Notables Talk at Texas Insurance Agents Conven tion
Prominent state figures led the Texas Association of Insurance Agents thirty fifth annual meeting opening at the Herring Hotel. Langham Boyce Tarver Pope and Seay spoke and officers were elected after sessions including a barbecue and Crystal Ballroom events.
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Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Herring Hotel
A. Denzil Langham
Houston
John K. Boyce
Amarillo
W. A. Tarver
Austin
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Insurance Agents Arrive in Amarillo for Texas Association Meeting
Neely chairman of the reception greets arriving insurance men for the annual Texas Association of Insurance Agents meeting in Amarillo. The Neely-Greenhill Agency leads the welcome at the event with officials and delegates from multiple firms attending.
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Neely
Neely-Greenhill Agency
Amarillo
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
First Amarillo Insurance Agency Opened in 1889
J M Russell started the first insurance agency in Amarillo in 1889 with Judge N C Martin. They set own rates after inspecting properties. The town then had about 350 people and many businesses, but the market suffered after 1893 due to fires and business failures. They represented Continental Fire, Pennsylvania Fire, Fire Association, Insurance Co of North America, Home Fire, Germania, and Liverpool London & Globe.
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J. M. Russell
Amarillo
Mr. Russell
N. C. Martin
Russell and Martin
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company
The
Fire Association
Insurance Company of North America
Home Fire Insurance Company
Germania Insurance Company
Liverpool, London & Globe
Tragedy Strikes San Angelo Family As Man Is Found Dead
John Hoffer 72 a former deputy oil and gas supervisor was found dead in his quarters in an apartment house in San Angelo with a pistol beside him His wife Mrs Hoffer died years earlier and a son Joe Hoffer killed himself about a year ago in a government hospital
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San Angelo
John Hoffer
Legislative Meeting Notes on Afternoon Session
A report details items from the Austin meeting including adjournment for lunch at 12 15 PM and an afternoon agenda focusing on unfinished business and committee reports.
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John H. Chiles, Jr
Austin
First Policy Written on Amarillo Courthouse in 1888
Amarillo’s first insurance policy was written in 1888 at the courthouse on Bowie Street by James Cravens of Cravens Dargan Company. Longhand records were used due to few agents and no local agents. The piece recalls early Amarillo’s rough town layout and the move of the courthouse as the city developed.
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Farm Insurance
J. M. Wells
Wellington
Price K. Johnson
Cravens, Dargan & Company
Marine Insurance
F. M. Coleman
San Antonio
Frank Rimmer
A. D. Langham
Foreman
Raymond S. Mauk
Austin
George Easley
Cal
R. C. Greeves
Beaumont
Amarillo
Bowie Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
James Cravens
Houston
Cravens
Mr. Cravens
H. B. Sanborn
Fifth Avenue
Taylor Street
Gainesville
Indian Territory
Anadarko
Fort Sill
Cantonment
Texas
Regional Officer Leads Fire and Tornado Insurance Meeting
Mr West, regional vice president of District No 4 at Hillsboro, has long served the Texas Association of Insurance Agents. He described arriving in Tascosa as snow fell thickly and recalled reaching an adobe house after travel by horse drawn hack.
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Raymond
Austin
Marcus Phillips
Kingsville
R. W. Thompson
Dallas
J. M. Williams
Wichita Falls
Allan N. Birge
Sherman
West Texas Historical
West
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Hillsboro
Tascosa
Public Rights Emphasized in Agents Ethics Code
The National Association of Insurance Agents code asserts the public has paramount rights in the business. It urges agents to serve society, analyze client needs, advocate informed protection, and cooperate with authorities to prevent waste and accidents. It also commits agents to fair relations with other agencies and strict law observance.
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National Association of Insurance Agents
Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Five Years Given for Fatal Stabbing in Colorado
W M Ainsworth convicted of murder without malice for the November stabbing of Jake Hazelwood of Lorain. He testified they were friends, had ridden together in a car and had been drinking. Sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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Colorado
W. M. Ainsworth
Jake Hazelwood
Loraine
Hazelwood
Program Design Is Amarilloan's Work
The piece describes a convention program cover drawn by Miss Zallee Williams depicting a cowboy on horseback saluting Amarillo’s skyline. It notes Miss Williams and Mr William Williams of Williams-Boyce Insurance Agency and mentions Cain Watrous of Kinston, N. C., having worked 31 trades with unemployment.
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Texas Association of Insurance Agents
Zallee Williams
Amarillo
Miss Williams
George Williams
Mr. Williams
The
Williams-Boyce Insurance Agency
Cain Watrous
Kinston, N
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Jeff Neely
E. M. Polk
Mr. Polk
James Polk
United States
E. M. Polk Agency
Corsicana
Fisk
RCA
Capitol Syndicate
West Texas
Potter County
A. L. Matlock
Guy West
National
State
Assas. of Insurance Agents
John D. Anderson
Amarillo National Bank
W. M. Brymer
West Sixth Street
Rolla V. Cartright
Finch & Gavin
Massie
Gilvin
Gilvin & Richey
E. 4Th
K. S. Loving & Co
Blackburn
W. P. Martin
Taylor St
Upshaw Insurance Agency
Eakle
Wagner Realty Co
East Third St
West Bros
Howard Williams
Williams-Boyce
East Sixth
C. C. Adams
Amarillo National Bank Bldg
Texas Association of
Williams-Boyce Agency
Convention of Texas Insurance Agents
Liamsboyce Agra
Om Insurance
RILLO
Tex
Ml Wa
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Amarilloan
Queen City
OF the Panhandle
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Insurance Agents
Williams Sign CO. Inc
W. Sixth
Ross D. Rogers
Nih
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