Saturday, Sept. 24, 1966
Construction of the children’s facility at Moccasin Bend Psychiatric Hospital was under way Friday after H.E. Collins Construction, a leading Chattanooga general contracting firm, took out a city building permit for $842,730.
W. Arnold Chambers, president of the Chattanooga Federal Savings and Loan Association, was elected to a three-year term as a director of the Tennessee Savings and Loan League at the annual convention last week in Asheville, N.C.
Sunday, Sept. 25
Chattanooga area sportsmen were on hand at Lovell Field early Sunday morning when a Tennessee National Guard plane landed with a load of 27 blacktail fawn from Oregon. They were transported by truck to the Army Volunteer Ordinance Works, where they were released.
Monday, Sept. 26
Bennett Cerf, president of Random House, author, humorist, lecturer, and member of the board of directors of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studios, will speak in Chattanooga Oct. 6 under the auspices of Adult Education Council, according to J.K. Sullivan, AEC president.
Tuesday, Sept. 27
A special committee of the Greater Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce will study intensively the possibility of a four-year, state-supported college for Chattanooga. T.A. Lupton, Jr., Chamber president, announced that Robert Kirk Walker, well-known attorney, as agreed to serve as chairman of the committee.
Wednesday, Sept. 28
The 14th annual Tennessee Valley Medical Assembly, sponsored by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical School, ended Tuesday afternoon. The assembly was founded 14 years ago by Dr. Wm. G. Stephenson, who still serves as co-chairman of the event. Dr. George Young, president, and Dr. Frank B. Graham, president-elect, of the local medical society shared the presiding duties for the two-day meeting. Dr. Wm. R. Fowler was the assembly chairman. The annual assembly has become one of Chattanooga’s finest assets.
County Judge Chester L. Frost has been appointed chairman of the National Association of Counties committee on county planning.
Thursday, Sept. 29
The Chattanooga Medicine Company, doing business under that name for the past 87 years, has bowed to the march of time and progress. After a stockholders meeting Tuesday, company officials announced the new corporate name of the pioneer drug-manufacturing firm would henceforth be Chattem Drug & Chemical Company. Alex Guerry, Jr., president, said the diversification into fields other than the manufacture of drug products necessitated the name change.
Friday, Sept. 30
Jay Craven, supervisor of music in the Chattanooga Public Schools, has regretfully resigned as conductor of the Chattanooga Symphony Youth Orchestra due to the press of professional and private business. The youth orchestra, a project of the Symphony Association, is sponsored by the Chattanooga Kiwanis Club.