Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past

August 19, 1954

All schools in Lewis County would open for the new school year on August 23. Rural schools would start at 8 a.m., the Hohenwald Elementary School would begin at 8:15 a.m., and students at LCHS were to report for school at 9:30 a.m. Schools listed for the 1954-55 school year were: Buffalo Valley, Garrett, Gordonsburg, Hohenwald Colored, Hohenwald Elementary, Kimmins, Lewis County High School, Macedonia, Napier, Sweetwater, and Ridgetop Colored.

MLEC announced that a local substation would be enlarged to serve the “ever-increasing electric loads being added by members.” An interr...