1953 in Fulton
from Fulton Daily Leader
by Eunice Mitchell

July

  Officials of the proposed box plant met with local 
business men to discuss the possibility of opening a 
factory here, but the proposal later lapsed.

  Two died in Fourth of July accidents - a Detroit man 
who was hit by a freight train while sitting on the 
railroad tracks and a Chicago Negro who was killed when 
his car hit a abutment on the overhead bridge on Highway 51.

  Gene Williams of Paducah was announced as successor to 
Elbert Johns Scouit Executive.

  Jane Hawks was elected as Queen of the Fulton Lookouts.

  The Masons aanounced pland for a new building on Walnut 
Street.

  Four local boys attended the Boy Scout Jamboree in 
California.

  The Fulton Basbell Association was host  to a dinner in 
observance of the 50th anniversary of the Kitty League. 

  Sam Lamitina's homer in the tenth inning gave Fulton a 
win over the All-Stars - the first team in history of the 
loop to win two in a row over the All-Star team. The game 
was played on a blistering July afternoon having been 
postponed earlier due to rain.

  Achievements of the Twin City Improvement Committee in 
its first six months of existance were cited at a Dutch 
Treat dinner.

  Jimmie Webb was electrocuted while working on his racing 
car and six days later Virgil Babb was killed by electrical 
shock while working at the Christain Church.

  Perry Kimble, brother of South Fulton police chief and 
another TVA worker killed when their truck overturned.