Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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May 13, 1954 The kidnapping charge against the woman accused of abducting a three-month-old infant and later giving the child to a couple in Hohenwald was dismissed due to her mental health condition. The woman was returned to the mental health facility from which she had escaped before the kidnapping incident on April 13. A construction worker received serious injuries after slipping working on the new factory building and falling 14 feet. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Churchwell celebrated their 51st...
May 6, 1954 Mayor W.C. Keaton was a speaker on the program of the Tennessee Municipal League’s 15th annual convention at Nashville. Keaton would participate in a debate on whether small municipalities should undertake to subsidize industries to obtain new factories needed for continued growth and prosperity. Robert Lee Wiggins and Kenny Graves were selected as LCHS winners in the MLEC essay. The 1954 LCHS Senior Class took a three-day trip to the Lookout Mountains. The American Legion Post 127 a...
April 29, 1954 Betty Dorris Miller, who had been accused of kidnapping a baby in Kentucky and subsequently giving the infant to a childless couple from Hohenwald, was still at large. The FBI believed she would be apprehended any day. The child in question had been safely retrieved by her mother and FBI and taken home. The Herald reported that it had received “a somewhat odd request” from Mrs. E.C. Langmire of Willow Green, CA, who asked if she could be sent two covers from book matches bea...
April 22, 1954 A four-month-old girl who had been kidnapped in Newport, KY was found in Hohenwald. Billie Marie Kemplin had entrusted her children to a babysitter identified as Betty Eglee. Upon returning from work, Kemplin discovered her three older children alone and the babysitter, along with the infant, missing. The babysitter had hitched a ride with a truck driver to Nashville. There, she met a couple at a hotel restaurant and falsely claimed to be Betty Miller, stated that the child...
April 15, 1954 L & M Construction Company had neared completing pouring the concrete floor and was in the process of setting the steel for the factory building. It was hoped that the factory would be ready for operation by July 1, 1954. A total of $438.58 was raised during the 1954 Lewis County Shrine Junior League Cripple Children paper sale. Bertha Ashton, County Welfare Director, reported that 75 Lewis County families (167 children) received children welfare grant aid. Billy Broadway won the...
April 8, 1954 The Herald reported that a “good headway” was made on the new factory building under construction in town, with half of the concrete for the floor poured. It was hoped that the building would be completed by mid-summer and that “Breezy” Wynn would begin his operations before fall. More construction workers were arriving daily in connection of the laying of a gas pipeline through Lewis County. Sam Bates advertised a $10 reward for the finder of his missing blue parakeet that co...
April 1, 1954 The construction of a natural gas pipeline through the county brought a large influx of workers and their families to Hohenwald. Most were living in campers; however, many were living in private homes and anywhere that they could get shelter. A list of transient families and their hometowns were published along with the following greeting: “The Herald joins with the people of Hohenwald in welcoming these people of their stay in the best town we know of, HOHENWALD.” The total col...
March 25, 1954 The City of Hohenwald and the Police Department warned citizens that traffic laws would be strictly enforced due to a considerable increase in traffic due to the fact that a large number of people working with a gas line had come to Hohenwald. Because of this increase, in addition to careless violations by citizens, the traffic laws would now be strictly enforced and violators would be arrested. Hassell Kelley, salesman for Kittrell Motor Company, was awarded membership in the...
March 18, 1954 The paving of a 34-mile stretch of the Natchez Trace in southern Tennessee and northern Alabama was scheduled to begin within 30 days. The Herald reported that the FFA had received 110 rabies shots with the promise of two or three hundred more; and therefore, planned to resume the rabies vaccination clinic on March 29th. The shortage caught the attention of F.C. Sowell, Radio Newspaper Editor of WLAC in Nashville, who investigated the situation and found that the State Health...
March 11, 1954 The FFA, under supervision of A.O. Ramey, informed the newspaper that the Rabies Clinic in progress in Lewis County had come to a halt due to the fact that the serum had been exhausted and extensive telephoning over the state and south failed to turn up a supply. Willie Devore, Elva Griner, and Jeanette Shanes were each presented pins for having reached ten years of service at General Shoe. The following births were announced: Morris Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald King; and...
March 4, 1954 The county extension agent, vocational agriculture teacher, and the FFA teamed up to hold a rabies vaccination clinic on March 9th with vaccination locations held throughout the county. The cost was $0.60 per average dog. Franklin Tanner enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was completing basic training. The David Lipscomb College Chorus was scheduled to perform at LCHS auditorium on March 11 at 7:30 p.m. The announcement noted that “This will not be a religious program, but an h...
February 25, 1954 W.T. Starbuck was officially installed as Acting Postmaster for the Hohenwald Post Office. The position became vacant following the death of Jack Collier. The American Legion sponsored a "Back to God" program at the LCHS auditorium. The speaker for the occasion was Beacom Jones of Nashville. Mr. and Mrs. Harville Griner announced the birth of their son, Stephen Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gallaher reported that they caught a fox trying to come into their house. Funeral...
February 18, 1954 City officials requested that Hohenwald residents take extra precaution when burning rubbish, trash, and other combustible material. The city reported that every fire alarm answered cost the taxpayers $30, and that the Fire Department requested that fire alarms should not be turned in, except in cases where property losses might occur. An editorial ran on the “ruthless practice” of poisoning dogs as “some person or persons are distributing poison about town and are making good...
February 4, 1954 B. C. Black was elected Worshipful Master of the Hohenwald Masonic Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Johnson lost a milk cow. The LCHS Panthers defeated Summertown with a score of 54 to 45. The LCHS girls team defeated Summertown with a score of 47 to 31. The following births were announced: Richard Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Graves; and John Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Trent, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Turnbow were given a surprise house warming. Funeral services were held for...
January 22, 1954 The Lewis County Soil Conservation District reported that county farmers planned orders for over 125,000 tree seedlings to be planted in the 1953-54 planting season. The trees were furnished free of charge by TVA. Hohenwald native Mutt Quillen was named assistant coach at Tennessee Tech University. The LCHS girls basketball team defeated Lobelville with a score of 38 to 35. The following births were announced, Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Shaffer; Karen Dinise,...
January 7, 1954 The Herald reported that “with the amount of work going on, Hohenwald and Lewis County should be booming for the next few months.” Construction and other improvements underway included extending water and sewage lines in the city; construction on the Industrial Building on Forrest Avenue; pipe being hauled in for a gas line to cross Lewis County; and work was also in progress on Hwy 99. Carter Logan, Jr. was among a list of 498 men “presumed dead” in Korea by the U.S. Defense...
December 24, 1953 The Herald reported, “If you come to town some night and think it is still day light, you won’t miss it far. Construction is almost complete on the new street lighting system for Hohenwald…” The new mercury vapor system was called a “white way. “The annual Big Brothers paper sale raised a total of $864.20, topping the 1952 record by $191.20. John Edwards, Jr. was due to arrive home by Christmas after having spent the past two years in Europe with the U.S. Armed Forces. The...
December 31, 1954 The Lewis County Herald was not published this week. January 2, 1964 Lewis County was crippled by its second large snow of the season, when 10 to 15 inches fell throughout the county. A single-engine Cessna 150 plane crashed North of Hohenwald during a snowstorm on December 22, 1963. The pilot was treated for minor lacerations and exposure. Hershel Spears’s home received first place in the annual home lighting contest held by the Lewis County Civic Club. Cecil Baker, Coy B...
December 10, 1953 The main headline for the week was “Santa to Usher in Christmas Season In Parade Here Sat.” Hohenwald’s first Christmas parade and concert would be held on Saturday, December 13. The festivities would begin at 12:30 p.m. when Santa Claus would arrive accompanied by the LCHS Band. The band would perform a free concert at the Community Christmas Tree followed by caroling. Santa would remain at the tree all afternoon to pass out candy and fruit to children. A prize drawing would...
December 3, 1953 Construction began on a new mercury vapor street lighting system in the business section of Hohenwald and on portions of Park Avenue and Main Street. Fixtures replaced in the business section would be relocated to business section alleys. P.H. Tidwell, MLEC manager, stated that when completed, the system would be “one of the most modern of any small town in this vicinity.” The Herald reported that work on the industrial factory building was “well underway” with foundat...
November 26, 1953 Melvin Mathis, USN hospital corpsman third class, was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wound received in action against Chinese Communist forces in Korea. Representatives from L & M Construction Company reported that excavation for the new Industrial Building would begin within a week, weather permitting. Burglars entered Kittrell Motor Company through a rear window, emptying the cash register of $26.50. They also knocked the combination off the large safe in the company...
November 12, 1953 The Herald reported that November 18th would mark the 58th birthday of the arrival of the first settlers of Swiss Colony here in 1896. According to John Scheiwiller, who shared this date with the newspaper, “At that time, Hohenwald had for a depot only a box car, and the first child born to the Swiss Colony settlers was Lewis Muelenthaler, born on the night of their arrival.” The raising of broilers was increasing within the county, with Lewis County residents putting app...
November 5, 1953 The Herald reported that Halloween passed in an orderly manner in Hohenwald with hundreds of trick or treaters ranging from 2 to 72 roaming the streets. “As has been the custom for many, many years, the coming morning found the street littered with just about everything that was moveable, however, we have not heard of any real damage.” The Herald also reported that “with the weather imitating spring, the fish are biting just about any place you go.” The LCHS Panthers had their f...
October 29, 1953 The Herald urged residents to go to the polls on November 3rd and vote on eight proposed amendments to the state constitution. C. R. Bell, owner of Western Auto, announced that parents could purchase “a real letter from Santa Claus” that would be postmarked at Santa’s home in Santa Claus, Indiana. Parents would address the letters at the store and Mr. Bell would send them to Indiana where they would be postmarked and mailed to the child. TWRA released 54 adult Bob White quail...
October 23, 1953 The Herald reported that Lewis County was feeling the “full extent” of a record breaking heat wave and drought. The County and City building committee met on October 19 for further consideration of the letting of a contract for the construction of the industrial building to be leased by Breezy Wynn. Joseph Hart of Nashville was chosen as architect. Billy Griner and Carl Talley were inducted into the U.S. Army. Funeral services were held for Clara Doyle, 55; James Pollock, 79;...
