Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past

August 26, 1954

Lewis County Schools reported that 1,024 students had enrolled for the 1954-1955 school term.

Two young men who had been detained in the Lewis County Jail since August 18 as suspects in a café burglary were released due to insufficient evidence.

Lightning struck the television antenna at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Turner. At the time of the incident, Mrs. Turner was at home, engaged in sewing in a bedroom that was the only area of the house that remained undamaged. The television set was completely destroyed, with all wiring and the grounding components incinerated....