1953 in Fulton
from Fulton Daily Leader
by Eunice Mitchell

March

  South Fulton voted to extend its corporate limits. 

  The Highlands Water Commission voted to let the 
contract for a new water system.

  The Fulton High Bulldogs won the First District 
Basketball Tournament and through the generosity of 
there fans were able to view the state tournament 
in Lexington.

  An open house at South Fulton auditroium officially 
opened the new building.

  The reorganized Chamber of Commerce, with Mrs. C. E. 
Hughes as secretary, opened its membership drive amid 
renewed interest in the organization.

  Two teenagers were held in connection with a series 
of thefts in Fulton and South Fulton.
  
  The one hundred year old Miss Sarah Ann Brockman died.

  Local Patrolman Hassell Williams and Carmi Page foiled 
a robbery attempt on the Fulton Bank with the arrest of 
four men in the alley behind the bank.