Busy Town --This is a block portion of the Gleason,
Tennessee business district, showing the Bank of Gleason at the Left.
The town is widely know as a ball clay producing center and for large
volumes of sweet potato plants shipped annually. Fifteen miles of
county road intersecting Highway 22 at Gleason has been recently
paved.
Murrell
Finch, an insurance man and the president of the Gleason Rotary Club, surveys
strip mining progress at a large clay mine on his property near
Gleason. Ball clay, is plastic type of clay that has a tendency to
ball and is used in manufacturing tile, chinaware and pottery, to mention
just a few markets.
Tater
Toters - - Pretty smiles detract attention from the sweet
potatoes held by (left to right) Miss Nancy Trevathan, Miss Rosemary
Trevathan and Miss Marilee Wyatt. Rosemary is reigning Miss Gleason,
Nancy, her sister, is First Alternate, while Miss. Wyatt is Second
Alternate. Sweet Potato plants leave Gleason each year for markets in
about 10 states.
Tater
Toters - - Pretty smiles detract attention from the sweet
potatoes held by (left to right) Miss Nancy Trevathan, Miss Rosemary
Trevathan and Miss Marilee Wyatt. Rosemary is reigning Miss Gleason,
Nancy, her sister, is First Alternate, while Miss. Wyatt is Second
Alternate. Sweet Potato plants leave Gleason each year for markets in
about 10 states.