Saturday, June 15
Nearly a half-million dollars were donated by Tennesseans in 1962 in the battle that the Tennessee Heart Association and its six affiliated chapters are waging in this state against cardiovascular diseases, it was reported at the opening session of the 10th annual convention of the Association at Hotel Patten Friday.
The annual reunion of the Veterans Association of the 6th U.S. Cavalry opened Saturday in the Read House. Lt. Gen. John L. Ryan, Jr., commanding general of the 16th army and former officer in the 6th Cavalry, was the principal speaker at Saturday night’s banquet.
Sunday, June 16
The members of the Chattanooga Boys Choir were guests of the Sunday afternoon program at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pa., with Dr. Marshall Bidwell, organist and director of music at Carnegie Institute, as host. The 36 young singers directed by Stephen J. Ortlip, with Miss Doris E. Hayes as accompanist, offered sacred and classical numbers.
Dr. Luther Joe Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, on the weekly television program Point of View, sponsored by the Adult
Education Council on The Problems of the Downtown Church, said, “Although the shift is from urban to rural right now, handsome new apartment buildings are going up in downtown areas everywhere, and people will be moving back to town in the future.”
Monday, June 17
Miss Harriet Greve, native Chattanoogan and former teacher at Chattanooga High School, was honored in special dedication ceremonies held recently in Knoxville as the University of Tennessee renamed its newest women’s residence hall for her. Miss Greve was the University’s first full-time dean of women, joining the faculty in 1921. She retired in 1951.
More than $52,300 worth of food stamp coupons were received by a total of 1,045 eligible needy families during the first five days of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new program in Tennessee.
Tuesday, June 18
The City Commission passed on first reading Tuesday a controversial change in zoning from R2 to R3 apartment classification property at the intersection of Germantown Road and Audubon Drive with three contingencies: that a 200-foot buffer zone from Audubon Drive be provided; that 120 units or less be built instead of proposed 160; that the development be financed by private money.
Wednesday, June 19
Three additional manufacturers have leased 140,000 square feet of space in the former Peerless Woolen Mills buildings in Rossville and ultimately will provide jobs for some 375 workers, Bert H. Brown, president of Rossville Development Co., which purchased the property from Burlington Industries, Inc., announced Wednesday. The three newest industries are The Rossville Carpet Dyeing Corp., Heritage Quilts, Inc., and Strandex, Inc.
W.B. Holmes of Knoxville was elected state president of the Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association. He will succeed Chattanoogan Drew Haskins, Jr.
Thursday, June 20
The Rotary Club observed North Georgia Appreciation Day at its weekly luncheon meeting in Hotel Patten Thursday. Gov. Carl Sanders of Georgia was the speaker.
Dr. Thomas W. Morris, well-known retired physician, died in a local hospital Wednesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack Sunday. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elvira Smith Morris, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.
Friday, June 21
The presidents of three countrywide real estate organizations are in Chattanooga in connection with the 44th annual convention of the Tennessee Association of Real Estate boards Thursday and Friday. Daniel F. Sheehan, Sr., of St. Louis, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, will address the Friday luncheon meeting. Other national presidents are Mrs. Louise Gale of Milford, N.H., president of the Womens Council of NAREB, and Winifred O. Mitchell of Memphis, president of the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers.