50 YEARS AGO. What was happening in Chattanooga in 1962?. Saturday, January 13. Applications are now being received for the second session of the McCallie Academic Enrichment Camp, Headmaster R.L. McCallie announced this week. The six-week camp opens June 18 and closes July 28. Some 70 boys between the ages of 10 and 14 attended the 1961 camp; the 1962 camp will be limited to 80.
Sunday, January 14
The American National Bank and Trust Co. will begin its 51st year of operation with ribbon cutting ceremonies Monday morning in the lobby of the main bank, Sam Yarnell, president, announced Saturday.
David Sheffield Achey, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Achey of East Crest Road, died Sunday morning from critical injuries received last Wednesday when he was coasting down snow-packed Sunset Drive on a sled and collided with a Baylor school bus.
Monday, January 15
The University of Chattanooga’s annual sustaining fund campaign – with a goal of $65,000 – will get under way February 21 at a dinner in the Read House, James Irvine, Jr., 1962 campaign chairman, announced Monday.
The Chattanooga Big Brothers Association held its annual meeting at Siskin Memorial Building Monday night and re-elected Porter Warner, Jr., as 1962 president. Louis Williams was the guest speaker at the meeting.
Tuesday, January 16
Chattanooga, with 20, led the state in new manufacturing plants last year, the Tennessee Department of Commerce revealed Tuesday. This is the third straight year Chattanooga has had more new plants than any other city in Tennessee.
Lifetime gold Chamber of Commerce membership cards have been presented to George Stewart and Ted Mills by E.Y. Chapin III, retiring Chamber president, for their combined sales of 103 out of 333 new memberships obtained during 1961 through the Dynamo of Dixie contact club, which they headed as co-chairmen.
Wednesday, January 17
General Herbert Vogel, TVA board chairman, will be the principal speaker for the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award luncheon Monday at noon at Hotel Patten, when the “Young Man of the Year 1961” will be named by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The way Chattanooga redevelops its West Side will determine the city’s future for the next 50 years, Mayor Olgiati said Wednesday in a talk to the Junior Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Patten. The mayor proclaimed January 21-26 as Jaycee Week.
Thursday, January 18
The Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee of 100 has a 1962 budget of about $50,000 and is “beginning to compete successfully” with other cities for new industries, George Richardson, committee chairman, said Wednesday.
County Judge Frost said Wednesday the County Council does not contemplate employing a purchasing agent, at least until the start of the next fiscal year, which is July 1. The post has been vacant since Paul Richard resigned December 21, 1960.
Friday, January 19
The First Federal Savings and Loan Association plans to open its second branch office in 1962, President Harry White reported to the annual meeting Wednesday. He reported that 1961 was the year of greatest gains in First Federal’s history.