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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
8
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Items for society column show Times Society Editor available weekdays from 8:30 to 12 and 2:30 to 5. Ritual poems and notices precede auxiliary, class party for Kingsport High School class of ’23 at Miss Inez Morton’s Wanda street. Central PTA executive meeting at Mrs. W. J. Hunter’s home. Scouts hike Chimney Top Mountain with 21 boys, led by Hamlett, Shelton, and Doggett. Local residents and visitors noted: Mr. Paul Warrick to Bristol, Mr. Frank Hannah, Mr. Dailey Smith in Johnson City, Rev. Duncan of Cleveland.
Leading Paris couturiers include the ensemble among smart costumes for afternoon and evening wear. The Mae Busch design features Melange blue kasha trimmed with silver fox and crepe de chine. A three quarter length coat complements the slim silhouette with an uneven circular hem.
Movie notes compare Eleanor Boardman to Pola Negri and Lillian Gish noting resemblance to Romola and acting talent shown in Three Wise Fools The Strangers Banquet Souls for Sale and Broken Blossoms The White Sister and Romola. The Massillon Ohio star may need to prove equal dramatic ability before dethroning Gish in the public eye. Music for films may be broadcast twice daily to accompany features.
E. P. A. calls Chaplin the worst poker player known. Will Hays is said to block star sociable games. Marian Nixon marries Joe Benjamin the prizefighter, a former actor. Barbara LaMarr recovers from illness. Adolph Menjou once waited tables in Cleveland and recalls his father teaching him to eat. Aileen Pringle defies fashion and wears long skirts.
Radio experts gave a special performance of Sieg fried recently. During the film showing the score was transmitted from a New York theater to other theaters showing it. Officials may decide that the test merits expansion.
The 1925-26 session of the city schools will open Monday morning, Sept. 7, at 8:45 o'clock, Labor Day not being observed as a school holiday, as in the past. All teachers have been notified to report then, with some already arriving to take up residence.
Producer Robert T. Kane proposes a 5000 endowment for a university chair in motion picture study. He names eight institutions as potential recipients and will award the funds to the first to accept. Kane hopes other producers will follow suit and fund chairs elsewhere with his studio staff lecturing students and offering wide studio access.
Students are urged to make all preparations for school and be ready to enter the first day.
Governor Austin Peay and J G Creveling Jr plan a September tour of East Tennessee. They will inspect federal and state highway projects and discuss future road work over the next fifteen months. Headquarters will be in Knoxville with possible stops in Kingsport and Bristol as they review the new highway from here to Bristol.
Women from Lockett and Salm communities held observation days with Port Royal and New Providence Club guests. Miss Jessye D. Henry, home agent, reports exchanges of ideas and helpful discussions during the sessions in Montgomery County.
O L Farris, agent in Davidson County, aided J L Gal to lay 600 feet of pipe and install water, kitchen sink, and shower bath in his home. He will buy water power from a neighbor for $1.00 per month. Total cost for pipe, sewer, and sink was $18.40. Antioch community signs farm-line contracts with Nashville Railway and Light Company.
Old Kingsport church celebrated its 100 plus year history with over 300 attendees including former members and ministers. Rev. Robert King of New York preached at 11 am and a ground dinner followed. S. K E Lynn of Knoxville and James W. Lynn of Bristol led a history talks session.
Owensboro August 31 Herman Ziemer ball player for the Owensboro Grays died last night after being struck on the head by a bat during practice before a game in Jasper Indiana Saturday.
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