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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
3
Interest rises in arithmetic as pupils strive for honors with Venus Russed named first honor. Maps in geography impress, art work praised, and 100 percent attendance celebrated. New pupils arrive, illnesses noted, and Halloween fun hinted as classes report health and reading progress across 1A to 5B.
Ella Law begins as new second grade teacher at Jackson School in Troy Alabama. About 80 students were vaccinated for smallpox by Drs Hawk and Keener. Halloween program planned for next Thursday. Books donated by Mrs Frank Wright. Six new pupils joined 6A under Mrs Richmond. Perfect attendance reported for the week. Honor roll in spelling lists names such as Vivian Miller Lula Belle Jones and Margaret Moffitt. Clara Morrell expected back Monday after illness. 4A represented by Juanita Coley and Ruth Bradley in PTA program. Attendance to be kept high. Reds beat blues in a club activity. 2B taught by Miss Bell salves the Tables to Yankee Doodle tune. Chapel program included Bible verses and prayers. Spelling honor roll and perfect scores listed for various rooms. Plants brought by students brighten the room. Vernay Tipton joins 2B class. Reading honor roll names listed. Purple row won in spelling for a week. Chapel program covered 24th Psalm.
In Bible work for the year pupils recited the 24th Psalm perfectly including Maye Hammond Mattie Renfro Christine Taylor William Highsmith Howard Wilson Marie Pool Alma Bays Robert Taylor Lucile Blankenbeeler Nora Quillen. The group also notes readings of So Was I Johnies History Lesson The Freckled Pace Girl and Just David enjoyed by all.
Officers search for clues after burglars broke glass to enter the rear dressing room at Fuller’s store on Broad Street. The thieves cut through a partition and fled with multiple items, including two suits, an overcoat, and several hats, suggesting a multi-person break in.
Floodwaters rose along Reedy Creek for the first time in months after continuous showers. The nearby river also climbed as several days of rain swelled streams and elevated water levels. Weather forecasters predict more rain this week, ending a long drought.
Andrew Jarrett, an employee of Tennessee Eustman Corporation, remains at Riverview hospital after his left big toe was badly mashed while rolling logs on Saturday. He is reported resting easily today.
Di Jo Tablets promise fast relief from indigestion bloating belching and sour stomach after meals. The ad notes that overeating fast eating and wrong foods cause indigestion and recommends Di Jo Tablets and Di Vac laxative sold by druggists as a paired relief option.
East Tennessee Educational Association holds its 21st session at the University of Tennessee this Thursday through Saturday with about 8 500 teachers and superintendents expected in Knoxville. Prominent educators will address topics on education, including Col Raymond Robins of Chicago on The Outlawry of Tank Organizations of its Kind, and William McAndrew of Atlanta. Some local teachers will attend while school work continues.
Autumn is the time to begin to be cautious as hog cholera, highly contagious, tends to peak in October and November. In the south mild and uniform temperatures may delay spread, but the disease rises with cooler weather and snows, then declines by February. Hogs acting chilled while rising from straw stacks may hide infection. suspect hog cholera and call a competent veterinarian.
The report notes that if cholera is found to be present the serum treatment should be administered immediately. It cites past losses from hog cholera in the United States reaching about 65 million dollars in one year and an estimated average annual loss of at least 100 million dollars over forty years.
In federal court in Chelsea nine defendants faced liquor law violations. William Hoffenberg testified that union members were fined 50 dollars for selling liquor below the union price of 3 50 a gallon. He said fines followed a union trial after selling at 3 25 a gallon. Union sellers were to pay the market price of 2 dollars a gallon plus 75 cents to Dutch Henry for police protection.
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