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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1934
Page
8
The young peoples department invites the public to a lawn supper tonight at 7 on the vacant lot beside Pyle's store. Community gathering includes music and local attendees.
Local society items list Mrs W H Snow visiting relatives in Boyce and Dallas while Mrs Wiley visits Bristol sisters Miss Sara Pet Fain and Mrs Breckley. Guests include Joe Pecio, Dutch Pendleton, Ella Faw Jones at Mollie McDannel’s in Greeneville. Families from Greeneville travel to Kingsport for visits and cornerstone ceremony led by Rev Sullins Dogser of Bristol. Charles Chase Bacon and Frances Bacon host Rufus Rowe from Richmond Harold Starke from Nashville and Alfred Skeens Jr and Jerry Chase from Clintwood. Agnes Montgomery and Rehesea Holmes head to Pineville Mountain Laurel Festival with Holmes advancing to Lexington and Montgomery to Wheaton. Halen Lacy of Nashville plans a ten-day Homestead stay via Nashville and Washington with Pauline Law.
General R. B. Chapman of Houston will miss the Confederate veterans reunion in Chattanooga next week due to medical advice. At 92, he planned to be elected commander in chief and had resigned his Houston post to prepare for the journey. His absence leaves open the possibility his name will still be nominated, with Gen Lee noting his candidacy could proceed despite his inability to attend.
Chief Clerk Sidney Summerfield of the license bureau notes a break in low mood as 190 couples applied for marriage licenses in Chicago in one day, the largest single-day total in five years.
Mr C L Henry of Appalachia visits friends here. Mrs William of Gate City weekends with Miss Laura Quillin. Mrs J H Hart and daughter Nellie recover from illness. Mr and Mrs J H Kilbourne guests of daughter Bil Doughtery. Mr Ben Barnett of Kingsport visits Mrs F M Fletcher and family. Mrs Lena Grovan returns from Birmingham after months with relatives. Mrs W M Hunt and son Junior and Mrs Hannah Gibson visit Lonz Whitaker. Miss Louise Light visits Miss Eula Matin. Rev Bob Pleasant preaches Sunday night. Mr Ruble Baskett on sick list. Miss Dessie Whitaker visits Orland Whitaker. Miss Ruth Barnes visits Thesla Kinney. Mr Will Penegrass ill.
A surprise birthday party was held Sunday in Nickelsville Va for Mrs W Daugherty in honor of her 86th birthday. Family and friends attended on the lawn with a noon lunch, photos taken in the afternoon, and greetings from relatives including Nannie Colligan of Norfolk and Launa Levins of Wise.
Friends gathered Friday evening to surprise Mrs. LB Jones for her 37th birthday at Oak Hill. The event drew many neighbors and relatives from the community, with guests listed including Cochran, Brown, Hays, Whitaker, Copas, and several others. Also noted were attendance at a junior play in Sulphur Springs, a growing Sunday school, and local families visiting or hosting meals over the weekend.
The Tennessee state highway department lists bids on 11 federal aid road projects. Locations include Shelbyville, Nashville, Pulaski, St Elmo, Brownsville, Knoxville, London, Lenair City, and Fentress to Seoth counties, covering paving, grading, draining, and bridge work on various routes.
Ossining New York June 1 Charles Leone 54 a father of four avoided execution for murder of Louis Holt a railroad foreman in Chataguaguacounty. A jury condemned him as murder but Governor Lehman commuted the sentence to life imprisonment at the last moment electric chair preparations disabled Leone stood unmoved as the death cell watched awaiting fate.
A Central Press report examines the medical profession amid charges of exorbitant fees and practices that lead to preventable deaths. It notes hospitals and physicians are strained financially as indigent care rises, with many patients unable to pay and doctors coping by higher charges for paying clients. The American Medical Association study proposes reforms to equalize pay, expand access, promote prevention, and ensure competent practice, while acknowledging implementation remains uncertain.
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