Maury County Cyclone Devastates Towns and Farms
A severe cyclone raked Maury and Williamsport regions causing widespread damage. Homes barns and outbuildings were demolished or unroofed. rivers of debris and downed wires blocked roads. In Theta and Sawdust Valley sectors, churches stores and fences suffered heavy losses while several residents were injured or escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howell
Joe Parsons
Theta Pike
Theta
New Hope
Billy
Hardy Skelly
West Hayes
Jean Fitzgerald
Woodford Galloway
Poke Chapel
Polk Chapel
Maury-Williamson County
M. C. Molloy
Claude Sparkman
Louis Hutcherson
Tom English
Storm Damage at Isom Reported
Considerable storm damage is reported at Isom with wire communication cut. Lightning struck a barn owned by Dr. M. A. Basley, killing one of two horses inside as the barn was partially unroofed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Council of Agriculture
Isom
M. A. Basley
St. Peter's Parish Elects Delegates for Diocesan Convention
At a vestry meeting in the rectory Dr. W. P. Woldridge R. L. McKinney and Judge Bam Holding were elected delegates to the diocesan convention to be held with St. John's Episcopal church Knoxville May 6. Alternates chosen were Gordon Brown Hugh Lee Webster and W D Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Church
W. P. Woldridge
R. L. McKinney
Bam Holding
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Knoxville
Gordon Brown
Hugh Lee Webster
W. D. Hastings
Porter elected president of county agriculture council
Joe Frank Porter of Williamsport was elected president of the County Council of Agriculture at the first meeting of directors Saturday afternoon. William P. Ridley was named vice president and Arthur J. Murphy secretary treasurer. Seventeen of twenty one directors attended as plans formed for monthly meetings, headquarters, and a year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frank Porter
Williamsport
County Council of Agriculture
William P. Ridley
Ninth District
Arthur J. Murphy
Merndale
McLean
W. P. Ridley
J. J. Flaney
Albert Matthews
Woldridge
Graham
Whitthorne
Marriage License on Day of Divorce
Thincan Porter, a man of color, acted swiftly after an absolute divorce from wife No 1 in the chancery court with Hon John Shelby Coffey as special chancellor. Before the decree was finalized, Porter secured a marriage license from County Court Clerk Arch W Lipscomb to pursue a second marriage venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thincan Porter
Dunecan
Chancery Court
John Shelhy Coffey
Duntan
Arch W. Lips. Com
Silo Down in Kettle Mills District After Storm
Weather notes indicate a silo was blown down in the Kettle Mills district along with a timber, Ros Delk reportedly affected. Several large forest trees were struck or uprooted by lightning during the event. Temperature at altitude seven miles near the AO degrees below arto mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Ridge
Spring Hill
Mt. Pleasant
Godwin Station
Kettle Mills
Mrs Robert Phelps Ready to Return to Kuhn's Store
Mrs Robert Phelps, once ailing, is now well and will return to her place at Kuhn's store Saturday. She invites friends to visit. The note mentions the umbrella bird of Peru sounding like a cow.
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Robert Phelps
Kuhn's
Peru
Death claims Mrs. Melissa Dunavant
Mrs. Melissa Lamar Dunnavant, 45, wife of O. B. Dunavant of Polieki, died Thursday at 4 pm at King's Daughters Hospital after an unsuccessful life-saving effort. She had been a devout Methodist and is survived by her husband and two children, Eugene and Elizabeth. Funeral services were held at Pulaski with Rev. W. A. Stroud officiating. pallbearers included Ashley and Sam Tyter, Tom and Cleborn Pittard, Tom Kennedy and Tom Zeigler. Interment in Maplewood cemetery.
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Melites Lamar Dunnavant
O. BH. Dunavant
Polieki
King’s Daughters Hospital
Mixr
Melissa Lamar
T Wo Lamar
Maury Undertaking Company
Pulaski
W. A. Stroud
Methodist Church
Eugene
Elizabeth
Pulagirt
Ashley
Sam Tyter
Tom and
Cleborn Pittard
Tom Kennedy
Tom Zeigler
Maplewood Cemetery
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ARES
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Bano
Cordon
Mo's
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C. F. Sharpe & Sons
Nashville, Tennessee
S. C. Thomas
Columbia, Tennessee
Gil S. Moore
U. Barn
Rickresidence
Maury
Young MeKer
Hough
New Methodist Church
Winliamsport
Robinson
J. 1 Bratton
Porter
J.P. Porter
Walter & Sons
Dholy
Ding
Willlem Turner Harris
F. Porter
The
Nashville Pike
Maury County
Williason
West Harpeth
Moulton Smith
Birmingham
Tom Johnson
Johnson Place
English
Sawdust Valley
Mayberry Bros
Sawdust
Wilkox Dé Sons
Kinger
Ella Hughes
Burton Fite
Tom Jenkins
Golwin Station
J. W. C. Church
Knob Creek
Senator Church
Elevon Pyiles
Columba
Doc Gray
Sawyer Turpin
Jamison Store
Golumbia
Doc
M. A. Beasley
ST. Peter's Parish
ST. John's Church
Council OF Agriculture
Melissa Dunavant
King's Daughters Hospital
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