Saturday, July 28
Chattanooga’s DuPont plant is recognized as the safest industrial plant in the world.
Mrs. Minnie Allison Welch, widow of John Marshall Welch, and local, state and national leader in the Womens Christian Temperance Union, died Friday in a local hospital. She served as state president of the WCTU for 28 years and was honorary state president at the time of her death.
Dr. J. Fred Johnson, pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Johnson will leave Monday on a 27-day flying world tour, the gift of the church’s congregation, friends and patrons.
Yarnell Barnes, former coach and teacher at Chattanooga High School, died Friday morning at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was an outstanding athlete at Central High School and University of Chattanooga in the early 1920s.
Sunday, July 29
Final plans and specifications for the $350,000 Olan Mills, Inc., of Tennessee finishing plant to be built in the Golden Gateway have been approved, Carroll J. Henley of Derthick and Henley architectural firm announced. Contractors will be invited to bid for the construction in about three weeks.
George McDuffie (Mac) Childress, Jr., 17, died at Erlanger Hospital Saturday at 7:45 p.m. of injuries received in a car-truck collision on McCallie Avenue viaduct at 12:15 a.m. Friday. The pickup truck, driven by an out-of-town man, was going the wrong way on a one-way street.
Monday, July 30
Eugene N. Collins and James C. Lee have announced the forming of a partnership for the general practice of law with offices located at 814 Hamilton National Bank Building. The firm will operate under the name of Collins & Lee.
Mr. Frank Nall, Jr., will arrive in Chattanooga Wednesday to assume his duties as minister of recreation and youth activities with the First Baptist Church, Dr. Luther Joe Thompson announced. Mr. Nall succeeds Rev. Billy Wallace who has been promoted to the position of pastor’s assistant.
Tuesday, July 31
Mrs. Telfair Brooke, Sr., of Signal Mountain, died Monday night in a local hospital. Mrs. Brooke for many years has been active in church and civic affairs. She is survived by her husband, Telfair Brooke, Sr., prominent Chattanoogan, and two sons, Telfair Brooke, Jr., and Major De Forest Brooke, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Chattanooga Kiwanis Club’s ticket sales for its 12th annual Travel and Adventure Series will open next Monday, Mack Jordan, travelog chairman, announced at the Kiwanis luncheon. The Travelog series opens Monday night, Oct. 8.
Wednesday, Aug. 1
Equipment has been ordered to increase the signs and warning signals on McCallie Avenue to avoid additional accidents caused by drivers going the wrong way on McCallie which is one-way westward, City Traffic engineer said.
George R. Beswick retired Tuesday after 18 and one-half years with the DuPont Company, 14 years of which have been spent at the Chattanooga nylon plant. He has been editor of the Chattanooga Nylon News since April 1, 1949. W.R. Markum, Jr., who succeeds Mr. Beswick as editor has been with the Chattanooga plant since 1948.
Thursday, Aug. 2
Ken Early was appointed executive director of the recently formed Eastgate Center Merchants Association at the first meeting of the board of directors. The new center on Brainerd Road will have 31 stores, 245,000 square feet of floor space and parking space for 1800 automobiles. The cost of the center is estimated at $3,500,000 and fixtures and stock at $3,500,000.
Friday, Aug. 3
New plants and industrial expansion involving $4,364,863 were announced here during the first half of 1962, members of the Industrial Committee of 100 of the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce was announced by George T. Richardson general chairman who said a total of 711 new jobs would be created.