Kingsport High Band to Parade in New Uniforms
The Kingsport high school band of 60 will parade through the business section at 5 p m today to showcase its new uniforms. Three drum majors lead the band Bruce Sullivan will be chief with George Mossane and B B Sullivan Jr as the other two. Cars on the west side of Groad street will be cleared to allow the march from The Girdle to the depot and back to Circle with a route ending at Sullivan.
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Kingsport
Bruce Sullivan
George Mossane
Young B. B. Sullivan
Doz Lovers Ordeal In Motion Picture at Rialto Theatre
In the Rialto Theatre program for A Dog of Flanders the plot centers on a dog lover accused of cruelty to a German shepherd. Frankie Thomas O P Hegegie star in the film with Addison Richards, who is moved to mercy after scenes with a worn dog.
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Doz Lover
Flanders
RKO - Radio
Ouida
Rialto Theatre
Richards
Wil
Child injured by exploding shell at play
Ten year old son of Mrs John Blevins of Blackbottom sustained a laceration of the eye when the cap of a shotgun shell exploded while a companion and he played with it near Pet Dairy Products company at about 9 am. A shell fragment penetrated the eyeball and he was taken to Kingsport General Hospital for treatment. He also had minor cuts on hands and arms. Earl Blevins was lightly hurt last week in a car collision at Sullivan street and the Bristol highway.
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John Blevins
Blackbottom
Farr
Pet Dairy Products Company
Kingsport General Hospital
Earl
Sullivan Street
Bristol Highway
Four Negroes Hurt in Early Morning Car Crash Near Surgoinsville
At about 2 a m on the Knoxville Kingsport highway four Negroes were injured when their automobile dashed into a bridge abutment near Surgoinsville and overturned. Gertrude Bewley 27 suffered a fractured arm and leg and head lacerations. Alberta Bewley and Magnolia Hubbard were less seriously hurt Hubbard had a fractured leg and Billy Morton broke an arm. Morton said steering failed as he turned a curve. The car was demolished and victims were taken to Kingsport General Hospital where Miss Bewley and Miss Hubbard were listed as seriously injured.
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Surgoinsville
Gertrude Bewley
Alberta Bewley
Magnolia Hubbard
Douglass High School
Billy Morton
Miss Bewley
Miss Hubbard
Kingsport General Hospital
Morton
Knoxville-Kingsport
Police and Fire Department Reports Summary May
Police records show five cars stolen and four recovered in May with twenty one drunken driving arrests and thirty two for drunkenness. Speeding and reckless driving led to fifteen and one arrests respectively while twenty one traffic rule violations were noted. One fire call was to a grocery store and another to a burning auto causing forty dollars in loss though over a hundred thousand dollars were at risk.
Odd Fellows To Meet Tomorrow
Lovedale Lodge No. 401 will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the hall on Main street for the annual election of officers and other important business. All members are urged to be present.
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Lovedale Lodge No. 401
Main Street
Young Bob Jones Jr Receives Honorary Doctorate
Wilmore Kentucky June 6 Bob Jones Jr is awarded the honorary Doctor of Literature at Asbury College commencement making him possibly the youngest recipient and one of America’s youngest college executives. He has led Bob Jones College in Cleveland for two years and is renowned as a Shakespeare interpreter. He departs for New York to sail for summer engagements in the British Isles.
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Wilmore
Bob Jones, Jr
Asbury College
Jones
America
Bob Jones College
Cleveland, Tenn
Dr. Jones
New York
British Isles
Guenther Named Chief Engineer for Penn Dixie Plants
Felix Guenther Jr former Kingsport plant general superintendent for 16 and a half years is named chief engineer of Penn Dixie Cement eight plants. He will move to Nazareth Pa to assume duties and N V Geyer will succeed him as Kingsport alderman resignations noted. Geyer also will oversee the Marcem Va quarry and join the Penn Dixie home office staff.
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Felix Guenther, Jr
Kingsport
Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation
Guenther
Nazareth
N. V. Geyer
Penn-Dixie
Fenn-Dixie Company
United States
Geyer
Mr. Guenther
Marcem
Three Minute Relief From Periodical Pains
A vintage advertisement touts Three Minute Relief From Periodical Pains from a pharmacist prepared formula labeled BC. It claims rapid relief in minutes for cramps and pains without opiates, and also markets BC for colds headaches neuralgia muscular aches liver pain and calming nervous strain. The copy emphasizes non habit forming ingredients and urges purchase wherever drugs are sold with codvertine rents mentioned.
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B.C
Codvertine
Kingsport High Band Joins Asheville Rhododendron Festival Parade
The Kingsport high school band will perform in the Rhododendron Festival in Asheville during the week of June 10 and join seven bands in the parade on Wednesday June 12. The group will debut new uniforms and broadcast from WWNC from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, a special NBC full-time program. The festival is a major Southern event with three parades and many social events, expected to draw a large crowd.
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Kingsport High School
Asheville
Kingsport
WWNC
J. W. Iver
H. R. Badgett
McIver
NBC
South
New Orleans
District Meeting of the Church of Jesus Christ
The District Conference of the Church of the Latter Day Saints will convene Sunday, June 9, in the lodge hall over Watson's Store on Main street. Gerald L. Larsen will preside and James M. Kirkham of Salt Lake City will be the principal speaker along with eight elders from East Tennessee. Three meetings are scheduled at 10 am, 2 pm, and 7 pm.
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Church of the Latter Day Saints
Watson's
Main Street
Gerald L. Larsen
James M. Kirkham
Salt Lake City
East Tennessee
Fox Hunters Must Buy Hunting Permits
Bristol Tenn June 7 J C McMillan district game protector announced prosecutions under new game laws for fox hunters who pursue the sport without a state hunting license. He said chasing is hunting and enforcement instructions have been issued. He also warned squirrel hunters of the season opening August 28 lasting until January 1.
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the Times
Bristol
Tenn
J. C. McMillan
McMillan
Miller Bros Carnival to Exhibit at Highland Park Grounds
The Miller Bros Exposition free one ring circus visits Highland Park show grounds Kingsport Tennessee the week of June 10 featuring six rides including Merry-go-round Tilt-a-Whirl and Ferris wheel plus the Miller Bros Congress of Oddities with Juan Da LaCruze at 21 inches and the Australian quadruplets. The Morris troupe of scarabs and other acts are billed as top attractions with a Friday matinee for children offering rides or show access for five cents.
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Highland Park Show Grounds
Robert L. Ripley
Juan da LaCruze
Ali
Miller Bros
Morris Miller
Highland, Park
Kingsport
Tenn
City adopts emergency ordinance targeting used car dealers
Kingsport city council passed an emergency ordinance aimed at transient merchants with heavy taxes and penalties. The move comes after local automobile dealers accused two outside concerns of importing secondhand cars from nearby cities to unload in Kingsport. A committee will review constitutionality ahead of enforcement.
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Kingsport
Auto Sales and Service Company
Johnson City
Bristol
Testerman Motor Company
Rogersville
H. Miller
Kyle
Cherokee and
Center Streets
Sullivan County
Harry L. Garrett
Elrod to Speak on AAA at Kiwanis Luncheon
The Kiwanis Club invites several local farmers to a luncheon to hear Benton M. Elrod of the University of Tennessee explain the meaning of the AAA and its impact. O A Jared T C Warwick and B E Dobyns coordinate the program for the event.
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University of Tennessee
Kiwanis
AAA
Kiwanis Club
Benton M. Elrod
Elrod
O. A. Jared
T. C. Warwick
B. E. Dobyns
Lynn Bachman Chapter 185 Royal Arch Masons Meeting
Regular stated meeting of Lynn Bachman Chapter 185 Royal Arch Masons will be held tonight at 7 30 in the Masonic chambers on Broad Street. All members and visiting companions are invited to attend.
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Lynn Bachman
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Chambers
Broad Street
Lynn Bachman Chapter
All-Steel Plymouth Promoted as Safe Low-Priced Car
Advertisement touts Plymouth as the safest low-priced car with an all steel body hydraulic brakes and floating ride based on Airflow engineering. It highlights weight distribution, softer springs, sway eliminator, and easy ownership through Chrysler Motors Commercial Credit Plan.
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Plymouth
Chrysler
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler Motors
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J. L. Taylor & CO
Chicago
Charles
Belvo
Gour
Stella G Cochran
Bob -Jones, Jr
Pennsylvania
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp
Paiia Beach
Charles Storchone
Hi-Park
Arkin Tailor Shop
Fred Johnson & Co
Tennessee
N. C
Jean Emert
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Benton Elrod
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