Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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November 6, 1952 The main headline for the week was “Eisenhower Our Next President.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency with a landslide national vote. In the presidential race, Adlai Stevenson received 1,308 votes and Eisenhower 540 votes from Lewis County residents. W.W. Pollock announced that after 33 years as owner and publisher of the Lewis County Herald, he was retiring and that the newspaper had been sold to his son, Ernest S. Pollock, who took active charge of the business o...
October 30, 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Bates celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home with an open house during the afternoon and evening. The Herald colorfully reported that the LCHS football team “cut a big notch in their stick… when they gave Centerville a 18 to 0 rubbing at the new athletic field before a record crowd.” Residents donated over 1,309 pounds of clothing to the Clothing for Korea drive sponsored by the Nashville Banner. The American Legion Post 127 announced that...
October 23, 1952 The presentation of a diorama of Meriwether Lewis on the Natchez Trace would be made by S.L. von Gemmingen, District Engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads to the National Park Service at Meriwether Lewis Park on October 24. Mayor W.C. Keaton congratulated Gifford Brown for his work in organizing the Ground Observer Post in Hohenwald and recruiting 18 observers to spot and report aircraft to the government authorities. Hohenwald was one of more than 60 Middle Tennessee...
October 16, 1952 The City of Hohenwald completed its second year of side walk construction with 2,150 feet having been built under the joint cost plan with the city and property owner. The Nashville Banner was complementary of the Lewis County pasture program, pointing out that demonstration plots seeded in each community, under the sponsorship of the Hohenwald Civic Club and interested fertilizer companies, was the first of this kind in this area. The Lewis County Pasture Committee was the...
October 09, 1952 The State Highway Department supply house caught on fire. The building used to house tools and supplies was destroyed while a larger building used by the highway crew was saved. Billy Crowe was stationed with the Army at Fort Benning, GA. Howard Halfacre was serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Betty Sue Neeley was named a Five Star General (employee of the month) at General Shoe. The Hohenwald FHA announced they would sponsor an amateur talent contest...
October 02, 1952 The Heald reported that “another old landmark of the early days of Hohenwald’s existence” had been lost when the J.B. King Blacksmith shop building on corner of Park Avenue North and Swan Avenue had been torn down. Wilson Sharp purchased the building, built 30 years prior by Sam Bates and T.C. Allison, from J.B. King. Sharp planned to build a Service Station, Garage, and Upholstery Shop on the location. An outdoor telephone booth was installed on the corner of Park Avenue and M...
September 25, 1952 Ford Turnbow and Buford Ogg shot a bob cat that lounged at them while hunting on Swan Creek. Wanda Talley volunteered into the Waves on September 17 and would take her boot training in Bainbridge, MD. 4-H club members attended the Tennessee State Fair. G.Y. Bennett, Charles Edwards, and Murray Johnston placed 11th in a field of 26 in crops judging. Wylie Carroll, Glen Floyd, Gayther Hinson, Jr., and Wayne Tharpe placed 17 out of 31 in livestock. Gene Nafa, Bobby Voorhies, and...
September 18, 1952 James Bromley, U.S. Army, completed his basic training at the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center, Ft. Lee, VA. Robert Massey, U.S. Navy, arrived in Hawaii with duty with the Navy Air Transport Squadron. The following Genesco Shoe employees receive pins in honor of ten years of service: Grady Baker, Ollie Kimble, Marguerite Pollock, and Thomas Turnbow, Jr. Kittrell Motor Company advertised that they had best grade Western Kentucky size 6x3 nut coal available at the price...
September 11, 1952 A Shetland pony and saddle were scheduled to be given away at the Stand Theatre on September 18, 1952. Children were encouraged to attend the theatre often to increase their odds of winning, and would need to be present at the drawing to win. The Order of the Eastern Star announced the starting of a cake service for the public in Hohenwald. Orders for cakes for all occasions would need to be placed with Mrs. Horace Whitehead at Whitehead Plumbing and Electric. Mr. and Mrs. J....
September 4, 1952 A construction of an annex to City Hall was completed. The new space would be used as a municipal jail. Space formerly used by the jail would be used as a garage for an additional fire truck. The LCHS band would debut their new marching band uniforms at the season opening game on September 05. Joe Dudley and Earl Stutts, USN, both were serving aboard the USS Sigourney and participated in the Royal Canadian Navy Day celebration held in Halifx, Nova Scotia. Arthur Hardwood, U.S....
August 26, 1982 Governor Lamar Alexander announced the approval of a $498,330 Community Development block grant for industrial park improvements in Hohenwald. Local law enforcement confiscated 17 marijuana plants found growing on the old railroad bed near Hwy 48 South. The Rural Fire Department of Lewis County announced that it had entered into an agreement with Loretta Lynn’s Dude Ranch and Jamboree Music Productions to sponsor a fund raising benefit to help purchase another fire truck to r...
August 21, 1952 A diorama depicting Meriwether Lewis approaching Grinder’s Stand was on exhibit in the replica cabin at Meriwether Lewis National Monument. The diorama was created by artists employed by the Bureau of Public Roads and donated to the National Park Service. A delayed report was received on the annual Hohenwald Old Timers Picnic held in Dixon, IL. A total of 81 persons attended. Vocational Agriculture Teacher, A. O. Ramy wrote an article about the E. B. Dyer farm and how the s...
August 14, 1952 The City of Hohenwald completed construction of a new parking lot on Main Street beside Kittrell Motor Company. All citizens who planned to be in the city all day or for several hours were asked to park their vehicles in the parking lot. “This would provide parking space for shoppers who plan to be in the city only a short time. If the people will cooperate and use this parking lot, this would eliminate a lot of our parking and traffic problems.” The City of Hohenwald not...
August 7, 1952 This issue of the Lewis County Herald was published one day earlier “in order that final appeals from the various candidates might reach the voters of the county in time for election day.” City Ordinance number 240 was passed prohibiting the sale or serving of alcoholic beverages of not more than 5% content by weight, between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm, or on any day upon which a general or primary election is held. A Tennessee Fish and Game Commission survey crew was working alo...
July 31, 1952 The Lewis County Herald announced that it would run one day early on its next issue so that voters could receive the most up-to-date election information in order to make an informed decision prior to casting their vote on August 7. R. K. Roney was elected 7th District Commander of the Tennessee American Legion. Ward Clayton arrived in Korea and was serving with the 1st Division, U. S. Marine Corps. Funeral services were held for Bessie Scheiwiller, 34. Mary’s Flower Shop, o...
July 24, 1952 A new heat record was set in Lewis County. Fred Roush, Superintendent at Meriwether Lewis National Park, reported that a high temperature of 105 was set on Tuesday, July 22. Attorney Thomas Fox who was running unopposed for State Senate for Lewis, Perry, and Maury Counties in the Democratic primary received orders from the Marine Corps to report for recalled duty at Camp Lejune, NC as a legal officer for a minimum of two years active duty. The “Old Folks” (Jerry Fite, Boyd Hum...
July 17, 1952 Mayor W.C. Keaton proclaimed July 14-19 at “Tennessee Constitution Revision Week” and urged residents to inform themselves on the question of the Limited Constitutional Convention that would appear on the general election ballot on August 7, 1952; and that all groups holding meetings before the election should schedule at least one program about the convention so that all residents could vote intelligently. An editorial was reprinted from the Nashville Tennessean that compared Lewi...
July 10, 1952 The State of Tennessee asked the Lewis and Maury County to buy right-of-way on the uncompleted section of Hwy. 99 (slightly less than 7 miles with just a little over half if the distance in Lewis County). The LCH reported that the State did not propose to pay any part of the cost of the right-of-way at that time. A new pest called a bag worm arrived in the county, easily destroying evergreens. O.R. Holly, formerly associated with the Department of Extension work in cooperation...
July 03, 1952 The Lewis County Civic Club’s Fair Committee decided not to hold an annual fair in 1952 due to the fact that they had been unable to secure a reputable carnival for their set date. The Bureau of Public Roads approved the addition of State Highway No. 99 to the Primary System. The Herald reported that “the longest May and June drought in the history of the county has been partially broken here with local showers” which began falling June 29, 1952. Heat records for June were also...
June 19, 1952 Due to numerous complaints from city residents, the Mayor and City Council ordered city law enforcement to crack down on all traffic violators. Joe Fite, City Marshal, asked the public to “take notice” because all traffic violators would “be punished to the fullest extent of the law.” The Hohenwald American Legion ball team defeated Henderson by a score of 11 to 10. Ray C. Brewer was serving aboard the USS Oriskany. Funeral services were held for Emma Edwards, 62. “Savage...
June 12, 1952 Hohenwald was a featured city in the then-current issue of “Tennessee Town and City” magazine, published by the Tennessee Municipal League in cooperation with the Municipal Technical Advisory Service at the University of Tennessee. The magazine article gave a brief history of the town and other local information taken from a booklet prepared in 1951 by Mayor W.C. Keaton and other city officials. The Hohenwald Genesco shoe plant’s newsletter, The General, won the First Award for P...
June 5, 1952 Ernest “Pop” Rasbury won a monkey on a bet with a hotel manager while he was accompanying Senator Estes Kefauver on the campaign trail in Florida. After Florida Governor Fuller Warren challenged Kefauver to a public debate, Rasbury made the statement that “the governor would not show up” and offered to bet a Florida monkey against a Tennessee racoon that the governor would not be on hand for the meeting. The hotel manager agreed to take Rasbury’s challenge; and when the hour for...
May 29, 1952 The Lewis County Civic Club announced they would sponsor a recreational program through the months of June and July to begin on June 2. Two programs would be held each day, one at 9 a.m. for children 10 years of age or younger on the school playground and the second at 1 p.m. for children of all ages at Memorial Park. Dorothy Floyd and Helen Haley, Juniors at LCHS, were selected as Lewis County delegates to Girls State. Alternates were Ernestine Pollock and Carline Holland. W.L....
May 22, 1952 Mayor W.C. Keaton signed a proclamation to recognize the patriotic merits of the Buddy Poppy sale and to urge citizens to purchase a poppy during the V.F.W. Auxiliary poppy sale on May 24. Joe Pollock was assigned to the Supply Section of 6161st Air Base Wing in Japan. Funeral services were held for Oma Duncan, 52; America Shane, 78; and for Clara Robinson, 47. “The Darling Caballero,” starring the Cisco Kid, and “Nevada,” starring Bob Mitchum and Anne Jeffreys, were the Friday...
May 15, 1952 The Lewis County Quarterly Court passed a resolution to endorse V. A. Brownlow for re-nomination to a second term as Floterial Representative for the 17th Floterial District. The National Park Service announced that roads in Meriwether Lewis National Monument would be closed to the public for a few days to allow for the resealing of the roads. The American Legion junior baseball team were scheduled to make their debut appearance on May 17 at Memorial Park where they would play again...
