CATHEY, ORA - CATHEY LAND CO.
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Located in office of Hamilton County News on East Side
of square, phone 58, handling farms, ranches, and city property over wide
area: firm composed of Ora Cathey and Frank Mack.
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Ora Cathey was born near Leon Junction in Coryell
County, where he received his early schooling. He finished his high school
education at MacGregor, after which he went to Waco and completed a
business course. He spent his early years on a farm with his parents, but
after his return from Waco, he was appointed tax assessor of Coryell
County, serving under his uncle, H. R. Cathey, for four years. Following
this he accepted a position with Swift & Company of Fort Worth and
traveled for some time in North Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
In 1905 Mr. Cathey came to Hamilton and accepted a
position with the John L. Spurlin mercantile establishment and was
employed by them for eight years. He spent two years in Comanche in the
mercantile business for himself, later going to Temple where he was
employed in a Furniture store for a period. In 1918 he returned to
Hamilton County and located on his farm six miles west of town and since
that time has devoted his time to farming and the real estate business.
In 1907* Mr.
Cathey married Miss Alice E. Shockley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Shockley. They have six children: Dr. Carl, Robert, Ted, Kathleen, Lois,
Cyrus, and Ora Alice.
Frank Mack, who purchased an interest in the Cathey Land
Company Feb. 1, 1934, was born in Levita, Coryell County. He received his
education at Wayland College, Plainview, and Howard Payne College in
Brownwood. In 1917 he went to Nevada, where he was connected with the
Arden Plaster Company. Then came the World War, which changed the course
in the lives of millions of young manhood of America. Mr. Mack joined the
Signal Corps in February, 1918, and was sent to Fort Leavenworth for
training. He contracted illness while in camp and was discharged in June
of the same returning to Northwest Texas in 1919 to accept employment with
the Acme Cement and Plaster Co. Later, being ordained as a Baptist
minister, he preached for several years until his health failed and he
came to Hamilton to make his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Mack. In February of this year he purchased an interest in the Cathey Land
Company and is now actively engaged in this business.
The Cathey Land Company has the reputation of handling
probably more deals than any real estate firm in Hamilton county. Both
members of the firm have a wide acquaintance over Hamilton and adjoining
counties and enjoy the confidence of the people. Recently they have turned
several big ranch deals and farms, as well as much city property. They do
not confine their activity to this county alone, but if a client wants
something in another part of the State the Cathey Land Company will locate
it for him and assist him in making a good deal.
They have built the business on the principle of a
square deal and satisfied clients. They pride themselves on having made as
many as five or six deals with a single person. They know real estate
values and anyone desiring to buy or sell property will do well to get in
touch with them. In this Special Historical and Trade Expansion Edition of
The News we are pleased to recommend them to our readers.
The Hamilton County News, Vol. IV, Number
11--Section One
Historical and Trading Expansion Issue
W. F. Billingslea, Editor-Publisher
Subscription Price ONE YEAR ..$1.00
June 29, 1934
* Ora
Cathey married Alice Emily Shockley on 17 June, 1908, Hamilton County
Marriage Record Bk. 4, p. 526
