New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 61

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

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Dr. Crumpler was born at Mobile, Alabama, the twenty-sixth of May, 1886. His father, W. G. Crumpler, a native of that state, was a farmer and cottonseed oil man of that state until 1887, when the family removed to Texas, where he continued his interest in these industries. He is now a resident of Athens, and is a very prominent figure in the cotton oil industry of this state. Dr. Crumpler's mother was, before her marriage, Miss Mollie Mc- Carty, also of Alabama. Although born in Ala- bama, Dr. Crumpler has spent practically his entire life in the Lone Star State, coming here with his parents at the age of one year. He attended the public schools near his home, later doing preparatory work at the Woodville Normal, after which he en- tered the University of Texas, in the medical de- partment, at Galveston, where he received his medi- cal degree in 1909. He then took post-graduate work at Vanderbilt, and the University of Chicago, and has since attended post-graduate courses with special bearing on internal medicine. Dr. Crump- ler came to Port Arthur in 1914, and since that time has been active in various commercial enter- prises, as well as a leader in professional circles. He is a director in the First National Bank of Port Arthur, vice president of the Hart Drug Company, of Port Arthur, and president of the Home Builders Loan Association.

Dr. Crumpler was married at San Antonio, Texas, in December, 1909, to Miss Sue May Edwards, a native of Tennessee, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Edwards, both of whom are deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Crumpler reside at 2649 Lake Shore Drive, and have one child, Walter Emmett, Jr. Dr. Crumpler is a Mason, member of Royal Arch Lodge, Port Arthur, and a member of the Eastern Star. He belongs to the Rotary Club, and is active in every field of civic endeavor. Dr. Crumpler finds relaxa- tion from his exacting professional duties in sports,

and is a member of the Gulf Fishing Club, and the Rod and Gun Club. He is a member of the Jeffer- son County Medical Society, the Southern District Medical Association, and Texas Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Crump- ler is a man of high intellectual and professional attainments, and splendid discrimination, and has exerted wholesome influence in the professional life of the community. He is interested in all phases of public welfare, and civic development, and is working with others of the better type of citizens to advance Port Arthur both as a resi- dential and commercial city.

ILTON L. BRENNER, M. D., physician and surgeon, and well known member of the medical fraternity of Houston, has during the years of his successful practice here built up a large patronage, and has been a factor in raising the standards of the medical profession, and in forwarding public health measures. Dr. Bren- ner came to Houston in January, 1920, and became associated with Dr. Cox, with whom he has since practiced. He has his office in the Scanlan Building, and engages in the general practice of medicine with special attention to surgery. Dr. Brenner is on the Staff of the Baptist Sanitarium, in General Surgery, and is a man of recognized ability in this field.

Dr. Brenner is a native of the Lone Star State, and was born at Gonzales, the twenty-fourth of January, 1893. His father, L. C. Brenner, a native of Germany, came to the United States as a boy, and has been for many years a druggist at Gon- zales. His mother, whose maiden name was Miss Ida Cox, is a sister of Dr. Cox, with whom Dr. Bren- ner is associated. Dr. Brenner received his ele- mentary education in the public schools of Gonzales, and graduated from the high school there. He next entered the University of Texas, where he took pre- medical work. He then went to New Orleans, con- tinuing his pre-medical work at Tulane, and later finishing his medical training there, receiving his M. D. degree in 1918. The following two years Dr. Brenner served an Interneship at the Charity Hos- pital in New Orleans, after which he came to Hous- totn and began his practice in this city. During the World War, Dr. Brenner, at that time a medical student, enrolled as a member of the Enlisted Medi- cal Reserve Corps, and is now Captain of the Medi- cal Officers Reserve Corps, and a Captain in the Texas National Guard, Commanding Medical De- tachment, 56th Cavalry Brigade, stationed at Hous- ton.

Dr. Brenner was married at New Orleans, the twenty-second of April, 1918, to Miss Mable Ed- wards, of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Brenner have one child, a son, Milton L. Junior. They reside at 1009 Peden Avenue. Dr. Brenner is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Credit Men's As- sociation, the Elks, and is a Mason, being affiliated with Gray Lodge, No. 329, Washington Chapter and Ruthven Commandery of Houston, and is a mem- ber of Arabia Temple Shrine. He is a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medi- cal Association and the American Medical Associa- tion. Dr. Brenner is representative of the modern medical man, with distinguished professional bear- ing, and high scientific attainments, and is held in high esteem by his confreres.

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REDRICK C. ARTO has for more than a decade been active in the business circles of Houston, and as President and Manager of Pendleton and Arto, Inc., has had an im- portant part in shaping the destinies of this Com-

pany. The firm of Pendleton and Arto, Inc., was established and incorporated in 1912 and are whole- sale and retail dealers in Dental and Surgical in- struments and supplies, and Hospital equipment of all kinds. The Pendleton and Arto, Inc., employ ten people in their establishment and have three men on the road covering all of South and Southwest Texas, a part of Louisiana and Mexico, and do about a quarter of a million dollar business annually. Their store and show rooms are located on the fifth floor of the Kress Building, 529-537. Other officers of the Pendleton and Arto Company, Inc., are Frank S. Pendleton, Vice-President, and Guy R. Stowell, Sec- retary and Treasurer.

Mr. Arto was born in Houston on Feb. 28, 1885. His father, also a native Houstonian, is now retired from active business and is residing in California. His mother was Miss Annie Hultzgrebe, born in Europe, but was brought to America by her parents when an infant. His education was obtained in the public schools of Houston. Mr. Arto began his business career at the age of seventeen years in the same kind of business in which he is now engaged, with the A. P. Cary Company, and was in the em- ploy of this Company for a period of nine years. He left the employ of the Cary Company in order to enter his present business.

Mr. Arto was married in Houston in 1915 to Miss Ethel Buchanan, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of David K. Buchanan, who now resides in Shreveport, Louisiana. They have one child, Fred- rick C. Arto, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arto reside at 3419 Graustark Street. Mr. Arto has seen the city of his birth grow from a town on the edge of the bayou to the busy, thriving city of today and he considers the future to be one of unlimited possi- bilities for continued growth and progress. He is identified with and takes an active interest in all agencies working for the greater development and civic improvement of Houston.

RICHARD KEENAN has for a number of years been held in high esteem for his ac- tivities in the business world of Houston, and as proprietor of one of the better drug stores in the city, is a factor in the drug trade. In December, 1917, Mr. Keenan bought out the Brazos Drug Store, located in the Brazos Hotel Building, and has since operated this store, building up an ex- tensive patronage. There are few stores in the city, even those occupying much larger quarters than the Brazos Drug Store, that are more carefully managed and have shown a greater growth than this drug store, and that are handling a larger volume of busi- ness annually. Mr. Keenan has an unusually large and well chosen stock of drugs, drug sundries and specialties, and this stock is well arranged, making the most of each available foot of space. The pre- scription department has a registered druggist al- ways on duty, and makes a point of utmost care in the compounding of all presriptions, as well as using only the purest and best drugs obtainable. Two registered druggists are employed, and six em- ployees are required to handle the trade in the

store. The fountain is an especially popular feature and gives careful attention to those details which appeal to the most particular. Mr. Keenan spends most of his time in the store, and has those quali- ties of friendliness and popularity, that in the drug trade, perhaps more than any other, are essential to success.

N. Richard Keenan is a native of Houston, in which city he was born the sixth of July, 1894. His father, William Keenan, a native of Ireland, came to Houston three decades ago, and prior to this had been in the United States army for a period of fif- teen years. He is one of the veteran railroad men of the Lone Star State, and until a few years ago was active in this work, but has now retired. Mr. Keenan's mother, also a native of the Emerald Isle, was before her marriage Miss Mary Seery. Mr. Keenan was educated in the public schools of his na- tive city, and after finishing school went with the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, first in the yard office, and later in the transportation depart- ment. After nine years with that road he bought the Brazos Drug Store, which he has since operated.

Mr. Keenan was married at Houston, the nine- teenth of December, 1918, to Miss Mollie Cheatham, a native of Houston, and the daughter of George Cheatham. Mr. and Mrs. Keenan have one child, Patricia, and make their home at 613 Harold Ave- nue, Montrose. Mr. Keenan is a member of the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, fourth degree. He is deeply interested in the development of his city, and in the future of the drug trade, wherein he has a future that promises to be in- teresting.

HARLES B. GENNUSA, owner of the Wood- land Drug Company, opened this splendid residence drug store in February, 1915. Prior to entering business for himself, Mr. Genusa had spent practically all his business life in the employ of the larger drug establishments of the city where he had experience in practically every branch of the drug business. Mr. Gennusa carries a full and complete line of drugs and druggist sun- dries, toilet articles, school supplies, patent medi- cines, candies and, in fact, everything to be found in a first class, modern drug establishment. In addi- tion, Mr. Gennusa maintains a prescription depart- ment, where only careful and painstaking registered pharmacists are employed, and this branch of his business has grown to immense proportions. He also has a modern, sanitary soda fountain where drinks of all kinds in season are served to his many cus- tomers. The Woodland Drug Company is located at 3112 Houston Avenue, which is regarded as one of the best locations in this portion of the city. Five people are employed by Mr. Gennusa, and he does a large business, which is increasing each month.

A native of Italy, Mr. Gennusa was born July 26th, 1880, and came to America with his parents when five years of age. His father, B. Gennusa, also a native of Italy, settled at New Orleans when he came to America and remained in the Crescent City for two years and then came to Polk County, Texas, where he remained only a short time and then came to Houston, where he has since remained. He established a shoe shop in Houston, where he is still active as a shoemaker. Mr. Gennusa's educa- tion was obtained in the public schools of Polk Coun- ty, Texas. After the family removed to Houston,

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Mr. Gennusa was associated for a time with his father, but started in the drug business when a very young man. Among the firms with which he was associated are W. B. Washman, Willbush, and later with T. E. Smith, where for seven years he was employed in the various branches of this establish- ment. In 1906, he took the pharmacist examination, and in 1915 opened his present drug store, where he has made many friends and his customers are not numbered by the citizenship of this immediate ter- ritory, but come from every section of Houston.

Mr. Gennusa was married in Houston in 1906 to Miss Nellie E. Englefield, a native of England, where she belonged to a prominent family. Mrs. Gennusa takes an active part in the management of the store. Mr. and Mrs. Gennusa reside at 2906 Houston Avenue. He is a member of the State Phar- macists Association and also the National Associa- tion of Retail Druggists. He has great faith in the future of Houston, and believes that the time is close at hand when this city will lead the entire Southwest along every line.

AYLORD JOHNSON, Houston, Texas, be- gan his career in the drug business when thirteen years of age, and has served in every capacity from errand boy up to the chief executive of one of the finest drug stores in this city. Mr. Johnson is president and manager of The Gables, which is regarded as one of the most efficient and sanitary drug establishments in Houston. It is also one of the largest establish- ments of its kind here, with a floor space of five thousand square feet. A full and complete line of drugs, druggist sundries, toilet articles, school sup- plies, tobacco and cigars, and in fact every thing to be found in a modern drug store is kept in stock at The Gables. An efficient prescription department is maintained, where prescriptions are carefully compounded day or night by painstaking, registered pharmacists. A splendid, sanitary soda fountain is one of the features of The Gables, where hot and cold drinks and light lunches are served in season. Twenty-five people are employed in the operation of this splendid drug establishment of which the other officers are: B. F. Schneider, vice president and E. A. Hester, secretary and treas- urer, both of whom are well known in the business circles of Houston and South Texas. Another fea- ture of The Gables is quick service, and Mr. Johnson is an advocate of this service in order to be of real service to the public, as much as to maintain the established business of this drug store. Prior to assuming the executive head and the management of The Gables, Mr. Johnson was for a period of twelve years connected with the Eagle Drug Store of Houston. While keeping up his business relations, Mr. Johnson has been a student, and has kept up his studies along his chosen lines, and for the past nine years has been connected with the Rice Insti- tute of this city. He has received two degrees from this institution; the B. A. and M. A., and is now pursuing his studies in order to soon receive his Ph. D. degree. Mr. Johnson has a teaching fellowship at the Rice Institute, and is an instructor in chemistry at this college, where he is regarded as one of the most efficient instructors attached to this fellowship.

A native Texan, Mr. Johnson was born at Max- well, Caldwell County, on December 23rd, 1893. His

father, C. C. Johnson, also a native of the Lone Star State, has for many years been engaged in railroad contracting in Texas and is well known in this state as one of the most conservative and reliable men in his line. Mr. C. C. Johnson is now a resident of Houston. His mother was Miss Lucy Ann Askew, a member of a pioneer Texas family. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Houston.

Mr. Johnson is active in the social and business circles of Houston, and is a member of the Sales- manship Club and the Exchange Club. He resides at 2311 North Main Street. Mr. Johnson is one of the leaders among the younger generation of this city, and a brilliant future is predicted for him by his many friends.

OUIS L. HARRIS, president and general manager of the Harris-Hahlo Company, Inc., has for more than a quarter of a cen- tury been an active figure in the dry goods circles of Houston and Harris County. The Harris- Hahlo Company was organized and incorporated in 1920. The magnificent six-story building located at 601 Main Street was built and opened for business on October 1st, 1920. The Harris-Hahlo Company is a complete women's department store, and the only exclusive women's store in Houston, and each department is a specialty store within itself, so com- plete is the stock carried. This firm have one hun- dred and thirty employees in the various depart- ments. Other officers of the Harris-Hahlo, Inc. are E. H. Hahlo, vice president, Adolph Meyer, second vice president, and Henry Greenfield, secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Harris was born at Humbolt, Kansas, in 1877. His father, Julius Harris, a well known citizen of that state, came to Texas in 1892 where he con- tinued to reside until his death in 1900. Mr. Harris' education was obtained in the public schools of Kansas.

Mr. Harris has been engaged in the dry goods business all his life and knows merchandise as few men know it. He began his career in the store of Levy Brothers as stock boy, in 1897 where he worked in all departments and received one mer- ited promotion after another until in 1911 he was made manager of Levy Brothers, the larger depart- ment store in South Texas. Mr. Harris managed this vast establishment until 1920, and during these twenty-three years he had been directly and con- tinuously associated with the principals of this com- pany in the administration of their business. He severed his connection with Levy Brothers in order to organize the Harris-Hahlo Company, Inc. Mr. Harris was married in Houston, in June, 1901, to Miss Eugene Loeb, a member of a well known Texas family. They have three children, Adeline, Farnese and Alyda. The Harris residence is located at 709 Avondale Avenue. Mr. Harris is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in Temple Lodge No. 4. He is a member of the Scottish Rite Body of that order to the 32nd degree, and a Shriner of Arabia Temple. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E., the I. O. B. B. and the Houston Country Club. Mr. Harris is interested in all agencies work- ing for the greater development and civic improve- ment of Houston, where he sees a future of unlimited possibilities and continued growth.

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R OBERT EARL CONE, M. D., with offices at 504 American National Insurance Company Building, Galveston, Texas, is numbered among the popular young physicians of this city who are reflecting credit upon the profession by their observance of the high standards set for members of the medical fraternity. Equipped with the degrees of B. A. and B. S., conferred upon him by the University of Texas after he had graduated from the Ball High School of Galveston, where the foundation for his scholastic education was laid in the public schools, he entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Texas, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1919 with the degree of M. D. Dr. Cone is engaged in the private practice of medicine, specializing in surgery, and in addition to his private practice, he is instructor in surgery of the University of Texas medical depart- ment, to which position he was appointed in 1921. After his graduation from the medical department of the University of Texas, he served one year as an interne of the Charity Hospital of Cleveland, Ohio, returned to Galveston and began the practice of his profession in this city, where he has since remained, and where he has succeeded in building up a splendid practice.

A native Galvestonian, Dr. Cone was born on February 27th, 1894. His father, Ed. O. Cone, also a native of the Island City, was a well known banker here, and was widely known in the financial circles of the Southwest. His mother was Miss Maud Oc- tavia West, a native of Illinois, and was brought to Galveston by her parents when one year old, and always regarded this city as her home, as she had no knowledge of any other city than this. She grew to womanhood, was educated and married in Galveston, and was throughout her life one of the city's most loyal admirers.

At an early age, Dr. Cone attended the public schools of Galveston, and graduated from the Ball High School here in the class of 1911, after which he entered the University of Texas, and has the distinction of having three degrees conferred from this institution.

Dr. Cone is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in Harmony Blue Lodge No. 6 of Galveston, and has attained to the 18th degree in the Scottish Rite body of the Masonic fraternity. He is a member of the following college fraternities: A. T. O. and T. N. E. at Austin, the Phi Alpha Sigma of Galveston and is a member of the med- ical organizations of the city, county and state. He also holds membership in the Artillery Club and the Galveston Country Club. Dr. Cone resides at 3928 M1/2 Avenue. He is interested in all matters having to do with the civic improvement and better- ment of his city, where he is regarded as one of the leaders among the professional men of his gen- eration.

R. G. A. COBB, one of the distinguished physicians of Port Arthur, began the prac- tice of his profession in this city around two decades ago, and has continued in it until the present time, steadily advancing to a posi- tion among the leading medical men of the state. Dr. Cobb specializes in the osteopathic treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which field he has achieved a reputation of being more than ordi-

narily skillful, and has been successful in building up a large practice. Offices completely equipped are maintained in the Latimer Building.

Dr. Cobb was born at Franklinville, New York, later he, with the rest of the family, moved to Olean, New York. His father, D. A. Cobb, a native of Scotland, came to the United States at the age of seventeen. For the past forty years Mr. Cobb, Sr., has been in charge of the public school building of New York and is still active in that capacity.

His mother, before her marriage, was Miss Ma- thilde Catherine McGregor, and was also a native of Scotland and came to the United States as a child.

Dr. Cobb obtained his preliminary education at the public schools of Olean, New York, graduating at the Westbrook Academy. He took up the active study of osteopathy at Buffalo, New York, later entering the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, where he received his degree in 1907. He came to Port Arthur in February of that year and began active practice and has con- tinued in this city since that time. Early in his professional career Dr. Cobb realized the value of specialized knowledge and took a comprehensive se- ries of post-graduate courses, among which were the following: A course in opthalmology, at the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College and Hospital, followed by special course in operative surgery of the ear, nose and throat under Dr. Andrews, and operative surgery of the eye under Doctors Reeder and Blue. This training has, to a great extent, been responsible for the success of Doctor Cobb in the practice of his profession.

Dr. Cobb was married in Oakland, California, the twentieth of June, 1921, to Miss Ann Caroline Gran- ger, a native of Boston, and the daughter of Wil- liam Forest Granger, now a resident of San Fran- cisco, California. Dr. and Mrs. Cobb have one child, George Alexander. Dr. Cobb is prominent in Ma- sonic circles, and is a life member of Olean Blue Lodge, 252, and a life member of the Olean New York Chapter, 150, a member of St. John Comman- dery K. T. 24 N. Y., and a member of Ismailia Temple, Mystic Shrine, Buffalo, N. Y., being a life member of that Shrine. He is a thirty-second de- gree, Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of the Eastern Star. Dr. Cobb is a mem- ber of the Port Arthur Shrine Club, is an Elk and belongs to the Texas Osteopathic Association, of which he is a past president, and of the American Osteopathic Association. He is one of the best known osteopathic physicians in South Texas, and has been a leader in the advancement of osteopathy in this section. Dr. Cobb is also active in civic work, and is in every way a public spirited, substan- tial member of the community.

ULIUS L. JINKINS, M. D., has been an ac- tive figure in the medical circles of Gal- veston, Texas, since 1917, when he selected this city as the logical place in which to begin the practice of his profession. Dr. Jinkins is a member of the firm of Jinkins and Jinkins, with offices in the Medical Building, Inc., 22nd and Ave- nue I, and is engaged in a general practice of medi- cine, with special attention to surgery. For two years, from 1917 to 1919, Dr. Jinkins was instructor in medicine at the medical branch of the Univer-

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sity of Texas, which is located in this city, and in 1919 was appointed instructor in obstetrics and gyne- cology at this institution, where he is regarded as one of the most efficient instructors on the staff of this college. Each year, Dr. Jinkins attends clinics in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and other eastern medical centers. He has built up a large practice in Galveston in the branches of medicine to which he has given special attention, and is re- garded as one of the most able surgeons among the younger physicians of this city.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 61

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