Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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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 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 26, 1952 Pvt. Garvis Hensley was reported wounded in Korea. A supplemental registration was scheduled to be held on June 27 and 28 for the purpose of registering all eligible voters who have not yet registered, and to reregister those whose registration had been voided either by change of residence or name change. Registrations would be conducted at all voting precincts in the county. Twenty Lewis County boys and girls were enjoying attending 4-H camp in Columbia. W. L. Tuttle made a 10 inch shot in the Nashville Banner “Hole-In-One” Gol...
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...
May 01, 1952 The Senior Class of 1952 were scheduled to present their Senior Play, “I’m In the Army Now,” on May 01. Admission was $0.25 and $0.50. The ad further stated that “this is not a war play, but a hilarious comedy.” Fifty-five seniors were scheduled to receive diplomas during graduation exercises on May 02. Mrs. Patsy Lewis Humphreys was listed as class Valedictorian. Mrs. Mina Barber Devore was listed as class Salutatorian. Members of the local American Legion Post and Auxiliary...
April 24, 1952 The Baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class of LCHS was scheduled for Sunday, April 27 at the high school gymnasium. Grady Leigh was elected president of the Lewis County Farm Bureau. Members of the American Legion Post 127 and Auxiliary were scheduled to visit the Veterans Hospital in Nashville on April 24, 1952 for the purpose of entertaining the veterans there. John Brewer, John Ellis, James Jones, and Claude Duncan, all U.S. Navy, were reported to be returning home from...
April 17, 1952 The Lewis County Quarterly Court passed a resolution prohibiting the use of the Courthouse grounds for tent shows of any kind or character. The Sheriff was ordered to enforce the provisions of this resolution. J.C. Bisbee had announced in the previous week’s newspaper (April 10) that Bisbee’s Comedians would pitch a tent on the courthouse. The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company announced that the charge for local calls from public telephones would be increased to 10...
April 10, 1952 The State Highway Department announced that the highway between Hohenwald and Linden would be relocated down Coon Creek, intersecting the highway at Parnell School on Coon Creek, 2.5 miles east of Linden. This change would shorten the distance to Linden by more than three miles. J.C. Bisbee announced that Bisbees Comedians would make their annual appearance in Hohenwald the following week. Bisbee would pitch his tent theatre on the Court House lot. His show was scheduled to...
April 3, 1952 With this issue, the Lewis County Herald began its 33rd year of publication. The state highway department was completing plans for both roadway and bridges on the seven-mile uncompleted stretch of highway between Hampshire and Gordonsburg and was asking the federal government to make all of Highway 99 from Hohenwald to Columbia a federal aid project. The Wallace & Clark Circus announced it would visit Hohenwald on April 23. An invitation was extended to all residents to visit the...
March 27, 1952 The dates for the Lewis County Fair were changed from August 27 through 30 to a new date of September 3 through 6 in order to accommodate the Extension Office whose Annual Extension Workers Conference was scheduled on the original date. The Lewis County Chapter of the American Red Cross exceeded its annual quota in fundraising and in its quota for raising funds for the assistance and relief of tornado victims in Tennessee and five other Southern States. The first, of a multi-part...
March 20, 1952 Federal aid was being sought for completion of the seven-mile, uncompleted stretch of State Highway 99 between Gordonsburg and Hampshire. City Recorder R.C. Spann reported that numerous complaints were being received almost daily about poultry being allowed to run at large on the property of others. Citizens were reminded that Ordinance No. 140, passed April 2, 1938, prohibited the running at large of all poultry within the town. The Glee Club announced that a “Minstrel Show” woul...
