This Week in White County History, Feb. 18-Feb. 24
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By Rachel Auberger
2014
Three White County softball players – Silas Hatmaker, Earl Emerton, and Marc Bilbrey – came together to rejuvenate the Doyle Softball Field so that an adult league could be formed.
White County School Board members attended Day on the Hill at the state capitol, joining more than 400 other school board members, superintendents, and legislators from around the state.
Emilee Howard, Bella Taylor, and Amber Hudgens were named to the District 6AAA All-Tournament Team as the Warriorettes finished second in the tournament.
2004
Project Child Safe was introduced to promote the use of gun locks to protect children in homes with guns.
White County Fair won the Division A Premiere Fair Award.
White County Middle School students visited the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport.
1994
WCMS Warriors won their first championship with a score of 56-43.
Ten “Twenty-first Century Classrooms” with computers, software, and televisions were added to the White County schools.
1984
Wal-Mart had just opened a new store, hiring 60 White Countians.
Tennessee Department of Safety opened a driver license photo station at the Cookeville Mall and began issuing the first Tennessee photo drivers licenses.
County officials visited Washington D.C. to meet with congressmen to obtain funding guarantees for completion of the four-lane highway.
1974
Lester Flatt saluted Sparta and White County on Hee Haw.
Central Church of Christ’s congregation observed a note burning in recognition of the end of a $180,000 debt incurred in 1965.
Twenty-five women formed The Hospital Volunteer Program at White County Hospital.
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