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Note: Robert Ragle Acre was born in Shoals, Indiana, on August 9, 1896. When he was quite young, the family moved to Lawrence, Indiana, several miles east of Indianapolis. They lived on a farm that was later bought by the US government for Camp Atterbury. The Ragle middle name was for the doctor that delivered him.
He attended Indiana University for his undergraduate work and was a Kappa Sigma. Hogie Carmichel, who was famous for writing Stardust, was a fraternity brother of his. He was selected the all round athlete because he participated in so many sports. He learned to play golf at this time and the first year was a scratch player. After graduating from the Indiana Medical School, he did his internship at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. The interns got to ride the ambulances at the time of the Indy 500 and he especially liked to talk about this.
While in Indianapolis he met and married Beulah Irene Gibson who worked in a bank there. Dr. and Mrs. Acre moved to Evansville in the early 1920's where he began his practice of urology. They at first lived on Cherry Street and then the Donaldson Arms. Later they moved to the Colonial Apartments. Their daughter, Joan, was born in 1929. Another daughter had earlier died at childbirth.
From the Colonial Apartments they moved on Taylor Avenue and then to Runnymeade. In the early 1940's the Acres bought a lovely two story brick home at 2311 Lincoln Avenue. Dr. Acre loved to play golf and was city champion, country club champion and Indiana Medical Association champion many times. Dr. Acre's office for many years was in the Hulman Building until he bought land on Walnut Street and built his own office exactly the way he wanted it. This land was condemned by the city in order to build the civic center. This was a blow to Dr. Acre and he never got over it. He, however, did open an office on Outer Bellemeade and continued to practice until the late 1960's. In 1972 Dr. and Mrs. Acre moved to Owensboro, Kentucky, to be near their daughter. Dr. Acre died of a stroke at the Hermitage Manor on March 26, 1976 and is placed in the mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville.
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