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WYLIE F. ALTMAN
4/2/1935-4/1/1947
 Wylie
F. Altman, was first elected mayor of Arlington in 1935.
He served until 1947 when he declined to run for re-election
in favor of "going fishing."
He was born in 1872 in Searcy, Arkansas and came to Texas with
his parents in a covered wagon when he was 6 years old.
He was in the mercantile business for more than 50
years, establishing the Altman Ladies Store in Arlington in
1917.
Mr. Altman died June 15, 1950.
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