Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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July 22, 1954 R. K. Roney, Jr. was elected Middle Tennessee Division Commander of the American Legion. J. O. Yokely was elected Commander of the American Legion Post 127. Robert Evans completed a nine-month Marine Corps course at Quantico, VA. A sewing demonstration was scheduled to take place at Wallace Poore’s store on July 23. Dorthea Brooks would be demonstrating new and cost-saving ideas on sewing children’s clother. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Haskins announced the birth of their daughter, Tri...
July 15, 1954 The Lewis County Quarterly Court reduced taxes from $3.25 to $3.20 in a brief session held at the Lewis County Court House. The Lewis County Public Library announced a reading club for children which would run from July 20 to August 20. A certificate would be awarded to children who read nine or more books during the library’s first summer reading program. Farm Bureau announced that its annual picnic would be held on July 17 at Meriwether Lewis Park. Each family was to bring a box...
July 8, 1954 The Herald reported, “The Fourth of July passed in a quiet manner here with practically all businesses closed… Insofar as we have been able to learn, there was not a single accident in the county over the weekend…” Bids would be taken for the old Springer Church of Christ building until July 17. The winning bidder would have to remove the building from the land by July 31. Bids could be made at the Hohenwald Bank and Trust Company. Clovis Anderson and Thomas Lawson were serving...
July 1, 1954 Officials from Wynn Industries visited Hohenwald to look over the progress that had been made on the Industrial Building, and to make plans for bringing in machinery and equipment for use in the plant. The Herald reported that the factory to make men’s suits would be fully operational within 45 days. The City of Hohenwald requested that residents water their gardens and lawns in the following manner: Those with an even last house number were to water on Monday, Wednesday, and F...
June 24, 1954 T. E. Poore was presented a lapel pin by the Treasury Department in recognition of more than 10 years of service as the Lewis County Savings Bond Chair. Mrs. Armstrong was in Chicago negotiating with Quaker Oats, who was interested in buying her frozen pie crust. Quaker Oats had made three trips to Hohenwald in pursuit of her patented recipe. The “With Our Service Boys” column reported that Paul Wiss was promoted to the rank of machinist’s mate third class, and D. T. Hardy was s...
June 17, 1954 Joe Pollock was discharged from the U.S. Air Force after serving four years. Curtis Devore was promoted to the Army rank of corporal while serving in Korea. Kittrell Appliance Company announced that it was now air conditioned for the comfort of customers. The following General Shoe employees were presented pins for ten years of service: Mae Edwards, Allie Loveless, and Eva Riley. The Oak Grove Fish Fry was announced for June 18th with the proceeds from the sales of plates being...
June 10, 1954 The Herald reported “Strange Doings with Tomatoes—Potatoes Here.” Wilburn Carroll brought by the newspaper office a tomato vine that was growing from the top of an Irish potato. The odd vine was grown on the farm of Gillie Davis on Buffalo Road. The newspaper dubbed the food item a “Pomato” adding, “if you don’t believe us, come by the Herald as we have the ‘Pomato’ to back us up.” Kenneth Graves, David Griner, Gerald White, and Bobby Wiggins attended Boys State. The annual T...
June 3, 1954 The Herald reported, “With this issue of the Herald, we bring you something different in the medium of silver tinting… for the first time in the history of the Herald, advertising is presented in color.” The City of Hohenwald announced a 25 cent reduction in city taxes effective July 1, 1954. This reduction lowered the tax rate to $1.25. Curtis Devore graduated from the I Corps Non-Commissioned Officer Academy in Korea. Everette Dyer was named recipient of the Danforth Found...
May 20, 1954 The major headline this week was “Public School Segregation Must Now Await Further High Court Arguments.” Officials at the state, county, and city level urged “calmness” among residents. Tax figures for beer revenue in Lewis County for the past eight months was reported as $2,542.26. Paul Chandler enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Peery announced the birth of their son, James Douglas. Funeral services were held for Dora Phillips, 73. Kittrell Appliance Company adverti...
May 13, 1954 The kidnapping charge against the woman accused of abducting a three-month-old infant and later giving the child to a couple in Hohenwald was dismissed due to her mental health condition. The woman was returned to the mental health facility from which she had escaped before the kidnapping incident on April 13. A construction worker received serious injuries after slipping working on the new factory building and falling 14 feet. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Churchwell celebrated their 51st...
May 6, 1954 Mayor W.C. Keaton was a speaker on the program of the Tennessee Municipal League’s 15th annual convention at Nashville. Keaton would participate in a debate on whether small municipalities should undertake to subsidize industries to obtain new factories needed for continued growth and prosperity. Robert Lee Wiggins and Kenny Graves were selected as LCHS winners in the MLEC essay. The 1954 LCHS Senior Class took a three-day trip to the Lookout Mountains. The American Legion Post 127 a...
April 29, 1954 Betty Dorris Miller, who had been accused of kidnapping a baby in Kentucky and subsequently giving the infant to a childless couple from Hohenwald, was still at large. The FBI believed she would be apprehended any day. The child in question had been safely retrieved by her mother and FBI and taken home. The Herald reported that it had received “a somewhat odd request” from Mrs. E.C. Langmire of Willow Green, CA, who asked if she could be sent two covers from book matches bea...
April 22, 1954 A four-month-old girl who had been kidnapped in Newport, KY was found in Hohenwald. Billie Marie Kemplin had entrusted her children to a babysitter identified as Betty Eglee. Upon returning from work, Kemplin discovered her three older children alone and the babysitter, along with the infant, missing. The babysitter had hitched a ride with a truck driver to Nashville. There, she met a couple at a hotel restaurant and falsely claimed to be Betty Miller, stated that the child...
April 15, 1954 L & M Construction Company had neared completing pouring the concrete floor and was in the process of setting the steel for the factory building. It was hoped that the factory would be ready for operation by July 1, 1954. A total of $438.58 was raised during the 1954 Lewis County Shrine Junior League Cripple Children paper sale. Bertha Ashton, County Welfare Director, reported that 75 Lewis County families (167 children) received children welfare grant aid. Billy Broadway won the...
April 8, 1954 The Herald reported that a “good headway” was made on the new factory building under construction in town, with half of the concrete for the floor poured. It was hoped that the building would be completed by mid-summer and that “Breezy” Wynn would begin his operations before fall. More construction workers were arriving daily in connection of the laying of a gas pipeline through Lewis County. Sam Bates advertised a $10 reward for the finder of his missing blue parakeet that co...
April 1, 1954 The construction of a natural gas pipeline through the county brought a large influx of workers and their families to Hohenwald. Most were living in campers; however, many were living in private homes and anywhere that they could get shelter. A list of transient families and their hometowns were published along with the following greeting: “The Herald joins with the people of Hohenwald in welcoming these people of their stay in the best town we know of, HOHENWALD.” The total col...
March 25, 1954 The City of Hohenwald and the Police Department warned citizens that traffic laws would be strictly enforced due to a considerable increase in traffic due to the fact that a large number of people working with a gas line had come to Hohenwald. Because of this increase, in addition to careless violations by citizens, the traffic laws would now be strictly enforced and violators would be arrested. Hassell Kelley, salesman for Kittrell Motor Company, was awarded membership in the...
March 18, 1954 The paving of a 34-mile stretch of the Natchez Trace in southern Tennessee and northern Alabama was scheduled to begin within 30 days. The Herald reported that the FFA had received 110 rabies shots with the promise of two or three hundred more; and therefore, planned to resume the rabies vaccination clinic on March 29th. The shortage caught the attention of F.C. Sowell, Radio Newspaper Editor of WLAC in Nashville, who investigated the situation and found that the State Health...
March 11, 1954 The FFA, under supervision of A.O. Ramey, informed the newspaper that the Rabies Clinic in progress in Lewis County had come to a halt due to the fact that the serum had been exhausted and extensive telephoning over the state and south failed to turn up a supply. Willie Devore, Elva Griner, and Jeanette Shanes were each presented pins for having reached ten years of service at General Shoe. The following births were announced: Morris Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald King; and...
March 4, 1954 The county extension agent, vocational agriculture teacher, and the FFA teamed up to hold a rabies vaccination clinic on March 9th with vaccination locations held throughout the county. The cost was $0.60 per average dog. Franklin Tanner enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was completing basic training. The David Lipscomb College Chorus was scheduled to perform at LCHS auditorium on March 11 at 7:30 p.m. The announcement noted that “This will not be a religious program, but an h...
February 25, 1954 W.T. Starbuck was officially installed as Acting Postmaster for the Hohenwald Post Office. The position became vacant following the death of Jack Collier. The American Legion sponsored a "Back to God" program at the LCHS auditorium. The speaker for the occasion was Beacom Jones of Nashville. Mr. and Mrs. Harville Griner announced the birth of their son, Stephen Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gallaher reported that they caught a fox trying to come into their house. Funeral...
February 18, 1954 City officials requested that Hohenwald residents take extra precaution when burning rubbish, trash, and other combustible material. The city reported that every fire alarm answered cost the taxpayers $30, and that the Fire Department requested that fire alarms should not be turned in, except in cases where property losses might occur. An editorial ran on the “ruthless practice” of poisoning dogs as “some person or persons are distributing poison about town and are making good...
February 4, 1954 B. C. Black was elected Worshipful Master of the Hohenwald Masonic Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Johnson lost a milk cow. The LCHS Panthers defeated Summertown with a score of 54 to 45. The LCHS girls team defeated Summertown with a score of 47 to 31. The following births were announced: Richard Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Graves; and John Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Trent, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Turnbow were given a surprise house warming. Funeral services were held for...
January 22, 1954 The Lewis County Soil Conservation District reported that county farmers planned orders for over 125,000 tree seedlings to be planted in the 1953-54 planting season. The trees were furnished free of charge by TVA. Hohenwald native Mutt Quillen was named assistant coach at Tennessee Tech University. The LCHS girls basketball team defeated Lobelville with a score of 38 to 35. The following births were announced, Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Shaffer; Karen Dinise,...
January 7, 1954 The Herald reported that “with the amount of work going on, Hohenwald and Lewis County should be booming for the next few months.” Construction and other improvements underway included extending water and sewage lines in the city; construction on the Industrial Building on Forrest Avenue; pipe being hauled in for a gas line to cross Lewis County; and work was also in progress on Hwy 99. Carter Logan, Jr. was among a list of 498 men “presumed dead” in Korea by the U.S. Defense...
