Saturday, May 18
A distressing accident occurred on South Crest Road when two popular Chattanoogans riding in a Maxwell smashed into a stone wall. Pope Brown, son of Hon. Foster J. Brown was smothered to death and Sam Devine was so badly burned he is not expected to live. Devine is the son of Sam W. Devine, former head of the Street Railway Co.
Closing of City High School will mark the end of a successful term. There are 67 graduates, six of whom are honor students. They are Keith Postelwaite, valedictorian; Stella Murphy, salutatorian; Marguerite Jackson and Rudd Lodor, class representatives; J. Corbett Senter, faculty representative; and Violet Turner, commercial representative.
Because of a battle with a spectator during the Detroit-New York game, “Ty” Cobb, ace of Detroit’s ball club, was indefinitely suspended. Eight men of the Detroit team refused to play another game until he was reinstated, feeling it was an injustice. After much pressure, President Ban Johnson ordered Cobb reinstated and the series moved on.
Sunday, May 19
Miss Ann Watkins is in Nashville for the golf tournament. She is the guest of her brother, Morgan Watkins, on Harding Pike.
Monday, May 20
Mrs. Claude Pennybacker of Danville, Ky., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. D.P. Dineen on Douglas Street.
Tuesday, May 21
Many local physicians are leaving for Savannah to take the boat to New York to attend the 69th session of the American Medical Association. Some of the number are Drs. Dunbar Newell, Raymond Wallace, John B. Steele, E.B. Anderson and G. Manning Ellis. The doctors will be in convention one week.
Invitations have been issued to the wedding of Rosalyn Foster, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Foster of Memphis, to Dr. Jerome Logan Morgan, son of Mrs. J.D. Morgan of Chattanooga. Dr. Morgan is a graduate of Chattanooga Medical College. While at the university, he was an outstanding football player.
Miss Willie Frances Marshall and Herman L. Schwartz will be married this morning by Rabbi Julian Miller. Miss Marshall is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall of West 6th Street. Mrs. Schwartz is the son of Henry Schwartz.
In a quiet home ceremony, Miss Florence Samuel was married to Thomas L. Landress. Rev. E.L. Grace, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiated. Mr. Landress is with the National Life Insurance Co.
Wednesday, May 22
Mrs. W.A. Steel of Owensboro, Ky., will arrive to visit Mrs. E.W. Stewart in Highland Park.
Miss Gertrude Oehmig and Miss Irene Whiteside spent the weekend with Mrs. Clifford Waterhouse in Daisy.
Thursday, May 23
Samuel Jackson McAllester, attorney-at-law, is what the shingle reads for a prominent teacher who, after seven years of teaching, has decided to be a lawyer. He was instructor and coach for three years at City High and for four years at Baylor School. Mr. McAllester is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a great athlete.
Miss Charlotte Patten will return from school in Washington with two guests, Misses Marian Anderson of Minneapolis and Clara Hoskins of Beirut, Syria. They will be here several weeks.
Friday, May 24
Ex-Senator Frazier yields to the demands of friends to enter the race for governor. He seems to be supported in this contest by many public leaders and newspapers.
Central High has the largest class in its history to receive diplomas. There are 69 graduates this year Mr. Darrah was highly recommended for re-election as principal of Central, as he has produced an excellent record. The senior class handed in a petition for his return.
Mrs. P.P. Wisdom, Mrs. J.M. Lanier, Mrs. Brooks Brantley and Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Foust will return from a trip to California this week.