business of public accounting, was for a period of fifteen years Auditor for the Gulf Coast Lines. He has been a resident of Houston since 1911, prior to which he was associated with several of the larger railway systems, and came South as representative of the Frisco System of railroads.

Mr. Mccullough was born at Belleville, Illinois, Octover 28th, 1873. His father, J. W. Mccullough (deceased) was a native of Missouri, and during his life was very prominent in business and politi- cal activities, leaning always toward the Democratic party. His mother (now deceased) was Miss Callie Lorch, a member of a prominent Illinois family, and was born and reared at Springfield. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native city, after which he attended Bryant and Stratton Business College, and later took a three- year course in the Benton College of Law.

After leaving college, Mr. Mccullough started his business career as an accountant with a railroad in St. Louis, where he remained until 1908, when he came to Beaumont, Texas, and was associated with the Gulf Coast Lines until 1911, when he came to Houston. From 1911 to 1920, Mr. McCul- lough was engaged here in accounting and audit- ing, and during 1920 organized the present firm of Public Accountants, which has grown until now they have a staff of twenty trained men to attend to their vast amount of work, which is not confined to Houston and South Texas, but they go to every portion of the country. Mr. Mccullough was mar- ried in St. Louis in 1898 to Miss Louise Link, a member of a well-known Illinois family. They have six children-Helen Louise, Norma Katherine, now the wife of C. L. Clausel, of Houston; Ralph Henry,

Robert William, Marjorie Alice and J. W. McCul- lough, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough reside at 810 Francis Avenue. Mr. Mccullough is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and has attained to the 32nd de- gree in the Scottish Rite Body of this order, is a Knight Templar of the Beaumont Commandery and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine. He is also a member of the Glenbrook Country Club, and is a consistent member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Mccullough has, since coming to Houston, been ac- tive in the business, social and general community life of the city and is deeply interested in all projects tending to the welfare and advancement of the South Texas Metropolis.

OM J. FATJO has, during the two decades of his residence at Houston, been asso- ciated with enterprises of wide commercial scope, and for the past twelve years has been a prime factor in the printing and book binding industry. Mr. Fatjo is president of the W. H. Coyle & Company, Incorporated, one of the pioneer print- ing firms of the Lone Star State. This corporation was established the second of July, 1876, by the late W. H. Coyle, and has since that time operated one of the finest printing plants in the city, attain- ing an enviable reputation in this line, and building up an extensive clientele. Mr. Fatjo came with the company in 1911, and since that time has been president and general manager, lending his efforts to the development and upbuilding of the business. The W. H. Coyle & Company, Inc., is well located on Franklin Street, from 609 to 617, and occupying a modern building affording one hundred by one hundred and twelve feet of floor space. Forty employees are kept busy in the plant, and four salesmen look after the outside interests of the business. In addition to Mr. Fatjo, as president, the officers of the W. H. Coyle Company are Mrs. T. J. Fatjo, vice-president, and Joe Bruckmiller, secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Fatjo came to Texas in 1900, and for the ensuing seven years was a rice classer, his business taking him over the entire southern part of the state. In 1907 he came to Houston, and until 1911 was with the Houston Chronicle. In that year he resigned his position as advertising manager of the Chronicle, to take charge of the W. H. Coyle & Company interests.

Mr. Fatjo was born at New Orleans, Louisiana, the eighteenth of December, 1876, son of T. B. Fatjo, a native of Louisiana, and for many years a merchant at New Orleans, and Mary Tallon Fatjo, a native of Georgia. Mr. Fatjo was educated in the public schools of his native city, and after sev- eral years' business experience there he came to Texas.

Mr. Fatjo was married at Houston, the sixth of March, 1905, to Miss May Coyle, daughter of the late W. H. Coyle, pioneer printer of Texas and founder of the present company with which Mr. Fatjo is connected. Mr. and Mrs. Fatjo make their home at 2410 Austin Street and are the parents of five children-Alice, May, Tom J., Jr .; Coyle and Jane. Mr. Fatjo is one of the well known Masons of Southeast Texas, a life member of Hol- land Lodge No. 1, thirty-second degree Scottish Rite, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine. He belongs to the Kiwanis Club, the Salesmanship Club, and the Elks Club.

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W. FELLOWS is well known to the business fraternity of Houston where he was pres- ident and general manager of the Eureka Ice Company until it was destroyed by fire in December, 1923, and for the past fifteen years has been general manager of the First National Bank Building. The First National Bank Building, of which Mr. Fellows is general manager, is a mag- nificent building of eight stories and has two hun- dred and twenty-five offices, and six elevators, representing an investment of $2,500,000.00 This

building contains one of the finest banking rooms in the South, and is one of the finest and largest in Houston. The First National Bank Building has a frontage on three of the prominent streets of Houston, seventy-five feet on Main Street, two hun- dred and fifty feet on Franklin Street and one hun- dred feet on Fannin Street. This building was con- structed in units, the first of which was built in 1903, the second in 1905, the third in 1912 and the fourth was completed in 1924.

A native of Ohio, Mr. Fellows was born in Ash- tabula in 1867. His father, John U. Fellows, was for many years engaged in the general merchandise business in Ohio, but in 1871 removed to Kansas where he engaged in farming. His mother was Miss Cynthia J. Marr, a member of a prominent Ohio family. Mr. Fellows' education was obtained in the public and high schools of McPherson, Kansas, after which he took special courses in engineering and correspondence courses of various kinds.

Mr. Fellows began his business career as an elec- trical engineer, and continued this line of work for several years. In 1893 he came to Texas and to Houston, and for one year was with the Consumers Oil Mill as engineer and electrician. He then went with the Houston Post, where for eight years he had full charge of all machinery. He later became associated with the Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Company as general inspector of boilers, and re- mained with this company for four years, when he resigned this position in order to become general manager of the First National Bank Building. Mr. Fellows was married in Kansas in 1891 to Miss Lelia M. Maughmer, a daughter of George W. Maughmer, who was a large land owner and pioneer settler of Kansas. They have one daughter, Mrs. Leta A. Schleeter. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows reside at 1403 Southmore Avenue. In fraternal and social organ- izations Mr. Fellows is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Kiwanis Club, and also a mem- ber of the First Christian Church. Mr. Fellows is interested in all agencies working for the greater development and civic improvement of Houston, and regards the future for this city as being exceedingly bright.

AVID E. SMITH, real estate member and city developer, has played an important part in the growth of Houston and is one of the best known men in the city. He has built and sold over five hundred homes during the years he has been engaged in business here and by his plan of easy payments has started many families on the road to financial independence as home owners.

Mr. Smith is sole owner of the Brooke-Smith Addition, which comprises fifteen hundred lots and is now more than seventy-five per cent developed. He maintains his own building department and owns

a mill where all the mill work used in his building operations is obtained. His system of buying and building enables him to give home owners the best of service in the construction of homes at low cost. Beginning in the real estate business in 1908 Mr. Smith, besides the Brooke-Smith Addition, has also developed Burrell Addition and portions of Pecora and Bradley Additions.

Before commencing in the real estate business Mr. Smith had a mercantile establishment not far from the present location of his real estate office, at 3600 Houston Avenue. He began business in a small way when there were no houses between his location and White Oak Bayou, a section now highly developed.

While working in a Houston office Mr. Smith came out to what was then a rural, country district, and bought a few lots and built for himself a two-room house to live in. He paid cash for the property and building, having, as he expressed it, a horror of going in debt. He borrowed his first money to construct an additional room to his residence and a friend wanting a house on the extra lot near his home he borrowed the money and built for him. This was in reality the commencement of his career in the real estate business, which has grown and expanded since that time until his operations have run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sig- nificant of the increase in values as a result of development work sponsored by Mr. Smith is the fact that the block where his office is located was purchased for fifteen hundred dollars and now a single lot is worth that sum. His mercantile bus- iness, which preceded his entry into real estate, was started in a small box store. This venture grew and expanded and is still in operation by an- other firm.

Since building his home in the country Mr. Smith has seen Houston gradually grow to him and he has been directly responsible for much of the development work that has brought about this growth. He now has a valuable apartment house on what was at one time considered worthless property. A portion of the Brooke-Smith addition is in the city limits of Houston and all of it is included in the city school district, making the schools of the city available to all the residents of the addition.

Mr. Smith was born at Bryan, Texas, on November 11, 1878, a son of Rev. E. J. and Mary (Pew) Smith. His father was a well known Baptist minister. Mr. Smith's mother died at his birth and he was reared by an aunt. His grandfather, D. R. Pew, came to Texas by ox team in 1867 and settled in Madison County, where he was a planter and farmer until his death. Mr. Smith was reared on a farm and attended the country schools for a short while and in 1899 and 1900 attended Draughon's Business Col- lege at Galveston.

Coming to Houston in 1904 he worked as a fire insurance salesman and at different times was engaged in railroad and sawmill work before en- gaging in the mercantile and subsequently the real estate business. He has been very successful and owns a great deal of valuable property in and around Houston. During 1923 he erected a beau- tiful twenty thousand dollar home in Woodlawn Court, which he developed as one of the best resi- dence districts of the city.

In 1901 Mr. Smith was married in Brazos County

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to Miss Blanche Hickman, member of a pioneer Texas family. They have three children, Odell, D. E., Jr., and Jewell.

Mr. Smith takes an active interest in civic affairs and is a member of the Woodmen of the World and Young Men's Christian Association. He is a splendid type of the modern real estate man and community builder and has done much con- structive work in the building and development of the city of Houston.

HARLES MARINI has been a resident of Houston for the past eight years or more and during most of this period has been engaged in the business of manufacturing cement, cast stone, plastic ornamental work or plas- ter Paris and art marble, a new process of manu- facture which gives a product closely resembling real marble and from which is manufactured lawn benches, urns, vases, etc. Mr. Marini operates as the Houston Art Stone Company and his plant and office is located at 6513 Harrisburg Boulevard. He is the sole owner of the business in Houston, which is the largest concern of its kind here, having bought out the interest of his former partner, Mr. H. Pianta, of San Antonio.

Commencing in a small way some six or seven years ago, Mr. Marini has developed the business far beyond its original proportions. The plant occu- pies a space one hundred by two hundred feet on the Harrisburg Boulevard and from fifteen to twen- ty men, all expert in this line of work, are employed at all times. Expert designers prepare plans for the ornamental work, which is exceptionally beau- tiful and rivals that of the best sculptors. The art marble work is especially attractive.

Mr. Marini is a native of Italy and was born November 23rd, 1884. He is a son of John and Cesira (Vitti) Marini and was educated in the best schools of his native land. His father was an expert mechanic and machinist and his mechanical ability was inherited by his son, who all his life has shown a marked adaptability for work of this character.

In 1908 Mr. Marini came to America, but remained here for only a few months and then went to the City of Mexico, where he engaged in this line of work for three years. Remaining in Mexico until 1911, he came to San Antonio, where he continued his business for three years in association with Mr. Pianta before coming to Houston in 1914.

Mr. Marini was married in Houston in January, 1923, to Miss Ella Imhof, daughter of the late Charles Imhof, well known farmer and land owner, who died in 1916. They reside at 6515 Harrisburg Boulevard in a new home constructed during the summer of 1923.

The process for the manufacture of art marble was patented in 1916 and Mr. Marini controls twen- ty-five counties in South Texas for the manufac- ture and sale of this product. It is used not only in art work but in many places where real marble has been used heretofore. It is strong, durable and can be told from real marble only by an exprt. It is in many respects superior to marble and to meet the demand for this product, the Houston Art Stone Company during 1923 installed new machinery and buildings for the doubling of its capacity. The Hous- ton Art Stone Company has done plastic ornamental work on the Keystone Building, Masonic Temple,

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 151

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