New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 19

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

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RED J. HEYNE, native Houstonian, began his career in the banking business when fourteen years of age as a runner and collector for the T. W. House Bank, and has served in every branch of the banking business since that time, and is now one of the leading execu- tives of one of the strongest financial institutions of Houston. Mr. Heyne is active vice president of the Bankers Mortgage Company, and has always been active in the financial and industrial life of Houston, where he has devoted his entire life to the banking business. His advice is frequently sought in matters of financial purport, as he is regarded as an authority by his friends and business associates.

Mr. Heyne was born in Houston December 31st, 1878. His father, Charles G. Heyne, a native of Germany, came to the United States at the age of nineteen years, and first located in New York, but later came to New Orleans, where he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served throughout the Civil War in the Q. M. C., under General Gibson, who was also one of his close personal friends. On May 9th, 1865, Mr. Charles G. Heyne received a letter from General Gibson in which he praised him highly as a soldier and a real man of highest standard of manhood, and this letter is now in the possession of Mr. Fred J. Heyne, which natur- ally, he prizes very highly, and is numbered among his most valuable possessions. Mr. Charles G. Heyne died at the age of seventy-six years. His mother, prior to her marriage was Miss Frances Burkhart, a native of Harris County, and is residing in Hous- ton. After the close of the Civil War the senior Mr. Heyne came to Houston, where he met and married Miss Burkhart and he continued to make Houston his home until his death. Mr. Heyne at- tended the Houston public schools and also studied at night after beginning work at the age of four- teen, for the T. W. House Bank, and the liberal education which he received was largely through self help. Mr. Heyne remained with that institu- tion until it failed, and he then remained for a short time with the receiver. He then went with the National City Bank as cashier, and later liqui- dated that bank and was one of the organizers of the Texas Trust Company in 1909 and went with this company as secretary and treasurer. The Bankers Trust Company and the Texas Trust Com- pany was consolidated in 1911 and the business continued as the Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Heyne remained as secretary and treasurer of the new named institution until 1917, when he was made vice president. The name of this bank was changed in 1920 to the Bankers Mortgage Company, and he was again made active vice president and has been active in its affairs to date. The Bankers Mortgage Company is one of the largest mortgage companies in Texas. It has a capital and surplus of $2,600,000. Mr. Heyne is largely interested in many of the city's financial and industrial projects and is a director in the following: Jesse H. Jones and Company, National Bank of Commerce, The Houston Hotel Association, and is vice president and director of the Jones Lumber Company.

Mr. Heyne was married in Houston in 1900 to Miss Hallie Brookshire (deceased) and he has one son of this union, Charles, who is now engaged in business in Houston. Charles Heyne has had un-

usual educational advantages. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Houston, after which he attended the Allen Academy at Bryan, Texas. He then became a student of the South- western University at Georgetown, graduating in 1922 with A. B. degree. He won honors, and was a football star on the team of that college, in 1922. Mr. Fred J. Heyne was married the second time in Houston in 1906 to Miss Mayne E. Green, a native Texan and a daughter of Rev. A. L. Green (deceased for many years), a well known Methodist minister of Texas. They have one son, Frederick J. Heyne, Jr., nine years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Heyne reside at 220 Westmoreland Boulevard. Mr. Heyne is a member of the Houston Club, and of the First Meth- odist Church, which he has served for over twenty years as a steward. He is regarded as one of the leaders in Houston in all moves for the progress and advancement of the city of his nativity, which he believes will soon become the leading city of the Southwest.

ENTON W. COOLEY, president of the Marine Bank and Trust Company, has been actively identified with the banking in- terest of Houston for a score of years. He is one of the principal organizers of the Marine Bank and Trust Company which opened for business February 24th, 1925, in which institution he became president upon its organization. This bank which is one of the latest of Houston's financial institu- tions organized with a capital stock of three hundred thousand dollars, a surplus of seventy-five thousand fully paid in. Other officers of the bank are T. P. Priddie, Jr., vice president and cashier; Ike L. Freed, vice president; H. H. Gieseke, vice president; Stuart A. Giraud, vice president, and a corps of minor of- ficers and directors consisting of many of the most substantial and progressive business men of Hous- ton.

Before organizing the Marine Bank and Trust Company, Mr. Cooley was for over twenty years with the Union National Bank and was vice presi- dent for several years prior to severing his con- nections with that bank to accept the presidency of the Marine Bank.

Denton W. Cooley was born at Ashland, Nebraska, the fifteenth of March, 1885, son of D. D. Cooley, former banker of that city, later insurance man of Houston, and Helen G. (Winfield) Cooley, who is a native of Maryland. His parents moved to Hous- ton when Denton W. was but seven years of age, consequently receiving his education in the public schools of this city. When sixteen years of age, Mr. Cooley began his banking career as a messenger boy for the old South Texas National Bank, now known as the South Texas Commercial Bank. Four years later he became connected with the Union National Bank with whom, as stated above, he re- mained for a score of years, having worked up through all the departments to the position of vice president.

Aside from his banking interests, Mr. Cooley is identified with other Houston business enter- prises. He is a director of the Houston Lighting and Power Company, treasurer of the Houston Fair and Exposition. During 1921 and 1922, Mr. Cooley was vice president of the Texas Division of the American Bankers Association. He is treasurer of the Sam Houston Memorial Association and of the Harris

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County Humane Society and is a trustee of the benefit funds of the Houston Fire Department and the Houston Police Department.

Mr. Cooley was married to Miss Val Lock, daugh- ter of W. H. Lock, a pioneer resident of Houston. Mr. Cooley is a member of the Houston Club, Hous- ton Country Club, Lumbermen's Club, B. P. O. Elks, the Episcopal Church and has always taken an ac- tive interest in civic, social and political affairs of Houston.

M. DUNCAN has in nineteen years of achievement in the business world of Hous- ton developed a coffee importing and roasting business of volume, and is recog- . nized as one of the leaders in his line. The Duncan Coffee Company, Inc., of which he is president and general manager, was organized in 1918. This business, the practical result of Mr. Duncan's ambition to put on the market a perfectly blended, perfectly roasted and perfectly packed coffee, has met with success. The product, Duncan's Admiration Coffee, being now known throughout the South and demanded by lovers of good coffee. The plant, located at the corner of Carr and Conti Streets, is in keeping with the volume of the busi- ness and requires twenty thousand feet of floor space and employs forty-six experienced people with fourteen men on the road. The plant is located on the main line of the International and Great North- ern Railway, using two hundred and fifty feet of switch trackage. The eight years since the estab- lishment of the business has seen a remarkable de- velopment, the daily output now running over fif- teen thousand pounds, roasted and packed. The corporation is composed of Mr. Duncan as presi- dent, C. W. Duncan, vice president, and L. J. Bland, secretary.

Mr. Duncan came to Houston as a young man, the tenth of August, 1907, and shortly after his ar- rival in the city went to work for the Cheek-Neal Coffee Company. It was his ambition to learn the business and he went to work in overalls as a laborer, learning the business from the very bot- tom. His progress was rapid, and his promotions well earned and well deserved a decade later find- ing him with this same firm as general superin- tendent of the plant. But the idea of operating his own plant appealed to Mr. Duncan far more than managing the plant of another, and in 1918 he re- signed his position to establish his own business, the Duncan Coffee Company, Inc.

Mr. Duncan was born in the State of Kentucky, near the Southern border, the fifth of November, 1888, son of J. G. Duncan, a native of the Blue Grass State, and true to the blue grass traditions, a raiser of fine horses. Mr. Duncan was educated in his native State, attending the public schools, the Ken- tucky State College and the Bowling Green Business University. After finishing his education he came to Texas to begin his business career.

Mr. Duncan was married at Houston, the fifth of June, 1912, to Miss Linnie Dunn, daughter of Tom Dunn, a pioneer resident of Houston. Mr. and and Mrs. Duncan have one of the attractive homes of the city, at 2220 Brazos Street, and have four children: Katherine, Amelia and Harriet, and a son, Mills. Mr. Duncan is a member of Holland Masonic Lodge No. 1, Houston Country Club, Houston Club, and Houston Launch Club.

ARD TIMLIN, although a comparatively recent addition to the business circles of Houston, Texas, has entered actively into the spirit of the South Texas Metropolis and has made his influence felt in the commercial and financial life of this city. Mr. Timlin is the president of the Equitable Land & Trust Company, which is a general real estate and trust company, specializing in property along and contiguous to the ship channel and other industrial locations. This company has purchased much valuable and desirable property along the ship channel and adjacent to other industrial locations in Houston, among which are Sinco Place and Lindale. This acreage property is situated in the heart of industrial areas. The Equitable Land & Trust Company was organized here on May 1st, 1926, by the two chief executives of this organization, the subject of this sketch and Mr. David Kennedy, who is the vice president and well known in the business and financial circles of South Texas. The company is introducing to the public many new methods in real estate devel- opment. Their offices are located at 505 Public National Bank Building.

A native of Missouri, Mr. Timlin was born in St. Louis on May 27th, 1894. His father, D. J. Timlin (deceased) was in his day prominently identified with various activities in different parts of the country, was very successful and amassed a fortune in his business ventures. D. J. Timlin had many claims to distinction, having during his time in- vented steam heat and was the first man to light trains with gas. He also put the filtering system in the Mississippi River, also designed and built the Chester, Illinois, State Prison, which was the finest penitentiary in the world at that time. His mother, Mrs. Mattie (Hoshall) Timlin, was a mem- ber of a prominent Mississippi family. His edu- cation was obtained in the public schools of Dublin, Texas, which he left when sixteen years of age and started his career in the business world as a court reporter, continuing in this field of activity until he was twenty-six years of age. At that time he engaged in the real estate business. During his career as a court reporter, Mr. Timlin did reporting in all courts, ranging from police court to the high- est courts in various parts of the country, and his experience in this work would fill a large volume and has been of untold value to him.

Mr. Timlin was married at Dublin, Texas, on September 4th, 1916, to Miss Octa Lee Stephen, a native Texan and a daughter of J. V. Stephen, also a native of the Lone Star State, where through- out his life he was active in the business and social life. Her mother, Mrs. Maud (Johnson) Stephen, was a member of a well known family of Oklahoma. They have three children-David Joe, Mary Lee and Edward Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Timlin reside at 938 Pecore Avenue. Mr. Timlin is a member of the A. F. and A. M., and other fraternal, commercial, civic and social organizations here, in all of which - he takes an active interest. His church affiliation is with the Baptist denomination. Since locating in Houston Mr. Timlin has made a host of friends who recognize in him a leader of his generation and one of the most progressive business men of this city, and his friends are expecting much of this ambitious citizen of Houston and the company which he heads.

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ARTER STEWART, Vice-President and Cashier of the Public National Bank, and one of the most active and enterprising young bankers of South Texas, has devoted his entire business life to the Banking business, where he is known throughout the State as an execu- tive and organizer. The Public National Bank has a Capital Stock of $300,000.00, and their statement made at the close of business on June 30th, 1925, shows that they have a surplus fund of $30,000, un- divided profits of $10,010.82 and deposits amounting to $2,305,473.12. Other officers of the Public Na- tional Bank are J. Lewis Thompson, President; J. H. Tallichet, and J. W. Carter, Vice Presidents. The directors of this bank, which is located at 402 Main Street, are among the financiers and representative business men of Houston.

Mr. Stewart is also identified with other com- mercial enterprises and is President of the Public Warehouse and Forwarding Company, and Vice- President of the Public Securities Company, the lat- ter company handling all trust matters of the Pub- lic National Bank.

A native Texan, Mr. Stewart was born in Hill County, January 9th, 1892. His father, J. D. Stewart, came to Texas from Mississippi, of which State he was a native, fifty-seven year ago, and is now retired from active business pursuits and is re- siding in Beaumont. His mother was Miss Stella Guice, a member of a well-known family of Misis- sippi. His education was obtained in the public schools of Hillsboro, Texas. When quite a young man, Mr. Stewart's parents removed to Houston, and he entered the employ of the South Texas Commer- cial Bank as a clerk. Later, he became bookkeeper with this bank and remained with this institution for a period of six years, when he went to New Orleans as branch manager of the Commercial Ger- mania Bank and Trust Company, where he remained for three years. He then returned to Houston, and went with the Lumberman's National Bank, where for two years he held the position of Teller, after which he became National Bank Examiner for the 11th Federal Reserve District, serving for two years. He then came to Houston as Assistant Cashier of the Houston National Exchange Bank, where, he re- mained for two years. Mr. Stewart then went to Coleman, Texas, where he reorganized the First National Bank, and remained there for one year, during which time he put this Bank in good condi- tion, and then again returned to Houston, and was made Vice-President and Cashier of the Public Na- tional Bank in August, 1922.

Mr. Stewart was married at Beaumont, Texas, in May 9th, 1915, to Miss Emlyion Odell, a daughter of G. B. Odell, well-known in the business circles of East Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart reside at the Rice Hotel. Mr. Stewart is a member of the A. F. and A. M., with membership in Gray Lodge No. 329 of Houston, where he is also a member of the Chap- ter. Mr. Stewart is also a member of the Houston, Houston Country, River Oaks, Lumbermans and the Glenbrook Country Club. Mr. Stewart has great faith in the future of Houston. Being the logical distributing point for the great South and Central Texas territory, he believes that it will ultimately become the largest commercial and industrial city of the Southwest. The continued development of the matchless resources of the State will, Mr. Stew-

art believes, bring greater development to his city, and he takes pleasure in contemplating the future greatness of the South Texas Metropolis.

W. KEELAND, of Houston, Texas, has for many years been identified with the finan- cial activities of the Lone Star State, and is active vice president and general manager of the Guaranty Trust Company of this city. This financial institution, which was organized and char- ter obtained in January, 1924, has a capital stock of $100,000.00 and surplus of $10,000.00 This com- pany is privileged to transact a general trust com- pany and banking business. The officers of the com- pany, in addition to Mr. Keeland, are: J. A. Elkins, president; E. P. Greenwood, vice president; Wharton Weems, vice president, and B. W. Ward, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors consists of the following leading business and professional men of South Texas: Mr. J. A. Elkins, Mr. William A. Vinson, Mr. Wharton Weems, Mr. C. M. Hightower, Mr. L. S. Adams, Mr. E. P. Greenwood, Mr. H. G. Cern, Mr. H. H. Thomson, Mr. B. W. Ward and Mr. J. W. Keeland. Few men of Texas are in touch with more of the current trend of finance or have banking interests more widely distributed, than has Mr. Keeland. While he has centered many of his activities in Houston and South Texas, his interests reach other sections of the state. In addition to his banking connections in this city, he is president of the New Waverly State Bank at New Waverly, director in the Huntsville State Bank, at Huntsville, Texas; director in the Guaranty State Bank, at Willis, Texas; director in the Pasadena State Bank, at Pasadena, Texas; president of the New Waverly Drug Company, at New Waverly, Texas; president of the Herrin Hardware Company of Crockett, Texas; director in the Traylor Brothers Mercantile Company, at New Waverly, and is identified with many other interests.

A native Texan, Mr. Keeland was born at Hunts- ville, Walker County, on February 12th, 1883. His father, J. W. Keeland, has for many years been a resident of East Texas, where he is a large farmer, planter and land owner. His education was ob- tained in the schools of Huntsville, Texas. Mr. Kee- land began his career at a very early age in the mer- cantile business at Huntsville, where he learned this business and later established himself in this line of endeavor at New Waverly and Grapeland, and built up a large business. During this period, he started in the banking business also, and has become one of the leading bankers and financiers of South Texas.

Mr. Keeland was married at New Waverly, Texas, in June, 1911, to Miss Lenna Traylor, a native of New Waverly, Texas, and a daughter of J. R. Tray- lor (deceased) who was one of the pioneer business men of Walker County. Mrs. Keeland is also a sis- ter of the Traylor Brothers, who are numbered among the leading business men and progressive citi- zens of their community. They have one son, Luther Keeland. Mr. and Mrs. Keeland own their own home in Alden Place. Mr. Keeland never loses an oppor- tunity to speak a good word for Houston, which he believes by reason of the deep water and railroad facilities is destined to become the greatest commer- cial and industrial center of the Southwest. The steady development of the last few years he expects to continue indefinitely.

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HOMAS P. WIER for almost a quarter of a century has been one of a group of lum- bermen whose interest lies not alone in the lumber business, but in the development of this industry along progressive lines to the highest possible plane of achievement. Mr. Wier is asso- ciated with his brother, R. W. Wier, in the opera- tion of the R. W. Wier Lumber Company, the whole- sale branch of the business and the Wier Long Leaf Lumber Company, the corporation manufacturing the lumber for the selling branch. Of both these companies Mr. Wier is secretary and treasurer, di- recting his executive ability toward efficient opera- tion, and giving careful thought to the welfare of the many employes. These two companies represent a capitalization well over a million dollars, and have extensive timber holdings in Sabine, Newton and Jasper Counties, Texas.

Thomas P. Wier was born the eleventh of Novem- ber, 1882, in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, son of Thomas Dabney Wier, who located there shortly after the Civil War, and Margaret Campbell Wier, both of whom are of Scottish ancestry. Mr. Wier was educated in the public schools of Louisiana, and after finishing his education began his career as a lumberman, as purchasing agent for the Kirby Lum- ber Company, later with the formation of the Wier Companies, associating with his brother, R. W. Weir and helping in the organization.

Mr. Wier was married at Houston, the twenty- ninth of June, 1918, to Miss Elinor Jones, daughter of Ira P. Jones, well known Houston lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. 'Wier are active in social and civic activi- ties. They have two children, T. P. Junior, and Mary Margaret. Mr. Wier is president of the Ki- wanis Club, a member of the Lumberman's Club, Houston Club, Houston Country Club and the River Oaks Country Club. Fraternally he is an Elk and a Mason, thirty-second degree Scottish Rite and member of Arabia Temple Shrine. Mr. Wier takes an active interest in the advancement of the lum- ber industry, and his thoughts for the welfare of the employees of the Wier interests combine the most modern and approved ideas. He takes an active part in all public affairs, giving his time freely for the promotion of civic development.

OHN F. STAUB, A. I. A., with office in the Second National Bank Building, has won a reputation as an architect of original and logical arrangement, ordered with the fundamental principles of permanancy.

Mr. Staub is the architect of the River Oaks Country Club House, and the associate architect of some of the finest homes in Houston. Among these are the residences of K. E. Womack, Esq .; W. S. Farish, Esq .; H. V. Neuhaus, Esq .; and D. D. Peden, Esq. These homes are among the finest in the South.

In 1921 Mr. Staub came to Houston as the asso- ciate architect of H. T. Lindeberg of New York City. Although retaining this association, the great- er portion of his time is now occupied by an inde- pendent practice.

Mr. Staub was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1892. Upon the completion of the four year Academic course at the University of Tennessee, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

at Boston, remaining for two years and recovering the degree of B. S. in architecture. He was awarded a scholarship and returned for a year of post-grad- uate study, receiving the degree of Master of Science in Architecture.

After leaving college, he became associated with H. T. Lindeberg in New York City, and has been with him since that time except for the period spent in the Navy. Mr. Staub served in the Navy Flying Corps from July, 1917, until January, 1919, and was awarded the "Navy Cross" for distinguished service.

Mr. Staub was married in 1920 to Miss Madeleine Delabarre of Conway, Massachusetts. They have a son, John Delabarre, and a daughter, Nancy Dela- barre.

He is a member of the Houston Country Club and the River Oaks Country Club. His college fraternity is "Sigma Alpha Epsilon."

Mr. Staub is most enthusiastic regarding Hous- ton's development, both commercial and artistic.

ACK C. DIONNE, for more than a decade a prime factor in Houston publishing cir- cles, has done much effective work for the development of the lumber industry as ed- itor and publisher of one of the leading trade papers devoted to that activity, "The Gulf Coast Lumber- man." Mr. Dionne is president of the Gulf Coast Lumberman, publishing it since the first issue in 1913. This periodical is issued twice a month, on the first and fifteenth, from a modernly equipped press and is one of the finest papers dedicated to the lumber industry. The circulation each issue is five thousand copies, the distribution being largely in the Middle West and Southwest. As editor of this magazine Mr. Dionne has done some splendid work toward moulding sentiment favorable to the best interests of the lumber industry, backing every progressive movement and encouraging progress. Mr. Dionne also owns and publishes the California Lumber Merchant, one of the best of the lumber trade journals on the Pacific Coast, this also being a semi-monthly issued on the first and fifteenth of each month at Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Dionne was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the thirtieth of November, 1881, son of F. E. Dionne, now of Houston, who has been a lumberman all his life and is widely known in lumber circles. Mr. Dionne was educated in the public schools of his na- tive state, and after leaving school began work in the lumber camps of Wisconsin. Later he was a newspaper reporter in Wisconsin and Michigan, then a lumber reporter and contributor to the various lumber journals. After this came a period when he edited the Southern Industrial and Lumber Re- view of Houston, his first editorial experience, fol- lowed by the publication of his own paper, which he also edits.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 19

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