Olney Community Library is open but something is missing….YOU! Our full staff is back at the library and we are excited to be open with full hours beginning August 3 – Monday through Friday - 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Almost eight months ago the Olney Volunteer Fire Department (OVFD) accepted a grant from Perry’s Foundation to purchase a $26,000 piece of equipment called Jaws of Life®; used to rescue people from automobiles after an accident. The Travis Edwards Foundation awarded a grant to assist with the purchase, and Tower Extrusions contributed funds also.
This lot was a popular piece of real estate among the medical fraternity in Olney having been owned by Drs. Harrell, McKinney and Hamilton without any of them building a house on the lot. In 1937, Dr. J.P. (Poe)(1907-1971) and Sadie (Brewer)(1907-1997) Lovett built the house with T.G. Wignall of Graham as the contractor. The Lovetts were natives of Eastland County. Poe was a graduate of Baylor and University of Chicago Medical School, interning at Charity Hospital in New Orleans 1931-1933. Sadie was a graduate of U.T. and married Dr. Lovett in 1934. In 1935, Dr. Lovett partnered with Dr. Alvin Baldwin to found the Baldwin-Lovett Clinic in the 300 block of West Main. (As a side note Dr. Baldwin came here as a bachelor but found a mate in Archer City, a daughter of the Jess Prideauxs in the late 30s.) With the coming of World War II, the doctors had to go to war and Dr. E. Filmore Meredith came to fill the void. Dr. Lovett joined the Navy in 1942 as a Lt. Cmdr. M.D.
It used to be easier to be a “decent” person.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992
