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November 16, 2009

By Dorothy Brush / dcb1@frontier.net The Crossville Chronicle Mon Nov 16, 2009, 12:00 PM CST

November 1903

+The boiler at the Standard Oil Company’s stave works at Adam’s Ford, nine miles north of town, exploded. Three men were killed and two more were seriously injured. Dead are G.P. Gouch, Polk Kendrick and Walter Gilbert.

+All persons interested in the organizing of a literary and library association are earnestly requested to meet at the court house Friday evening at 7:30. Let everybody attend and make the organizing a success.

+The new Springfield rifle of the United States is the most powerful gun in the world. Next month the gun will be issued to the army in general.

November 1929

+Burgess — A shooting match was held at the home of Ed Mooneyham Saturday. Several attended.

+Two shooting matches have been held near Crossville in the past few days that furnished no small amount of amusement to the participants. In one a beef weighing over 1,000 pounds was shot for. The other was a bunch of turkeys which were pretty generously distributed.

+Ozone — The E.C. Hughes bridge crew have moved to Creston after being located here for a month.

November 1993

+Dr. Elizabeth Petty is now on the active medical staff at Cumberland Medical Center. A native of Crossville Dr. Petty is a physician at Crossville Medical Group specializing in internal medicine.

+In the latest meeting with city commissioners supporters of saving the Palace Theatre made impassioned pleas and Jim Crabtree submitted a 54-page report outlining a plan for for the theater’s use. After two hours the commission failed to make a decision on the proposal.

+97-year-old Henderson Conley was honored at Veterans Day services as the only known Cumberland County WWI veteran living. The service was sponsored by American Legion Post 163 and Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans Post 322.

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