Saturday, September 8
This year’s Chattanooga Fair-goers will be able to see the latest communications advances at Southern Bell’s 1962 Fair Exhibit, “Project Telstar.”
Boilermakers who had been on strike against Combustion Engineering since August 11 voted 888 to 171 Saturday to return to work Monday. The voting came at a special meeting of the Local 656 in the auditorium of Central High School.
A blueprint for turning Broad Street into a scenic tree-lined boulevard with a landscaped park overlooking the river was unveiled Friday as one project the Scenic City’s Beautiful Commission can promote. Architect Mario Bianculi presented his plans to members of the Civitan Club meeting Friday at Hotel Patten. Bianculi and Gilbert T. Stein, chairman of a joint committee on the commission, were the club’s speakers.
Sunday, September 9
A light single-engine plane crashed and burned on the east slope of Signal Mountain near the “W” road Saturday night at about 9:40, killing the unidentified pilot.
Monday, September 10
The Chattanooga High School plant is seriously needed by the education department and will not be turned back to the City Commission for sale or other disposition, it was decided at a meeting of the Board of Education Monday night. Supt. Bennie Carmichael said the parochial schools had expressed an interest in the property but no actual offer had been made. The new Chattanooga High plant under construction in North Chattanooga will be ready for use next fall.
W.F. Orton, newly named national assistant sergeant at arms of the American Legion, will attend the National Region Convention in Las Vegas October 5-11 as a distinguished guest.
Tuesday, September 11
The current membership campaign of the Chattanooga Community Concert Association promises to be one of the most successful in its history as by Tuesday afternoon the drive had already exceeded the number of sales at the same time last year. The five-concert season will open on November 3 with the colorful Royal Scots Greys and the Argyll and Southern Highlanders in a program of music, marching drills and highland dances.
Wednesday, September 12
The luxury cruiser Nancy, the 52-foot pleasure craft of R. Henry Harts, sank in 15 feet of water in a boat house at the Chattanooga Rod and Gun Club Tuesday. The Nancy was estimated to be worth $100,000 and weighs about 28 tons.
Mrs. Gleniece Hendricks of Independence, Mo., whose husband was killed Saturday night when his airplane crashed into the side of Signal Mountain and burned, will possibly be able to recover thousand dollars which the pilot reportedly had with him. Investigators of the Federal Aviation Agency and the Civil Aeronautics Board found what is believed to be Hendrick’s wallet, which was so charred they didn’t open it for fear of possibly destroying the contents. The investigators will be sending it to a government agency for examination.
Thursday, September 13
William C. Bauer of Nashville, vice-president and general manager of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Tennessee, addressed the Rotary Club on “Tomorrow’s Telephones” at Thursday’s luncheon meeting at Hotel Patten.
Attorney General Edward E. Davis Wednesday urged Sheriff Turner and Police Commissioner Dunlap to bar gambling activities and “gyp artists” from the Chattanooga Interstate Fair at Warner Park next week.
Friday, September 14
The second annual Chattanooga Charity Horse Show, sponsored by the Junior League, will be held at the Warner Park Field House October 11, 12 and 13. Mrs. Henry T. Bryan III and Mrs. J. Kyle Holley, Jr., co-chairmen for the show, said some 250 horses and their riders will compete for trophies, ribbons and money prizes totaling $6,750.
John F. Crabtree, currently serving as president of the Chattanooga Board of Realtors, has been nominated to serve as president in 1963, it was revealed in a report of the nominating committee issued Wednesday. Herman Walldorf was re-nominated for vice-president and Pat St. Charles, Jr., as secretary. Elgin Smith was nominated as the new treasurer and Miss Pansy Runyon and Raymond F. Hale, Jr., as new members of the board. The election will be held October 10. Members of the nominating committee are Raymond D. Payne, Sr., chairman; C.E. Clift, Sr.; Mrs. Runyon; Richard L. Nelson; and Robert F. Flegal.