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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1938
Page
5
Charles Maurice Everhart of Kingsport Tennessee earned the bachelor of science degree in commerce at LSU in a June commencement. The event graduated 970 men and women. Principal speaker was Col. O R McGuire, chief legal adviser to the U S comptroller general. Archbishop Joseph Francis Fummel delivered the baccalaureate sermon.
Kingsport Garden Club members heard two papers yesterday afternoon at Mrs W W Hetort s home on Watauge street. Mrs F M Welly spoke on Garden Maintenance and Mrs James Ellis on Continue, nice Bloom In the Rock Garden followed by a round table discussion led by Mrs Frans P Walton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arnold and family drive to Blowing Rock North Carolina. Mrs. Ida Patterson returns from a month with relatives. KW Patterson and family visit Atlanta. Mrs. WA Allen and Mrs. Robert Snow travel to Knoxville for the State Gall tournament at Cherokee Country Club. Amos Robinson and family plus Yates pair vacation two weeks in Miami. The Bowers party heads to Van ity services while Margaret Bowers completes nursing school and earns a degree. Elks rejoice as Louisville magistrate rules deputies acted legally in retrieving slot machines and funds from a club in a search.
Mrs. Karl Goerdel led the program at a Spade and Trowel club gathering and died yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Charles E. Bachelder’s Town street home. Her Rose Culture talk was followed by Mrs. J. Lynn Wiley on Summer Color of the Lawn, with a rose display and club officers named.
Mrs C J Kiser recently hosted two parties honoring Lorne David Creech and Florence Ann Creech prior to their move to Wauchula Florida. Lorne celebrated a birthday with games a large cake and gifts while Florence Ann’s party featured a contest prize won by Virginia Lee Strong and similar refreshments. About eighty children attended both events.
The Wide Awake Sunday School class honored Miss Eleanor Creech as she leaves for Wauchula Florida with her family. Winners Bryce Winniger and Lewis Jones received prizes. gifts and refreshments followed in a crowd including Mrs Reed, L Creech, C J Kiser, and many Creech relatives and friends.
Congress heard the navy plan to begin with eight ships two types of subchasers and two swift torpedo boats as part of a large expansion. Rear Admiral Dubose outlined vessel types and a $342206187 appropriation to start construction and equip navy yards for the work.
Braniff Airlines prepares a test flight at Shreveport airport to evaluate service between Houston and Memphis. Officials L. H. Luckey R. C. Shrader and R. C. Stinkel met with airport and city authorities to secure facility use. Radio gear was en route from Dallas for Tuesday operations.
Pattern 9748 features full sleeves and bodice with a soft waist and pencil slim lower silhouette. Includes Complete Marian Martin Diagrammed Sew Chart for quick sewing. Available in missea and women sizes 12 through 44. Order 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern together.
Milan editorial in Popolo dItalia warns the United States to guard its own children before pursuing humanitarian warfare in Europe. Il Tevere derides Hull as a charlatan and urges an end to U.S. violence before meddling abroad. In Tonawanda, New York, Robert and Mrs. Rollain welcome Evelyn Enough Rollain, their 11th child.
About 2 000 delegates attended the American Institute of Bankers convention in Louisville. Mayor Josef D Scholtz welcomed the crowd as Dr Neil Carothers of Lehigh University and Dr Harald Stonier of the American Bankers Association spoke. President Frank R Curda of Chi Capo delivered the president's address. Josephy Hangon Jr of Brooklyn won 500 in the Giannini educational endowment oratories contest.
Thieves broke into the Horsce T. Potts & Company building and stole 250 dollars in cash and stamps from a vault. Officials said it was the first theft loss since the firm was established 123 years ago.
Monsignor Rafael Guizar Y Valencia, 60, longtime bishop of Vera Cruz, dies after a long illness. He was famed for aid to the poor and had given away most of his personal wealth to charity. Illness followed a 1980 clash between police and churchmen that shocked him.
Kingsport Utilities led a crowd filling the auditorium for Mrs. A EB Leighton pupils annual recital. Decorations featured summer flowers and performances included piano pieces and a line of marimba dust Thine Alone by Betsy Edwards and Mrs Leighton with Joan Cox. Ushers included Mrs Franklin Hodgkins Wakulla Springs Florida and others who wore colonial corsages.
Knoxville attorney J Arthur Atchley says he does not plan to run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He called his plans indefinite and noted the petition filed with the state GOP executive committee surprised him.
Four county officers still held T. O. Hailey in Madisonville on a conspiracy charge after an attempt to take him to Owensboro for arraignment on a federal warrant related to an attempted holdup at a Morton’s Gap bank.
A reader defends a husband who wants his wife to live with his mother, arguing the wife’s spending can exceed the husband’s income. He says a man supporting two households may have reasons not obvious, and urges reassessment of advice that scalded the husband.
A reader agrees with the sentiment that a wife who overspends beyond her husband’s means loses the right to complain when denied a separate home. The letter criticized was from a woman claiming her husband’s income was ample for a separate home but he chose to live with his mother.
A former Tulsa city jail prisoner sues for damages claiming overcrowded cells. He states he was forced to sleep on the floor and was bitten by a black widow spider while resting. The filing alleges injuries from the living conditions and seeks monetary relief.
The piece cautions against extravagant wives and the clash of wife and mother living together. It argues such arrangements bring financial strain and unhappiness, noting judges and social workers view in law in law in laws as explosive and damaging to all involved.
The U S S Augusta carries Rear Admiral Harry B. Yarnell back to Shanghai after an inspection cruise in North China waters. The city commission should authorize his claim of 31,000 for the bite. June Tf.
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