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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
12
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The Times Society Editor will receive items between 8 30 and 12 p m and 2 80 to 5 p m daily except Sunday. Phone 136.
Bake Sale Circle No 2 of Broad Street Methodist plans a 10 30 a m bake sale and exchange at Peirce's Store. Miss Etta Mae Fields and Mr Luther Barnett wed quietly at the bride's home in a ceremony attended by close friends. they will reside in the city with Barnett a Clinchport businessman.
Locals include Mr. Lee Duckett ill at home in Old Kingsport. Visitors today include Mr. Tobe Everette of Bristol, Mr. George Anderson of Ore Bank, and Mrs. A. B. Wexler of Fordtown. Mr. Frank Brown of Greeneville attended yesterday. Mrs. Jim Pyle attends the state convention at Milligan College, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Dorsett noted in city records.
The Brockmans will travel to Knoxville tomorrow for a day trip while the A D Brockman family plans a weekend in Bluefield West Virginia. Howard Bullin of Greeneville has taken a position at the Homestead. R L Smith and Roy Smith arrive by car from LaFollette Tennessee with Mrs. Smith and children. Thomas Priddy and Earnestine of Princeton West Virginia visit local friends. T R Bandy returns from Norton Virginia after a weekend with relatives. J M Hamlett attends Milligan College this week.
The piece records Christian church activities in Knoxville with mentions of Berdette Messrs George Wexler Hugh Masengili and D D Van Trease acting today. Gale P Kyle seeks the Democratic state senate nomination from the district after visiting yesterday. Also noted are Mr and Mrs R L Hickman of Woodlawn Pa visiting relatives and Mrs J H Long and Mrs H O Bunn returning from Milligan College after attending a state Christian church convention.
Howard Long editor of The Kingsport Times left his home in Blountville for Silex Missouri where he will spend six weeks vacation. Lukin Brown a Roanoke College student accompanies him to the home of Dr J A Brown in Silex. Long plans hunting fishing and western pleasure sports and expects to return about July 20.
The Moose Lodge invites all members to a special meeting at Moose Hall tonight at 7 30 o'clock. Several important items will be discussed, and refreshments will be served. Members are urged to attend and to bring a fellow member to boost attendance.
A devotional reflection likens life’s trials to the Red Sea, urging faith in God’s lead. It speaks of facing despair, choosing to go through instead of around, and trusting that God parts the waters guiding the believer safely forward.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announces four new names to its featured list. Norma Shearer joins John Gilbert Ramon Navarro and Lon Chaney as top stars. Shearer, popular for Excuse Me The Snob He Who Gets Slapped Broken Barriers and Lady of the Night, rose from Canada to Hollywood after a detour home. Her next film A Slave of Fashion with Lew Cody is set, originally titled Nothing to Wear, based on a Samuel Shipman story. She also appears in The Tower of Lies with Lon Chaney, adapting Selina Ingerlof’s The Emperor of Portugal. Star Dust Marian Davies moves to Metro-Goldwyn and will star in Lights of Old New York adapted from Merry Wives of Gotham. Wesley Barry will join Navarro in Midshipman Sterling, amid a salary suit by his mother for 30400. Metro planned a Paris fashion show in pictures with Pauling Starke and Lew Cody, and Pauline plus a bevy of young beauties will wear Eric designs at Culver City. Julanne Johnstone will act in The Big Parade with Renee Adoree and John Gilbert. Eleanor Boardman will don a blond wig as a golden haired princess in The Only Thing. Tony, Tom Mix’s horse, is featured in a welcome scene in Indianapolis. A large wreath is hung for Tony after Gov. James Jackson’s speech. Corinne Griffith laments censors robbing originality, fearing rewrites alienate dramatic works.
J M Hamlett writes from Los Angeles June 2 1925 detailing a Shriners’ tour through Atlanta Stone Mountain New Orleans Houston Galveston El Paso Grand Canyon across the Santa Fe line to Juarez Mexico and back to LA He notes paradesRotarians meals and high altitude observations planning further stops in San Francisco Portland Seattle Victoria Vancouver and Lake Louise with much travel lore and reflections on sights and faith.
Mr. Jack Dorsett returned today from Staunton Military Academy to spend the summer vacation with his parents here.
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