Saturday, January 18
The campaign for funds to construct the new Notre Dame High School has gone over the top with respect to its minimum goal of $900,000, the Rev. Francis P. Pack announced.
The law firm of Miller, Martin, Hitching, Tipton, and Lenihan has announced that Howard I. Levine has become associated with the firm. His father, Jacob L. Levine, has been a practicing attorney in Chattanooga for over 50 years.
Roger W. Noone, Ray H. Moseley, and Donald Halladay announced Saturday that Alvin York Bell has joined them in the practice of law under the name of Noone, Moseley, Halladay & Bell.
Sunday, January 19
A total of 148,840 area residents Sunday took their first feeding of Sabin vaccine for immunization against polio. Fifty-two feeding stations were open from noon to 5 p.m. Dr. Warren B. Henry, medical director of the Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital, headed a highly organized staff of volunteers who worked swiftly in the first mass vaccination in the city’s history.
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga has in hand close to $200,000 not designated or bequeathed for a specific use. The interest on this sum will bring $8,000 to be spent on some worthwhile project in the area, it was stated Sunday by De Sales Harrison, president; John Guerry, secretary; and J. Guy Beatty, Jr., attorney for the Community Foundation.
Monday, January 20
Miss Ella Dyer, an 1884 graduate of Chattanooga High School and well-known pioneer resident, died Sunday. Miss Dyer was honored by City High in 1959 when she and three others were given “Diamond Diplomas,” noting the 75th anniversary of their graduation.
Mrs. Nelle Bradshaw Hunt, widow of Dr. Noel C. Hunt, Sr., died Sunday in a local hospital. Mrs. Hunt was a devoted member of St. Andrew’s Methodist Church and active in PTA work, the Brainerd Hills Garden Club, and other patriotic and civic organizations.
A.D. Adair & McCarty Bros. is carrying out a $150,000 improvement program at its Lightfoot Mill Road fertilizer plant and will move its general offices here from Atlanta, J.R. Morris, plant superintendent, announced.
Tuesday, January 21
The temperature reached a high of 64 degrees Tuesday afternoon to give Chattanooga its warmest day in two months.
The Mayor’s Full Employment Committee agreed Tuesday to study ways and means of helping unemployed persons from 40 to 60 years old to find jobs. A committee composed of Curtis Winfrey, Mrs. Edward Abernathy, Ronald Baer, and Robert Watkins will investigate conditions and make recommendations to the full committee on how assistance may be given.
Wednesday, January 22
Paul J. Mullery of Brelsford Road, purchasing agent for Combustion Engineering before his retirement in 1955, died unexpectedly Tuesday night in New Orleans, where he and Mrs. Mullery were visiting friends.
Appointment of William C. Sanders, as manager of the recently formed Murphree Insurance Agency of Chattanooga, was announced Wednesday by John W. Murphree, Jr., Nashville president. The Murphree Agency recently acquired the Whitney Colburn Insurance Agency, with which Sanders has been associated for four years.
Thursday, January 23
Contract for use of Memorial Auditorium as the meeting place of the Tennessee Educational Association’s annual convention March 19-20 was signed Wednesday in the office of the Chattanooga Convention and Visitor’s Bureau by Charles Dover, Bureau Convention manager; Dalton Roberts of Nashville, TEA public relations director; and Ben Landress, auditorium manager. About 8,000 Tennessee educator are expected to attend the convention.
The 132nd annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Tennessee opened Wednesday morning at Grace Episcopal Church in Brainerd. Rt. Rev. John Vander Horst, bishop of Tennessee, addressed an estimated 400 delegates composed of lay leaders and clergy from every parish in the state.
Friday, January 24
Tennessee’s seventh annual Junior Miss Pageant will be held at the Tivoli Theatre February 6-8, Dean Welch, chairman of the event for the sponsoring Red Bank – White Oak Jaycees, announced.
Canned sweet corn tops USDA’s Plentiful Foods List for January, and it is in heavy volume in the Chattanooga markets. The canning industry took about a third of the 1963 crop. A record supply of about 56.4 million cases is now available for use during this marketing year.