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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1943
Page
22
Four prominent industrial leaders from the South will attend the dedication of the Harvey Couch power plant Friday afternoon. Their firms form the A L M N O system, a name derived from the initials of the member companies.
Rex I Brown rose from clerk at the Little Rock Railway and Electric Co to president and general manager of Mississippi Power and Light. He served as meter inspector and department head before joining Arkansas Power and Light after 1926 merger. He later became assistant to the VP, then VP and GM, then president in 1936. He is active in church and Masonic circles.
C Ham Moses known as Ham Moses president of Arkansas Power and Light traces roots to Calhoun County Arkansas. He left law to join Harvey Couch in Arkansas development, worked without salary for years, and became general counsel in 1926 as the AP&L corporate structure formed. He remained closely connected to Couch’s plans to develop Arkansas.
A. B. Paterson, president of New Orleans Public Service since 1930, led civic and business efforts in New Orleans. He previously headed Meridian Light and Railway in Mississippi and held key roles with Boy Scouts, the Chamber of Commerce, and local war bond drives. He was named to state commerce board by the governor.
W O Turner of Arkansas becomes president and general manager of Louisiana Power and Light. Born in Lonoke he studied at the University of Arkansas and earned an electrical engineering degree in 1919. He held roles from assistant engineer to chief executive before his 1939 presidency.
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