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TOWN FATHERS — This is a photo taken at an alder men’s meeting in Abilene early this century. The city of fice then was on St. 1st St., opposite the present Cedar un derpass. Seated, from left to right, are E. H. Boone, alder man, who had a hardware store where Kress now is loca ed. J. P. Wooten, alderman, who had a motor company then at N. 2nd and Cedar; Olan Shackelford, alderman, who had a sheet metal works on S. 1st; Mr. Kirk, office clerk; Mayor E. N. Kirby; and J. N. (Newt) Ferguson, alderman, who was a stockman. Standing at left is Mr. Odor, head of the sanitation department, and at right, Henry Balch, city secretary. (Photo courtesy Gray Woo ten, son of J. P. Wooten).
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 08, 1956
Page 205
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