Longtime Bronte Hospital staffer retires after 1947 start
Maurene Landers, once Miss Bell, served Bronte Hospital from opening in 1947, becoming business manager under Dr. Harris as the facility expanded from seven to 23 beds. She leaves a legacy alongside nurse Lora Richards and kitchen head Ara Scott, the hospital’s remaining early employees.
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John Harris Clinic North of Bronte Hospital
The John Harris Clinic serves Bronte’s ill, adjacent to Bronte Hospital, with a four room frame building. It includes a reception area, the doctor’s office, an examining room, and a combined office and laboratory back room. The clinic has refrigerated air conditioning and a waiting room with a television to calm patients before consultations. A back north room houses the laboratory, bookkeeping, and filing cabinets for patient records.
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Bronte Hospital
First twins born at hospital in February 1950
Barbara Jean and Beverly Joan Hickman were the first twins born at the local hospital. They arrived Sunday February 19 1950. The note adds Baylor School of Medicine moved from Dallas to Houston.
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Beverly Joan Hickman
Baylor School of Medicine
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Chilly) Tinkler
Paul Good
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Claude Ditmore
Cumbie Food Store
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