Saturday, August 1, 1964
The City Water Co. is constructing a 30-inch, $420,000 submarine pipeline under the Tennessee River to improve service and prevent interruption of North Chattanooga’s water supply should the water mains on Walnut Street Bridge fail. E.S. Tiltotson, company vice president and manager, said this will be the first underground water main across the river here.
The state highway department has issued work orders on two interstate projects representing a total cost of $9,740,045, Highway Commissioner David Pack announced through Chattanooga Division Engineer Virgil Perkinson of the Highway Department.
Sunday, August 2
Construction of the second and final phase of a $2 million St. Barnabas nursing home and high rise apartment project for the elderly should begin soon, perhaps in September, on the Golden Gateway site at Pine and West Sixth Streets. The apartment will be 10 stories high and include 117 apartments.
The Hamilton National Bank is in 197th place and the American National Bank and Trust Co. is in 256th place among the 300 largest banks in the United States, the American Banker, banking’s only daily newspaper, reports as of June 30.
Monday, August 3
Mrs. Nell Strauss Davidson of Denver, Colo., former resident of Chattanooga and widow of Edward Davidson, who founded Davidson Clothing Store here, died Thursday in Denver.
The Alexian Brothers Rest Home on Signal Mountain will open its doors September 1 to women and married couples as permanent residents, it was announced by Brother Peter, administrator. Before now, only men have been admitted as residents of the home.
Tuesday, August 4
The Chattanooga Kiwanis Club Tuesday toured the Chattanooga Boys’ Club and was entertained with a barbecue and saw demonstrations of the activities promoted at the Club on Duncan Avenue. Executive Director Sam Monroe told Kiwanians the club’s membership now stands at 2,559. The average daily attendance during July was 495. The Kiwanis Club has actively supported the Boys’ Club since its organization several years ago. A surprise gift of $1,000 in July from the Kiwanis Club enabled the club to keep the swimming pool open.
Wednesday, August 5
The sixth annual University of Tennessee Celebration was held Wednesday night at Provident’s Cafeteria. Dr. Andrew Holt, president of U-T, the principal speaker, said there would be 17,500 students enrolled in the university this fall.
The city issued building permits in July for improvements totaling $1,668,543, nearly three times more than for July,1963, C.B. Sanders, chief building inspector, reported.
Thursday, August 6
The tragic death Monday of Notre Dame High School tackle William H. Warren, 17, has shed a pall of sadness over the entire community. Young Warren collapsed and died, supposedly of heat exhaustion, after a session of fall football practice at Camp Columbus on Lake Chickamauga. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Enoch H. Warren, Jr., of South Crest Road.
Friday, August 7
Miss Linda Felber of Colfax, Washington, America’s Junior Miss, will be in Chattanooga Monday and Tuesday for a visit sponsored by the Red Bank-Highland Junior Chamber of Commerce, who are sponsoring the annual Tennessee Junior Miss contest.