On the 1923 map and in the 1929 city
directory,
302 West Pecan Street is referred to as 300 West Pecan
street, but after
that time it was referred to as 302 West Pecan
Street. See 302
West Pecan Street.
The old Dunn home at
302 West Pecan Street
was torn down in the early 1950's to make way for an
implement lot.
This lot was later divided, creating 300 West Pecan
Street and 306 West
Pecan Street. The building for the Coleman
Production Credit Association
was built at 300 West Pecan Street. Campbell's
Pharmacy was built
at 306 West Pecan Street.
"In
1962, the Production
Credit Association was located at 300 West Pecan
Street. James C.
Marshall was the general manager of this finance
company. Their telephone
number was 625-2181." (Polk's
Coleman City
Directory, 1962.)
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Melton Is Names Purchasing Agent For
Highway Dept.
W. E. (Gene) Melton, veteran West Texas
banker, left Monday for Austin. to assume
the recently created position of purchasing
agent for the State Highway Department. a
position to which he was appointed by the
board of control.
The position was
created by the 48th Legisiature
and became effective on
September 1.
Mr. Melton
is a native of Brown
County but was reared at Cottonwood
in Callahan County.
In 1906 he was elected treasurer
of Callahan County and
moved to Baird. He
later was elected tax
collector of that county.
He served as
credit manager: for B. L.
Boydstun's five general
mercantile stores with headquarters at
Baird, and for several years was cashier
of the First State Bank of Baird.
In January
1934, he was elected
manager of the Coleman Production Credit
Association, at which time he
moved to the headquarters office in
Coleman. The oganization
covers Coleman, Brown,
Taylor, Callahan, Runnels
and Concho: Counties. The
association grew under his direction to a
volume of a million dollars.
In October of
1942, Mr. Melton accepted the
position of assistant disbursement officer
for Brown-Bellows Construction at the
Naval Ammunition Depot at McAlester, Okla.
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"In
1968, the Coleman
Production Credit Association was located at 300
West Pecan Street.
Their telephone number was 625-2181." (General
Telephone Company of the Southwest, Telephone
Directory of Coleman, Texas,
June 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 and
1975.)
| The office of the the
Coleman Independent School District and
the superintendent, moved into
the Coleman Production Credit Association
building. |
south
and east sides - March 2003
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