Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

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...

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 bui...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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 inc...

December 24, 1953 The Herald reported, “If you come to town some night and think it is still day light, you won’t miss it far. Construction is almost complete on the new street lighting system for...

December 31, 1954 The Lewis County Herald was not published this week. January 2, 1964 Lewis County was crippled by its second large snow of the season, when 10 to 15 inches fell throughout the...

December 10, 1953 The main headline for the week was “Santa to Usher in Christmas Season In Parade Here Sat.” Hohenwald’s first Christmas parade and concert would be held on Saturday, December 13. T...

December 3, 1953 Construction began on a new mercury vapor street lighting system in the business section of Hohenwald and on portions of Park Avenue and Main Street. Fixtures replaced in the...

November 26, 1953 Melvin Mathis, USN hospital corpsman third class, was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wound received in action against Chinese Communist forces in Korea. Representatives from L &...

November 12, 1953 The Herald reported that November 18th would mark the 58th birthday of the arrival of the first settlers of Swiss Colony here in 1896. According to John Scheiwiller, who shared this...

November 5, 1953 The Herald reported that Halloween passed in an orderly manner in Hohenwald with hundreds of trick or treaters ranging from 2 to 72 roaming the streets. “As has been the custom for ma...

October 29, 1953 The Herald urged residents to go to the polls on November 3rd and vote on eight proposed amendments to the state constitution. C. R. Bell, owner of Western Auto, announced that...

October 23, 1953 The Herald reported that Lewis County was feeling the “full extent” of a record breaking heat wave and drought. The County and City building committee met on October 19 for fur...

October 15, 1953 A total of ten bids were received and opened by the County and City Public Building Committee. Bids were accepted for the building of the industrial building to be occupied by Wynn...

Mayor W.C. Keaton signed a proclamation naming October 4 through 10 as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. The County and City announced that the opening of bids and the letting of the co...

October 1, 1953 Both the Hohenwald Barber Shop and the Hohenwald Bank and Trust were undergoing remodeling. Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class John Brewer was serving aboard the USS Kenneth D. Bailey. The L...

September 17, 1953 B. & O. Pharmacy had a camera go missing from the store and received a letter from the shoplifter a few days later. Dr. Hurt reported that the letter included a one-dollar bill...