Saturday, April 20
A 12-day expedition to the 127,000 acre Philmont Scout Ranch at Cimarron, N.M., is being planned for a maximum of 30 boys, 14-years of age or older, registered in scouting in the Cherokee Area Council, Boy Scouts of America announced. Don Jones, advisor of Post 2043, will be the leader of the group leaving Chattanooga July 3 by Trailways Bus.
Sunday, April 21
A larger city directory for 1963 has been issued for Chattanooga by Rothberger Directory, which estimates present population of the greater Chattanooga area at 273,179, which represents an increase of 2,118 since the 1962 directory was issued last April.
Monday, April 22
Russell Hinson, who was appointed by Gov. Frank Clement to fill the vacancy created by the death of General Sessions Judge N.B. Hargraves, took office Monday morning. John Stophel, president-elect of the Chattanooga Bar Association, presided and Circuit Judge John T. Mahoney administered the oath.
John T. Henniss, law clerk and legal assistant to U.S. District Judge Frank W. Wilson, has resigned effective May 1 to enter private practice of law, the federal judge announced Monday. Henniss will become an associate in the law firm of Witt, Gaither, Abernathy, Caldwell and Wilson. Dr. Noel C. Hunt, Sr., prominent dentist who had practiced in Chattanooga for 49 years, died Monday morning in a local hospital following a brief illness.
Tuesday, April 23
Mrs. Roberta Petty Woodworth, widow of Clement N. Woodworth, died early Tuesday morning at Ridge Manor Nursing Home after a long illness. Mrs. Woodworth had been a devoted member of the First Methodist (Stone) Church for 70 years.
The Kiwanis Youth Foundation netted $12,886.25 from the 1962-63 travelogue series just ended, Mack Jordan, chairman of the travelogue committee, announced Tuesday.
More than 4,500 volunteers launched the Hamilton County unit of the American Cancer Society 1963 Crusade Tuesday. Mrs. Charles H. Harris, III is chairman of the House-to-House Crusaders.
Wednesday, April 24
Receipt of $900,014 in cash and pledges to date in the University of Chattanooga’s current campaign to raise $1,500,000 for its new athletic center on Vine Street was reported by Dr. James L. Fowle, general chairman of the campaign, to the UC board of trustees at a luncheon meeting Tuesday.
The severe winter caused damage estimated at $750,000 to the streets in Chattanooga, Commissioner Bender said Wednesday. The estimate was compiled after a survey by Bender, City Engineer Ellis Spencer, and Superintendant Leslie Templeton that required six weeks.
Thursday, April 25
Charles J. Gearhiser, an associate in the law firm of Strang, Fletcher, Carriger and Walker, has been appointed as law clerk and legal assistant to U.S. District Judge Frank W. Wilson, to succeed John T. Henniss, who resigned to enter private practice of law.
Three Chattanooga students are among 10 from this area named National Merit Scholarship winners, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced Wednesday: Grant Bernard Varner, Jr., and James Calvin Morgan, II, both of Baylor School, and Gail Wilson of Brainerd High School. The scholarships provide up to $1,500 a year for four years. More than 1,400 merit scholars were named from the 596,240 students taking the nationwide scholarship tests.
Friday, April 26
Chattanoogans will carry their search for new industries to the Chicago-Milwaukee area May 19, J. Gilbert Stein, general chairman of the Industrial Committee of 100 of the Greater Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, told Chamber directors Wednesday. The trip is expected to require about a week.
More than $2,842,000 in Social Security benefits have been paid to more than 59,470 persons in the Chattanooga area each month since December 1962, Louis R. Stein, Jr., district manager, reported.