Glimpses of Hohenwald's Past

July 17, 1952

Mayor W.C. Keaton proclaimed July 14-19 at “Tennessee Constitution Revision Week” and urged residents to inform themselves on the question of the Limited Constitutional Convention that would appear on the general election ballot on August 7, 1952; and that all groups holding meetings before the election should schedule at least one program about the convention so that all residents could vote intelligently.

An editorial was reprinted from the Nashville Tennessean that compared Lewis County’s voter turnout rate to that of Macon County, noting that seven out of 10 registered voters...