Prisoner vanishes from Prom City court during trial
Claude Michen, awaiting state trial for felonious assault, slipped from Johnson City municipal court yesterday afternoon. After a tense session with lawyers wrangling over timing, he fled via a rear exit prompting searches and speculation on his whereabouts.
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Prom City Court Room
Claude Michen
Claude Michan
Michen
John Adkins
Adkins
Michenl
Michon
Mr Stanfield Dies After Illness at 66
Mr D J Stanfield died Saturday afternoon and was buried at Mank Cemetery near Bluff City Monday at eleven oclock. He was 66 and a Methodist Church member. Survived by wife and eight children including Mrs Magre Lyons of Elizabethton and Mrs Lola Carriger of Bluff City. Local social notes list visits and greetings among residents, plus a church Christmas entertainment at Harbours Chapel planned for Christmas Eve.
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Stanfield
D. J. Stanfield
Kingsport
Mas
Katie Adams
Carl Barnes
James Barnes
Henry Akard
Hattie Ganning
Mary Ford
BP. W. Adams
John Henry Wine
California
Vesta Barr
Blountville
Puanita
Addie
Ilene Smith
Dora Booker
Callie Mae
S.C. Coux
Lucile
R. L. Thomlinson
Rodgers
Elvins Alderman
Vauderville
Charlie Bowman
East Town
al Hopkins
Hill Billies
Ogpar McMurray
Hishon Ohio
Mark
Bristol Highway Row Service At Harbours Chapel
M N Davenport will fill his regular appointment at Harbours Chapel next Sunday night. Mr and Mrs James Childress and son were shopping in Kingsport Saturday. Mr and Mrs J M Fulkerson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs T Childress of Fall Creek. Marvin Simpson of Church Hill called on J M Fulkerson Sunday.
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Bob Littles
Kings‘port
Will Littles
Harbours Chapel
Kathleen Fulkerson
Spee
Maude Pyle
Earl Arnold
Rufus Durham
lChessea’ Hilton
Kathleen
Lena Mae Fulkerson
Kingsport
Marvin Simpson
Greeneville
John Littles
Bristol
J.C. Clark
Mt. View
A. ¥. Cole
Fall Creek
Gehaoist Harbours Chapel
M. N. Davenport
James Childress
MM. Fulkerson
T. Childress
Fall ‘Creek
Church “Hill
J. M. Fulkerson
Ford Town Route 2 B. Y. P. A. gathering report
B Y P A gathering at Ford Town Route 2 drew a crowd last Sunday night. Local residents Eva Hickam and Rebecca Ford are listed among those recovering or returning from visits and illnesses. Numerous social visits occurred across Kingsport Gunnings and nearby areas with friends and relatives mentioned.
Adams Pursues Missing Connemara in New York State
Saltonstall Cabot Adams wakes to an alert on Leng Island as a New York State Police officer on a motorcycle nears him. Adams had departed a Connecticut town just after midnight seeking Connemara Moore, who vanished a few hours earlier after an announcement of an engagement to Adams or Ington.
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Saltonstall Cabot
Adams
New York State
Connecticut
Connemara Moore
Connemara
Ingtom
Salt and Connaughts Run In With a Mountie
Salt Saltonstall Cabot Adams is halted by a Royal Northwest Mounted Police trooper on a mud flats patrol. The young man improvises a disguise and fabricates a tale about a missing woman after a night of drinking. He tries to claim a boat, then admits he woke in the woods and seeks a Greenwich ferry ride, facing humiliation and public laughter.
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Royal Northwest
Liezie
Ared Tights” the Trooper Pewan
Stamford
Connecticut
Ae Ee
Permon
Saltonmtall Cabot Adams
Sin
Greenwich
Buddy
Bayville
Saltonstall Cabot Adams
Connemara
Hatte
Amy
Lacy
Celimena
Aunt Celimena
Sweetie
Celmena
Mir Lacy
David
Christmas Tree at Beawah on the Right at the 23rd
Beulah Sunday school under Superintendent Mr L Hunt reports steady progress. A Christmas tree event is planned at Beawah on the right side at the 23rd.
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McCrey
Beawah
Beaulah
L. Hunt
Junior Production Rollo's Wild Oats A Great Success
Central high school last night hosted Junior Class staging of Rollo's Wild Oats a comedy drama that drew a creditable crowd. Jacquelyn Gilmer led Lydia with strong stage presence, Blanche Duncan as Rollo, Newey Wylie as Hernston and Lucille Morton as George Lucas received praise for their masculine roles, while Melvina Harris Forrest Dorsey and Patsy Hufford contributed strong elder and supporting turns. Directors Mrs K W Sams and Miss Nancie Wylie spent weeks coaching the cast to a lively finish as the curtain fell amid laughs and applause.
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Rollo
Jacquelyn Gilmer
Lydia
Hernston
Newey Wylie
Lucille Morton
George Lucas
Dorthy Wright
Coldie McDuff
Frank Meredith
Mr. Webster
Patsy Hufford
Walter Posign
Basil Moore
Thomas Skitterling
Aunt Lane
Melvina Harris
Horatio Webster
Forrest Dorsey
Bello
Mule Causes Trouble For Colored Man In County Court
A mule owned by Lem Price, colored, repeatedly wandered into neighbors yards, prompting Officer H K Starnes to intervene. After earlier fines, Starnes secured a warrant for the owner's arrest. Lem faced the choice of confining the mule or facing jail for himself in Blountville.
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Lem
H. K. Starnes
Starnes
Hatcher on Trial in Sullivan County Court
Sullivan County court in Blountville hears W F Hatcher on felonious assault and disorderly conduct charges after a speeding conviction this morning. He allegedly carried a deputy sheriff across the state line at Bristol during a thwarted arrest, with the deputy astride the hood as the Ford sedan crossed into Virginia. Other cases disposed include James Cook’s three-year sentence for robbery and multiple transport and theft verdicts.
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W. F. Hatcher
Sullivan County
Blountville
Hatcher
Bristol
Maderix
James Cook
Fuller
Elks minstrel opens at Strand tonight
Preparations complete for the Strand Theatre minstrel show starting at 8 30 p m featuring six blackface end men and a cast of 35 including 16 men plus a chorus of dancers and soloists. Gate hits and operatic numbers planned with a male quartet enhancing the program.
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Strand Theatre
Eity
Charles Wylie
City Solons Hear Health Report and Dairy Ordinances Passed
City health officer Dr. W C Lyons reported on health and charity in Kingsport at the regular Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. The board approved a $200000 waterworks bond on first reading and set lights at Mill and Holly and Lamont and Holly. Dairy and milk ordinances 219 220 221 were to be printed in full, with fines from five to fifty dollars. The session adjourned to Friday to finish year end matters.
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W. C. Lyons
Board of Mayor
Kingsport
Mill
Holly
Lamont and
the Times
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Rex. Whaley
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No R. Me‘Cray
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BF Vs. Pictures, Inc
Daniel Green
J. Fred‘Johnson & Co
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W. E. Hatcher
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Ares
Barbara Holbrook
Nieu
Henry Rosenbaum
James Barken
J. H. Hinton
Will Collins
Melvin Duff
Walter Lewis
Andy Copse
Willi “Nipper” Benton
Hugh, Disman
Jim Varnon
Bruce Chase
Elks
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City Solons
Ter Bonds
J. Fred Johnson & Co
Kingsport Insurance Agency
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