Saturday, September 12, 1914
Chattanooga High School has the largest freshman class in the history of the school. Senior Class President Miss Lollie Belle Keese welcomed the freshmen class. Jack Wiggs, president of the School Association, outlined what was expected of freshmen in their new relation. Superintendent Charles H. Winder and Principal W.E. Erwin concluded the program.
Miss Fay Raulston is in Sweetwater, Tenn., attending a house party given by Miss Josephine Carter.
Sunday, Sept. 13
Knapp Milburn will leave for New York for a visit before entering Pennsylvania Military College.
The latest dances which are very popular this year at “Fox Trot,” “Opera Tango” and the Castles have brought the “Lame Duck” into the “Hesitation,” so let’s dance.
John C. Campbell, Robert Purse, Edward Y. Chapin, and Howard Barr will leave this week to enter the University of Pennsylvania.
Monday, Sept. 14
Missionary Ridge School has packed hundreds of cans of soup mixture canned in a scientific manner under the direction of Mrs. J.B. Lauderbach and Mrs. R.B. Cook. The Missionary Ridge School Improvement League, Mrs. George E. McKenney, president, is in charge of the project. Many children walk so far to school, it is felt that hot soup at lunch will improve their study and work.
Misses Louise Bradford and Louise Hamilton will leave today to enter Martha Washington College.
In a few days, fire will burn in the heart of the Old General as she steams out of Union Station under her own power to reenact the scenes of 50 years ago when loaded down by Yankee Raiders speeding madly through Georgia while being pursued by the Texas, which was manned by Confederates. The General will be in the moving picture of the famous ride that will be shown at the Panama Exposition in San Francisco next year.
Tuesday, Sept. 15
An Oak Street car was wrecked last night when a broken truck caused it to crash into a brick building at the corner of McCallie and Cemetery Avenues. Of the 16 passengers, 14 were injured. H.W. Johnson, optician, was most seriously injured. W.H. Hartman was the motorman and R.C. Wilson conductor.
Misses Frances Thatcher and Nancy Sizer leave today for Decatur, Ga., to enter Agnes Scott College.
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Frank announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rae Leah, to Fred Graff of Cantonville, Ohio. Mr. Graff is a popular member of the Chattanooga Ball Club.
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Miss Johnnie Walker has returned from Johnson City, where she visited Mrs. Sidney Gilbreath. Miss Walker will spend the winter with Mrs. C.C. Crawford and Miss Henderson in St. Elmo.
Misses Martha Davenport and Mary Bertha Allison will leave this week to enter Sweet Briar College in Virginia.
Thursday, Sept. 17
Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Andrews have returned from their wedding trip.
Misses Lilla Davenport and Margaret Anderson will leave Tuesday for Nashville to enter Ward-Belmont College.
News has been received that Judge and Mrs. Pierre Crabites of Cairo, Egypt, are marooned in Shakespeare Hotel on the Avon, England, and are unable to return to Egypt because there are no boats sailing southward. Mrs. Crabites is the daughter of Dr. H. Berlin of Chattanooga.
Friday, Sept. 18
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Shelton will close their home on Missionary Ridge the first of next week and return to their town home for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrow Chamberlain will attend the World’s Champion Baseball Series in New York.
Lovers of Western fiction will enjoy the new book just published by Chattanooga’s talented author, Francis Lynde, “The City of Numbered Days.” A few of the author’s popular books are “The Price,” “The Honorable Senator Sagebrush,” and “A Romance in Transit.” v