Word: tylertown
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From crossroads and farms cut out of piney woods the farmers streamed at sunup to Tylertown (pop. 1,100), the county seat and only post office. They traveled afoot, in model-T Fords, in mule-drawn wagons, in school busses. They carried 5,000 fried chickens, 350 turkeys, enough pies, cakes, salads and bread to load pine tables 1,000 feet long and feed 5,000 people. The town was gay in bunting, flags and welcome signs...
Afterward Mrs. J. E. Pigott, wife of a Tylertown merchant, helped the Secretary to dinner. On his paper plate she heaped fried chicken, chicken pie, potato salad, warm spice cake, two kinds of pie. "This is a great idea," he beamed...
...Tylertown's biggest day; it was also the biggest day in the life of bony, dynamic Lester Williams, 40, editor of the weekly Tylertown Times. Williams got the idea for the community thanksgiving one morning at a revival service conducted by Brother Jim Sells, a Methodist preacher from Crystal Springs. For the great day, proud Editor Williams' Times (circ. 2,350) appeared in a special edition of 56 pages...