Saturday, March 2
The 12-story, 410-room Hotel Patten and furnishings have been purchased from Hotel Patten, Inc., by the Hotel Patten Co., a new corporation headed by John K. Williams. The sale was effective March 1. Officers of the new corporation are Williams, president; J. Garnett Andrews, vice-president; and Silas A Law, secretary-treasurer. Stockholders and directors, in addition to Williams and Andrews, are Howard Dayton, Harry W. Durand, Carter Parham, William B. Pfeiffer and Harry R. White.
The city collected 84.416 per cent of its property tax budget through February, City Treasurer Earl Counts said Friday. The collections through February amounted to $4,659,770.83. The property tax budget is $5,520,000.
Sunday, March 3
The largest natural gas-fired steam generator in the world has just been ordered from Combustion Engineering, Inc., by Texas Power and Light Co., Combustion, which has its largest manufacturing division in Chattanooga.
Tuesday, March 5
Dr. Ebb C. Johnson, a practicing Chattanooga physician for more than 50 years, and coroner of Hamilton County many years, died Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital following an extended illness.
The Ford Foundation has awarded the University of Chattanooga a $181,000 grant for a cooperative three-year faculty study program in Asian affairs starting in September, Dr. LeRoy A. Martin, UC president, announced Sunday. Sharing in the program will be Birmingham Southern, Knoxville and Maryville Colleges. Dr. Jane Harbaugh, UC professor, will direct the program.
Monday, March 4
The Chattanooga Little Theatre will open “Time Remembered” on Thursday, March 14 and is scheduled to run through March 23, Donald Marye, director announced.
The Chattanooga Housing Board of Commissioners Tuesday accepted the plans and specifications of the American Real Estate Corp., Memphis, for a $3,000,000 office building and shopping center development in the Golden Gateway. The development to be located on the north side of West Ninth immediately west of the freeway, will include a 12-story office tower, a department store, a restaurant and specialty stores.
Wednesday, March 6
After two and one-half hours of hearing pleas, the County Council Wednesday decided 5 to 0 to proceed with building a 190-bed nursing home at Silverdale. Dr. Philipp Sotong, Chattanooga psychiatrist, and others had urged a change in location in favor of a downtown site.
The Metropolitan Government Charter Commission Wednesday adopted on a tentative basis the mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a council composed of members from districts elected at large.
Thursday, March 7
Five Chattanooga youths have been selected to receive coveted Morehead Scholarships to the University of North Carolina. Lane Verlenden and Bernard Varner, seniors at Baylor School; James G. Alpin and Thomas A. Mastin, seniors at McCallie; and Charles R. Kline, Jr., senior at Oak Ridge Military Institute, Oak Ridge, N.C., are the winners of the scholarships worth $6,800.
At the Dairy Council of Chattanooga’s annual luncheon meeting Wednesday at Wimberly Inn, the newly elected officers were announced: Finley Wilhoite, president, and Sanford Leake, secretary-treasurer. Dr. W.W. Bauer, director of health education for American Medical Association, was the guest speaker at the luncheon. Mrs. Bea Lamb is executive director of the Council.
Friday, March 8
The 3,594 influenza cases reported to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department this week is the all-time high for a single week since the department has been keeping record, according to director Dr. Marion Young.
The Pentagon Wednesday abandoned its plan to abolish the high school R.O.T.C. and indicated instead proposals to expand it are acceptable. Robert Summitt and Hobart Millsaps, principal of Central High, went to Washington to testify before the Senate Armed Forces Committee in behalf of R.O.T.C.