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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

WILLIAM G. MAURICE.
    William G. Maurice is a man who has attained success by following out high
ideals of service to his fellowmen. If he had to sacrifice the opportunity for
either one, it would be the former: but in making his life of benefit to his
fellows he has also attained prosperity and the most envious cannot grudge him
his success, so honorably has it been won and so worthily used. Not to know
William G. Maurice in Hot Springs is to argue one's self unknown. He is the
possessor of the most beautiful home of the city, the owner of the finest and
most perfect baths. At the same time he is a prominent figure in banking
circles, being vice president of the Arkansas Trust Company, and until recently
he was president of the De Soto Mineral Spring Company, owner of a magnificent
drinking pavilion. He is likewise the president of the Manitou Baths at Mauitou,
Colorado.

    William G. Maurice is a son of Charles E. Maurice, who was one of the
original lessees at Hot Springs when the district was taken over by the
government as a permanent reservation, through act of congress in 1877. From
early youth, therefore, William G. Maurice became familiar with questions
relative to the development of the bath interests of the city and since that
time he has cherished high ideals which have found their expression in the
building and conduct of the Maurice Baths.

    Mr. Maurice is a supporter of all public enterprises of worth and is very
generous of his means and his time toward all commendable causes. No man has
done more for the city than he, for he makes immediate response to any call for
service In the field of benefit for Hot Springs. The poor and needy, too, find
in him a friend and champion and his interest in helping others is manifest in
his service as president of the Hot Springs Associated Charities. He is a Mystic
Shriner and his life has always been an exemplification of the spirit and object
of the Masonic fraternity, which recognizes the brotherhood of man and the
obligations thereby imposed. It is said that no one knows more of the great men
of the country than does W. G. Maurice, and his appreciation of high friendship
was shown in the establishment of a memorial room to Elbert Hubbard,
representing the highest Roycroft ideals.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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