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He is vice-president and general attorney for the Dallas Bond and Mortgage Corporation.
In 1895 Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Ethel Ellis of Indianapolis, Ind, who died in 1902. In 1918 he was married to Mrs. Mary Helen Garwood, of Dallas.
In fraternal affiliations Mr. Shaw is a thirty- second degree Mason, a Shriner, Hella Temple, and past Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Kiwanis Club. In religious in- clination he is a Christian and is a member of the Board of Deacons of the East Dallas Christian Church.
OL. JOIIN D. McCALL, attorney at law, 805 Great Southern Life Building, Dallas, has, during the past several years, made a spe- cialty in litigation pertaining to municipal bonds and public securities. Along with this speciali- zation he has also carried a general corporate prac- tice and is considered highly in that branch of the law.
A native Texan, born at Willis, Montgomery
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County, January 4, 1892, Colonel McCall is a son of Screven A. and Florence (Dean) McCall, the former being an active law practitioner of Montgomery County, this state. The younger Mr. McCall re- ceived his early education in the public schools of his native city, from which he attended the Howard Payne College, graduating there in 1909. He then went to Baylor University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911. His legal educa- tion was secured at the University of Texas, where he graduated in 1914 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He began practice with his father, under the firm name of McCall, Crawford and McCall. In 1913 he served as assistant secretary of the Texas Senate and continued in that position until 1917, when he was elected secretary of that body. In October of 1917 he was appointed secretary to Gov- ernor Hobby, which official position he resigned from in 1919 when he came to Dallas. Upon his arrival here he formed the partnership with W. M. Harris and W. H. Graham, which partnership was dissolved in 1920.
In 1915 Colonel McCall married Miss Rebecca Ran. dolph and they are the parents of three children, Hobby, Randolph Dean and Rebecca Ann McCall The McCall home is situated at 3617 Euclid Avenue, Dallas.
Colonel McCall served as lieutenant-colonel on the governor's staff and ranked as a major of the Tenth Infantry of the National Guard of Texas during the war. His regiment was drafted into Federal Sery- ice but the armistice prevented it being sent to a training camp.
PACK RATTIKIN, attorney at law and junior member of the well known law firm of Stuart & Rattikin, came to Fort Worth upon his discharge from the naval aviation forces in January, 1919, and resumed the practice of his profession which had been interrupted by the entrance of America into the world war and his con- sequent enlistment in the armed forces of his coun- try. The firm of Stuart and Rattikin, composed of Jack Rattikin and R. A. Stuart, does a general civil practice and has offices at Burkburnett Building.
Mr. Rattikin is a native of Arkansas and was born at Prescott, November 27, 1891. He is a son of J. W. and Annie (Bradley) Rattikin who came to Texas the year following his birth and settled at Cleburne. Young Rattikin was educated in the public schools at Roscoe, Texas, had two years in the State Normal School at Canyon and then entered the law depart- ment of the University of Texas where he studied for four years, graduating with the class of 1916 with the degree of bachelor of laws.
He was admitted to the bar in June. 1916, follow- ing his graduation from the University, and imme- diately began practice at Anson, the couny seat of Jones County. In the latter part of 1916 he was elected county attorney of Jones County and served for two years until he enlisted in the naval aviation corps. He trained at the ground school of the University of Washington, at Seattle, and received his flying instruction at Key West, Florida. He returned to Texas in January, 1919, and concluded to locate in Fort Worth, a decision he has never had occasion to regret. A partnership was formed with R. A. Stuart and the firm has built up a splen- did practice.
Mr. Rattikin is a young man of splendid natural ability and gives much promise of a brilliant future.
He is intensely devoted to his profession and has the skill and determination that usually brings success.
Mr. Rattikin was married November 3, 1920, to Miss Annie Lea Sundel, of Mansfield, Texas, a graduate of Texas Women's College of Fort Worth in the class of 1918, and the family residence is 2616 Hemphill Street, Fort Worth.
He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Ma- sonic Lodge, University of Texas Club and the American Legion.
MMETT THURMON, attorney at law, Dallas as an ex-president of the Young Lawyers Club and as its present secretary, is well known in this city, especially in the younger set. He has been engaged in the practice since 1916, at which time he was admitted to the bar and has always been active in the civic affairs of the city, both as a lawyer and business man. Thurman, Nicholson & Saxon was organized in 1919 and was dissolved recently, since which time Mr. Thurmon has continued his practice alone. He represents many of the local as well as foreign business concerns.
Born in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, May 27, 1892, Emmett Thurmon is a son of Jerry W. and Florence (Broadwell) Thurmon, the former being a Louisiana lawyer. He received his primary educational train- ing in the public schools of Louisiana and in the Dal- las High School. After his graduation from the latter institution he began work in this city and studied law at nights, alone. In 1916 he was ad- mitted to the bar by examination before the local board of examiners and began his practice imme- diately thereafter. During the latter part of that year he was appointed special judge of the Corpora- tion Court and served in that capacity for four months. In 1918 he wrote a series of articles cover- ing chattel mortgages, which were printed in the "Music Trades Magazine" during 1918 and 1919. For the past few years he has taken an active inter- est in the affairs of the Federal Crush Stone Com- pany and at the present time is a director of that company.
In 1917 Mr. Thurmon married Miss Alma Coen and they have their home at 5614 Victor Street, Dallas. Besides being a former president of the Young Law- yers Club of Dallas, Mr. Thurmon is also one of the organizers of that society. He is also treasurer of the Mutual Club and has membership in the Adver- tising League and the Chamber of Commerce.
SCAR H. CALVERT, attorney at law, with offices in the Republic Bank Building, has been a resident of Dallas for more than twenty years, more than half of which has been spent in the practice of his profession. He has confined himself largely to criminal cases and has represented the defendant in some of the most notable cases that have been before the Dallas courts in recent years.
Mr. Calvert comes of one of the earliest of the families of Texas. His grandfather came to Texas in 1831 and served throughout the Mexican war. He participated in the memorable capture of Santa Anna. The father of the present Mr. Calvert served during the entire period of the Civil War in the Con- federate army with a Texas regiment. The younger Calvert was born on a farm in Williamson County, Texas, September 4, 1877. At the early age of fourteen he was left an orphan with two baby
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brothers to care for. All day he would work on the farm and at night he would study the books which he had borrowed from men in the city. Gradually he climbed upward and little by little he secured a legal education and in 1911 he was admitted to the bar of Texas. Since that time he has practiced in Dallas and has represented a constantly enlarging clientele. Although most of his work is in the higher courts, and he has never been known to fail to hold his own in the joint discussions, he does not hesitate to go into the Justice Court to represent a client.
On May 9, 1917, Mr. Calvert was married to Miss Lillian S. Johnson, a member of one of the older families of Kaufman County, Texas. Their only child is a boy, Oscar H., Jr. The Calvert residence is at 1412 Beaumont Street.
Few men have shown a more liberal disposition or a more genuinely courteous spirit than has Mr. Calvert. He has always been a generous supporter of charitable institutions and a friend of the un- fortunate. He has always believed that fair dealing with one's fellow-man is the only ladder to success and to the practice of this policy he attributes the fact that he has never needed a physician. He has been active in politics and has consistently supported the man of most intelligence rather than honesty coupled with wisdom. He has taken a prominent part in fraternal organizations and holds member- ship in the W. O. W., the F. O. E., the L. O. M., the L. A. and the N. P. L. He is a member of the Christian Church His legal activities have brought him into contact with some of the most prominent people of Texas and among members of his pro- fession he is thoroughly respected.
ERN WILSON, member of the law firm of House and Wilson, North Texas Building, Dallas, has been an attorney and counsellar at law before the Dallas bar for the past thirteen years. In the twenty years of his practice he has always been engaged in the civil branch of the law and before coming to Dallas in 1908 was engaged in the practice of his profession at Plain, view, Texas. House and Wilson was organized in 1919 and since that time have engaged in civil prac- tice exclusively.
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Born at Capageridean, Missouri, March 9th, 1881, Bern Wilson is a son of Sandy H. Wilson, deceased, who was a farmer. The young Mr. Wilson was reared on the farm and attended the public schools of Oak Ridge, Missouri, for his early education. When the Wilson family moved to Texas he was afforded better educational advantage in the high school of Canon City. After finishing the high school he began to study law with his brother, L. G. Wilson, who at that time was practicing law at that city, but at the present time has his offices at Plain- view. He was one of the first lawyers at that bar and has attained quite a reputation as an able prac- titioner. In 1901 Mr. Bern Wilson, the subject of this sketch, was admitted to the bar and began to practice at Canon City, where he remained four years.
In 1907 he moved to Plainview and after three years of practice there came to Dallas. Upon com- ing to Dallas he formed a partnership with J. G. Wilson, of Dallas but who is of no relation to the Mr. Wilson of this sketch. In 1912 he began to practice independently and remained so for two years after which time he became the senior mem- ber of the firm Wilson, Young and Alvod. In 1919
the partnership was dissolved and he formed his present connections with Mr. House.
On October 10, 1912, Mr. Wilson married Miss Crum of Ellis County, and a daughter of C. H. Crum an early Texas settler and Ellis County farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of one child, Mary Frances.
In fraternal affiliations Mr. Wilson is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has always been interested in the civic development of his adopted city and has given his services willingly for the public welfare.
YLE SAXON, attorney at law, American Exchange Bank Building, Dallas, has for several years been a member of the legal fraternity of this state, and since 1900 has been engaged in practice of the legal profession. Before coming to Dallas he was an attorney of New Orleans, Louisiana, and was acquainted throughout that state because of the prominent part he took in politics there. He has seen service in two wars, having served as captain in the Spanish-American War and having been recommended for commission in the U. S. Army during the late world war.
Born in the city of New Orleans, Lyle Saxon is the son of Lydell Allin and Elizabeth (Lyle) Saxon, the former having been a wholesale grocer of that city. The mother was one of the pioneer suffra- gettes of this country and was known as one of the best women speakers of the United States. She had the honor of speaking before the Louisiana Constitu- tional Convention, which met in New Orleans in 1870, and was nearly successful in having that body adopt suffrage for the state. Her name was re- cently mentioned to be placed on the tablet in the Hall of Fame in Washington, D. C., which tablet is to represent the suffragettes of Louisiana.
Mr. Saxon received his early training in the public schools of his native state, which was adequately supplemented at the Tulane University, where he received his Bachelor of Laws in 1900. In 1909 he began the practice of his profession at New Orleans, where he remained until 1916. In 1912 he was ap- pointed by Governor Hall, of Louisiana, as custodian of records of New Orleans, which position he held until 1918. At that time he was appointed chair- man of the speaker's committee for John M. Parker, who was a candidate for governor. While serving in that capacity he spoke in practically every county of the state and became well acquainted with a large portion of the citizens. In 1915 he returned to his practice, which he continued until the outbreak of the war in this country, at which time he volunteered in the first officers' training camp, at Fort Logan, Little Rock, Arkansas. He was compelled to resign soon after being recommended for a commission of captain because of ill health, and in 1917 he moved to Dallas. In August of that year he was admitted to the Texas bar and became affiliated with the firm of Locke and Locke. In 1919 he resigned from the firm and began to practice independently, specializ- ing in land law in this state, representing several large insurance companies after their land titles. While in Louisiana he was considered as an excellent authority on land law and his reputation in that state has also been established here.
In 1918 Mr. Saxon married Miss Mayme Beard and they have their home at 43212 Gaston Avenue, Dallas.
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LETCHER S. JONES, prominent lawyer and now district attorney for the Thirtieth Ju- dicial District of Texas, composed of Clay, Archer, Young and Wichita courties, has been actively identified with the legal profession in Wichita Falls since 1913 at which time he removed here from San Antonio where he had forineriy been engaged in the practise of law. He also practised for a time at El Paso before coming to Wichita Falls Mr. Jones was elected district attorney in 1918 and much credit is given him for breaking up the wave of crime which swept over the oil fields of his dis- trict following the influx of transient, professional criminals after the discovery of oil here in 1917.
Mr. Jones, while still a young man, has had a most varied and interesting career. His decision to engage in the practise of law came after his injury in a railroad wreck on the Galveston, Harris- burg and San Antonio Railroad on May 19, 1908. Prior to his injury he was a locomotive fireman and it was in the discharge of his duty that he suffered the accident that resulted in his becoming one of the successful lawyers of Texas.
After recovering from his injury Mr. Jones studied shorthand and was employed as stenographer in a law office from 1909 until 1913. During a portion of this time, from 1909 until 1911, he was secretary to the general counsel for the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen and Enginemen at Peoria, Illinois.
Mr. Jones was born at Victoria, Texas, August 27, 1883, a son of James J. and Annie Laurie (Thur- mond) Jones, both members of prominent Texas families. James Fielding Jones, grandfather of Fletcher S. Jones, removed to Texas from Kentucky in 1835 and settled in Goliad County, Texas. He was one of the first district judges after Texas won her independence from Mexico and became a Republic. He was a brother of Levi Jones who had a prominent part in laying out the city of Galveston. His maternal grandfather, C. L. Thurmond, came to Texas from Tennessee in the early days of statehood following the admission of Texas into the Union, and served Victoria County as sheriff and tax collector for a number of years.
On March 6, 1911, Mr. Jones was married at Peoria, Illinois, to Miss Caroline Onken. They have one son, William Henry Jones.
Mr. Jones is a Mason and also a member of the Elks, Modern Woodmen, Woodmen of the World, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine- men, the Wichita Club and Chamber of Commerce, Wichita Falls Bar Association and the Texas Bar Association.
OHN T. GANO, member of the firm of Gano, Gano and Scurry, 522-23 North Texas Build- ing, Dallas, has been engaged in the civil practice of the law before the Dallas bar for the past seven years. He became a member of the firm of Gano and Gano in 1914, at which time he graduated from the University of Texas. In 1919 the firm became Gano, Gano and Scurry by the ad- mittance of Mr. Tom Scurry to the firm. Gano, Gano and Scurry enjoy the confidence of a large clientele, including a number of large local and for- eign companies, among which are: The American Freehold Land Company, The Scottish-American Mortgage Company, The Investors Mortgage Se- curity Company, The Robert Ralston Companies, and several others.
The descendent of an illustrious Southern family, .
John T. Gano was born on January 16th, 1892, at Dallas, Texas. His father was John T. Gano, a civil engineer, who located in Dallas. He was a member of the Dallas Guard and at one time served as president of the State Fire Association. His wife was Miss Clara Helm, of Kentucky, who was a relative of Governor Helm, of that state. The grandfather of Jno. T. Gano, Jr., was General R. M. Gano who served as a general in the Confederate armies and who located in Dallas soon after the Civil War. He was active in the business and social life of Dallas and Texas during his life time. The younger Mr. Gano was educated in the Dallas public schools and graduated from the White's Preparatory School at Austin in 1910. He then entered the Uni- versity of Texas and after a four year course there returned to Dallas and became the partner of his uncle, M. D. Gano, in the firm of Gano and Gano. He continued his practice until December of 1917 at which time he joined the aviation corps of the United States Army and was stationed at the School of Military Aeronautics at Austin, Texas. He gradu- ated there in the summer of 1918 and was then sent to the concentration camp at Camp Dick, Dallas. A short time thereafter he was transferred to Baron Field, at Fort Worth, and was stationed there when the armistice was signed. After his discharge he returned to Dallas and resumed his practice with his uncle.
In fraternal orders Mr. Gano is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity. He also holds membership in the Terpsichorean Club and the Chamber of Commerce of Dallas. At the present time Mr. Gano has his residence at 1903 Bennett Avenue, Dallas.
JAMES MONROE TERRELL, attorney-at-law Dallas, has in his public and private capac- ities served the people of Texas for the past quarter of a century. As an attorney at Daingerfield, Texas, for fifteen years, and as a state Senator from that district for six years, he was one of the best known lawyers at that bar when he decided to remove his practice to the Dallas bar. which presented a larger and more promising field. Since opening his offices there in 1911 Mr. Terrell has built up a large and well established practice, both in civil and criminal law.
A native Texan, born in Daingerfield in the month of October 1870, James M. Terrelll is a son of John Dabney and Lucy (Gillin) Terrell. He is the oldest of seven children four of whom were brothers and two sisters. His early education was received in the public schools of his native city, while his law train- ing was gotten by study in the office of a friend. Admitted to the bar in 1896, his reward was im- mediately forthcoming for he was elected county at- torney of his home county, which office he held for four years. In 1905 he was elected to the State Senate as a reward for his faithful services while county attorney. He retained his seat in the senate for six years, retiring therefrom in 1911. In 1909 he served as President pro-tem of the Senate for the regular session, being elected by that body to serve in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. While a senator he was instrumental in the passage of a number of very important bills which later became Texas Law, among which is the bill putting out of business a number of ill-famed cold storage plants, for which Mr. Terrell deserves special credit as the same result had been attempted by bills three tines
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before and each time the bills were declared unconsti- tutional. His amendment to the Anti-trust Law, which added the criminal feature, was also passed by the legislature and proclaimed law. He was respon- sible in a large part for the creation and establish- ment of the 5th Court of Criminal Appeals at Tex- arkana and had the Legislature pass a series of bills regulating the Texas Banking law. In 1911 Mr. Ter- rell returned to private life and since that time has been engaged in practice of law at Dallas.
In 1900 Mr. Terrell married Miss Daisy Conner, who left this life on the 24th day of Decem- ber, 1918, leaving one child. Mr. Terrell and his daughter have their home at 3835 Cedar Springs Ave. He is a member of the B. P. O. Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Knights of Honor, the Knights and Ladies of Honor and the Eagles.
UGENE S. ALLEN, attorney at law and junior member of the well known law firm of Black and Allen, F. & M. Bank Build- ing, has been engaged in the practice of his Profession in Fort Worth since 1917 and has at- tained an enviable reputation as a lawyer and pleader. The firm does a general practice in all the courts, both state and federal.
A native of Tarrant County, Mr. Allen was born at Keller, March 6, 1882. He is a son of W. V. S. and Mary (Mosley) Allen, well known residents of that community who came to Tarrant County in 1878. For more than forty years the Allen family has been actively identified with the progress and development of this section.
Reared on a farm Mr. Allen attended the public schools and then entered the North Texas Normal School at Denton, attending this institution from 1902 until 1904. Upon the completion of his studies he taught school and followed agricultural pursuits until 1917 when he was admitted to the bar and took up the active practice of law. Mr. Allen has built up a substantial practice and has recently become attorney for Automobile Publishing Co., of Fort Worth.
In 1908 Mr. Allen was married to Miss Una Morgan of Roanoke, Texas, member of a well known family there. They have one daughter, Mary.
Mr. Allen is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Fort Worth Chamber of Com- merce, and the Bar Association. He takes an active interest in all civic matters and is a consistent and energetic booster for Fort Worth.
By reason of its strategic location and splendid railroad facilities Mr. Allen believes this city is destined to be a great commercial and industrial center. The steady development of the last few years he expects to continue indefinitely.
LBERT SIDNEY BROADFOOT, Broadfoot, Muse, Taylor attorneys at law with offices in the Andrews Building, has recently opened offices in Dallas for the practice.
of law. He has associated with him H. M. Muse and C. O. Taylor, son of U. S. District Attorney R. E. Taylor. The firm also maintains o.fices at Henrietta, Texas.
Mr. Broadfoot was born at Honey Grove, Texas, May 18, 1885. His parents, W. A. and Emma Pitts Broadfoot came to that section during the Civil War and grew up with that part of North Texas. They belong to the substantial farming class of Fannin County. Having received his early education in the country schools of Fannin County, Mr. Broad-
foot attended the East Texas Normal College from which he received the B. S. and B. L. degrees in 1910 and the A. B. degree in 1912. He took his law course at the University of Texas and at the University of Chicago. In 1912 he was admitted to the bar of Texas by examination at Texarkana and the follow- ing year he began the practice of law at Bonham. From 1914 to 1918 he was county attorney at Bon- ham and in the latter year he resigned to enter the army. He raised a troop of cavalry in Fannin County in the spring of 1918 and went to Camp Stanley for training where his troop was attached to the 2nd Brigade of Texas Cavalry and he was made a First Lieutenant. In the fall of 1918 hc was promoted to the rank of captain and was in training when the armistice was signed. He was discharged in March, 1918, and entered the oil busi- ness at once with Dallas as his headquarters.
Mr. Broadfoot is unmarried and lives at 4025 Gaston Avenue. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. and the Masons. He is also a member of the Chris- tian Church. Among the younger professional nien of Dallas who have sought their fortune in this city there are none to whom the future seems more full of promise and prosperity.
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