Saturday, June 14
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Chambliss announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Lillian Nelson, to Sam Estill Whitaker Monday evening, June 30 with a quiet home wedding. No invitations will be issued.
Mrs. Julius Young Talmadge and Mrs. Harry Erwin will come from Walden’s Ridge today to visit Mrs. C.W. Howard and Miss Fannie Howard in Highland Park.
Mrs. S.D. Lodor and Misses Bessie and Susan Lodor will leave in August for an extensive stay abroad. They will visit England and France. This winter, they will study art and music in Paris, and next summer they will travel over the Continent.
Sunday, June 15
Wann & Son announce the opening of their new Modern Funeral Home at 10 McCallie Avenue. They have handsome motor and horse-drawn carriages for personal, prompt, and considerate attention in transportion of sick and injured. Wanns are the first in the South to operate motorized funeral cars and ambulances.
Two graduates of Chattanooga High School, Misses Jane Haymore and Victoria Wright, have received medals for meterology.
Misses Willie Moon and Franklin Chauncey, and Messrs. Randolph Howell and Fred Peacock, formed a dinner party at Signal Mountain Inn last night.
Monday, June 16
A picnic party was saddened when a train and automobile collided at Dead Man’s Cut just above Ooltewah. Finis Plumlee was killed; his wife and Miss Willie Newton and Leo Chamberlain were seriously injured. The train crew brought the party to Chattanooga, and Wanns Ambulance met the train and transported the injured to Highland Sanitarium. The Plumlees are prominent and popular residents of St. Elmo. The party was en route to Ocoee for a picnic.
Lewis Mission picnic will take place at Warner Park. This is the annual outing of The Church of the Poor for both young and old. Free transportation and plenty of food will be furnished by the citizens, who help to make the picnic a success for needy people.
Tuesday, June 17
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Patten and family will soon move to their new home across the river.
Andy Harris was made chairman of a newly formed Athletic Council at the Southside YMCA. The Council will take charge of and organize athletic activities. John Ling was made president of the Council. A location for a summer camp will be an important project.
Wednesday, June 18
Members of the Chattanooga Manufacturers Association, their families and friends, enjoyed their annual picnic at Burnt Cabin Springs on Signal Mountain Tuesday. Over 200 attended the outing. Paul J. Kruesi, C.H. Huston, and John Stagmaier were chairmen for the affair.
Edwin L. Wilson and Arthur Laurason of New York are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Irving Reilly. Later, they will visit Mrs. Lewis Bradley in North Alabama.
Miss Mary Tom Peacock and brother Charles Peacock are in Nashville. They will go later to Gallatin, where Miss Peacock will serve as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Miss May Ewing Davis.
Thursday, June 19
F.H. Theile of Chattanooga and Miss Ethel Daniel were married in Atlanta Wednesday. Miss Daniel, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Daniel of Atlanta, is a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga. Mr. Theile is a well-known jeweler here.
Forrest Camp and A.P. Stewart Chapter of the Confederacy have purchased the Spurlock home at the corner of East Fourth and Georgia Avenue as a permanent home and will name it Memorial Hall. It will be general headquarters and all meetings will be held there. Chairman W.P. McClatchey of Nathan Forrest Camp committee was in charge of the negotiations. Serving with the committee was the General A.P. Stewart Committee, Mrs. J.D. Kelso, chairman with the following committee: Mesdames Frances Fort Brown, Sam Erwin, James Finlay, J.C. Estes and W.H. Magill.
John A. Patten has been named executive director of the Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Committee, making plans for the coming reunion this fall. Hal F. Wiltse was named secretary and Fred Arn chairman of the general assignment committee.
Final checking of the finances of the recent successful Confederate reunion at the meeting of the executive committee Wednesday showed the total cost to Chattanooga was $51,609.97, and that there is a small cash balance left. W.E. Brock, general chairman of the reunion, was presented a silver loving cup by Mayor T.C. Thompson in appreciation of his excellent and untiring service.
Friday, June 20
Miss Gertie Bell Becking and James Samuel Pickle were married Thursday night at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Becking. Dr. T.S. McCallie officiated. Following the wedding, the couple left for a wedding trip to Ohio and Kentucky. Mr. Pickle is a traveling salesman for the A. Muxen Company.