New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 56

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

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R. J. H. HAIZLIP, physician and surgeon of Nederland, has attained an enviable repu- tation as a general practitioner, and is one of the prominent members of the medical profession of Jefferson County. Dr. Haizlip came to Nederland in 1908, since which time he has taken a leading part in the medical advancement of this section, and has enjoyed a large practice. He prac- tices general medicine, with all that term implies, and accustomed to diffuse responsibility, with an invaluable faculty of diagnosis, and high scientific attainments, brings to bear on his practice an as- sured knowledge that has been a factor in his success. For many years Dr. Haizlip was the only physician in this section, and his practice extends to Port Neches and the surrounding country.

Dr. Haizlip was born in the central part of North Carolina, the seventeenth of December, 1872, the son of the late H. Haizlip, a native Virginian, and a contractor of North Carolina for many years, and Christiana Dalton Haizlip, of North Carolina. Dr. Haizlip received his early education in the public schools near his home, later taking his pre- medical work at a college in his native state. He then entered the University of Maryland, in the medical department, and took his M. D. degree from that institution. He began his practice in North Carolina, and after three years there went to Little River County, Arkansas, where he practiced med- icine for six years. He then came to Nederland, where he has since engaged in practice.

Dr. Haizlip was married in North Carolina, the fifth of October, 1898, to Miss Frances Walker, a native of that State. They have five children: Wil- liam, a student at South Park College; John, a student at Georgetown University, and Christine, Robert, and Richard, at home. Dr. Haizlip is a director of the Security State Bank of Beaumont, and is a substantial member of his community. He is a Blue Lodge Mason, and belongs to the Jef- ferson County Medical Society, of which he is a past vice president; the Texas Medical Association, and the American Medical Association.

ILLIAM E. RAMSAY, M. D., has, for a number of years held a place as one of the leading members of the medical profession of Houston, and has taken an active inter- est in the betterment of the community, questions concerning public health especially appealing to him. Though he has no specialty in his profession, engaging in general practice, he has been excep- tionally successful in surgery, and has a great num- ber of surgical cases. Dr. Ramsay is on the Staff of the City Hospital and the Baptist Hospital, is Assistant City Health Officer, and has done the surgical work for the Public Health Service from 1920, at the same time handling his private prac- tice. His office is in the Union National Bank Building.

Dr. Ramsay was born in Virginia, the twenty- eighth of June, 1888. His father, John Adam Ram- say, a Presbyterian minister for many years, died at Houston in 1914. His mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Elizabeth Bryan, is a sister of William L. Bryan, president of Indiana State University, and of Albert Bryan, for many years president of Washington State College, at Pullman, Washington, and later State Superintendent of Pub- lic Institutions in Idaho. Dr. Ramsay spent his

childhood in Virginia, at the age of seven went to Indiana with his parents, living there for seven years, after which the family removed to Louisiana, and, after a year and a half there, came to Houston. Dr. Ramsay was educated in the public schools of Indiana, Louisiana and Houston, and took his pre- medical work at Austin College, where he spent two years, and the University of Texas, at Austin, where he spent one year. He then entered the Medical Department of the University of Texas, at Galves- ton, where he took his medical degree in 1915. He then returned to Houston and served a one-year in- terneship at the Baptist Hospital, and was House Physician the following year. He has since en- gaged in general practice at Houston, giving special attention to surgery.

Dr. Ramsay was married at Houston the twen- tieth of June, 1917, to Miss Frances Addison Storey, daughter of G. T. Storey, of Bay City, and who, although past seventy years old, is still active as a Presbyterian minister. Dr. and Mrs. Ramsay re- side at 817 Fairview, and attend the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Ramsay is a Mason, being affiliated with Gray Lodge No. 329, Galveston Consistory, and Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He also belongs to the Galveston chapter of Alpha Kappa Kappa, and is a member of Glenbrook Country Club. Dr. Ram- say keeps in close touch with medical advancement and is a member of the Harris County Medical So- ciety, the Texas Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. During the recent war he was commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, in February, 1918, serving at the Base Hospital at Camp Dodge until shortly before his discharge from Camp Logan in February, 1919.

OHN M. TRIBLE, M. D., well known mem- ber of the medical fraternity at Houston, has during the several years of his practice here built up a large clientele and has es- tablished the reputation of a successful practitioner in his particular field of urology and dermatology. Dr. Trible came to Houston in 1919 and has since devoted his time to practice in the fields of urology and dermatology, and to the broader interests of his profession. He has his office in the Bankers Mortgage Building, and is on the staff at St. Jo- seph's and the Baptist Hospitals, also the Houston City Hospital (Jefferson Davis) and urologist for the United States Veterans Bureau for the South- ern District, of Texas.

Dr. Trible was born at St. Louis, Missouri, the first of September, 1884, son of Dr. John J. Trible, of Brownsville, Texas, and Bessie Metcalf Trible. His mother is now on the editorial staff of the Dal- las News and edits the T. M. T. Column. Dr. Trible was graduated from St. Louis Medical University, with the M. D. degree in 1907, and served his in- terneship at the Jewish Hospital, at St. Louis. He later went to Dallas where he practiced with Dr. Yancey for five years, and in 1917 entered military service. He was commissioned first lieutenant, Med- ical Corps, in January, 1917, and sent to Fort Clarke. He was later assigned to the Third Division, 26th Field Hospital, and then to the 27th Field Hospital. He was commissioned captain in the Medical Corps, in May, 1919, and sent to board duty at Marseilles, He returned from overseas and was discharged the twenty-first of July, 1919. After his army service, Dr. Trible went to New Orleans and was in the

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Marine Hospital there until coming to Houston, in 1919.

Dr. Trible was married at Dallas, the seventeenth of October, 1917, to Miss Ottie Bowles, who is a third generation Texan, and the daughter of V. S. Bowles, a pioneer rancher of the Lone Star State. Dr. and Mrs. Trible have one child, John Bowles Trible. They make their home at 4312 Greely Street, Houston. Dr. Trible is vice president of the Civitan Club and takes an active interest in civic activities. Fraternally he is a Mason, Blue Lodge, Woodland, Houston, of Scottish Rite, San Antonio Chapter and Commandery, and a member of Hella Temple Shrine at Dallas. He belongs to the Harris County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical As- sociation.

R. F. O. CALAWAY, who has recently joined the medical fraternity at Houston, has since coming to this city made pro fessional record, creditable along all lines, and as a private practitioner has found favor with the public. Dr. Calaway limits his prac- tice to infant feeding and the diseases of chil- dren, a branch of medicine for which he is particularly well equipped, and he has found a busy professional career in this city. Dr. Calaway has devoted his time not only to his private practice, but to the broader interests of his profession, and takes an active interest in all child welfare measures. He is on the hospital committee, and on the staff at St. Josephs, where he teaches nursing and the diseases of infants and children; he is also on the staff of the Methodist Hospital.

Dr. Calaway was born at Dallas, Texas, the twen- ty-eighth of May, 1890, the son of Dr. William Cala- way, a pioneer physician, and Civil War Veteran, and Dollie Walden Calaway, a native of Mississippi. Dr. Calaway attended public schools until his gradua- tion from Bowie High School, after which he took a one-year pre-medical course at the University of Texas. He then entered the Medical Department of the University of Texas, at Galveston, in 1915, tak- ing his degree. He served one year interneship at St. Mary's Hospital at Galveston and the following year he served as interne at the City Hospital at Cleveland, Ohio, beginning at this time to give spe- cial attention to pediatrics. In 1916 went with the Asylum at Austin, where he remained one year. The next year and a half was spent at the Pasteur In- stitute at Austin, and immediately following this period he enlisted in

military service. Post- graduate work in New York followed his army serv- ice, and he spent some time at the various hospitals and the Lying-In Hospital in that city, specializing in infant feeding and the diseases of children. Con- cluding his post-graduate work in New York he came to Houston, in May, 1922, and opened his of- fice in this city. He has since been considered one of the leading pediatrists in the city, and has taken an important part in all child welfare work.

Dr. Calaway was married at Bowie, Texas, in 1917, to Miss Roberta Duncan, daughter of J. R. Duncan, a retired business man, and a member of an old Texas family. Dr. and Mrs. Calaway have an attractive home at 3407 Yupon Drive, and have one child, Roberta Alene. Dr. Calaway is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine. He is secretary of the Harris County Medical Society

and also secretary of the South Texas District Med- ical Society. He is also a member of the State Medi- cal Association, Southern Medical Association, and the Texas Pediatric Society. Dr. Calaway belongs to the Glenbrooke Country Club. He takes a deep in- terest in all civic activities, particularly those which have to do with community betterment, and is well worthy the honors and obligations associated with his profession.

AYMOND L. BRADLEY, M. D., one of the recent recruits to the medical fraternity at Houston, is regarded as particularly well equipped for the practice of medicine and surgery and is one of the very able members of the medical profession in this city. Dr. Bradley spe- cializes in surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, branches of the profession in which he is exception- ally successful, and has a very large practice in Houston. Dr. Bradley has his offices in the Key- stone Building, is on the visiting staff of all the Houston hospitals and is Chairman of the Obstetrics Section of the Municipal Hospital and on the staff of the Methodist Hospital. With the exception of a short period during the influenza epidemic, when Dr. Bradley made general calls on account of the shortness of physicians, he has limited his practice to surgery, with special attention to Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Bradley began his practice at Hous- ton the first of January, 1919, his first patient being a surgical case, whom he operated at midnight, Jan- uary the first.

Dr. Bradley was born at Battle Creek, Michigan, the ninth of July, 1892, coming with his father, C. L. Bradley, an attorney, to Houston at the age of five years. His mother, before her marriage Miss Bertha Barr, is deceased, and is also his father. Dr. Bradley attended the public schools of Houston, and after graduation from the high school here entered the University of Texas, Medical School, at Galveston, taking the M. D. degree in June, 1918. During his senior year he was Interne at St. Mary's Hospital at Galveston, and later spent six months as Interne at St. Joseph's Infirmary Hospital, at Houston. During the war he was in the Medical Reserve Officers' Corps, but was not called for service until the war was over.

Dr. Bradley was married at Houston, the eleventh of November, 1917, to Miss Edith Beazley, daughter of the late Dr. John Beazley, of La Porte. Dr. and Mrs. Bradley make their home at 4425 Mckinney Avenue, and take a prominent part in the social affairs of their community. Dr. Bradley's hobby is yachting, and he owns a sea-going yacht. He also finds much recreation in hunting and fishing and is a member of the Houston Yacht Club, the Houston Launch Club, and the Glenbrooke Country Club. Dr. Bradley is identified with the various medical so- cieties, belonging to the Harris County Medical So- ciety, the South Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical As- sociation. He is Past President of the Houston Gy- necology and Obstetrics Society. Dr. Bradley, al- though one of the younger physicians, is regarded as one of the foremost surgeons, gynecologists and obstetricians in Houston, and in the several years of his practice here has come rapidiy to the front. His position in the medical world, however, is not un- merited, but entirely in keeping with his ability and talent.

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R. WILLIAM P. COYLE, whose name has been of special significance in the medical fraternity at Orange for two decades, is one of a group of physicians who have taken a large part in the medical advancement of the city, and has attained a position of supremacy in the field of opthalmology, otology, rhinology and laryngology, to which he has limited his work for a number of years. Dr. Coyle has his offices in the Stark Building, and brings to bear on his large prac- tice an assured knowledge in his definite line, ap- proaching the most difficult cases with confidence. His work is the ripened result of many years of ex- perience and a constant effort to keep apace of med- ical advancement, and he is known and valued as one of the most enthusiastic and progressive representa- tives of the medical profession. Dr. Coyle came to Orange in 1906, at that time engaging in general practice and making an exceptional success in that field. Later, in 1919, he began limiting his work to the eye, ear, nose and throat, and surgery of the head, in which field he has been no less successful than in his general practice, and has established one of the largest practices in the city.

Dr. Coyle was born at Thomasville, Georgia, the fifteenth of November, 1876, the son of William P. Coyle, who removed to Texas in the nineties, and Florence Fife Coyle. Dr. Coyle received his early education in the public schools of Thomasville, and in 1902 was licensed to practice dentistry in Texas, having studied this in school and under his uncle, Dr. J. G. Fife of Dallas. In 1903 he entered the Southwestern University, in the medical department at Dallas, receiving his medical degree in 1906, on account of a one year credit for dentistry at the time of his entrance. He then came to Orange, to which place his brother, Dr. Thomas F. Coyle, had preceded him, and begun the practice of dentistry. Drs. Coyle have offices together, and each is a recognized leader in his field.

Dr. Coyle was married at Dallas, Texas, the thir- teenth of January, 1913, to Miss Virginia Gano, a native of that city, and a member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of Dallas. Dr. and Mrs. Coyle have two children, Constance and Clare, and make their home at Orange. Dr. Coyle is a mem- ber of the Orange County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Medical Associa- tion, and the American Medical Association, and throughout a busy professional career has been well worthy the honors and obligations associated with his profession, giving many years of an industrious and busy life to the welfare of his community.

R. M. E. CURTIS, for upward of twenty years one of the leading physicians of Wal- ker County, has for the past ten years been identified with the professional life of Huntsville, and has attained the reputation of being a practitioner who is competent in all branches of his calling. Dr. Curtis began the practice of med- icine in Walker County in 1904, practicing at New Waverly until 1915, when he came to Huntsville, establishing his practice here at that time. Dr. Curtis practices general medicine, and has a large private practice and has given many years of an industrious and busy life to the welfare of his com- munity.

Dr. M. E. Curtis was born in Walker County,

the twenty-second of October, 1872, the son of Jesse Curtis and Frances C. (Sterne) Curtis, the former a native of Virginia, who came to Walker County in 1860 and was a farmer near New Waverly until his death. Mrs. Curtis was also from Virginia. Dr. Curtis attended the schools of Walker County and also received a good part of his early instruction from his mother, who was a highly educated woman. He then took one year pre-medical work at Sam Houston State Normal, afterward entering the med- ical department of the University of Texas, at Gal- veston, where he took his M. D. degree in 1904. He then returned to Walker County, entering private practice at New Waverly.

Dr. Curtis was married at New Waverly, Texas, the seventeenth of January, 1907, to Miss Elmore Hill, a native of Walker County. Dr. and Mrs. Cur- tis have two children, James Edward Curtis and Frances Elmore Curtis. Dr. Curtis is a Mason, Blue Lodge, Forest, Knight Templar, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He belongs to the Walker County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Society, the Southern Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Curtis dis- plays great generosity in contributing to welfare work at Huntsville and is one of the leaders among medical men of the city.

R. DENNIS P. HARRIS since coming to Beaumont recently has taken an active in- terest in the medical advancement of the city, and is a leader in the field of internal medicine, enjoying the highest esteem of his fellow citizens. Dr. Harris came to Beaumont in 1923, after a successful professional experience covering a period of two decades. He has enjoyed the highest professional advantages, and his work is the rip- ened result of his many years of experience and a constant effort to keep apace of medical advance- ment. He has limited his practice to internal medi- cine, and has a very large practice, with his of- fices in the San Jacinto Life Building.

Dr. Harris was born in Simpson County, Mis- sissippi, the second of September, 1878, the son of Henson Harris, a native of Tennessee, and a farmer in Mississippi for many years. Dr. Harris received his early education in the public schools near his home, and took his pre-medical work at Millsap Col- lege. He then entered the School of Medicine at Memphis, Tennessee, where he took his medical degree in 1908. He came to Texas, establishing his practice at Newton, and later going to Berk- field, and then to Deweyville, after which he spent some years at Hemphill and Voth, and after four years at the past named place came to Beaumont as offering a broader future.

Dr. Harris was married at Zwolle, Louisiana, the twenty-second of December, 1897, to Miss Belle Col- ton, a native of Louisiana. Dr. and Mrs. Harris have one child, a daughter, Hessie, wife of A. N. Bishop of Beaumont, and who has one child, Norris Bishop, Junior. Dr. and Mrs. Harris reside at 1470 North Street. Dr. Harris belongs to the Jefferson Coun- ty Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Since com- ing to Beaumont he has taken a deep interest in the civic advancement of this city, questions con- cerning public welfare especially appealing to him.

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R. JAMES H. DAMERON came to Orange, Texas, in 1922 and is associated with Dr. A. G. Pearce, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of this portion of the state. Dr. Dameron was for many years engaged in a gen- eral practice, but for the past few years has limited his practice to obstetrics and surgery, and has won a reputation along this line that usually requires the greater part of a physician's lifetime to estab- lish. Dr. Dameron began his career as a physician and surgeon at Humble, Texas, in 1916 during the oil boom at this well known South Texas oil town. He continued his practice there until he entered the army of the World War on May 18th, 1917, and was sent to Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant of the regu- lar army. He went overseas with the 142nd Field Hospital Corps, and was made a captain in France, where he did valiant service for the wounded, and worked night and day during the battles in an effort to relieve suffering and save lives. He returned to America in January, 1919, and for a few weeks was at Washington, D. C., after which he was sent to Camp Dix, where he was discharged on February 17th, 1919, as a captain of the regular United States army and now holds commission of major in U. S. Reserve Corps. After his discharge, Dr. Dameron returned to Humble, Texas, and with Dr. Mckay opened the Mckay-Dameron Hospital, and operated this institution until he came to Orange in order to practice with Dr. Pearce of this city.

Dr. Dameron's preliminary education was obtained in the public schools of Jackson, Mississippi, after which he attended the Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from this institution in the class of 1908 with the M.D. degree. Following his graduation, Dr. Dameron served an interneship at Jackson Hospital, where he was also house sur- geon. He later served as house surgeon at Missis- sippi State Hospital at Meridian, Mississippi, after which he came to Texas and began his practice at Humble.

Dr. Dameron was married at Meridian, Missis- sippi, on October 20th, 1910, to Miss Ellie Campbell, a native of Meridian and a member of a well known Mississippi family. They have two children, Mary Frances and James Russell. Dr. and Mrs. Dameron reside at West Park Avenue, where they have a magnificent home on the Beaumont concrete road. Dr. Dameron is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in Meridian, Mississippi, Blue Lodge. He is a member of the Scottish Rite body of this order and has attained to the eighteenth de- gree in the lodge of Houston, and is also a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of the A. F. and A. M. Dr. Dameron is a member of the Rotary Club, the American Legion, and the American, Texas and County Medical Societies, in all of which he takes an active interest. As one of the best trained and experienced physicians in this part of the state, Dr. Dameron is rendering a great service to the public.

R. W. STANTON WINTER, JR., physician and surgeon of Port Arthur, in the two dec- ades of his practice here has attained an enviable reputation as an industrial sur- geon, and is one of the most prominent members of the medical fraternity of his city. Dr. Winter has been associated with his father, Dr. W. Stanton Winter, Sr., throughout his professional career, and

has one of the largest practices in the city, practic- ing general medicine, in all the term implies. Dr. Winter, Sr., is honored as the oldest physician and surgeon at Port Arthur, and is the first and oldest marine doctor in this section of the state. He is still active in his profession, and takes a keen in- terest in all medical advancement. Dr. Winter has also been a factor in the development of Port Ar- thur, of which he is a pioneer settler, having come here on the opening of the city. He is one of the leading historians of the city and has a collection of historical articles, concerning the early life at Port Arthur, that is very complete and unusual. As a physician Dr. Winter, Sr., has occupied a high place in the life of the community, his success and prestige being in proportion to his years of prac- tice, and he is looked on as the dean of the local fraternity. His son, Dr. W. Stanton Winter, Jr., the subject of this sketch, has likewise distinguished himself in his chosen vocation, and has devoted him- self not alone to his private practice, but to the broader interests of his profession in city and state. In 1916 Dr. Winter's brother, Dr. Harold Alton Winter, was taken in as a partner with his father and brother immediately after his graduation at Memphis, Tennessee, from the University of Ten- nessee, and was associated with them in active prac- tice until his entry into the U. S. Army during the World War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant but was given his honorable discharge the twenty-first of August, 1919, with the rank of captain. Upon his discharge he returned to Port Arthur and again took up active practice. He re- mained here until September, 1923, when he moved to Houston and opened a branch office of the Mer- chant Marine Hospital Service which is composed of Dr. Winter, Sr., and his two sons. The Mer- chant Marine Hospital Service is for the care of the seafaring men and covers all parts of the Gulf Coast, the principal office being in Port Arthur.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 56

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