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

April 9, 1953 The City of Hohenwald, having received numerous complaints, reminded residents that it was against the City Ordinance to allow chickens to run at large. A. M. Rasbury retired from...

by Crystal Nash, Director and Archivist Lewis County Public Library and Archives The initial event in the Lewis and Clark Lecture Series saw a satisfying turnout for Tony Turnbow's talk. Over 30...

April 2, 1953 With this issue the Herald entered its 34th year under the publication of the Pollock family, with W.W. Pollock having begun publishing the Herald on April 1, 1920. A photo of...

March 26, 1953 The Forestry Division reported that the number of forest fires in Lewis County topped all previous years in Lewis County. The total number of fires was 185, burning a total area of...

March 19, 1953 The City and County announced that they were negotiating for the location of a factory in Lewis County, and requested that residents, friends, former residents, or anyone interested in...

March 12, 1953 H.H. Huffines resigned as County Agricultural Agent, having accepted the position as county agent in Scott County, TN. Ben Lifsey was named as Mr. Huffines’s successor. The City of Hohe...

March 5, 1953 No surviving issue available for review. March 7, 1963 Mayor W.C. Keaton signed a proclamation naming the week of March 17-23, 1963, as World Understanding Week. The $2,500,000...

February 26, 1953 City and county residents voted overwhelmingly for the issuance of by the city and county bonds in the amount of $200,000. In the city, 675 voted for and 11 against; the county...

February 19, 1953 The main headline for the week was “Voters To Decide Bond Issues in Saturday’s Election.” The Herald reported that the upcoming industry bond vote would make “an important day in the...

February 12, 1953 Dog owners and “city dog rustlers” were cooperating to reduce the number of dogs roaming the city, and to ensure that wanted dogs were tagged and kept at home. The Herald com...

February 5, 1953 The newspaper reported that Lewis County Circuit Court had an “unusually light docket” with the grand jury session lasting “only two hours.” Eva Quillen was appointed Clerk of the...

January 29, 1953 It was announced that meetings would be held in various communities throughout the county for the purpose of explaining what tax increase would be needed to finance the payment of...

January 22, 1953 A mass meeting of all citizens and taxpayers of Lewis County was called for January 16 to explain in detail the construction of a city-county owned factory building. Notice was also...

January 15, 1953 The Lewis County Quarterly Court voted unanimously on a resolution adopting an anti-rabies law for Lewis County. The city already had enacted a rabies law, but was unable to enforce...

January 8, 1953 Pfc. John A. Russell was wounded in action in Korea. The Tennessee railroads paid Lewis County a total of $5,457.69 during 1951 as taxes. Of this amount, $3,067.85 was allocated...

January 01, 1953 No paper published due to New Year’s Holiday. January 03, 1963 J.H. Warf, superintendent of Lewis County Schools for 13 years, was sworn in as State Commissioner of Education on Decem...

December 25, 1952 No newspaper was published this week. December 27, 1962 No newspaper was published this week. December 28, 1972 S.E. Kealhofer, Cloyd Peery, and Hershel Spears were first place...

December 18, 1952 Annie Mai Edwards, Doris Floyd, and Linda Hickerson appeared on the WSM radio program, “You and Your Home”. Members of the Hohenwald Volunteer Fire Department and their spouses wer...

December 11, 1952 J.H. Warf, County Superintendent of Schools, announced that he received notification from the State Department of Education that LCHS was given an A-1 rating. The A-1 rating was the...

December 4, 1952 The Hohenwald Fire Department asked residents to donate old toys that could be re-gifted to an underprivileged girl or boy for Christmas. The Fire Department would mend and repaint...

November 27, 1952 Minnie Evans resigned as Clerk of the Lewis County Selective Service board effective December 31. Evans had served as Clerk since 1948. O.E. Marbet, local board chair, announced...

November 20, 1952 Mayor W.C. Keaton announced the publication and release of an Annual Report which would be mailed to all city water customers. This was the first report of this type ever published...

November 13, 1952 It was reported that Armistice Day passed quietly in Hohenwald. “As has been the custom for the past several years, Armistic [sic] Day passed almost unnoticed here. Possibly w...

November 6, 1952 The main headline for the week was “Eisenhower Our Next President.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency with a landslide national vote. In the presidential race, Adlai Ste...

October 30, 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Bates celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home with an open house during the afternoon and evening. The Herald colorfully reported that the LCHS...