Delegates are chosen from local schools
Among the delegates are Ryle Blair Chastain, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Chastain; Carson McNeal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward McNeal; Ethan Rutledge, son of Terry Rutledge; James Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Mitchell; Artie Fisher, son of Nora Hundley; Zachary Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martin; Wallace Blankenship, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Blankenship; and Sam Medley, the son of Junior and Penny Medley.
Alternates are Christopher Marlowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Marlowe; John Sampson Hitchcock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hitchcock; Kasey Smith, son of Ronda Fults; and Jay Medley, son of Junior and Penny Medley.
This year’s delegates will attend American Legion Boys State May 26 to June 1. The event is designed to provide practical experience for young men in the actual problems of state government as it operates in Tennessee.
It is not meant to take the place of civics or government, but is planned so that young men may put into actual practice the theories of government through actual participation in city, county and state government organized as a “mythical 51st state.”
American Legion Boys State continues to be a training ground for tomorrow’s leaders, from the local to the national level. This year’s events were supported by the American Legion Post 173, Noon Rotary, Breakfast Rotary, Rock Island Lion’s Club, First National Bank, Union Planters Bank, Cumberland Bank and AmSouth Bank.
Post 173 also sponsors one delegate from Cannon County because there is no Legion post in Cannon County, but the fee is paid by a Cannon County group.