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 well...
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 of Lebanon, Capitol Forest
#104, Washington DC Life Member
1980 Joined: Local Chapter, Texas, National Association
for Retired Federal Employees
Written by: Francis Samuel Gettle Sr. before his death
in 1989
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