Saturday, November 23
General James H. Berry, ex-Senator from Arkansas, the only surviving member of the Commission entrusted by Congress to see that markers were placed at tombs of 29,401 men of the South in the Northern Cemeteries, announced it has been finished and reported to the Secretary of War. The government spent over $200,000 on the project.
Sadness prevailed over Central High School today over the death of Miss Nellie Poindexter who, while on her way to the Chattanooga High and Central game at Chamberlain Field, swooned and fell at the corner of 7th and Georgia Avenue. Miss Poindexter was dead when picked up. Her brother, Lamar Poindexter, was a star player on the Central team. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.S. Poindexter of St. Elmo. Lamar was told of his sister’s death just as the game started. It was a championship game and Central won.
Sunday, November 24
A local boy who made good in the Theatre will be here this week in a hilarious comedy, “Landing a Contract,” at the Bijou. Bobby Strauss has done well in New York and will receive a real warm welcome in his hometown. He is related to Sam Strauss and the Dewees family.
Vaughn Miller, Henry Pickens and Jesse Evans will come home from Yale to spend the holidays.
Monday, November 25
The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought 49 years ago this morning. It raised the siege of Chattanooga and forced the Confederate Army out of Tennessee southward to Atlanta. Grant, with 72,000 men, and Bragg, with 35,000, showed great losses in killed, missing and wounded after the battle. They fought all along the W and A Railroad to Atlanta, Ringgold Gap, Altoona Pass, Kennesaw Mountain and New Hope Church. Confederates were entrenched along the crest
of the Ridge. Grant and Sherman had Fort Wood and Orchard Knob, which commanded a general view of Chattanooga, as their headquarters.
Among the holiday guests in Chattanooga are Mrs. Rix Stafford of Atlanta and Mrs. Thomas Scrutchins of Chicago, who are visiting Miss Alice Stafford.
The wedding of Miss Tillie Gibson of Cleveland, Tenn., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Gibson, to Roy A. Payne of Chattanooga took place at the home of Dr. Ira M. Boswell on Oak Street Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Payne will make Chattanooga their home.
Mrs. Webb Colburn of St. Louis is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert J. Maclellan.
Tuesday, November 26
Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Smartt entertained with an elegantly appointed dinner party at their home on Fort Wood in honor of Miss Mary Read and Edmund Smartt, whose wedding is to be this week. Twelve guests were present.
Charles Cartwright celebrated his birthday at the home of his parents on Oak Street with a card party. His guests were Misses Leonora Miller, Ethel Harker, Mildred Hart, Will Ellen Cartwright, Helen Buckman, Bertie Harvey, Ruth Borcherding and Louella Smith; and Messrs. DeForrest Spencer, Hurley Page, Neale Morse, Creed Bates, Otis Tuttle, Paul Payne and J. Ross Scott.
Mrs. J. R. Powell will entertain in honor of Miss Helen Kline, a debutante, with a luncheon followed by a Theater Party at the Lyric.
Wednesday, November 27
A big booster meeting was held for the purpose of bringing about the reorganization of “Troop B.” The meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce. Sixty of the original members agreed to help. The Troop has been an inactive military troop for the state and is anxious to keep from being mustered out.
In a very beautiful setting, Miss Mary Read became the bride of John Edmondson Smartt at the Fort Wood home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Read, last night. Miss Elizabeth Read attended her sister. George Smartt was the best man. Dr. J. W. Bachmann performed the ceremony. Following the wedding, a supper was served to 90 guests. Mr. and Mrs. Smartt left for an Eastern trip. On their return, they will have an apartment in the Flat Iron Building.
Tuesday afternoon between 2:00 and 5:00, friends of the Old Ladies Home made their annual Thanksgiving Day shower a success. Tea followed a musical program. Mrs. E.B. Caldwell was chairman, assisted by Mesdames E.O. Wells, R.C. Campbell, Eulalie Riggs, Bernard Loveman, R.R. Gaffin, W.J. Hill, Frank Gardenhire, Kate Wiehl and J.W. Wells.
Tuesday, November 28
Heaviest snowstorm on record in Jackson, Miss., hit here today. All southern states are reporting snow and freezing weather – the first ever in November.
Miss Emily Howell returned home from a visit in St. Joseph, La., and Birmingham, Ala., and then left for Nashville to attend the Vanderbilt and Sewanee game.
Miss Anna Forstner and J. Vance Holdam were quietly married last night in their future home on Greenwood Street by the Rev. Ira M. Boswell of the First Christian Church.
Friday, November 29
The Moccasin Club entertained with an elaborate ball at the Masonic Temple. Music was furnished by Saffers Orchestra. Sixteen couples were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Golibart, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. J. McChesney Hogshead, and Dr. and Mrs. E.T. Newell. A salad course was served at “Brack’s” during the intermission.
Harry Carbaugh, high school football player, won the YMCA’s first cross country run in an exciting finish in front of the Association Building by beating Leonard Simms by a scant two feet. The course was four miles through Hill City and back.
Saturday, November 30
Realizing that Chattanooga has become one of the most important gateways, The Southern Railways has established three solid through trains from Ohio to Florida. They are the Florida Special, the Chicago-Florida Limited and the Kansas City and Florida Special. President W.W. Finley of the Southern Railway System has authorized the service to promote in every possible way industrial and commercial prosperity in the South.