{"id":2719,"date":"2020-10-25T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T15:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2020-10-25T10:59:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T15:59:53","slug":"chestnut-glade-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/chestnut-glade-community\/","title":{"rendered":"CHESTNUT GLADE Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Chestnut Glade Community – Northern Weakley County, TN<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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also see Chestnut Glade School under SCHOOLS section – more History & photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TELEPHONES…IN CHESTNUT GLADE COMMUNITY<\/strong>
Just when the Telephone came to our community is not certain but it is thought to have been right after 1900.\u00a0The telephones wer first out of Fulton and each peron had to “keep up” his onw lines.\u00a0 For some reason the Fulton lines failed in the eastern part of our community, perhaps due to decreased subscribers.\u00a0 A line from Dukedom was brought in to service the affected areas.\u00a0 But people wer still controlled by the roads, the roads by nature.\u00a0 Through the years an early auto could be seen here and there but the horse and buggy or wagon was the mode of transportation.\u00a0 The sutos could possibly manuver the dirt roads in the dry summertime.\u00a0 After 1900 the major trade center was Fulton.\u00a0 If a person was going to Martin, he said that he was going to Martin.\u00a0 If he said that he was “going to town”, he was going to Fulton! This was an important market for area farmers for getting supplies and selling their products.\u00a0 It was also where the housewives sold their eggs, butter, and cream.\u00a0

As the depression continued, this became critical in some cases.\u00a0 In a time when mothers sewed buttons on young sons jeans knees to discourage kneeling sports, thus saving garment wear, every penny was indeed important!Eggs and butter could be kept for a once a week trip, but cream had to be taken twice a week in order to get thecream bucket tagged.\u00a0 This tag meant a higher price.\u00a0 Without the tag, the once-a-week cream brought less because it was not as fresh.\u00a0 Because of the road conditions, these weekly or twice-a-week trips to town took some planning.\u00a0 Those with telephones stayed in contact.\u00a0 Calls to check the roads were regular. Which was the best way to town right now?\u00a0 By John KINDREDS? By Barnhart School?\u00a0 The SMITH place?\u00a0 After being advised they charted their course.\u00a0 Simular situations continured in the latter 1930’s.\u00a0This was progress!

During the 1920’s truck peddling hacks traveled the area roads, usually coming by twice a week, weather permitting, to sell supplies.\u00a0 Phil Parker, from Dukedom, had a hack as well as the blind Hillman Ivy out of Latham.\u00a0 In later years many remember “Cheap John” who walked the roadways with his wares on his back.

ELECTRICITY<\/strong>
Due to the steadfaste, progressive drive and determination of the residents, our community was the first rual area in Weakley county to recieve electricity.\u00a0 In 1938 the Harrises, Burkes, Brundiges, Milams, Lees, Rays and Taylors signed up fo rthe first line brought in around Ruthville.\u00a0 Weakley County Electric Municipal System, which was formed in 1938, took over tis line, which had come out of Gibson County.In August of 1939, J. B. Nanney and Raymond McNatt worked to sigh enough subscribers to bring in another line.\u00a0 This one came from Martin, through Campground, down Sandy Branch then to Palmersville.\u00a0 This line basically opened up the entire Northern section of the county for electricity, as criss-crossing lines were connected over the years.\u00a0 In July of 1940, J. B. Nanney signed up Chestnut Glade School, acting as the head of the building committee.In order to get a line, the company had to be guaranteed $8.20 per month per mile.\u00a0 Most people signed up for from $1.50 to $2.00 per month.\u00a0 Money was pretty scarce but the county made funds available to wire houses and buy electric equipment.\u00a0 Individuals would borrow from this fund and repay in installments.\u00a0Electricity brought about a better standard of living for many, as the wonder of a light bulb and an electric motor were put to use.\u00a0 Methods of farming were also changing due to the increased farming equipment available, improved tilling practices, and advancement in transportation and access to market.\u00a0Life rolled on in the community with each passing decade bringing a change in the way of life.\u00a0 But one thing never changed, the cycle of life.\u00a0 Older generations, and their life cycle, passed on; new ones, with new ideas, took their place.

No grand claims are made about this ” Little corner of the World”.\u00a0 It really is not necessary.\u00a0 Our forefathers were simple, hard working people, the “grass roots” folks who helped build a nation.\u00a0 Many may not have thought about our having a colorful history, but those who passed this way, were proud, indedpendent, stubborn, and perservering species.Many can reach back in memory and recall faces of older generations, and the special thoughts that accompany them.\u00a0 Perhaps quaint habits, mannerisms, dress, or speech that were thought to be old fashioned, can be recalled.\u00a0 One phrase remembered is using the word hope instead of help.\u00a0\u00a0 “I hope him milk”.\u00a0 Many years would pass before it was realized that that phrase, along with many others, was the fast dying speech of pure Elizabethian English, which had passed from generation to generation, from England to Virginia and North Carolinia, and then to Tennessee.\u00a0 It can be heard today only in isolated areas of the eastern states, from whence our ancestors came.These ancestors struggled to attimpt feats which would not evern be considered today.\u00a0 Many left their former homes with oxen and loaded wagon, knowing full well they would walk most of the 500 or 600 miles to their destination.\u00a0 Some had large families to care for, and in some cased, women gave birth on the trail.\u00a0 Their course was charted for a land they had never seen, with knowledge that they would not, in their lifetime, enjoy the comforts of the life left behind.\u00a0

It would take many generatons to soften the primitive land, to polish the crudeness, and attain a standard of living considered civilized.Some faltered and fell by the wayside, beaten by their dreams.\u00a0 Others failed in their hope of land ownership, but their sons and grandsons succeeded.\u00a0 Each passing generation faced the challenges placed before them as they strived to make life better for those who would follow. With pride and respect, we pay tribute to all those who passed this way!\u00a0

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Chestnut Glade Community – Northern Weakley County, TN also see Chestnut Glade School under SCHOOLS section – more History & photos TELEPHONES…IN CHESTNUT GLADE COMMUNITYJust when the Telephone came to our community is not certain but it is thought to have been right after 1900.\u00a0The telephones wer first out of Fulton and each peron had Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-gutenberg.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"full","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"MaryCarol","author_link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/author\/marycarol\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 25, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 25, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 25, 2020 10:59 am","modified":"Updated on October 25, 2020 10:59 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2720,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}