Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past

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 Humphreys, Ellis Poore, and others) were scheduled to play against the American Legion ball team in an exhib...