Saturday, June 8
A special Indiana delegation, headed by Gov. Matthew E. Welsh, rededicated the Wilder Monument in memorial services at Chickamauga National Park Saturday afternoon. “Indiana Day” is the first feature of a summer-long centennial commemoration of the battle, sponsored by the Chickamauga – Chattanooga National Military Park and the Georgia War Centennial Commission. Stuart Wilder, grandson of Gen. John T. Wilder, presented a memorial wreath.
John P. Guerry will resign in July as vice-president of business development of American National Bank and Trust to become secretary of Chattanooga Medicine August 1.
Sunday, June 9
Robert Kirk Walker, immediate past president of the Chattanooga Bar Association, Saturday was elected vice-president of the Tennessee Bar Association for the Eastern Division, putting him in line for the presidency of the State Bar Association two years from now.
Dr. Sam S. Wiley, pastor of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church for the past 11 years, told his congregation Sunday he has requested the Presbytery to accept his resignation. Next Sunday after the morning worship, he will formally ask the congregation to concur in the request. Dr. Wiley says he plans to prepare for service as a hospital chaplain.
Monday, June 10
Hamilton County’s aggregate tax assessment on for the budget year starting July 1 is more than $10,000,000 above the evaluation total for the 1962 levy, Assessor Hoyt Selcer disclosed Monday. The new aggregate is $364,474,500 after the board of equalization finished its deliberations for the year. The 1962-63 budget was based on an assessment of $354,034,100.
Hidden Valley Camp for girls near Apison will open Tuesday for the first of two summer sessions. Girls aged 8 to 16 from 10 states and the Virgin Islands are expected, Dr. Frank Trundle, president of the Camp corporation, announced. The camp is under the direction of Mrs. Harry Milligan. On August 5, a junior camp for girls age 8 to 10 will open.
Tuesday, June 11
John P. Wright, general chairman for the $325,000 Girl Scout Fund to develop the 750-acre Lookout Mountain Camp site, said Tuesday that $202,000 in pledges and contributions have been received. It is hoped the goal will be reached on June 22.
Two new commissioners and one incumbent were elected to four-year terms on the Red Bank – White Oak City Commission Tuesday. Commissioners Tom Collins was re-elected, and John Slater and Joe Godsey were elected to the five-member governing body. Commissioners Hayden Landers and Marion Seagle were not up for re-election. Their terms do not expire for two more years.
Wednesday, June 12
Forrest E. Tugman, president of the United Hosiery Mills, on Monday was re-elected president of Junior Achievement of Chattanooga. Other officers elected for the year were Joe H. Davenport, Jr., president of Volunteer State Life Insurance, senior vice-president; R.C. Thatcher, president of Standard-Coosa-Thatcher, vice-president program; J. Ralston Wells, trust officer at American National Bank and Trust, vice-president, finance and treasurer; Wendell Mann, plant manager, Central-Soya, vice-president, publicity; and Robert H. Reno, comptroller, Lovemans, re-elected secretary.
Thursday, June 13
Eleven participants in an experiment in international living arrived Thursday from their home country, India, for a month’s stay under the auspices of the Chattanooga EIL Council. All the visitors are engaged in professional careers in India. They will make their homes with Chattanooga families during their stay.
John P. Guerry of Chattanooga was elected national president of the Associated Alumni of the University of the South at the annual meeting in Sewanee Wednesday.
Friday, June 14
Pastor S.R. Watts of Washington, D.C., a vice-president of the General Conference of Adventists, opened the annual 10-day Seventh-Day Adventist Camp meeting Thursday night at Southern Missionary College in Collegedale.
Registration for the first six-week term of the University of Chattanooga summer school for day classes closed with a total of 956 students, 185 of them graduate students.