Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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September 01, 1960 A city referendum would be held September 10 at the Court House to determine whether city residents wished to have a paid garbage collection service in Hohenwald. A referendum would be held September 17 at the Court House to determine whether county residents wished to keep parking meters installed by the City of Hohenwald. The meters were installed last September on a nine-month trial basis and placed throughout the business district at every other parking place. The...
August 11, 1960 Bids on the construction of the new Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company industrial plant were opened at the Court House by J. H. Warf, chair of the Industrial Commission. Bids were being compared and analyzed by the commission and a contract would be awarded in the near future. The City of Hohenwald announced that a water main would be installed on Smith Street to extend water west on Smith Street from Walnut Street. Bob Swope of Nashville was the winner of the 2nd annual Invita...
July 14, 1960 Bids for the construction of the new $3 million plant to be built here for use by the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company would be opened at the Court House on August 9. It was also announced that Robert Beaugardus would come to Hohenwald in January as plant manager. The Lewis County Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol had its first job on July 2 when it came to the aid of a student pilot from Alabama who made a forced landing in a weeded field of James Brown, one mile east of...
July 07, 1960 Billy Grimes was named Lewis County Chair of the Civil War Centennial Commission by County Judge A. B. Nicholson. Mayor W. C. Keaton named Mrs. Reece Bell as City Chair for this Commission. Dr. Robert Bain, from Wilson County, was now associated with Dr. W. C. Keeton at Boyce Clinic Hospital. Dr. Keeton stated that Dr. Bain would be associated with him until he left to go into the Armed Services. Winners in the Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Campaign were announced. Winners of the firs...
June 30, 1960 The Hohenwald Rotary Club announced they would construct a new adult shuffleboard slab at Memorial Park. The 32nd annual reunion and picnic of all former residents of Hohenwald was held at Lowell Park in Dixon, Illinois. Fifty-one people attended the event. Photos were published of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Holden on West Main Street and the home of Jennie Brown on Swan Avenue. Both homes were painted as part of the Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up campaign. The following births were...
June 23, 1960 A committee from the Lewis County Civic Club was working with city officials to improve the city’s garbage collection and disposal services, especially within the business section of town. One resident and two youth from Indiana were charged with the break in of Bob Lynch’s grocery store on Summertown Highway. Entry was gained by breaking the glass from a rear door. Cigarettes, watches, a shotgun, pennies, and candy were taken. They were apprehended when the Tennessee Highway Pat...
June 16, 1960 Mayor W. C. Keaton announced that the nine-month trial on parking meters within the business district of Hohenwald ended last week. The meters would remain covered and not in use until an election could be held to determine whether the meters would remain in use or be removed. S.W. Riley, chief design engineer for the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company was in Hohenwald to look over the work being done on the new factory building. The Lewis County Jaycees announced that an Old Maid Softball game would be played at Memorial Park...
May 26, 1960 The Clean Up- Paint Up- Fix Up committee extended the campaign through the month of June. Much progress was reported with vacant lots being cleared, homes being remodeled, and painting throughout the city. The American Red Cross reported that they needed 172 pints of blood from residents in order to have enough blood for every sick and hospitalized person in the county. Figures released by County Savings Bond Chair F. A. Goodman showed that residents invested $19,460 in U. S....
May 19, 1960 Mayor W. C. Keaton was presented a certificate making him an honorary citizen of Nashville at ceremonies held at the Lewis County Court House. The presentation was made by Nashville Mayor Ben West during the visit of the Nashville Boosters to Hohenwald. Leo Greengrass, superintendent of the Hohenwald Henry I. Siegel plant, was awarded the Service Recognition Medal of the American Heart Association. Sara Hume, a member of the Hohenwald Garden Club, won a first-place award on her...
April 28, 1960 The annual Clean up – Paint up – Fix up Campaign was scheduled to begin in Hohenwald on May 1. The city and its suburbs were divided into blocks with captains appointed responsibility for four blocks. Donnie Goodman was named valedictorian of the 1960 LCHS Senior Class. Joan Lynch was named salutatorian. Robert Patton was selected to participate in a scientific research program at New Mexico Highlands University. The program was open to outstanding high school teachers of bio...
April 28, 1960 The annual Clean up – Paint up – Fix up Campaign was scheduled to begin in Hohenwald on May 1. The city and its suburbs were divided into blocks with captains appointed responsibility for four blocks. Donnie Goodman was named valedictorian of the 1960 LCHS Senior Class. Joan Lynch was named salutatorian. Robert Patton was selected to participate in a scientific research program at New Mexico Highlands University. The program was open to outstanding high school teachers of bio...
