Monday, June 3
Admitting that flood control in Chattanooga will be expensive, the Engineers Flood Study Committee in a report Monday said “the real question is whether it is economically feasible” and formally requested the City Commission and the County Council to take the necessary steps to find out, Lewis Schmidt, chairman of the committee, said.
Tuesday, June 4
Dr. Alvin Weinberg, director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was the principal speaker for the University of Chattanooga’s 77th Commencement Monday night at the Tivoli Theatre, attended by a standing room-only audience. UC President LeRoy Martin presided.
The Greater Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Wholesale and Distribution Committee sponsored a Good Neighbor Appreciation Tour through North Alabama Tuesday that included a reception and dinner in Huntsville and “coffee” in Scottsboro. The trip was made by chartered bus. Mark Hays, Jr., chairman of the committee, was master of ceremonies. Floyd C. Delaney, Chamber president, and Mayor Kelley accompanied the group.
Wednesday, June 5
Income from the 1963 Tennessee motor vehicle licenses in Hamilton County during the heavy registration months of March and April totaled $1,572,262, or a gain of $272,918 over the corresponding period of 1962, County Court Clerk David M. Ramsey reported Tuesday. The county licensed approximately 70,000 automobiles.
The Yacht Club, Inc., recently elected new officers. They are Carroll Wells, president; David F.S. Johnson, first vice-president; Roger Queen, treasurer; and Matt Troy, secretary.
Postal Zip Codes are planned to revolutionize mail deliveries. The first three digits of Chattanooga’s new ZIP Code were announced Wednesday by Postmaster O.M. Spence, as this city moved another step toward the kick-off of the National Coding plan July 1. Chattanooga will use the prefix 374 as the first three numerals in all correspondence, Postmaster Spence said, and local postal zone numbers, added to this prefix, will give you the full five-digit ZIP Code for your delivery area. He said that when the plan is fully operational, it would provide the United States with the most modern system of mail distribution and dispatch ever devised.
Thursday, June 6
Commissioner George McInturff announced Wednesday that the city recreation department will operate 28 supervised summer playgrounds this year, opening Monday and continuing through August 16. Mrs. Ruth Hale Bird, recreational director for the department, will be in charge.
Friday, June 7
Graveside services will be held in Citizens Cemetery Friday for Ruth Dayton Litscher, a former Chattanoogan who had a distinguished career in journalism and drama circles in New York. Mrs. Litscher, daughter of the late Jonathon Dayton and the late Mrs. Warnie Hooper Dayton, members of well-known pioneer families of Chattanooga, died in Detroit.
Saturday, June 1
A Chattanooga businessman, his daughter, and his granddaughter were killed in a traffic accident Friday afternoon near Huntsville, Ala. Edward J. Warwick, vice-president and general manager of Special Products, his daughter, Mrs. Agnes Mary Warwich Dyer of Somerset, Mass., and her four-year-old daughter Kathleen died in the crash. Edward D. Warwick, his 19-year-old son, was injured and is in a Huntsville hospital.
Mrs. Boyd Jacoway, who has devoted more than 29 years of her life to working for Centenary Methodist Church, has accepted the position as executive secretary of the Chattanooga Area Literacy Movement.
Sunday, June 2
Commencement exercises for the 107 members of the graduating class of the McCallie School were held Sunday afternoon in the McCallie Chapel. Dr. Rufus C. Harris, president of Mercer University, Macon, Ga., was the commencement speaker. Dr. Robert Hough, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, preached the baccalaureate sermon.
Commencement exercises for 87 seniors at Baylor School began with the baccalaureate service Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in Alumni Chapel with Dr. Luther Joe Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, preaching the sermon. Diplomas were presented the graduating class at 3 p.m. with James F. Clay, attorney of Danville, Ky., making the commencement address.