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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
6
An elderly mariner who sailed forty seven years endured three shipwrecks off Algiers the Scillys and Sandy Hook. Attacked by Germans twice he survived and was poised for retirement last spring. His ship finally foundered in shallow Atlantic waters as the gangplank slipped away, leaving him to drown in a one foot sea.
Miss Louise Reams visits friends in Johnson City while Rev M A Stevenson and Mrs W K Nelms attend Holston Conference in Norton Virginia. Mrs George Barron and Mrs J A Maher visit relatives and friends. Miss Mildred Rogers ill at Homestead. others attend Holston Conference. several guests from Nash and Roan Mountain are noted.
The report lists residents and relatives visiting each other over a weekend. It notes Miss Kate and family traveling to distant places, Mrs. Dickson and friends planning trips to Washington and Kansas, Nottingham cousins visiting family in Bradenton and relatives in Roller Street, and Beulah Hazel Wolfenbarger and others returning home after two weeks with Uncle and Aunt M. M. Starnes.
California tours campaign drawing to a close as ten firms select vote-counting judges. Contest ends Monday at 4 PM, May 25, with results to be published Tuesday in The Times. Counted by Stacy Claymon Verhéh Miller Clifton Hamlett Mary George Clyca and Jack Huffaker.
Chester Immel, advance representative of the Redpath Chautauqua, arrived today and will remain until the opening of the seven day program on May 28. He will collaborate with local organizers to prepare the event.
The year’s Chautauqua promises a strong lineup led by Mr. Immel with an elaborate Robin Hood production by the May Vanentirfe Opera Company and Bachmans Million Dollar Bards. Notable lectures on current questions are planned, with daily events and a seven day schedule. Season tickets are available through local Kiva members.
The 127th annual Presbyterian general assembly opened in Columbus with a sermon by retiring moderator Dr Clarence Edward Macartney of Philadelphia. He urged focus on sin and Christ as Redeemer, warning against a trend to emphasize human virtue over biblical truth. He stressed unity in faith in Jesus as the sole Redeemer from sin.
A fragment reflects on the first disciples recognizing Anti Christ within the faith and the Church. It speaks of faithful response to danger, urging a return to true doctrine and the mission to win souls for heaven, anchoring in Christ. It mentions unity, endurance, and steadfast devotion amid trials.
The Hutchinson Players presented their fourth Strand theatre show last night with the Irish melodrama Sweet Molly OP. Miss Midge Hiatt led a strong cast as the thankful hairlipped girl, drawing praise for her acting. Grace Hutchinson, Gene Cloud, and a chorus of gowns drew applause, while Harry Garry and Sam Hutchinson provided laughs driving the performance.
Audiences in Kingsport will see an unusual vaudeville bill tonight and tomorrow night. The act includes a supposed shooting through a woman, described as a new feature designed to shock and astonish the public alongside pictures first.
A four day celebration at Vanderbilt University runs October 15 to 18 featuring a number of speakers. The event showcases campus activities and aims to highlight academic and cultural programs with guest speakers and public talks.
Vanderbilt University will host an elaborate program on October 16 with speakers led by Excellency Eminle Bacaciner ambassador to the United States. Notable participants include Dr. Albert Shaw editor of Review of Reviews Dr. Henry B. Pritchett president Carnegie Foundation Dr. John J. Tumort US commissioner of education K W H Welch pathologist Simon Flexner director Rockefeller Institute labs Justice JG McReynolds US Supreme Court Norman Davis Wilson adviser Dr Abraham Flexner secretary of the general education board Dr Paul Shorey Chicago RB Blackwell Randolph Macon Dean Glack Illinois George J Vincent Rockefeller Foundation Sir Robert Falconer University of Toronto John H Finney New York Times S. Parkes Cadman Federated Council of the Churches of Christ.
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