The encyclopedia of Texas, V.2, Part 23

Author: Davis, Ellis Arthur, ed; Grobe, Edwin H., ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Dallas, Texas Development Bureau
Number of Pages: 1328

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Besides the Wichita Falls store Mr. Anderson owns and operates a large store and hotel building at Burkburnett.

A native Texan, Mr. Anderson was born at Abilene, July 2, 1887, a son of W. W. and Sallie Sinclair (Crooks) Anderson. His father, now de- ceased, was for many years prominent in the cattle and real estate business at Abilene. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Abilene and at Sim- mons College and early in life entered the business world, soon establishing his own store and quickly

becoming one of the leading merchants of his home town.

Mr. Anderson was married at Abilene in 1907 to Miss Lena Florence Spaulding, daughter of John R. Spaulding, well known automobile dealer of Abilene. They have one son, W. W., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson reside at 1723 Huff Street.

Besides his commercial activities in connection with his stores at Wichita Falls and Burkburnett. Mr. Anderson is a director of the City National Bank of Commerce of Wichita Falls. He is a thirty- second degree Mason, a Shriner, member of Maskat Temple at Wichita. Mr. Anderson is president of the Wichita Falls Housing Corporation, a civic or- ganization that has erected many houses in this city. He is also a director of the State and local Retail Merchants Associations. He is chairman of the house committee of the Wichita Club, a director of the Chamber of Commerce and member of the Wichita Golf Club.

E. SHERIDAN, with offices in the Great Southern Life Building, is one of the many young men of high standing who located in Dallas after the World War.

In a comparatively short time he has become a great believer in the future of Texas and of Dallas. and believes that truthful advertising of the State's vast resources would draw much Northern and Eastern capital here, thereby hastening the growth and development of the State.

J. E. Sheridan is a native of Columbus, Ohio, born June 10, 1892, son of K. T. Sheridan, manager of the Columbus Printing Company. He attended the Columbus High School and later graduated from the Ohio State College. From 1911 to 1917, he was con- nected with the selling department of the Federal Glass Company at Columbus, leaving the concern to join the army, where he remained two years as a second lieutenant in the air service and was a flyer. His first training was at the Ohio State Ground School for Aviators, and, later, he was transferred to Camp Dick. Langley Field and then to Hicks Field. After his discharge from the service he located in Dallas and engaged in the oil investment business.

OM H. HUGHES, proprietor of the Hughes Furniture and Auction House, 2005-11 Elm Street, Dallas, is probably the best known furniture dealer and auctioneer in North Texas. His establishment occupies a spacious brick store, fronting 125 feet on Elm street, and he carries the largest stock of mixed new and second hand furniture in the state. A weekly auction sale is held at the store, where Mr. Hughes disposes of goods for his clients. His own stock is sold at re- tail, and he also conducts numerous sales at private dwellings, for other people. He established his busi- ness in 1914, adopting a policy of fair and honest dealing with all his customers, and soon building up a vast volume of business.

Mr. Hughes was born in Emporia, Kansas, April 27, 1883, the son of Thomas M. Hughes, and Mary C. Hughes, nee, Jones. He was educated in the pub- lie schools in his native state, and in 1900, ventured out into the world on his own responsibility. He went first to Elgin, Ill., where he was employed four years in a watch factory. Then his talents as a salesman and auctioneer having developed, he spent several years in Elgin and in Chicago, as a dealer in horses and mules. He became an auctioneer of live- stock at the famous Chicago Stock yards.

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In 1914 Mr. Hughes came to Dallas where he was engaged for a time in the business of dealing in live- stock here. Within a short time he saw an oppor- tunity to launch his present enterprise, which met with marked success from the outset. His larger stock, his wide acquaintance and his strictly cash policy attracts many customers to his store.

Mr. Hughes was married in 1902, to Miss Madge berwin, of Elgin, Ill. The family home is at 1404 Hughes Circle.

He is a member of the Lions' Club the Business Men's Luncheon organization, and of the Masonic Fraternity.

Mr. Hughes' business success is proof positive that public confidence is one of the most valuable assets a business man may acquire. When he founded his business, he spent vast sums in adver- tising the fact that his auction sales were clean, legitimate enterprises, in which hired "boosters", to boost up bids, did not participate. His rigid adher- ence to this principle soon won for him the confi- dence of the public which has built his institution into a distinct factor in the city's commercial prog- ress.

B. OWENS, vice-president and general manager of the Ranger Gas Company Inc., Ranger, Texas, is directing official of one of the big businesses that has come from the recent discoveries and developments in western Texas in the last few years. Other officials of the organization are A. P. Barrett, president and H. E. Clewell, secretary and treasurer. The corporation took over the "Samies Oil Corporation" on January 1, 1921 and now has a capitalization of $500,000.00. One well alone on a twenty-five acre tract yields 600,000 cubic feet of gas a day: Ranger, South Bend, Breckenridge, Ivan, Stephenville and Rising Star as well as drilling companies in the South Bend district are supplied with gas from this one well.

While Texas has had a considerable oil produce to its credit for some time, it was not until the coming in of western and northwestern Texas as oil territory that the Lone Star State took its place at the forefront among Uncle Sam's oil states. While this development has been gigantic in the past few years, it is still in its beginning and the oil and gas wealth of all northwestern, western and southwestern Texas is incalculable. Many large enterprises have grown out of the development to its present stage and while some few may have been temporary, there have come to Texas some of its largest permanent businesses that the state has in her bounds today and which are rendering a service invaluable. Such is the Ranger Gas Company, Inc., of which Mr. Owens is a director and manager.

J. B. Owens was born in Wilson County, Kansas, in 1882. After an uneventful boyhood in which he attended the public schools of his state, as a youth Mr. Owens registered as student in the Kansas State Normal and, upon completing his higher education there, began his career as a school teacher. For six years he taught in Wyoming and Kansas. In 1913, he came to Oklahoma where he entered the gas and oil game and today is vicc-president and general manager of one of the best gas companies in the State of Texas.

Miss Hazel Rider, deceased since February 13, 1920, became the bride of Mr. Owens: Mary, Marguerette and June arc the three daughters.

Mr. Owens is a Knight of Columbus, a member of

the Rotary Club and a director in the Ranger Chamber of Commerce. His church affiliation is Catholic.

J. DEAN, Assistant Prison Commissioner at Huntsville, spent most of his career in the Ranger district. No citizen of Ranger, is more universally known and esteemed than is S. J. Dean, formerly Finance Commissioner of that city, merchant, banker and civic leader. For over three decades Mr. Dean has been a citizen of the Ranger territory-for in 1890 this present day city was one store upon the prairies; and because of his natural endowment he was a leader then, in pioneer days and because of his vision and utility after these thirty years, he is still such a leader that that section of the state has come to term him "Guide, Philosopher and Friend."

S. J. Dean is a native Texan; his parents, Frank R. Dean and Sue (Baker) Dean came from the State of Alabama and Texas respectively and while Texas was still in the period of her dawn began housekecp- ing at Galveston. Frank M. Dean was the first tax collector the city of Galveston had-for both state and county; he became a leader in commercial affairs, was prominent as cotton merchant and was one of the organizers of the Galveston Cotton Ex- change. Later the Dean family moved to the State Capitol City where the father died and the Uni- versity of Texas came to number S. J. Dean among its students. From the State University, Mr. Dean sought the opportunities of the West, he located at Ranger just as the Texas & Pacific Ry., was enter- ing the country and from that day to this he has been thoroughly identified with western life and develop- ment. He began as a clerk for G. H. Bohning and worked there for years. In those days a schooled man was rare for the prairies and S. J. Dean soon became a counsellor and friend for a great western constituency he gave advice that netted others profits and was thereby closely associated with the success of many. He grew in business experience and wealth and became first merchant and then banker as well. In all his growth he has held the friendship of every friend made and has continued adding to the number of his friends. For fifteen years he was vice-president of the First National Bank but sold his interests there in 1919. He was a partner in the old Ranger Lumber Company which was bought by the Burton-Lingo organization. He was one of the guarantors of the $250,000.00 Right- .of-way sum pledged for the Hamon-Kell road, and is personally one of the largest property owners in the Ranger district.

His friends and city esteem him for his ability and unimpeachable integrity and no man could better fill the position to which the citizenship of Ranger has called him. Through many years yet to come, his personality and influence will lead in the commercial and civic life of the new metropolis which he delights to call, as it truly is, "My own, my native land."

ACOB H. BRILLHART, chief engineer for the Mosher Manufacturing Co., founders, has a hand in constructing almost every modern building in the Southwest for much of the steel construction used in this section of the country is finished under his guiding cye. His posi- tion is a very important one for the stability of many large buildings depends upon the efficiency of his calculating brain. He does not fail to do the job

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right. The company, which was established in 1885, controls a tremendous business in the South. The plant now averages a production of 1,500 tons of steel a month which is shipped to cities throughout this section.

The company has a branch at Houston which fabricates 80 per cent of the structural steel and plate work furnished by them. W. S. Mosher is president, T. J. Mosher, vice-president, and T. J. Jones, treasurer. The organization is one of the strongest in Texas and has done much to add to the prestige of Dallas as a manufacturing and distribut- ing center. It has turned out some of the most difficult and skillful work that has ever been seen here. It is impossible for the concern to deliver goods to all contractors desiring its product.

Mr. Brillhart was born in York County, Pa., in 1880. He attended the public schools there and then entered Juanita College where he was graduated in 1898. In 1904 he was graduated from Lehigh University as a civil engineer. On finishing at col- lege he accepted the position as resident engineer for the Pennsylvania Coal Company where he re- mained a year and then went with the Guerber Engi- neering Company for seven years as draftsman, was advanced to assistant engineer in a year and two years later to chief engineer. He came to Dallas and the Mosher Company in 1912 as their chief engineer.

He was married to Miss Marie A. Schmidt at Wil- mington, Del., in 1908. She was the daughter of E. A. Schmidt, retired steel man. They have a son, Edwin M., and make their home at 319 North Windo- mere Street.

Mr. Brillhart is a member of the Technical Club, the University Club and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is president of Texas Section of A. S. C. E. He is acknowledged an authority on engineering matters.

HARLES JOSEPH PATE, architect, man- ager branch office Sanquinet, Staats & Pate, firm of architects, City National Bank Building, has been a potent factor in the building construction and architectural property of Wichita Falls for nearly 15 years. On coming to Wichita Falls Mr. Pate engaged in the building and construction business and as draftsman for local architects. In 1911 he began the practice of the architectural profession exclusively under his own name. During the year 1913 he formed a partner- ship with E. Vonderlippe under the firm name of Pate and Vonderlippe. In 1911 this partnership was dissolved after which Mr. Pate practiced alone until the present association as Sam Gweneth, Slakes & Pate was established in 1918. The company draws plans and superintends the construction of all classes of buildings, both commercial and private, such as court houses, churches and residences. Some of the buildings designed and constructed by them in Wichita Falls include the Wichita County court house, the City National Bank Building, Perkins- Timberlake Building, Fred Thomas Building, Episco- pal Church, Austin, school Wichita Falls high school, N. H. Martin residence, J. W. Stringer residence, C. W. Stringer residence, C. W. Snyder residence and many others.

Mr. Pate came originally from Wills Point, Texas, where he was born December 6, 1885. His parents were J. A. and Ana Hayden Pate. His father was a stockman. His education was acquired in the

publie schools of Wills Point, and he took a special course in architecture.

He was married at Wichita Falls, October 22, 1913, to Miss Hesba Zeigler, and they have two children, J. C. and James H. The family home is at 1918 Eighth Street.

Mr. Pate is a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, Maskat Temple, Kiwanis Club, member of the Elks Lodge, State Association of Architects and Chamber of Commerce, and the First Christian Church of Wichita Falls.

STANLEY FIELD, architect, Commerce Building, located in Wichita Falls, in 1914, and has erected a number of monuments to his ability as an architect and builder since he came to the city. Among the buildings he has designed are numbered the American Bank build- ing, the Bob Waggoner Building, the Court House, the Kemp Library, the First National Bank Building, the Masonic Temple, the First Baptist Church, the Floral Heights Methodist Church, the City and County Hospital, and the Clint Wood residence. Commercial work and public buildings are his spec- ialty. These buildings are not only a credit to Mr. Field, but they are a credit to Wichita Falls and contribute materially to its city-like appearance.

Mr. Field began his professional career in Kansas City, Mo., where he was connected with Van Brunt & Howe from 1901 to 1902. He then worked in Chi- cago, Ill., and Wilmington, N. C., until 1908, when he went to Fort Worth, where he established the busi- ness of Waller & Field in 1912, and later the firm of Field Clarkson, which was dissolved in 1914.

He was born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1884, and educated in the public and high schools of that city. His father, Thomas Field, was a physician.

Mr. Field was married in Kansas City, Mo., in 1906, to Miss Mary Taylor, and they have one son, E. Stanley, Jr. The family reside at 1608 Kemp Boulevard. He is prominently identified with the sity's commercial, civic, fraternal and social life and is a member of the Wichita Club, the Golf Club, the Business Men's Council of the Chamber of Commerce, the American Institute of Architects and the Ameri- can Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. He is a Scottish and York Rite Mason and Shriner and Past Exalted Ruler of the B. P. O. E.

He is a builder of cities, progressive and ambitious, and his work in Wichita Falls stamps him as a man of the very highest type. He believes in Wichita Falls and can always be found among those present when there is something doing in the interest of his city.

ERBERT VOELKER, architect, senior mem- ber of the architectural firm of Voelker and Dixon, came to Wichita Falls in 1916 and through his plans and designs of buildings has been actively and prominently connected with the growth and development of the city during the past five years. After coming to Wichita Falls he was first associated with E. S. Fields and in July. 1918, formed a partnership with J. L. Dixon. .

That Mr. Voelker is a thorough master of the art of designing beautiful homes is attested by the archi- tectural beauty of many of the fine homes in Wichita Falls, most of which he has had a part in designing. Among the more important buildings which he has designed here are the M. D. Rowe residence, erected at a cost of fifty thousand dollars; the Texhoma Filling Station at Tenth and Broad, seventy-five

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thousand dollars; R. M. Waggoner residence, one hundred thousand dollars; W. S. Curlee residence, seventy-five thousand dollars; J. J. Perkins resi- dence and a fire station erected for the city at a cost of twenty-five thousand dollars. The firm has several important buildings under course of con- struction now and others are in contemplation which will be commenced as soon as labor and material prices have returned to normal.

A native of Texas, Mr. Voelker was born at New Braunfels, October 21, 1888. He is a son of Emil and Caroline (Zuehl) Voelker. His father was a well known business man at New Braunfels for many years. After completing his preliminary education in the schools of New Braunfels, Mr. Volker at- tended the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Col- lege, taking a special course in architecture and graduating with the degree of architectural engi- neer in 1909. He was located in Waco, Fort Worth and Austin for a time and for three years was con- nected with Lewis and Kitchen at Kansas City and then spent six months in the Chicago office of this concern. He was associated with Albert Kahn in Detroit for six months in 1916 before coming to Wichita Falls.

In May, 1916, Mr. Voelker was married at Houston to Miss Selma Miller, a native Texan and member of a well known Houston family. They have one daughter, Gwendolyn.

Mr. Voelker is a Mason, a member of the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Business Council. He is an enthusiastic booster for Wichita Falls.

ESSE F. LAUCK, architect, Bob Waggoner Building, came to Wichita Falls in January, 1919, and has been an important factor in the building development of the city. Evi- dence of his skill as an architect are seen in a num- ber of commercial and residence buildings which grace the city's business streets and residence sec- tions. Principal among these are the Bob Waggoner building, the National Bank of Commerce, the First Baptist Church, the Maer-Heydrick building, as as- sociate architect and all the residences of Morning- side Park and the residence of F. Z. McCoy. At pres- ent he is devoting his time to building and selling houses. Every home in the Morningside Park addi- tion was designed and built by him and this section is one of the show places of the city.

Mr. Lauck began his professional career in Kan- sas City, and has worked in some of the largest cities in the country. In Philadelphia he was associated with Kelsey & Cret, 1910 and 1912 he spent in Phil- adelphia; in Kansas City he was with Boillot & Lauck, where he did special work for architects up until 1915, when he was with Lauck & Lauck until 1919. He is ambitious and progressive and takes a great pride in his work, which he tries to make of an enduring quality and a monument to his ability.

Mr. Lauck is a native of Denver, Colo., born June 9, 1888. His parents were R. E. and Hattie (Cas- mire) Lauck, his father being an artist. He attended school in Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with the B. S. degree in 1911. He was married to Miss Bessie Wasserarug in Kansas City, November 6, 1915, and they live in a pretty home of Mr. Lauck's own design in Morn- ingside Park.

He is a Mason and a member of the American In- stitute of Architects, Kansas City Chapter.

RNEST L. MYERS, of the firm of Myers and Noyes, consulting civil engineers, Deere Building, has a national reputation won through extensive work done in every part of the country. This firm conducts the bulk of the work in Dallas although their activities are by no means limited to local practice. Their specialty is real estate development, street improvements, muni- cipal work and contracts for municipalities. Mr. Myers partner is Edward N. Noyes.

The firm of Myers and Noyes was established in 1911 and at first operated under the name of E. L. Myers, later taking its present name. Mr. Myers came to Dallas in 1910 as engineer and superintend- ent of the Oak Cliff viaduct construction. Mr. Noyes was at that time resident engineer for the county on the same project. Their work together resulted in a permanent partnership, and since that time they have undertaken many responsible contracts. The firm makes reports, investigations, plans and esti- mates on projects, prepares contracts and specifica- tions, and supervises construction of the work. Mr. Myers and Mr. Noyes were engineers for Hardin County, they built various roads in the Forney dis- trict, designed and constructed the sewage disposal plant for the city of Forney, and for the water sys- tem of Arlington, Texas, made reports and surveys for the Texas Land and Security Syndicate on lands in East Texas and the irrigation project of the Rio Grande Valley, conducted the extensive field work for Highland Park, including paving, sewers, curb walks, and grading, and for the Village of Highland Park; they were engineers for Munger Place, Dallas, for the Belmont Addition to Dallas; they were engi- neers for Vickery Place, Dallas, are developing large tracts of land for the Southern Methodist Univer- sity at a cost of $500,000; and have developed lands for private and municipal concerns throughout the entire state, too numerous for citation. They have done much governmental work, conspicuous among which was the engineering work at Love Field and the repair depot.

Mr. Myers was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on July 20, 1882, and educated in the public schools of Reno County, and the Nickerson Normal College. He entered the University of Kansas and in 1907 received his B. S. degree from the engineering de- partment of that institution. Returning to his home town, Hutchinson, he practiced his profession under the name of Mclain and Myers, and planned and supervised construction of the sewer systems of Sterling, Kansas, Kingman, Kansas, and Newton, Kansas. McLain and Myers also supervised the paving of the business district of Newton, also the sewers, paving, concrete bridges, etc., for Hutchin- son, Kansas.

Mr. Noyes was born in Strong City, Kansas, on September 15, 1880. His parents were Adolph and Alice Jeffrey Noyes. He received his education in the public schools of St. Joseph, Missouri, and the University of Kansas, taking his B. S. degree from the latter institution in 1907. For the three follow- ing ycars he was employed in the engincering de- partment of the Burlington Railway, in the follow- ing capacities: One year as assistant engineer, one and a half years as resident engineer on construction of the Atchafalaya River bridge, Frisco-Rock Island Lines, and one year as resident engineer on the Red River bridge for the Missouri and Gulf Railway at Denison. In 1910 he came to Dallas as resident engi-

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neer for the Dallas-Oak Cliff viaduct, and has since remained in this city.

The marriage of Mr. Noyes and Miss Bertha Lee was celebrated in 1903. They have one son, Edward Lee Noyes, and reside at 135 Melba Street. Mr. Noyes is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Masonic fraternity.

Mr. Myers was married in Dallas to Miss Alice Eva Willard. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes have two daugh- ters, Alice Eva and Ernestine. Their home is at 5231 Tremont Avenue.

He is a member of the Rotary Club, American Society of Engineers, Dallas Technical Club, and the First Presbyterian Church. Both men are masters of their profession.

HARLES HOOE REID, of the firm of Reid & Costley, a partnership between Mr. Reid and W. H. Costley, located in Wichita Falls, November 1. 1918. The firm does a general construction business, reinforced concrete and structural work, specializing in industrial build- ings, although they have built quite a number of residences. Some of the local buildings erected by the company are the Kemp-Culbertson Building, of- fice building for the M. K. & T. Railroad and the American Railway Express, the Chenault-Wheat Building, a sales and display room containing no posts or supporting columns, the Wichita Ice Com- pany plant, the Post Office Annex, addition to the Anderson Building, Joe Art's home and two houses for J. C. Wharton on Huff Street.

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The encyclopedia of Texas, V.2, Part 23

Author: Davis, Ellis Arthur, ed; Grobe, Edwin H., ed Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Dallas, Texas Development Bureau Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Davis, Ellis Arthur, ed; Grobe, Edwin H., ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Dallas, Texas Development Bureau
Number of Pages: 1328