Saturday, February 2
Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, will be the speaker for the annual community dinner of the Chattanooga Round Table National Conference of Christians and Jews, U.S. District Judge Frank W. Wilson, Brotherhood Week chairman, announced Friday.
The election of three new members of the board of directors of Sies Electric Supply Co. was announced Saturday by L. Durwood Sies, Jr., company president. They are P.H. Powell and Aaron Massey, vice presidents, and Fred G. McDonald, supply concern accountant.
Sunday, February 3
The law firm of Miller, Martin, Hiteburg, Tipton and Lenihan has announced that J. Guy Beatty, Jr., has become a member of the firm.
A new testing and guidance center for the University of Chattanooga has been opened at 624 McCallie Avenue. Dr. Walter Ruby, assistant professor of education and psychology, will direct the new facility, to be called the Educational Service Center, U.C. provost, Dr. August W. Eberle, announced.
Monday, February 4
H. Theodore Mullburn has been named a partner in the law firm of Folts, Bishop, Thomas, Leitner and Mann. He has been associated with the firm since 1959.
Thomas Carter Evans of Houston, Texas, son of Mrs. Paul Carter, died Saturday night in Houston. Mr. Evans, a native Chattanoogan, the son of the late Jesse Evans, was vice president of the Houston Coca Cola Bottling Co. Funeral services will be Wednesday at the home of his mother, with burial in Forest Hills.
Tuesday, February 5
J. Eugene Crane, minister, psychologist and counselor, has been named head of the Orange Grove Occupational Training Center and Sheltered Workshop, Dr. Milton Blue, Orange Grove school director, announced. At present, the training center and workshop employs 72 handicapped adults. Job opportunities are restricted to the assembly of ball points, boxes and a small amount of gauge work.
Joe H. Davenport, Jr., chairman of the 1963 Junior Achievement fund drive, announced that 77.6 percent, or $19,637.50, of the campaign goal of $25,000 had been reached. The drive started January 14 and will continue through February 11. The purpose of the organization is to give students practical business experience in competitive free enterprise. Some 425 teenagers are participating in the current program.
Wednesday, February 6
Mrs. Arlo A. Brown of Wilmington, Del., Wednesday afternoon, unveiled a portrait of her late husband, Dr. Arlo Ayers Brown, president of the University of Chattanooga from 1921 to 1929, at the dedication of the main reading room of the John Storrs Fletcher Library of UC, as a memorial to Dr. Brown.
Ground breaking ceremonies for the six-story addition to Memorial Hospital will be held Monday morning, Sister Marie Victoria, hospital administrator, announced. Mark K. Wilson Co. has been awarded the general contract on a low base bid of $1,399,987. The hospital is operated by the Sisters of Charity of Nazarette, Ky.
Fred D. Landis, retired nurseryman who had operated Landis Nursery here for many years, died Wednesday morning in a local hospital.
Thursday, February 7
Collection on Hamilton County’s 1962 property tax through January reached 53.7 percent of the $8,959,395.35 due on the 1962 levy. March 1 is the deadline for paying the 1962 tax without penalty.
The 1963 Arts Festival on May 10, 11 and 12 will be directed by Mrs. William A. Keiss, Jr., who was named chairman by the Chattanooga Allied Arts Council, which sponsors the annual event. The arts festival will be centered at the Tivoli Theater, with part of that block on Broad Street closed to provide space for outdoor attractions.
Friday, February 8
Dixie Portland Flour Mills Co., Inc., will build the largest bulk flour storage plant in the United States at its milling operation here, John B. Stout, vice president and general manager, announced. The new 130-foot tall building will have a capacity of seven million pounds of flour.