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thevaA*4ISnoooay who lifces him aslok*.'A€ -suaaen expansion moves• —I : . .« • • •» inthing around it.every/Sketches*«■\MFrom the lltt .......-----to understand why Al Ian Salley has had • leading role |n the building of La Marque during the past 17 years.; Mr. Bailey is in the real estate and insurance business, but he HM devoted nieeh of his time to the improve*community.was bom ln Beaumont, Texas, Sfcptem-lW 3, 1907. He attended public schools there and grad-ted from Beaumont High School in 1924. He then South Park Junior College and earned a degreeof Associate of Arts.He continued his education at the University of Texas•n$ graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administrationin i9$B, 'S father was a physician. He had graduated Empty UnSyersity of Oxford, Georgia in 1888, andmedical education at Bellview Medical Uni* yeraity In New York City. After experiencing the de-doctor, the elder Bailey never encouraged his son to enter the profession.During hit stay at Texas Allan was a member of Sigma (Mu social fraternity and served as assistant manager for the frack team. That was when Clyde Littlefield Wat coaching such stars as Aubrey Cockrell the sprinter who nearly baet the great Charlie Paddock in the Texasyear.the surhmer of 1925 Allan got some experiencefew. young men have had. He got a job as deckI the tykes ship Oakwood and went to Europe.It was a three month adventure and he visited France,mper month which was taken away fromtwp foMtne when he went ashore in tl ihg European ports instead of staying on board.1t.yuan was the man who got me the 'And I didn't see him again until Oc-tober of 1949 when I sold him the house at 2807 Houston Drive Nopth, where he now lives. He didn't remember me, but I repwnbered him.When be got out of the university Allan Bailey Went fb work for the Sun Oil Company in Louisiana with ateitmograph crew. His venture into the oil business was short Hved when He switched to the Retail Credit Com-• r • * ** • jpeny operating in Beaumont, Galveston and Nacogdoches.ffw job was making investigations for insurance com-to 1933 Allan met red haired: Xefheryn Sharp Nacogdoches and they were married in 1936.fh* Baileys looked over the territory and I iked. .1prospects in Li Marqiilksrepresented Dee WalAllan sold all of insurance.In 1946 mf. Bailey and Claude Bitner formed the Bailey and Bitner firm dealing in both real estate and insurance. Their ifBjPr development was the Oaklawn and Highlands sub ffilalphs. Mr. Bailey bought out Mr. Bit-V...iiiffiutffff•* ‘e A ' * lt;r-yALLAN BAILEYner on January 1, 1955.Allan Bailey has helped organize the St. Michael's Episcopal Church, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, Galco Country Club and the Highway Beautification Committee. He belongs to the La Marque Masonic Lodge.The Bailey's live at 1308 Rhodora and have three children. Allan III, 19, is attending the University of Texas; Kay, 13, is in Junior High, and Frank, 9, is in the fourth grade.Building has slowed down in La Marque, Mr. Bailey said, but real estate business is still brisk. What we. need is more land for another sub division. There are still many lots within the city which are good building sites if the owners would turn them loose for that purpose.I've seen La Marque grow from 1,500 to 17,000and with the petro-chemical industry centering in this anfca- I see-no reason why it shouldn't continue to prosper, he predicted.4Vs • Sg4yiN,r •• vREAL ESTATE AND 1NSUR• vs '• i*-•■ 4' .v--4:iV.;* • .is. • .«**vf'. / -y-'• . *•
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La Marque Times
La Marque, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 25, 1957
Page 7
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