This Week in White County History, December 15-21

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2014 

  • Bojangles purchased a building permit with the intention of opening a franchise at the corner of Roosevelt Drive and State Lane, adjacent to Highway 111.
  • Several more granite panels were installed in the city’s new Veterans Park. The panels recognized 359 more of White County’s military veterans.
  • White County High School senior Bruce Allen was selected for admittance to Princeton University. He was one of only 767 early applicants from across the country that were selected to begin attending Princeton in the fall.

2004

  • Hickory Valley Volunteer Fire Department received a grant for $65,000 for equipment upgrades from the Department of Homeland Security.
  • White County School Board discussed plans to purchase land adjoining the high school to build a new practice field for the football team.
  • Friends of Scott’s Gulf received a grant for $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Interior to enlarge the property to adjoin Fall Creek Falls State Park.

1994

  • The Highway 111 Association met to discuss the two proposed alternate interstate highways, Alternate Interstates 665 and 775, that were likely to run through Sparta.
  • City of Sparta received a $50,400 grant from Tennessee Department of Transportation to help provide funding for the Calfkiller River Walking Trail.
  • Renovations on the Rock House neared completion and were expected to be done in two weeks.

1984 

  • A special meeting was called by the White County legislative body to discuss the selection of a site for a proposed National Guard armory.
  • Billy G. Selby, a 1957 graduate of White County High School, retired from the Department of Defense and Intelligence Service.
  • Local grocery stores donated food, and White County Community Hospital employees donated their time to serve Sparta Pacesetters Inc. a Christmas dinner.

1974

  • Two rabid foxes were identified in the county along McMinnville Highway, in Sparta.
  • To cut down on night crime, the Town of Doyle installed streetlights and hired a night policeman to patrol during the evenings.
  • Because of the fuel crisis, the Tennessee Court of Appeals granted a White County man the right to strip mine for coal on 58.5 acres of pastureland on which he only owned the mineral rights.

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