Born in Hoisington, Barton Co., Kansas
Died in Stamford, Jones Co., Tx
Married Maurine Allen in 1925
Son of Andrew Beard Names & Mary Hicks. Brother of Violet Names Freese.
On June 5, 1917 his WW1 Draft registration listed him as single, short, stout, light blue eyes, brown hair and slightly bald.
His occupations were truck gardner, proprietor picture show and city attorney. In 1930 he was in Wheeler, TX with Maurine and son Arthur A., Jr age 4 and was in Show Business. They later had twin sons, Jack and Jean. In 1935 he lived in Robert Lee, Texas and was in Meade Kansas in 1940 with his 14 year old son Arthur A Jr.
When he died in Stamford he was in Show Business in Lueders, TX. Place of residence was listed as McCraken, Rush Co., Kansas
Sect 185 1/2 E 1/2 blk 4 based on City Plot Records and Funeral Home Records.
Plot name: Jean Names
He joined the Army Air Service Oct 16, 1918 and a 2nd Lt commission was granted May 10, 1922 (Ser# 0123052)
Kinney Funeral Home Records
NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW (1891–1945). Arthur "Art" Andrew Names, tent repertory theater operator in the 1930s and 1940s, son of Andrew Beard and Mary (Hicks) Names, was born in Hoisington, Kansas, on November 13, 1891. He grew up in Hoisington and later called McCracken, Kansas, his home. He attended schools in McCracken and Lyons and later Washburn Law School in Topeka. He became interested in dramatics and studied theater at the University of Kansas. After that he taught school in McCracken for a few years and began to write his own plays and perform them in neighboring communities. He served during World War I as a lieutenant in the Aeronautics Branch of the United States Army. After the war he organized his own stock company and began playing a circuit in Kansas. He operated from a tent and provided live stage dramas. In the late 1920s he met and married Maurine Allen, the young daughter of a vaudeville show-business family. They had three sons, Arthur, Jr., and twins, Jack and Jean. The late 1920s was a good time for the company, which went by various names, including Art and Maurine and Art Names Shows. During his early days Names had an actor in his cast named Milburn Stone, who later became famous as "Doc" on the Gunsmoke television series.
The stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression brought hard times to the company. The stress of the times caused the marriage to fail, and divorce followed. Names continued to run his operation, but during the 1930s it became more difficult. In the late 1930s Names played the small West Texas town of Meadow. By this time he was reduced to a one-man operation. He had his ragged tent, a 16mm movie projector, and few grade B western movies that he showed over and over. During a winter in Meadow he became acquainted with a local resident, William A. "Bill" Whisenhunt, and they became fast friends. Whisenhunt operated a pool room in Meadow, but after the United States entered World War II in 1941, local law enforcement officials closed it down as not appropriate for the war effort. Whisenhunt now was without employment, but he had a few hundred dollars in savings. He and Names decided to become partners and reopen the tent show with live actors. Names convinced his former wife to return from California with the three sons and her new husband to be actors in the show. Whisenhunt brought his three teenage sons into the operation. For about three years the Art Names Shows was back on the road and played a circuit through the Panhandle of Texas as far north as Kansas, and occasionally Nebraska and Colorado. The show prospered until 1944, when a fire destroyed the tent in Muleshoe, Texas. At that point, Whisenhunt, who had wearied of life on the road, sold what was left of his interest to Names and returned to Meadow seeking other opportunities. The oldest sons of both Names and Whisenhunt had been drafted into the military for World War II, and the shortages of wartime had made the effort to stay on the road a struggle. Names's former wife and her husband took the twins and went back to California to take advantage of opportunities presented by defense work. Names moved to Lueders, Texas, with a new tent and showed motion pictures again. This time he had more recent films and was doing well enough that he was able to open a second tent that he placed in the crossroads community of Old Glory. He got one of his sons to return and assist him in the operation. Names became ill and after a period of treatment died on November 8, 1945, in the hospital in Stamford, Texas. He was buried in Highland Cemetery in Stamford. Names was a significant cultural force in the small communities where his show played. He usually played the same towns each year, and he was eagerly awaited by the local residents who had little other diversion. The arrival of Art Names Shows was like the coming of the circus. Names wrote his own plays to avoid royalty payments. He was also a poet of some achievement.
Donald W. Whisenhunt, "NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fna12), accessed February 25, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association
Art Names and Catherine Maurine Allen had 3 sons
Arthur A Names, Jr 1925 to 2015 California
Twin Sons: Donald Jean Names 1927 to 1992 California
and Dr. Darrell Jack Names 1927 living in California
Died in Stamford, Jones Co., Tx
Married Maurine Allen in 1925
Son of Andrew Beard Names & Mary Hicks. Brother of Violet Names Freese.
On June 5, 1917 his WW1 Draft registration listed him as single, short, stout, light blue eyes, brown hair and slightly bald.
His occupations were truck gardner, proprietor picture show and city attorney. In 1930 he was in Wheeler, TX with Maurine and son Arthur A., Jr age 4 and was in Show Business. They later had twin sons, Jack and Jean. In 1935 he lived in Robert Lee, Texas and was in Meade Kansas in 1940 with his 14 year old son Arthur A Jr.
When he died in Stamford he was in Show Business in Lueders, TX. Place of residence was listed as McCraken, Rush Co., Kansas
Sect 185 1/2 E 1/2 blk 4 based on City Plot Records and Funeral Home Records.
Plot name: Jean Names
He joined the Army Air Service Oct 16, 1918 and a 2nd Lt commission was granted May 10, 1922 (Ser# 0123052)
Kinney Funeral Home Records
NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW (1891–1945). Arthur "Art" Andrew Names, tent repertory theater operator in the 1930s and 1940s, son of Andrew Beard and Mary (Hicks) Names, was born in Hoisington, Kansas, on November 13, 1891. He grew up in Hoisington and later called McCracken, Kansas, his home. He attended schools in McCracken and Lyons and later Washburn Law School in Topeka. He became interested in dramatics and studied theater at the University of Kansas. After that he taught school in McCracken for a few years and began to write his own plays and perform them in neighboring communities. He served during World War I as a lieutenant in the Aeronautics Branch of the United States Army. After the war he organized his own stock company and began playing a circuit in Kansas. He operated from a tent and provided live stage dramas. In the late 1920s he met and married Maurine Allen, the young daughter of a vaudeville show-business family. They had three sons, Arthur, Jr., and twins, Jack and Jean. The late 1920s was a good time for the company, which went by various names, including Art and Maurine and Art Names Shows. During his early days Names had an actor in his cast named Milburn Stone, who later became famous as "Doc" on the Gunsmoke television series.
The stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression brought hard times to the company. The stress of the times caused the marriage to fail, and divorce followed. Names continued to run his operation, but during the 1930s it became more difficult. In the late 1930s Names played the small West Texas town of Meadow. By this time he was reduced to a one-man operation. He had his ragged tent, a 16mm movie projector, and few grade B western movies that he showed over and over. During a winter in Meadow he became acquainted with a local resident, William A. "Bill" Whisenhunt, and they became fast friends. Whisenhunt operated a pool room in Meadow, but after the United States entered World War II in 1941, local law enforcement officials closed it down as not appropriate for the war effort. Whisenhunt now was without employment, but he had a few hundred dollars in savings. He and Names decided to become partners and reopen the tent show with live actors. Names convinced his former wife to return from California with the three sons and her new husband to be actors in the show. Whisenhunt brought his three teenage sons into the operation. For about three years the Art Names Shows was back on the road and played a circuit through the Panhandle of Texas as far north as Kansas, and occasionally Nebraska and Colorado. The show prospered until 1944, when a fire destroyed the tent in Muleshoe, Texas. At that point, Whisenhunt, who had wearied of life on the road, sold what was left of his interest to Names and returned to Meadow seeking other opportunities. The oldest sons of both Names and Whisenhunt had been drafted into the military for World War II, and the shortages of wartime had made the effort to stay on the road a struggle. Names's former wife and her husband took the twins and went back to California to take advantage of opportunities presented by defense work. Names moved to Lueders, Texas, with a new tent and showed motion pictures again. This time he had more recent films and was doing well enough that he was able to open a second tent that he placed in the crossroads community of Old Glory. He got one of his sons to return and assist him in the operation. Names became ill and after a period of treatment died on November 8, 1945, in the hospital in Stamford, Texas. He was buried in Highland Cemetery in Stamford. Names was a significant cultural force in the small communities where his show played. He usually played the same towns each year, and he was eagerly awaited by the local residents who had little other diversion. The arrival of Art Names Shows was like the coming of the circus. Names wrote his own plays to avoid royalty payments. He was also a poet of some achievement.
Donald W. Whisenhunt, "NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fna12), accessed February 25, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association
Art Names and Catherine Maurine Allen had 3 sons
Arthur A Names, Jr 1925 to 2015 California
Twin Sons: Donald Jean Names 1927 to 1992 California
and Dr. Darrell Jack Names 1927 living in California
Born in Hoisington, Barton Co., Kansas
Died in Stamford, Jones Co., Tx
Married Maurine Allen in 1925
Son of Andrew Beard Names & Mary Hicks. Brother of Violet Names Freese.
On June 5, 1917 his WW1 Draft registration listed him as single, short, stout, light blue eyes, brown hair and slightly bald.
His occupations were truck gardner, proprietor picture show and city attorney. In 1930 he was in Wheeler, TX with Maurine and son Arthur A., Jr age 4 and was in Show Business. They later had twin sons, Jack and Jean. In 1935 he lived in Robert Lee, Texas and was in Meade Kansas in 1940 with his 14 year old son Arthur A Jr.
When he died in Stamford he was in Show Business in Lueders, TX. Place of residence was listed as McCraken, Rush Co., Kansas
Sect 185 1/2 E 1/2 blk 4 based on City Plot Records and Funeral Home Records.
Plot name: Jean Names
He joined the Army Air Service Oct 16, 1918 and a 2nd Lt commission was granted May 10, 1922 (Ser# 0123052)
Kinney Funeral Home Records
NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW (1891–1945). Arthur "Art" Andrew Names, tent repertory theater operator in the 1930s and 1940s, son of Andrew Beard and Mary (Hicks) Names, was born in Hoisington, Kansas, on November 13, 1891. He grew up in Hoisington and later called McCracken, Kansas, his home. He attended schools in McCracken and Lyons and later Washburn Law School in Topeka. He became interested in dramatics and studied theater at the University of Kansas. After that he taught school in McCracken for a few years and began to write his own plays and perform them in neighboring communities. He served during World War I as a lieutenant in the Aeronautics Branch of the United States Army. After the war he organized his own stock company and began playing a circuit in Kansas. He operated from a tent and provided live stage dramas. In the late 1920s he met and married Maurine Allen, the young daughter of a vaudeville show-business family. They had three sons, Arthur, Jr., and twins, Jack and Jean. The late 1920s was a good time for the company, which went by various names, including Art and Maurine and Art Names Shows. During his early days Names had an actor in his cast named Milburn Stone, who later became famous as "Doc" on the Gunsmoke television series.
The stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression brought hard times to the company. The stress of the times caused the marriage to fail, and divorce followed. Names continued to run his operation, but during the 1930s it became more difficult. In the late 1930s Names played the small West Texas town of Meadow. By this time he was reduced to a one-man operation. He had his ragged tent, a 16mm movie projector, and few grade B western movies that he showed over and over. During a winter in Meadow he became acquainted with a local resident, William A. "Bill" Whisenhunt, and they became fast friends. Whisenhunt operated a pool room in Meadow, but after the United States entered World War II in 1941, local law enforcement officials closed it down as not appropriate for the war effort. Whisenhunt now was without employment, but he had a few hundred dollars in savings. He and Names decided to become partners and reopen the tent show with live actors. Names convinced his former wife to return from California with the three sons and her new husband to be actors in the show. Whisenhunt brought his three teenage sons into the operation. For about three years the Art Names Shows was back on the road and played a circuit through the Panhandle of Texas as far north as Kansas, and occasionally Nebraska and Colorado. The show prospered until 1944, when a fire destroyed the tent in Muleshoe, Texas. At that point, Whisenhunt, who had wearied of life on the road, sold what was left of his interest to Names and returned to Meadow seeking other opportunities. The oldest sons of both Names and Whisenhunt had been drafted into the military for World War II, and the shortages of wartime had made the effort to stay on the road a struggle. Names's former wife and her husband took the twins and went back to California to take advantage of opportunities presented by defense work. Names moved to Lueders, Texas, with a new tent and showed motion pictures again. This time he had more recent films and was doing well enough that he was able to open a second tent that he placed in the crossroads community of Old Glory. He got one of his sons to return and assist him in the operation. Names became ill and after a period of treatment died on November 8, 1945, in the hospital in Stamford, Texas. He was buried in Highland Cemetery in Stamford. Names was a significant cultural force in the small communities where his show played. He usually played the same towns each year, and he was eagerly awaited by the local residents who had little other diversion. The arrival of Art Names Shows was like the coming of the circus. Names wrote his own plays to avoid royalty payments. He was also a poet of some achievement.
Donald W. Whisenhunt, "NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fna12), accessed February 25, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association
Art Names and Catherine Maurine Allen had 3 sons
Arthur A Names, Jr 1925 to 2015 California
Twin Sons: Donald Jean Names 1927 to 1992 California
and Dr. Darrell Jack Names 1927 living in California
Died in Stamford, Jones Co., Tx
Married Maurine Allen in 1925
Son of Andrew Beard Names & Mary Hicks. Brother of Violet Names Freese.
On June 5, 1917 his WW1 Draft registration listed him as single, short, stout, light blue eyes, brown hair and slightly bald.
His occupations were truck gardner, proprietor picture show and city attorney. In 1930 he was in Wheeler, TX with Maurine and son Arthur A., Jr age 4 and was in Show Business. They later had twin sons, Jack and Jean. In 1935 he lived in Robert Lee, Texas and was in Meade Kansas in 1940 with his 14 year old son Arthur A Jr.
When he died in Stamford he was in Show Business in Lueders, TX. Place of residence was listed as McCraken, Rush Co., Kansas
Sect 185 1/2 E 1/2 blk 4 based on City Plot Records and Funeral Home Records.
Plot name: Jean Names
He joined the Army Air Service Oct 16, 1918 and a 2nd Lt commission was granted May 10, 1922 (Ser# 0123052)
Kinney Funeral Home Records
NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW (1891–1945). Arthur "Art" Andrew Names, tent repertory theater operator in the 1930s and 1940s, son of Andrew Beard and Mary (Hicks) Names, was born in Hoisington, Kansas, on November 13, 1891. He grew up in Hoisington and later called McCracken, Kansas, his home. He attended schools in McCracken and Lyons and later Washburn Law School in Topeka. He became interested in dramatics and studied theater at the University of Kansas. After that he taught school in McCracken for a few years and began to write his own plays and perform them in neighboring communities. He served during World War I as a lieutenant in the Aeronautics Branch of the United States Army. After the war he organized his own stock company and began playing a circuit in Kansas. He operated from a tent and provided live stage dramas. In the late 1920s he met and married Maurine Allen, the young daughter of a vaudeville show-business family. They had three sons, Arthur, Jr., and twins, Jack and Jean. The late 1920s was a good time for the company, which went by various names, including Art and Maurine and Art Names Shows. During his early days Names had an actor in his cast named Milburn Stone, who later became famous as "Doc" on the Gunsmoke television series.
The stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression brought hard times to the company. The stress of the times caused the marriage to fail, and divorce followed. Names continued to run his operation, but during the 1930s it became more difficult. In the late 1930s Names played the small West Texas town of Meadow. By this time he was reduced to a one-man operation. He had his ragged tent, a 16mm movie projector, and few grade B western movies that he showed over and over. During a winter in Meadow he became acquainted with a local resident, William A. "Bill" Whisenhunt, and they became fast friends. Whisenhunt operated a pool room in Meadow, but after the United States entered World War II in 1941, local law enforcement officials closed it down as not appropriate for the war effort. Whisenhunt now was without employment, but he had a few hundred dollars in savings. He and Names decided to become partners and reopen the tent show with live actors. Names convinced his former wife to return from California with the three sons and her new husband to be actors in the show. Whisenhunt brought his three teenage sons into the operation. For about three years the Art Names Shows was back on the road and played a circuit through the Panhandle of Texas as far north as Kansas, and occasionally Nebraska and Colorado. The show prospered until 1944, when a fire destroyed the tent in Muleshoe, Texas. At that point, Whisenhunt, who had wearied of life on the road, sold what was left of his interest to Names and returned to Meadow seeking other opportunities. The oldest sons of both Names and Whisenhunt had been drafted into the military for World War II, and the shortages of wartime had made the effort to stay on the road a struggle. Names's former wife and her husband took the twins and went back to California to take advantage of opportunities presented by defense work. Names moved to Lueders, Texas, with a new tent and showed motion pictures again. This time he had more recent films and was doing well enough that he was able to open a second tent that he placed in the crossroads community of Old Glory. He got one of his sons to return and assist him in the operation. Names became ill and after a period of treatment died on November 8, 1945, in the hospital in Stamford, Texas. He was buried in Highland Cemetery in Stamford. Names was a significant cultural force in the small communities where his show played. He usually played the same towns each year, and he was eagerly awaited by the local residents who had little other diversion. The arrival of Art Names Shows was like the coming of the circus. Names wrote his own plays to avoid royalty payments. He was also a poet of some achievement.
Donald W. Whisenhunt, "NAMES, ARTHUR ANDREW," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fna12), accessed February 25, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association
Art Names and Catherine Maurine Allen had 3 sons
Arthur A Names, Jr 1925 to 2015 California
Twin Sons: Donald Jean Names 1927 to 1992 California
and Dr. Darrell Jack Names 1927 living in California
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