New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 99

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

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Mr. Aronson was married at Houston, Texas, the eighth of October, 1912, to Miss Sadie Block, a na- tive of Houston, and the daughter of B. Block of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Aronson reside at 712 Fourth Street, and have one son, Arnold Aronson. Mr. Aronson is a Mason, Orange Blue Lodge, thirty- second degree, Scottish Rite, and a member of El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. He belongs to the Elks Club, the Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Business League, and is on the finance committee of the Orange Boy Scouts, taking a deep interest in scout work and in the boys of Orange. He is also active in all civic work and has contributed to the success of the various movements organized for the advancement of Orange.

EBER OGDEN, one of the most progressive of the younger business men of Orange, has exerted a constructive influence on activ- ities here, building up a large insurance business, and taking a definite part in the civic pro- gram at Orange, especially in Chamber of Com- merce and Boy Scout work. Mr. Ogden is a mem- ber of the firm of Sims and Company, in which business he is associated as a partner with James N. Sims and Lee Woodworth. The company handles a general insurance business, writing all classes of policies, and representing many of the strong com- panies. Mr. Ogden also has oil interests in the oil fields of the coastal district. He takes a promi- nent part in civic work, and in 1924 was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at Orange, directing the activities of this organization in a way consistent with civic development. In the same year he was also elected president of the Boy Scouts of Orange, and has built up a fine organi- zation, doing an excellent work among the boys of the city. Mr. Ogden is also a director of the Young Men's Business League and takes an active part in the work being done by this association for the business advancement of Orange.

Weber Ogden was born at Orange, the twenty- seventh of October, 1895. His father, W. H. Ogden, a native of Illinois, has been a resident of Texas fore more than four decades, making his home at Beaumont and later at Orange, where he now re- sides. Weber Ogden's mother was, prior to her marriage, Miss Julia Baumgartner. Mr. Ogden was educated in the Orange public schools, later at- tending high school at Beaumont, and graduating there. He has also done a large amount of research work for many years. As a young man he entered upon his business career as a salesman, working out of San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, El Paso and Beaumont, making the last named city his home. He continued this work until the thirtieth of June, 1917, when he enlisted in military service, joining the army at El Paso, with Company A, 141st In- fantry, Thirty-sixth Division, and being commis- sioned second lieutenant. He was transferred from the 141st Infantry to the 142nd, and later to Com- pany D, 132nd Machine Gun Company, Thirty-sixth Division, with which division he went overseas, going through the war, and while on duty in France being made first lieutenant. He returned to the States and was discharged at Fort Worth the third of July, 1919. He then went to Arizona, where he engaged in the brokerage business for six months, after which he came to Orange where he has since been a business and civic leader.

Mr. Ogden was married at Atlanta, Georgia, the twenty-sixth of June, 1923, to Mrs. Dolce Simpson Green, a native of Tennessee. They reside at 802 B. Fifteenth Street, and have one child, Taylor. Mr. Ogden is a Mason, Orange Blue Lodge, thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite, and a member of Arabia Tem- ple Shrine at Houston, and of the Arabia Temple degree team. He belongs to the American Legion, the Young Men's Business League, of which he is a director, the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is president, the Orange Rotary Club, and is active in all civic and welfare work.

Mr. Ogden has relinquished his insurance busi- ness and now gives his entire time to the oil business.

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DGAR N. DICKENS of Beaumont, Texas, selected the grocery business as his voca- tion and has spent his entire business life in this field of activity. Mr. Dickens is president of the E. N. Dickens and Company, which is one of the finest grocery houses in this city. This company was organized in October, 1922, and has had a steady growth since that time, carries a full and complete line of staple and fancy groceries, meats, fruits nad vegetables. In this splendid gro- cery store, located at the corner of Crockett and Main Streets, the most exacting housewife can find everything for her table. The watchword of the E. N. Dickens and Company is cleanliness, sanita- tion and fresh goods. Ten careful and trained peo- ple are employed in the operation of this store. Mr. Dickens makes the delivery service a feature of the establishment and small orders receive the same care as large ones. Other officers of the E. N. Dickens and Company are G. W. Grigsby, active vice pres- ident, and H. F. Walker, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Dickens came to Beaumont as a very young man and entered the employ of S. L. Adams and Company, grocers, and worked in every depart- ment, beginning as a clerk. He served in the various lines of promotion until he became president of this firm. He continued as the executive head of S. L. Adams and Company until he sold his interest in that company and organized the E. N. Dickens and Company.

A native Texan, Mr. Dickens was born at Wood- ville on January 29th, 1886. His father, Jim Dickens, came to Woodville more than half a century ago and was engaged in farming in Tyler County prac- tically all his life. His education was obtained in the public schools of Woodville, Texas.

Mr. Dickens was married at Beaumont, Texas, on November 11th, 1913, to Miss Elizabeth Har- graves, a native of Beaumont and a member of a well known family of Jefferson County. Mr. and Mrs. Dickens reside at 590 Roberts Street. Mr. Dickens is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in Beaumont Lodge No. 286. He is also a member of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce and is active in this organization. He is also a member of the following fraternal organizations: Macabees and the K. of P. Mr. Dickens is popular in the business and social circles of Beaumont, where he is regarded as one of the city's most enterpris- ing citizens. He is ambitious for his city and his firm and works hard for the progress and advance- ment of both. Mr. Dickens is an example of what concentration and application in business will ac- complish. He is an advocate of efficiency, prompt- ness and punctuality and no detail in his business life and affairs is too small to receive his close per- sonal attention.

R. BEAMAN, during his period of resi- dence at Beaumont has attained a com- mendable reputation in the community for his activity in mercantile circles and is one of the best known druggists of this city. Mr. Beaman is secretary, treasurer and manager of the Orleans Drug Store, one of the principal pharmacies of the city, located at the corner of Orleans and Bowie Streets. The business was established in 1911, and Mr. Beaman has been with the company since that time, taking an active part in the devel-

opment of the business. The store is well located in the down-town district, and has built up a very large trade. The fixtures are of the best quality and a very complete stock is carried. A force of nine employees assist Mr. Beaman in rendering the kind of service for which the store is famed, and are a factor in the smooth functioning of the busi- ness. O. B. Sawyer, well known business man of Beaumont, is president of the Orleans Drug Store.

Mr. Beaman was born at Paris, Texas, the twenty- sixth of August, 1892, the son of C. A. Beaman, formerly one of the well known saw milling men of the state, but now retired. He came to Beau- mont in 1905, and has since resided in this city. Mr. Beaman was educated in the schools of Beau- mont, and after graduating from the high school here went in the drug business. He was first with Grimes & Hurst, and later with the Postoffice Drug Company, and still later bought an interest in this business, and has been active in the management of the store for many years.

Mr. Beaman was married at Beaumont, in 1913, to Miss Winnie Davis Francis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Francis. Mr. Francis was a well known architect of New Iberia, La. Mr. and Mrs. Beaman reside at 750 Willow Street, and have two children, Dorothy and Helen. Mr. Beaman belongs to the Beaumont Business Men's Club and the Lions Club, and fraternally is a Mason, York Rite, and a mem- ber of El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. He has taken an active interest in all civic work, espe- cially in the advancement of Beaumont as a com- mercial center, and is one of the best known drug- gists in this city.

HOMAS H. HUNTER, Jr., for many years one of the young business men of Beau- mont, and a factor in the commercial ad- vancement of this city, is regarded as one of the best informed lumbermen of this city, and one who, through his many years activity in this field is qualified to speak with authority on ques- tions concerning the manufacture and sale of lum- ber. Mr. Hunter is secretary and sales manager of the Keith Lumber Company, one of the oldest lumber companies of Beaumont, and one which has met with a steady and gratifying growth since its establishment. The Keith Lumber Company is one of the largest lumber companies here, and handles a general lumber wholesale jobbing and exporting business. General offices are maintained in the Keith Building, and the officers are W. C. Keith, president and general manager; B. R. Norvell, vice president and treasurer; and Thomas Harbert Hun- ter, Jr., the subject of this sketch, secretary and sales manager.

Mr. Hunter was born at Houston, the fourth of December, 1884, the son of Thomas Harbert Hunter, a lumberman of that city and now associated with the Kirby Lumber Company, of Houston. He was educated in the public schools of Houston and after completing his education entered the railroad busi- ness, remaining in Houston where he was active in railroad work from 1901 until 1904, at which time he went with the Kirby Lumber Company, remain- ing with that organization until 1907, at the mills and in the sales department. From 1907 until 1910 he was cashier of the Silsbee State Bank, after which he came to Beaumont, and was with the Beau- mont Lumber Company for one year, leaving that

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company to take his present position with the Keith Lumber Company.

Mr. Hunter was married at Houston, in 1907, to Miss Annie Edmonston, daughter of W. E. Edmon- ston, a cotton man of that city. They have five children, Francis, Thomas Harbert III, Mary Louise, Marjorie and Alice Carroll and reside at 2620 South Street. Mr. Hunter is a member of the Beaumont Club, Hoo Hoo Club, and the Round Table Club. Fraternally he is a Mason, York Rite, and a member of El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. Mr. Hunter takes an active interest in all civic advancement, and has contributed generously to all constructive move- ments. He has many friends in Beaumont, and among the lumbermen of the state, and takes an active part in the development of this industry.

RANK J. CALHOUN, 2409 Magnolia Ave- nue, is one of the best known contractors of Beaumont and for a number of years has been actively identified with the pro- gram of building and construction work that has placed this city in the front rank of those in this section of the country. Mr. Calhoun has been a resident of Beaumont for more than a score of years, having come here in 1901. For nearly ten years now he has devoted his entire time to building and con- tracting work, in which he has been very success- ful. Devoting special attention to residences, Mr. Calhoun has erected some of the most beautiful homes in Beaumont as well as hundreds of the less pretentious places. While his principal work has been in the construction of residences, he has en- gaged in a general contracting business and has been connected with a number of important building jobs.

Mr. Calhoun maintains a complete organization and by keeping his work contracted well ahead, is able to maintain his organization at a high state of efficiency. This eliminates the necessity of organ- izing a new force with the commencement of each new job, as is usually the case with the small con- tractor. Mr. Calhoun personally supervises his work and is a stickler for the best of workmanship on every job, whether large or small.

A native Texan, Mr. Calhoun was born at Chireno on October 1, 1878, a son of B. A. and Josephine (Tucker) Calhoun. His father operated a farm and also engaged in the sawmill and building business and the younger Calhoun began life, after com- pleting his studies in the public and high schools of Nacogdoches County, as a carpenter. He fol- lowed the carpenter's trade for a number of years and then was superintendent of construction for some of the leading firms of this section before en- gaging in the contracting business on his own ac- count. Following the entry of the United States into the World War in 1917, Mr. Calhoun assisted in the building of ships for the government and was con- nected with the McBride and Law Shipbuilding Com- pany at Beaumont.

In 1906 Mr. Calhoun was married at Ashland, Ken- tucky, to Miss Eleanor A. Druery, member of a well known Illinois family. Their home is at 2409 Mag- nolia Avenue.

Mr. Calhoun has always maintained the principles of the Golden Rule in his business relations and has never stooped to take the slightest unfair ad- vantage of a client. It is largely to this that he

attributes the success he has achieved in a business way.

Maintaining an active interest in civic affairs, Mr. Calhoun is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Beaumont Kiwanis Club.

A. McDONALD, for the past decade has been a factor in the filling station business at Beaumont, and also has taken an active part in civic affairs. Mr. McDonald is pres- ident and manager of the McDonald Tire Service Co., the largest filling station in the city, and one that has many unusual features. The business was estab- lished in 1915, and occupies an excellent location. The building is unusually attractive, and represents the highest type of filling station architecture, the building itself being sixty by one hundred and twenty feet. A modern filling station, selling high grade gasoline and oil, is operated, and the com- pany also sells tires, tubes and accessories. One feature that is especially good is the use of elec- tric fans for the benefit of patrons sitting in cars while getting tires repaired. Mr. McDonald also gives special attention to giving his patrons real service, and sells only the best quality of merchan- dise. His business is the largest of its kind in Beau- mont.

Mr. McDonald was born at Bastrop, Texas, the twenty-seventh of May, 1881, son of J. T. McDon- ald, received his elementary education at Bastrop, later attending school at San Antonio. He first entered the lumber business and worked in various positions in the manufacturing end of this indus- try for twelve years, and was in Southeast Texas during this time, for many years being with the Olive Sternenberg Lumber Company. He then moved to Beaumont, in 1913, and was in the lumber busi- ness here for two years, after which he established the McDonald Tire and Service Co., which he has since operated.

Mr. McDonald was married at Natchitoches, Louis- iana, in 1904, to Miss Corine Small, daughter of G. W. Small, Marthaville, Louisiana, a general merchant of that city, and Sarah Small. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have three children, H. A., Jr., a popular high school student, and one of the finest athletes in the city, being a star on the first football team at his school, and two daughters, Ella Berta and Mabel. The family live at 1315 Avenue A, and attend the Bap- tist Church. Mr. McDonald is a member of the Rotary Club, and is a Mason, York and Scottish Rites, and a member of El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. Since coming to Beaumont Mr. Mc- Donald has taken a prominent part in all civic activities, and has invested in numerous enterprises here. He is a director of the Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Industrial Investment Company, a director of the South Texas Fair, a director of the Roberts Undertaking Company, and is interested in other enterprises. He served as a member of the city council, acting as mayor pro-tem for two years. Mr. McDonald was also chairman of the campaign committee that put over the two million dollar campaign to build a half a million dollar bridge across the Neches River, and to build con- crete roads throughout the county. These, and other civic improvements, have been actively sponsored by McDonald, and there are few citizens of Beau- mont have done more in a material way for the ad- vancement of this city.

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W. FEULNER opened his first drug store in Houston in 1920 and since that time has established himself firmly in the drug cir- cles of the city, where he now owns and operates three splendid drug establishments that are among the most up-to-date in the city. The three stores are the Palace Drug Store, located at 1202 Texas Avenue, established by Mr. Feulner in 1920 and has eight employees; Store No. 2, the North Side Community Drug Store, located at the corner of Terry and Lorraine Streets, where five people are employed, and Store No. 3, Hamilton Street Pharmacy, located at 62 Hamilton Street, and has three employees. Each of these drug stores car- ries a full and complete line of drugs and druggist's sundries, toilet articles, school supplies, cigars, etc. They also maintain thoroughly reliable prescription departments, presided over by competent registered pharmicists and sanitary soda fountains where ice creams and iced drinks of all kinds are served. Each year Mr. Feulner has been in this business has seen an increase over the previous year.

A native of Alabama, Mr. Feulner was born at Montgomery in 1891. His father, P. S. Feulner, a native of Germany, came to America when a young man, in company with his brother, John A. Feulner. His mother was Miss Alma Miller, a member of a well known family of Alabama. His early education was obtained in the county schools of Alabama, after which he devoted himself diligently to home study, and through this method of self-help was admitted to the medical department of the Uni- versity of Alabama, and after attending the Univer- sity for a period of six months, was able to pass the examination required by the State Pharmacy Board of Alabama.

Mr. Feulner joined the United States Army in 1909 as a private and served four years. He was dis- charged in 1913 as a sergeant, first class. After leaving the army, Mr. Feulner engaged in the drug business in Montgomery, Alabama, where he re- mained for three years. He then came to Galves- ton, Texas, and remained there for one and one- half years, then went to Dallas for a short time and then came to Houston where he entered the em- ploy of the Kiesling Drug Store, and remained there until entering the service of the United States Gov- ernment in the Public Health Service Department. After the close of the war, Mr. Feulner returned to Houston and was associated with the Cash Drug Store until he started his present business.

He is also part owner of the Community Garage at 1506 Lorraine Street. Mr. S. E. Fondren is his partner in the enterprise, which is considered to be one of the best of its kind in the city. Mr. Fond- ren is a skilled automobile engineer, having had many years' experience in the Packard factory. Mr. Feulner is an enthusiastic automobile racer, owning and racing his own cars, and is to a great extent re- sponsible for the successful automobile racing tour- nament held in Houston. Mr. Feulner is a member of the A. F. & A. M., with membership in Andrew Jackson Lodge No. 176 of Montgomery, Alabama. He is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite, and a Knight Templar of this organization, and a Shriner of Arabia Temple, Houston. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias and the Dokeys. Mr. Feulner is deeply interested in all agencies working for the greater development and

civic improvement of Houston, where he is regarded as one of the city's leading business men of the younger generation with an assured future in his chosen field.

H. LATIMER, although a recent addition to the oil and business circles of Houston, has been identified with the oil activities for several years in Texas. Mr. Latimer came to Houston in February, 1923, from Chicago and is secretary and treasurer of the Peer Oil Cor- poration, and has offices on the second floor of the Humble building. The Peer Oil Corporation is the result of the consolidation of the Kansas and Gulf, Monarch Oil and Refining Company, and the South- ern Petroleum Company, and have a settled produc- tion of more than four thousand barrels daily. They are drilling on their acreage in the Smackover field and in May, 1923, brought in a ten thousand barrel well there, and are actively engaged in drilling more wells in this field. They have acreage in various fields of the Mid-Continent area, and have one hun- dred and fifty men in their organization. The Peer Oil Corporation, of which Mr. R. L. Young is the president, contract all their drilling, and this has been the policy of the company since its organiza- tion, believing as many of the large oil companies do, that the best results, with a smaller outlay of money, are obtained in this manner.

Mr. Latimer was born in New York City on May 20th, 1868. His father, E. H. Latimer, was a well known journalist of New York, and died when Mr. Latimer was a youth. His mother was Miss Esther Cannon, a native of New York State and a mem- ber of a prominent family there. His education was obtained in the New York City public schools.

Mr. Latimer has had a wide and varied business career, which he began in the railroad business in Chicago and New York, after which he entered the stock and bond business in Chicago and remained in this from 1905 to 1917. In 1917, he entered the oil business as secretary of the Kansas and Gulf with headquarters in Chicago, where he remained until coming here in February, 1923, as secretary and treasurer of the Peer Oil Corporation. Mr. Latimer and his family have been coming to Houston each summer for seven or eight years, and had grown to like the South Texas country. Mr. Latimer was married in Chicago in 1894 to Miss Elizabeth Dole- zel, a member of a well known Chicago family. They have three children-Merle D. Latimer, who is engaged in the oil business in Arkansas; Melville E., who resides in Chicago and is a member of the Board of Trade of Chicago, and Albert C., who is a student of Northwestern University. One son, Walter H. Latimer, Jr., twenty-eight years of age, died in service at Camp Grant during the World War. Mr. Latimer is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason of Oriental Lodge, Chicago, also the Blue Lodge, and a member of Medina Temple Shrine. He is also a member of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association and the Tulsa Club of Tulsa, Okla.

Mr. Latimer is already a booster for Houston and is enthusiastic as to the future of this city, and while only a recent resident here, he has through his annual visits to the Lone Star State kept up with the conditions existing here, not only in oil mat- ters, but in business as well and it is his belief that Houston will soon become the leading city of the Southwest.

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UNGER T. BALL, for about a quarter of a century has been a factor in navigation activities at Port Arthur, and during this time has attained a position of importance in the shipping world, particularly in the towing business, and is known along this coast as an expert in this line. Mr. Ball is president and manager of the Sabine Towing Company, Inc., a firm doing general harbor, coastwise and ocean towing, and em- ploying seventy men. Other officers are: R. P. Smith, A. S. Hansen and A. T. Eddington, vice presi- dents; L. L. Abshire, secretary, and H. M. Fred- ricksen, treasurer. The company recently completed three successful towing trips to South America and another trip when completed to California, covering 10,500 miles, will probably be a record for any American towboat company. Mr. Ball is also presi- dent and general manager of the Sabine Ice, Water and Towing Company, Inc. This company furnishes ice and fresh water for ships coming into the har- bor, and does a general towing business. His com- panies have five ocean-going tugs, one ocean lighter- barge, six motor tugs, and fifteen lighters. He is president of the Basin Supply Company, a firm do- ing a wholesale business in bunker coal for coal- ing ships, and operating one steam collier. A. T. Eddingston is vice president of this company, and L. L. Abshire, secretary, and H. M. Fredricksen, treasurer. Mr. Ball is vice president and general manager of the Adams-Eddingston Company, a firm handling a general export and freight business, and operating one twelve hundred ton vessel and one four hundred and fifty ton vessel. John R. Adams is president, and Captain A. S. Hansen, secretary and treasurer. These companies employ about 80 people.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 99

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