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

GLEN H. WIMMER.
    In prrfessional circles in Des Arc, Glen H. Wimmer, attorney at law, is a
well known figure. He is yet a young man, but has already achieved a creditable
position at the bar and is today accorded a very liberal clientage. Missouri
numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred at Lamar in 1890,
his parents being I. N. and Jennie (Torson) Wimmer, who on leaving Missouri came
to Arkansas and established their home at Des Arc, where the father is engaged
in the real estate business.

    Glen H. Wimmer was but a little child at the time of the removal of the
family to this place, so that his early education was acquired in the public
schools of this city. A review of the broad field of business determined him to
enter upon a professional career and he became a law student in the University
of Arkansas, from which he won his law degree as a member of the class of 1913.
While in the capital city he served as assistant librarian for the supreme court
library under J. T. Cassell and aided in cataloging the library upon the removal
to the new state house. He entered upon the active practice of law in Des Arc
and was making satisfactory advance in his profession when America entered the
World war. On the 30th of July, 1917, he enlisted in defense of world-wide
democracy, joining the army at Camp Brough, while later he was sent to Fort
Logan H. Roots and afterward to Camp Beauregard. He was assigned to a special
detail to study motors, tractors, trucks and motorcycles at the Raritan, New
Jersey, arsenal, and next saw active duty at Camp Mills, Long Island, from which
point he embarked for France. It was a singular coincidence that he rode in a
train from Camp Mills to New York city that was made up of thirteen coaches and
he sailed from New York, on the 13th day of the month, the vessel being thirteen
days in making the voyage, after which he disembarked at Brest, France, on the
13th of the month. He was quartered at LaGuerche and at Tours and later at
Phelan. He was fleet sergeant of the motor battalion at Saint Nazaire and there
came to him many of the experiences incident to warfare in this twentieth century.

    With his return home Mr. Wimmer resumed the practice of law and has since
maintained his office in Des Arc, where his clientage is steadily increasing in
volume and importance.

    Mr. Wimmer was united in marriage to Miss Geraldine Woods, a daughter of
Thomas and Myrtle (Damon) Woods. They have become parents of one child, June. In
the social circles of the city they occupy an enviable position, having many
warm friends here. Mr. Wimmer is a progressive young man, keeping in touch with
the trend of modern thought and progress, while in his profession his thorough
study and careful preparation of cases is gaining for him the well-deserved
reputation of being a most able advocate and wise counselor.


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


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