Social notes from Gate City area and nearby towns
Social happenings list visits and travels of residents from Gate City and Rogersville to Bristol Morristown Church Hill and Big Stone Gap plus camp meetings at Ross Camp Ground. Mentions include Miss Vernie Nelson Maude Bostic Bobbie Lawson and families with plans for county singing and school start. Several短 events reflect visits sports parties and moving into new store building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrion Stuffy
Little Son
Gate City
Vernie Nelson
Bristol
Hicks Hilton
Morristown
Rogersville
Ross’ Camp Ground
Maude Bostic
Big Stone Gap
Mary Hilton
Frank Mahaffay
Bobbie Lawson
Tenn
Woodrow
Church Hill
Surgenisville
J. M. Christian
Lenoir City
C. F. Davis
Scott Pyle
Carl
Lois Dykes
W. M. Dixon
Dewey Dixon
Appalachia
Pattonsville
Rosa Herron
Herron
Ernest Pyle
Maud Bostic
Charles Hilton
B. H. Winegar
Way Cross
Bloomingdale Notice of Visits and Sept Lecture
In Bloomingdale the dry spell continues and visitors travel afar as Mrs. P. L. King and Mrs. Joe Graham visit Dayton. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Hickam show improvement and families attend Mt. View meeting. A lecture with vocal and instrumental music is set Sept 1 at Odd Fellows Hall at 7, followed by Epworth church refreshments Sept 5 at 6. Everyone invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. King
Joe Graham
Dayton
Ohio
J. H. Mumphy
Gate City
Ocle Lewis
L. D. Hickam
J. H. Murphey
Mt. View
Ranzy Wood
Indiana
Jackson Isaac
Washington D. C
E. I. Lane
Local Social Calendar and Visits Highlight Sunny Side News
Sunny Side notes show a string of social visits and events. J L Roller trip to Bristol. singing at Rocky Point Saturday. Rev T E Goodman to Harbours Saturday night and Emory Sunday. Moody and Hughs families from Johnson City attend Indian Springs picnic. Pearl, Robert, Willie, and Toy Moody visits. Lee Moody visiting parents. decoration at Gunnings on the second Saturday in September. various calls and sick lists among Rollers and Moodys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Roller
Bristol
Rocky Point
T. E. Goodman
Harbours
Saturda
Emory
Henry Moody
Hughs
Johnson City
Indian Spring
N. W. Moody
Effie
Charmie Moody
Pearl Moody
Robert Hughs
Willie Fields
Toy Moody
Lee Moody
Mr. Moody
Gunnings
J. W. Hite
Alla Roller
G. W. Roller
Mollie Cox
Fall Creek
Edgar Dickson
IL. T. Childress
Rural notes and upcoming camp meeting at Rosies
The Lone Star column lists local happenings such as potato digging focus, a camp meeting at Rosies on August 30, and school set to open August 31 with teachers T. J. Duncan and Harman Dykes. It notes health updates on Mrs. Nannie Hickam, visits among families including Hickam Conkin Archer Crawford and Overbay households, and various social visits and travel among residents of Horses Creek Kingsport Sulphur Springs and Lynchburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie
Nannie Hickam
M. L. Light and Son
Berlin
Horse Creek
C. M. Conkin
G. H. Crawford
Bill Churchwell
Kingsport
T. J. Duncan
Harman Dykes
George Hickman
Eliza Hickam
Mack Archer
J. E. Morelock
Sulphur Springs
George Clark
Dora Crawford
Lena ‘Churchwell
George Voiles
Lynchburg
Henry Voiles
Bill Voiles
Will Fish and Children
I. C. White
J. M. Conkin
Bill Smith
Fall Branch
Charmie Crawford
Nannie Hickman
J. J. White
T. C. White
Carl Overbay
Erwin Overbay
Erwin
Joe Overbay
Susie Rhea
O. M. Conkin, Jr
Lillian Light
Community Camp Meeting and Local Visits Highlight Sulphur Springs
Almost everyone in the community attended camp meeting at Sulphur Springs Sunday as Bishop Cook delivered an excellent sermon before noon. Attendees at a Johnson City show included Brownlow White and family, J. R. Smith and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Whenney and son, Ben Hall and daughters Florence and Dorothy, Luther Shanks and family, Nellie and Dave Atkins, C. J. Steadman and Erma Lee, and others. Weekend social events featured a picnic at Indian Springs with H. A. Shipley and wife, while Nora Hunt of Sulphur Springs visited C. N. Whitaker. Travelers Tom Haws Jr and Effie returned from Iowa visiting Herman and family. Polly Hartman visited C. P. Baskette and family. Jess Copass, back from Atlanta, Ga, has resumed his position. Do Steadman and Berry Hensley also made a business trip to Erwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulphur Springs
Bishop Cook
Johnson City
Brownlow White
J. R. Smith
Joe Whenney
Barney
Ben Hall
Florence
Dorothy
Luther Shanks
Nellie
Dave Atkins
C. J. Steadman
Erma Lee
H. A. Shipley
Indian Springs
Nora Hunt
C. N. Whitaker
Tom Haws, Jr
Effie
Herman
Iowa
Polly Hartman
C. P. Baskette
Jess Copass
John Copas
Atlanta
Do. J. Steadman
Berry Hensley
Erwin
Prayer and Social News From Blairs Gap
The Blairs Gap community reports hot dry weather as Sunday school progresses well Rev Melear is to preach at Solo mons Temple Sunday night Sept 6 Families Morwell Overbay Harbour Morwell group visited Baileyton Kingsport and Walkers Fork for various errands Miss Susan Morwell is ill and O O Crawford called on E P Dykes on Sunday Local photo taking by Hormer Crawford noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melear
Solomons Temple
F. Gibson
Daisie Morwell
Baileyton
Oscar Morwell
Glen
Blain Morwell
Lila Francis
Kingsport
Viola Overbay
Lora Morwell
T. W. Harbour
Fall Branch
Presley Harbour
Wailkers Fork
Susan Morwell
O. O. Crawford
E. P. Dykes
Hormer Crawford
This Place
Revival and death touch Surgoinsville community
In Surgoinsville a revival at Elm Springs led by Rev Ketron ended recently. Mrs G C Carr has died, deeply mourned by friends. A Sunday school picnic is planned, with Geezeler due to preach. Local residents attended gatherings at Elm Springs and visits to Barton family are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Carr
Elm Springs
Ketron
Little
Kingsport
Surgeinsville
Geezeler
Charlie Larkins
Johnetta Blair
Henry
Cora Barton
Zeb Hutchins
Sam Shelton
Nettie
Mary Boyd
Cricket Christian
Fudges Chapel
Johnetta Brown
Helen
Margaret Barton
DeWolf
Robert Dickson
Joe Barton
Elm, Springs
Neil Marsh
C. V. Conant
C. J. Barton
Nettie Boyd
Local Residents Travel to Kingsport on Business
Ford town figures J B Williard Nat Barnes and the Walton family motored to Kingsport for business on Friday. A J Walton has taken a position at St Charles Virginia. Clint Wood conducted business in the area Friday. J B Willard and Nat Barnes visited the Moore home on the Kingsport pike. Miss Mary E Walton visited Miss Dorothy Lee Slaughter recently. Mr and Mrs J B Willard were seen together in town hours ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Williard
Nat Barnes
Ralph
Harold Walton
Kingsport
A. J. Walton
St. Charles
Clint Wood
J. B. Willard
Moore Home
Kingsport Pike
Mary E. Walton
Dorothy Lee Slaughter
Local Folks Visit Relatives and Call on Neighbors
A flood of short social notes lists visits and calls: Mrs. John Conkin and Mrs. Sam Slaughter of Missouri visited cousins. Miss Mary Walton called on Mrs. C. E. Gott. Abie Williard stayed with sister Mrs. A. R. Haddie. A. J. Walton called on Effie Strickler. Clarence Church called at the Strickler home. Mrs. James Anderson and daughter Helen of Johnson City spent time with her mother Mrs. George Slaughter. Ralph Walton called at J. Hatcher store. Lee Roller in Kingsport. R. T. Cinchico called on his mother Mrs. Amis Roller. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steadman visited their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Conkin
Sam Slaughter
John Slaughter
Mary Walton
C. E. Gott
Abie Williard
A. R. Haddie
A. J. Walton
Effie Strickler
Clarence Church
CCG
Strick
Tennessee to award highway contracts next Friday
Nashville AP reports Tennessee will award about one million dollars in highway construction contracts on August 28. Two bids await US Bureau of Public Roads approval for contracts in Davidson and Bradley counties. Also noted is a September conference with U S Attorney General Sargent to discuss diverting federal aid highway funds to the Harahan viaduct project in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
James G. Creveling, Jr
State Highway Department
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Davidson County
Bradley County
Commissioner of Highways
Memphis Officials Weigh Tennessee Road Funding And Viaduct Plans
Mr Creveling urges using state funds for Tennessee roads until completion while willing to allocate federal aid from the US Bureau of Public Roads to the viaduct project if Harahan work is favored and the bureau acts legally. Mayor Paine of Memphis, Creveling, and General Thompson will attend a Washington conference. Memphis to raise 500 000 for viaduct. Arkansas to cover the rest. Contracts for highway work in several counties are due next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harahan
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Creveling
Frank M. Thompson
United States
John G. Sargent
Washington
Tennessee
Mr. Creveling
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Federal Bureau
Paine
Memphis
General Thompson
State Education Dept Reads July School Funds Pending Reports
The July apportionment of elementary school funds will be forwarded within a few days. Funds are distributed to counties based on attendance per capita, and eight counties have yet to submit their attendance reports before funds can be released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Governor Austin Peay Returns From Site Review Visit
Governor Austin Peay was expected back in his executive offices early this week after traveling to East Tennessee with the state funding board to inspect a proposed site in Fentress county for the Alvin York Agricultural Institute. The last legislature had appropriated 50,000 for the school, with board members Ernest N. Haston and Edgar J. Graham accompanying the governor as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Peay
East Tennessee
State Funding Board
Fentress County
Alvin York Agricultural Institute
Ernest N. Haston
Edgar J. Graham
Tennessee seeks relics from World War distribution
John Trotwood Moore state librarian and archives chief directs Tennessee cities to request desired relics. Four carloads of World War relics apportioned to Tennessee may be obtained by paying freight from Washington. Moore was appointed custodian for Tennessee by Governor Peay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Trotwood Moore
Tennessee
War Department
Ordinance Department
Washington
Moore
Peay
Nashville man named Tennessee representative to Southern Memorial Board
H. C. Binkley of Nashville is appointed as the Tennessee representative on the Board of Trustees of the Southern Memorial Association by an unspecified authority. The move places a local figure in a statewide capacity within the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Binkley
Nashville
Tennessee
The
Southern Memorial Association
General John P. Hickman Led Tennessee UCV Chapter
General John P. Hickman served as commander of the United Confederate Veterans in Tennessee, guiding veterans affairs and commemorative activities within the state. His leadership spanned organizational duties, public events, and efforts to preserve Confederate history through UCV chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hickman
United Confederate Veterans of Tennessee
Geologist Nelson to resign. Miser to succeed in Tennessee
Wilbur A. Nelson state geologist will leave for Virginia on September 1 to take the post of state geologist of Virginia and head of the geology department at the University of Virginia. H D Miser, formerly of Washington, will succeed Nelson and arrives in Nashville this week after supervising field work in East Tennessee for the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur A. Nelson
H. D. Miser
Washington
Reelfoot Lake Commission outlines water level work
Reelfoot Lake Commission plans to work with state highway department engineers to run at level around the lake. The goal is to establish the ordinary low water mark to determine the boundaries of the state property, according to committee member Frank Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reelfoot Lake Commission
State Highway Department
Frank Hall
Welfare program for state public welfare director announced
William C Headrick state director of the division of public welfare will announce the department plan in a few days. The work will follow the welfare and charity efforts of the former state board of charities. William W Welch of Nashville has been named secretary to the director and a woman field worker will be appointed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Headrick
Division of Public Welfare
State Board of Charities
William W. Welch
Nashville
Attorney General Upholds Rabbits as Fur Bearing
Attorney General F M Thompson advised George R Calhoun state game warden that rabbits are fur bearing and deserve protection. Open season runs November 15 to February 15 with bans on hunting on coal timber and school lands or state lake lands. Pardons issued for Marlin Hensley and Elvin White in separate liquor and age of consent cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Thompson
George R.calhoun
Marlin Hensley
Jackson County
Elvin White
Maury County
Supreme Court
Governor Peay Issues Requisitions for Fred Cloyd
Governor Peay issued requisitions seeking the return of Fred Cloyd, a person sought by Virginia authorities. The action requests official mutual assistance to apprehend and deliver Cloyd to respond to legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peay
Virginia
Fred Cloyd
Sullivan County holds two charged with transport excess of gallon
Authorities in Sullivan County charge two persons with transporting in excess of one gallon and pursue action involving the Governor of Illinois over a case tied to Tennessee. Separately, Harry Keath and Nora Anderson, described as two Negroes, face charges related to kidnaping under Tennessee law in connection with Francis Moore, six years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Illinois
Harry Keath
Nora Anderson
Tennessee
Francis Moore
Call for study of Veronal sale by Public Health Service
A recommendation to the U S Public Health Service urges a study of Veronal sales. City Judge R P Williams of Knoxville complained of addicts in his court and pressed action to curb the drug. Dr E L Bishop, state public health head, favored a federal investigation as Veronal sales fall outside narcotic or prohibition laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Public Health Service
E. L. Bishop
Public Health
R. P. Williams
Knoxville
Bishop
Auxiliary Meeting at Community Y Tuesday Evening
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Community Y Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
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