Francis Samuel Gettle:
a biography
December 6, 1896- Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas County,
Arkansas
1915 - Graduated Stuttgart High School
September 1915 - April 1916: Taught grade school
Sept. 1916 - June 1918: Attended University of
Illinois
September - December 1918 U.S. Army attended Officers
Training School, Camp Pike, Ark.
January - March 1919: Employed by U. S. Grain
Corp. at Walton Rice Mill, Stuttgart, Ark
April 1919: Went to Washington D. C.
April - September 1919 Had temporary jobs in Government
Washington D. C. Interior Dept. and Bureau of Labor Statistics - Dept.
of Labor
October 13, 1919 Took job in Washington D. C.
with Internal Revenue Service as an Auditor (uh oh... lol)
June 1921- Completed accounting course in Washington
School of Accountancy in June 1921 B. C. S. Degree
October 2, 1919 married Helen Fairchild in Washington
D. C., Clovis Chapel, Minister Mt. Vernon M. E.
August 30, 1923 Raised a Master Mason, Lafayette
Lodge No. 19, Washington D. C.
February 1924 Entered George Washington University
Law School
June 1927 Completed Law School L.LB
Degree
February 28, 1928 Admitted to Arkansas Supreme
Court
October 1928 Employed by General Counsel's Office
of internal Revenue of Treasury Dept. as an Attorney
October 8, 1928 Admitted to Supreme Court District
of Columbia
November 1936 Admitted to Supreme Court of United
States
August 1, 1938 was transferred to New York Division
Field Office as a Trial Attorney
November 1, 1938 Moved residence to Westfield,
New Jersey
1943 Moved to Jackson heights New York City
Sept 1, 1945- Transferred from New York City to
New Orleans, La. as Head of New Orleans Counsel's Office.
1949 was appointed Assistant Regional Counsel
for Southwest Division of IRS Counsels Office, State of Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana
1954 Admitted to Supreme Court of Texas
April 30, 1959 Retired from Government Service
Regional Counsels Office.
1959 Received Gallatan Award - U.S. Treasury
June 1, 1959 - Opened private law office in Houston,
Texas
1959 - 1982 Was in private practice of Law with
carious groups of a attorney's an at several locations in Houston, Specializing
in all forms of Federal Taxes and Estate Tax law. Closed office on June
30, 1982
August 30, 1983 Grand Masonic Lodge of District
of Columbia through Grand lodge of Texas bestowed 60 year award and pin
at West University Lodge No. 1292, Houston Texas.
MEMBERSHIP IN FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS:
1923 Lafayette Masonic Lodge No. 19, Washington
D. C.
1928 District of Columbia Bar and Bat Association
1928 Member of US Court of Appeals, Washington
DC
1928 Member of US Supreme Court Arkansas
1936 Member of Supreme Court of US, Washington
DC
1972 Member Arkansas Bar Association
1954 Member US Supreme Court Texas
1954 Member Texas State Bar Association
1960 Member Houston Bar Association
1926 Member Delta Phi Law Fraternity
1954 Member Federal Bar Association Washington
D. C.
1964 member Scottish Rite Masons, Valley of Houston
1964 Member Arabia Temple Shrine - Houston
1957 Member St. Paul's United Methodist Church
1957 Member Fellowship Class - St Paul's Church
1978 President Fellowship Class
MEMBER ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
1959 US District Court South District, Texas
1973 US Circuit Court of Appeals 5th Circuit,
New Orleans
1943 Tax court of United States, Washington DC
1956 Member American Bar Association
1959 Member American Judicature Society
1928 Admitted to US Court of Claims
1928 Admitted to US Court of Appeals
1979 Joined as member: National Association for
Retired Employees Washington DC
1926 Joined: Tall Cedars (Masons) Washington
DC Life Member No. 104
1980 Joined: Local Chapter, Texas, National Association
for Retired Federal Employees
Written by: Francis Samuel Gettle Sr. before
his death in 1989 |