What was going on in Chattanooga in 1963?
Saturday, November 2
The 1963 United Fund Campaign reported $1,309,383 total pledges at the Victory Luncheon at the Read House Friday. All five group chairmen were over quota, reaching 101.2 percent of the goal of $1,280,716 set for the campaign.
Frank S. Worthington, vice president of the Southern Railway System, has returned to Chattanooga and assumed his duties as resident vice president November 1. He was transferred to Washington last summer after having resided in Chattanooga since 1956. Mr. Worthington replaces William H. Moore, who accepted the presidency of the St. Louis Railroad Terminal Association in St. Louis.
Sunday, November 3
A Chattanooga company has a million dollar contract for mechanical and electric work on Colina Hydroelectric Project No. 1 in the Andes Mountains near Cali, Colombia, South America. J.P. Jones, president, and H.E. Shrader, secretary-treasurer of Construction Engineering, Inc., revealed Saturday.
Nicholas J. Prendergast has been elected assistant vice president and associate actuary of Volunteer State Life Insurance Co. effective November 4, it was announced by Joseph H. Davenport, Jr., president of Volunteer.
Monday, November 4
George L. Williamson, general manager of Lookout Oil and Refining Co., Monday announced his retirement and made public the appointment of Frank M. Jansberg, Jr., assistant general manager, as his successor.
The 100-acre Ray Moss Farm has been purchased by the Stone Fort Land Co. and the Future Chattanooga Development Co. at a cost of $110,000. T.A. Lupton, Jr., president of Stone Fort, said the site will be developed into an Industrial Park.
The Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will erect a 140,000 square foot distribution center in the new development near Bonny Oaks Drive and Highway 153.
Tuesday, November 5
Mrs. Elsie Caldwell Olmsted, who died October 28, left what was apparently the bulk of her estate to the Calsted Foundation, a charitable institution she set up shortly before her death, according to her will, which has been filed in Probate Court.
Wednesday, November 6
The Chattanooga Helicopter Co. has been organized by W. Allen Hays and Doug Sumrell, local businessmen. The pilot will be Paul Clark, veteran of National Guard helicopter service. They will operate out of Lovell Field, specializing in charter flights, traffic reporting, passenger trips and aerial photography.
Kelley Massey, superintendent of postal services at the downtown post office, has been assigned to the superintendent of mails post pending the retirement of Paul Igou, who’s on annual leave until his retirement at the end of March. The appointment of Mr. Massey, a veteran of 27 years in the postal service, was made to keep the superintendent’s office running smoothly until Mr. Igou’s official retirement.
Thursday, November 7
Chattanooga dealers sold electrical appliances for $1,156,321.76 in September, to exceed the $1,025,207.50 volume in September 1962, the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga reported Wednesday.
Friday, November 8
The City Water Co. will apply any increase in rates it obtains from the Tennessee Public Service Commission to both Tennessee and Georgia customers, Edwin S. Tillotson, vice president and manager of the company, said. The company filed an application Tuesday with the commission for new rates representing an increase of approximately 25 percent for all classes of service except public fire protection.