Plaque for Black Unanimously OK`d by Pulaski Board
(World News USA)

Pulaski resident John Finch Nelson, left, and Mayor Pat Ford take a moment to recreate their spontaneous handshake shortly after the board of mayor and aldermen unanimously voted to honor the late J.R. McClure, an acclaimed announcer for Bridgeforth High School football games. Photo by Clint Confehr By Clint Confehr PULASKI, TN — The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has unanimously voted to grant a petitioner`s request for a plaque honoring the Blue Devils` football team`s home game announcer. Bridgeforth High School was the school for Blacks in Giles County from 1937 until integration in 1965. The board`s petitioner, John Finch Nelson of Pulaski, says those words should be on the plaque. The...