the the the OBITUARIES THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES: CHATTANOOGA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1943. 7 IRONARD ACHESON, 98, DIES AT HOME of England Founder of Machine Works Here Native Leonard Acheson, 92, of founder the and for many Foundry years and operator Machine Acheson died at 10:15 o'clock Works here, his home on Old must night at Pike. Acheson was a native of Wauhatchie Aug. 23, 1851, in Mr. England, born England.
He received education there. Warkington, to Chattanooga in 1882 his He came WAS connected at that time the Tredegar Iron Works, and with which was located Pipe where and the Foundry Unitat States Steel stands. In 1900 he founded the Acheson Company now and Machine Works and aerated the firm for foundry many years, retiring and leaving the business to his son, Henry P. AcheHe is survived by five children, Ins. D.
A. Garrison, Mrs. R. Miss R. Nixon, Celeste Mrs.
Acheson and Henry P. Elizabeth Dillon, Acheson; eleven grandchildren and wren Funeral plans had not been made nut night. JUDGE HACKWORTH IF SCOTTSBORO DIES Long a Leader in Political, Civio Life of County Special to The Chattanooga Times. SCOTTSBORO. Aug.
31- Judge J. B. Hackworth, 84, died it his residence here last night at 145 o'clock following a long ill- Pueral services were at the Backworth home at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. 1. A.
Bentley and Dr. W. E. Morofficiating and burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scotts- He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mille Starnes Hackworth; one aughter, Miss Eliza Hackworth al Scottsboro; two sisters, Mrs.
J. 4 Matthews, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Lydia H. Sells, Graysville, three brothers, T. R.
and S. Hackworth, Jasper, and Joe Hackworth, Scottsboro. Judge Hackworth was a native of the Stevenson Community and had been prominent in Jackson County civic and political life for more than half a century, He was former judge of probate of the punty from 1910 to 1916 and wilt the new Jackson County purthouse during his administraIn Scottsboro he had been a reand civic leader for many and was very active until a paralytic stroke sevmi months ago. He had been a mint of this city for more than years. Its.
Willie B. Lauderdale Special to The Chattanooga Times. FAYETTEVILLE, Aug. 1-Prayer services for Mrs. Willie Lauderdale, who died Sunay afternoon at her home in lashville following a long illness, are held at the grave in Rose Ill Cemetery, Fayetteville, this iternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. 1 E. Hinkle officiated. Funeral evices had been conducted in Tuesday morning. Its.
Lauderdale was a native Lincoln County and the J. T. Lauderdale, a Fayetteville Following the death of her she and her children moved to Nashville. She was a sember of the Methodist church. Surviving are two 'daughters, R.
G. Swindell and Miss Annie Lauderdale, both of Nashtile; two sons, J. W. Lauderdale (Chattanooga; R. A.
Lauderdale Johnson and five grandiren. Luther M. Wade Incial to The Chattanooga Times. KEENS, Aug. 31-Lube L.
Wade, 71, former printer of the did Athens Post in this city, died in his home near Nashville recently, relatives here have been notified. He was a son of the late William Wade, Union Veteran of the War Between the States. He spent sevtral years working at the printing trade in Athens and also lived in Knoxville. Later with his family he moved to Nashville, where he vas connected with publishing houses. For the past several years the Wade family lived on their farm near that city.
J. T. Gill. Special to The Chattanooga Times. BRIDGEPORT, Aug.
31- Gill, 88, better known as Tatt, died -last Saturday at Uncle home of his son, C. T. Gill. He the for 55 a resident of Bridgeport had been years. Matthew R.
Wright Special to The Chattanooga Times. FAYETTEVILLE, Aug. Wright was body of brought Matthew to Fayette- Robert from ville, his native home, Monday he died Weaverville, Friday. N. services where conducted at Rose Hill were Prayer Cemetery by the Rev.
D. E. Hinkle, at of the Methodist Church, pastor 3 o'clock that afternoon. Eugene Turner Funeral Home 1009 Dodds Ave. 2-3171 cOP I COAL SUPPLY 1038 DIES IN CAROLINA MISS BETTY EASTERLY BETTY W.
EASTERLY DIES IN ASHEVILLE Nell- Known Former Resident Will Be Buried Here Miss Betty Winfrey Easterly, daughter of Mrs. C. R. Easterly of 1706 West 42nd Street, died unexpectedly in Asheville, N. Monday night.
Asheville She had been residing in for the past three years. Miss Easterly was born in Chattanooga and spent her entire life here except for the short interval in Asheville. She is a graduate of Chattanooga High School of the class of 1939 and she also attended Ward-Belmont College in Nashville. Surviving are her mother; grandmothers, Mrs. S.
W. Winfrey and Mrs. Nettie Easterly, aunts, Mrs. W. W.
Woodhead and Miss Lillian Easterly, and uncles, Hugh B. Winfrey and Thomas L. Easterly, all of Chattanooga. Miss Easterly was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Funeral will be conducted by Dr.
Fowle and the services, Rev. W. M. Tidwell, the hour to be announced. The body will be at the home of Mrs.
Nettie Easterly, 5208 Tennessee Avenue. Mrs. Elizabeth S. Taylor Special to The Chattanooga Times. HUNTSVILLE, Aug.
31- Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Taylor, 99, died here Monday evening at the home of her granddaughter, Miss Theo Elizabeth Harris, after a short illness. Funeral services will be Wednesday in the Laughlin Chapel with W. D. Medearis of Huntsville and Andy Largen of Fayetteville, ministers of the Church of Christ.
officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery. W. B. Pegues Special to The Chattanooga Times.
HUNTSVILLE, Aug. 31- W. B. Pegues, 72, New Hope merchant, died at his home there today of a heart attack. Funeral rites were set for Wednesday afternoon in the 1 Methodist Church at New Hope with the Rev.
burial O. S. in the Gamble Walker officiating, Ceme- with tery. Surviving are his wife; six daughters, Mrs. Annie Smoot, Kingston, Mrs.
Buford Walker, Grant, Mrs. R. E. Dean, Dayton, Mrs. James Crow of Chattanooga, George Mrs.
Walker and Mrs. H. C. Cooper, both of New Hope; four sons, Paul Pegues of the U. S.
Army Air Manchester, N. Percy Pegues, U. S. Army Air Force at Orlando, John and William Pegues, New Hope, and three brothers. Dr.
H. L. Jarvis Special to The Chattanooga Times. DALTON, Aug. 31-Dr.
Dr. H. L. Jarvis, lifelong resident and prominent dentist of Dalton, died at his home here at 9 o'clock tonight. He was 65.
Dr. Jarvis was the father of Capt. Harry Lee Jarvis, recently reported missing in action in the North African theater of war. Capt. Jarvis was an only son.
Funeral services will be conducted at the graveside in West Hill Cemetery Wednesday at 6 p.m. Carter O. Stacy Special to The Chattanooga Times. DALTON, Aug. 31-Carter C.
Stacy, 59, succumbed to a short illness Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Stacy was widely known in north Georgia and was a respected and prominent citizen of Dalton. He was in the grocery business for 32 years, having retired from this vocation only a few years ago. Recently he had been elected as justice of the peace in Dalton, defeating four other candidates.
Mrs. Willie Mae Sharp Special to The Chattanooga Times. HUNTSVILLE, Aug. 31- The body of Mrs. Willie Mae Sharp, 38, wife of Henry Sharp, was taken today to Elora, where Elora services were conducted in the Cemetery by the Rev.
G. E. Pharr. William Jaco Special to The Chattanooga Times. HUNTSVILLE, Aug.
31- Funeral services were held today for William Jaco, 62, who died Sunday night at his home on McKinley Avenue. Rites were conducted in the Fifth Street Baptist Church and burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery. Will Gutman Will Gutman of W. former resident of Chattanooga, died last week in Wheeling, it was learned here yesterday. Mr.
Gutman, who was near 80 years of age, had been an invalid GEORGIA SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION Edd Young of Murray County War Casualty in Africa Special to The Chattanooga Times. CHATSWORTH, Aug. 31- Edd Young, 28, one of the first volunteers for army duty from Murray County, died on Aug. 14 while serving in Africa, his wife has been notified by the War Department. Young was the son of Mrs.
Mollie Young of the Bull Pen community and the late Perry Young. He also leaves a 8-month-old child, one sister, Mrs. George T. Robinson, and two brothers, Kirby and George Young. He was inducted into the army on Feb.
20, 1941, having volunteered in November, 1940. He spent a furlough at home with his family last December. for several years. He is survived by his wife. He was in business here 30 years ago and married a Chattanoogan, Miss Blanche David, eldest daughter of the late Julia David, and sister of George B.
David of New York City. Mr. Gutman was buried in Wheeling Friday. Mrs. W.
A. Banks Mrs. Pearl Harris Banks, widow of Dr. W. A.
Banks, died o'clock last night at her residence, 1700 Chamberlain Avenue. Mrs. Banks is survived by her mother, Mrs. Effie Harris, Chattanooga; son, W. A.
Banks daughter, Miss Alma Katherine Banks; brother, Frank W. Harris, Chattanooga and sister, Mrs. Mary Sharp, Memphis. Funeral plans will be announced. Col.
John W. Porter MEMPHIS, Aug. 31 (P)-Col. John W. Porter, 98, Memphis and Shelby County's last surviving Confederate veteran, died early today.
Porter, who enlisted at the age of 16, served with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army. Deaths -Leonard, 92, died at 10:15 p.m. yesterday at his home, Old Wauhatchie Pike.
He was the founder of the Acheson Foundry and Machine Works here. Survivors, one son, Henry P. Acheson; four daughters, Mrs. L. A.
Garrison, Mrs. R. R. Nixon, Mrs. Elizabeth Dillon and Miss Celeste Acheson; eleven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral plans will be announced by the Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. The body is at the funeral home. BANKS-MRS PEARL HARRIS, widow of Dr. W. A.
Banks, died at 11 o'clock last night at her home, 1700 Chamberlain Avenue. Mrs. Banks is survived by her mother, Mrs. Effie Harris, Chattanooga; son, W. A.
Banks daughter, Miss Alma Katherine Banks; brother, Frank W. Harris, Chattanooga, and sister, Mrs. Mary Sharp, Memphis. Funeral plans will be announced by the Eugene Turner Funeral Home. EASTERLY- WINFREY, died suddenly in Asheville, N.
C. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Winfrey Easterly; grandmothers, Mrs. Nettie Easterly and Mrs. S.
W. Winfrey. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. National Funeral Home in charge. GRAYSON CADET FREDERICK aged 21 years, died from an accident Sunday at Carlsbad Army Air Field, Carlsbad, N.
M. He is survived by his father, B. C. Grayson of Signal Mountain; a brother, Lt. B.
C. Grayson Jr. of Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee, a sister, Mary Elizabeth Grayson of Chattanooga. Funeral service, conducted by the Rev. J.
Fred Johnson, will be held in the chapel of the National Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Pallbearers will be the following cadets from the University of Chattanooga; J. T. Pick, A. V.
Dillon, F. North, R. L. Warner, R. L.
Lawson, L. M. Kirstein, N. Polan and C. B.
Whitaker. Interment will be in the National Cemetery with full military honors. The body will remain at the funeral home until the hour of service. -Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane McIntosh of 1427 Jefferson Street, who died in a local hospital Sunday, will be held from the Cowart Street Church of Christ at 10 o'clock this morning, with Elders R.
C. and Paul Buchanan officiating. Pallbearers will be W. E. and R.
E. Narrett, Leon Collins, C. B. Norwood, Roy and Melvin Stafford. Interment will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
The body will remain until the hour of the service at the R. J. Coulter Funeral Home. YORK-Funeral services for David York, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. York of Flintstone, who died in St. Petersburg, Fla. Friday, will be held from the Flintstone Baptist Church at 3 this afternoon, the Revs.
o'clock, Lecroy and C. W. Tucker officiating. Pallbearers will be Lester and James Palmer, William Campbell and Olen Interment will be in the Chattanooga Valley Cemetery. Arrangements in charge of the R.
J. Coulter are Funeral Home. YOUNG-WILLIAM ARCHIE, 37, died at an early hour Tuesday morning from injuries received in an automobile accident Monday at Clifton, Ga. Surviving, wife, Mrs. Pearl Capp Young; daughter, Delphyn Young; son, Lowell Young; mother, Mrs.
J. A. Young; sisters, Mrs. R. W.
Wooten and Mrs. J. E. Cambron; RETURNS TO DUTY Pfc. William H.
Gray (above) has returned to his post at Pendieton Field, where he is stationed with the U. S. Air Force, after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N.
A. Gray, at LaFayette, Ga. CRASHED BOMBER FOUND IN GEORGIA Wreckage and Six Skeletons Are Discovered in Woods SANDERSVILLE, Aug. 31 (P)-The wreckage of a twinengined army bomber and the skeletons of six men were found about 15 miles from Sandersville today. The plane was badly damaged.
Clothing and effects of the crew had deteriorated so that immediate identification impossible. The public relations office at Cochran Field, Macon, said it was believed the plane had been based at Columbia army air base, Columbia, S. C. A group of officers from Cochran Field came here to investigate. The plane was found late yesterday in a wooded section 16 miles north of here by Fred Fields, sawmill worker, while he was looking over a tract of timber.
W. E. Hattaway, deputy sheriff, visited the scene last night and said searchers found four skulls, a number of bones and six parachutes. He said he was informed today that searchers believed they had located bones of six persons. Parts of the skeletons were scattered for some distance.
Three of the parachutes were partly opened and the others were closed. The plane sheared off trees eight to 10 inches in diameter and came to rest against a large pine tree. The scene is a mile and a half off the highway in a thinly area. The nearest house is a mile from the spot. Partially Identified COLUMBIA, S.
Aug. 31 (P)- The Columbia army air base public relations office said today that the wreckage of a twin-engined bomber found today about 15 miles from Sandersville, was believed to be that of a plane missing from the base since late in June. On July 3 the air base announced that a twin-engined medium bomber with a crew of six aboard had disappeared while on a routine flight June 27. Members of the crew aboard that plane were listed as: Second Lt. Gilbert P.
Johnson, Pontiac, Ill. Second Lt. Mourse A. Nielsen, Oakland, Calif. Second Lt.
Michael R. Rusnak, Ambridge, Pa. Staff Sgt. Daniel F. Hall, Canoe, Ill.
Sgt. Joseph C. Redman, Harvell, Ill. Sgt. Horace S.
Bowen, Sunbury, Pa. brothers, Lee and Jeff Young, all of LaFayette, Fred and Andrew Young of Chickamauga, and Roosevelt Young' of Summerville, Ga. The body will arrive in LaFayette this afternoon and will be carried to the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. E.
Cambron of LaFayette, where it will remain until the funeral hour. Arrangements announced later by J. Avery Bryan Company. WOOTEN-MRS. JOHN 63, died at residence near Chickamauga at 2:10 p.m.
Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by husband; one daughter, Mrs. Henry Bradley of Chickamauga; two stepdaughters, Mrs. John Burke of Chickamauga and Mrs. Willie Goins of Chattanooga Valley; one Trin A.
Wooten of Chickamauga; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Camp, Trion, and Mrs. Lizzie Bledsoe of LaFayette, also 21 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Funeral services will be held from Grand Center Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with Rev.
B. H. Howard, Rev. Buddy Brown and Rev. Clyde Brown officiating.
Interment in Grand Center Cemetery. Arrangements by J. Avery Bryan Company. COLORED REID-MISS LIZZIE 114 Lookout Street, died at home Monday after an illness. Survivors, mother, Mrs.
Eliza Reid; sister, Mrs. May Lou Morrow; brothers, Mr. Clinton Reid, Mr. Frank Reid and Mt. Sherman Reid, New York; uncle, Mr.
Morgan Rhines, Detroit; niece, Mrs. Katie L. Bailey, Knoxville; nephew, Mr. Robert Morrow, and friends. Funeral today 2 p.m., chapel Buchanan Funeral Home, the Rev.
E. L. Hickman officiatting. Interment, Highland Cemetery. Body is at funeral home; Union Protective Service by Buchanan.
SINGING ON STREET, MAN IS STRICKEN Blind George Culpepper Has a Ruptured Appendix George Culpepper, 41-year-old blind singer, was stricken as he and his wife, also blind, were seeking contributions as they sang to the accompaniment of his old guitar on Market Street about 10 o'clock last night. The blind serenaders were in the 700 block on Market Street when the man was the victim of a severe cramping spell. The couple, with the aid of their two small children, reached the entrance of the Lane Drug Store when Culpepper collapsed. Culpepper was taken to the Newell Sanitarium and then was transferred to Erlanger Hospital. There it was found that he had suffered a ruptured appendix and that operation was necessary.
Dewey Lanier Culpepper, 12- son of the couple, who reside at the Alton Hotel, was called on to sign the permit for the operation, as the mother was not able to do so due her blindness. The other child, Melita Angela, aged 6, spent her time in consoling her mother and inquiring as to her father's condition. Attendants at Erlanger reported that Culpepper's condition was "very critical" early this morning. 'MARCHING ORDERS' GIVEN TO WARDENS From Page One direction of Mrs. James F.
Finlay, and she will keep calling until someone is found at that address." T. O. Trotter OCD co-ordinator here, told the senior air raid wardens that, although they must continue be alert for surprise blackouts, their principal duties for the duration of the war will be in assisting the war effort by such means as selling war bonds and stamps. He explained that wardens will not actually sell bonds, but that they will take subscriptions for bonds to be bought through the postoffice, or whatever bank or institution the customer prefers to buy. Bonds may be sold only through authorized organizations equipped to handle, large amounts of Government securities, he said.
Wardens Reminded Dr. John B. Steele, chairman the "paratroopers" committee for the local war bond drive, reminded the wardens that dive bombers from Northern Field, Tullahoma, will fly over the city at noon next Tuesday to help, advertise the big mass meeting Memorial Auditorium Tuesday night. He said during that week aviation cadet candidates at the University of Chattanooga will parade through the streets, and that an ordnance exhibit will be on display on the old Market Square. Others present at the meeting last night included Mrs.
John L. Hutcheson chairman of the OCD Volunteer Office; Mrs. James F. Finlay, chief OCD block leader; County Judge Wiley O. Couch, Chief Air Raid Warden Homer S.
Elkins. Also in connection with the local bond drive, Emmett Rogers, manager of the Tivoli Theater, announced that the ticket sales for the southern premier of "So Proudly We Hail," the epic story -of army nurses on Bataan, will begin Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Tivoli and in local stores. Rogers explained that the theater will be turned over to the war bond for the night of Sept. drive, "So Proudly We Hail" will be shown.
Persons buying bonds will be given tickets to the premiere, but none will be sold at the box office at the night of the showing. Neither will regular movie tickets be sold for the performance. At least one $25 war bond must be sold for each seat occupied for the performance of the picture, Rogers declared. He said the movie would not be "held over." MEMPHIS NEGRO TO POOL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (P)- Ten Negro taxicab companies in Memphis, have agreed to pool their operations in order to conserve tires and gasoline, the Office of Defense Transportation said Monday.
BUTTER FOR CIVILIANS MAY GAIN IN OCTOBER NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (P)-The regional office of the War Food Administration reported today a departmental order from Washington announced that September military butter requirements had been reduced to 20 per cent of production from 30 per cent and advised that no butter need be set aside for military purposes in Oc-1 tober. Men in Service Purchase Millions in War Bonds WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (P)- Members of the armed services are buying more and more war The Treasury tonight cited these figures: In April 1,500,000 soldiers were particiapting in the payroll savings plan. By Aug.
1 the number had jumped to 2,346,350, and bond purchases under the plan exceeded $24,600,000 a month. In the first seven months of last year navy personnel invested $37,110,198 in war bonds. In the same period this year the total was $138,395,555. WINS NAVY WINGS Winfred E. Souther (above), son of Mr.
and Mrs. Souther of 108 Jones Street, Dalton, won his navy "wings of gold" and was commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve following completion of the prescribed flight training course at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, the "Annapolis of the air." Having been designated a naval aviator, Ensign Souther will go on active duty at one of the navy's air operational training before being assigned to a combat zone. CLEVELAND MAN IS COMMISSIONED Van Joseph Malone Sr. Gets Orders Active Duty WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (P)ing The War Department today announced promotions the of following officers temporary directing newly appointed officers tend to proceed from their homes for active duty: Promotions in Tennessee included: Second lientenant to first fieutenant: Fayetteville--Clell Homer McKinney AC.
Knoxville--Earl William Brown, AC. Ordered to active duty from Tennessee: Cleveland- -Van Joseph Malone, PICNIC MONDAY PLANNED BY MEMBERS OF CHURCH A large number of members of the church organizations of SS. Peter and Paul's and Our Lady of Perpetual Help churches will assist in the picnic to be held Monday on the grounds of the latter church in Brainerd. O. J.
Hubbuch is general chairthe Catholic Club of which man Piction is sponsored by George Fillauer is president. The picnic will not be in the form of a barbecue as in past years due to shortages of various kinds. Instead the lunches will be served cafeteria style. Among those who will assist in the details are: Mrs. Fred McIsaac Mrs.
R. Collins J. J. Mahoney Jr. Mrs.
-Sellman Mrs. W. A. Myer Will Casey George Appleton Jr. Mrs.
William Casey G. L. Colosia Mary Agnes Eiseman Mrs. Ross Daniels The Rev. Joseph S.
John Phillips Tarpy William A. Ford Mary Robertson Mrs. S. F. Hedgepeth Mike Quinn Pat St.
Charles Jane Milburn James Dolan P. Manning 0. C. Cayce R. J.
Laub John Crimmins Bert Kohl Neil Crowley Mrs. Robert Ford Mrs. Warren Mrs. Ralph Cameron Pat Crowe Mrs. C.
E. ChamberDavis lain Catherine Maxwell F. J. Nolan Frank Kollman- Lloyd Arnett sperger George Fillauer A. W.
McKenney Charles Harness Beverly Ann Baxley George Thomas Ainsworth Arch Norman Ed, Robert Steiner Mahoney George Hubert Stagmaier Charles DuBois Enoch Warren Salvatore Mirabella VanArsdale Is Decorated Tech. Sgt. Harry P. VanArsdale of Chattanooga, radioman trained at the Army Air Forces Training Command School at Scott Field, is one of 41 Scott graduates who have been decorated for bravery with the Eighth Air Force in England. TULLAHOMA CRASH CAUSED SIX DEATHS Air Base Identifies Victims of Monday Night Accident GREENVILLE, S.
Aug. 31 (P)-All members of the crew of six were killed in the crash of a medium bomber from the Greenville Army Air Base near Tullahoma, Monday night, the public relations office announced today. Their names and next of- kin were announced as: Second Lt. Robert S. 26, pilot; father, F.
E. Strickling, West Union, W. Va. Second Lt. Loren E.
Yard, 28, co-pilot; mother, Mrs. Mattie Yard, Farmersville, Ill. Second Lt. Larence Cecil Steiner 23, bombardier; father, L. C.
Steiner Mobile, Ala. Sgt. Tristum V. Dodge, 35, radioman gunner; mother, Mrs. Myrtle A.
Dodge, Johnson City, N. Y. Sgt. Maurice E. Quillin, 27, engineer; mother, Mrs.
Audrey Quillin, Texarkana, Ark. Pvt. Ferris B. Broom, 19, gunner; mother, Mrs. Adda May Broom, Route 1, Box 52, Emmerson, Ark.
HALF-CENTURY GROUP MAPS BARBECUE PLAN George Gardenhire and Fletcher R. Morgan, chairmen for the annual barbecue and outing of the Chattanooga Half-Century Club, have drawn a blueprint of arrangements for feeding the hundreds of members and friends who will attend the affair Sept. 9 at Warner Park. The drawing shows the arrangement of serving tables position on each of the of various the of food and the names men who will take care of serving each item. Arrows on drawshow the route guests will take as they pass down lane to get their plates filled and down another to reach the tables where they will eat.
Chairman Morgan, from long experience with handling large crowds at similar outings, advised this chart method of notifying all members of the serving committee just where they must be and what they must do to keep the lines moving. CLERK ARRESTED HERE ON BAD CHECK CHARGE A man listed by police as T. W. Embry, 26, 3805 South Terrace, was arrested yesterday by Detectives E. A.
Long and P. F. Taylor on a warrant sworn out by the Easy Way Grocery Company No. 2, McCallie Avenue, which charged Embry with passing worthless checks. It was alleged that Embry, a TVA clerk, had given the grocery store a check for the amount of $12 in payment for merchandise, and, the detectives stated, the check was returned to the store as worthless.
CENTRAL HIGH STUDENTS WILL REGISTER TUESDAY new students who expect to attend Central High School during the coming term and who did not register last spring are required to report at the school Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 9 a.m. All students who registered last spring are to report Wednesday morning, Sept. 8, at 9 o'clock. Students of the county suburban schools do not report until Tuesday morning, Sept.
7. The announcements were made by Marshall superintendent. Three Qualify as Marksmen Three Chattanooga soldiers at Camp Santa Anita, have qualified as rifle marksmen at the West Coast Ordnance Training Center. They are Cpl. Lonnie C.
Haley, Cpl. Robert Gilreath and Pfc. Max R. Collins. Haley is the father of Miss Dean Haley, 3608 Second Avenue.
Cpl. Gilreath is the son of Mrs. C. E. Gilreath, 4001 Clio Avenue, and Pfc.
Collins is the husband of Mrs. Winifred Collins, 266 Peace Street. Squires in Bradley Have Quorum, Meeting Called to Finance Schools Special to The CLEVELAND, Aug. 31- County Judge Nat M. Eldredge, at the signed request of the four remaining members of Bradley County's new quarterly court, late this afternoon issued a call for a special session of the court Monday, Sept.
6, to take up among other things the setting of a county tax rate and the adoption of a school budget so as to enable the county schools to open. On the heels of the county judge's action, W. B. Cartwright, county superintendent of schools, announced the elementary schools and Bradley and Charleston High schools will open on Sept. 7.
It was also announced that the county board of education will meet Thursday to transact any necessary business in connection with the opening of the schools. Bradley County schools have suffered because of the bitter political fight brought about by the passage of the Bradley County Redistricting Act by the Tennessee general last January. The act abolished the then existing county court. and named a new court. The constitutionality of the act has been fought through chancery court, and an appeal from Chancellor T.
L. Stewart's decision declaring the act legal is now pending before the Tennessee supreme court. An opinion secured from the state attorney general's office Gadsden and Anniston Labor Rating Improved WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (P) -The War Manpower Commission announced tonight its September classification of 340 cities according to their shortage or surplus of labor and added six cities to its Group 1 (acute labor shortage) list. Anniston and: Gadsden, were transferred from the Group 1 to the Group 3 list, indicating that their manpower situation has bettered considerably and making them eligible for new war production contracts.
HALE CASE CLOSED, GOV. COOPER STATES Executive Has no Comment on Educator's New Job NASHVILLE, Aug. 31 (P)-Gov. Prentice Cooper today termed "a closed issue" the removal of Dr. W.
J. Hale from the presidency of the State A. and I. College for Negroes at Nashville, a post he had held since the founding of the school 32 years ago. A question as to whether Hale had been offered or would accept another state job, conference put to the governor after a this morn ing with B.
O. Duggan, state commissioner of education, went officially unanswered. Duggan likewise comment," and Hale was reported out of the city. At a meeting last Friday the state board of education received a report from a subcommittee which had examined state auditor's reports and made certain recommendations following an investigation, spreading over a year and a half, of A. and I.
financial affairs. The board also interviewed Dr. Hale at the meeting a and received his answers to a series of questions based on the audit report. A brief formal statement, issued by Duggan on behalf of the board at the conclusion of the meeting, asserted that Hale had been removed as head of the institution which he has expended from a $50,000 start to a present estimated value of $3,500,000 to accept other work with the state. This work was described as being along educational promotion lines among Negroes, possibly including work on a history of A.
and I. College. Hale at that time declined comment as to whether he. would take another state job. The board of education named Dr.
W. S. Davis, who has been connected with the A. and I. College for 10 years, as acting president of the institution.
He is slated to take over his new duties tomorrow. $3,800 ATLANTA POST OPEN FOR ACCOUNTANT An accountant, at a salary of $3,800 a year, plus overtime, is needed for duty in Atlanta, Glenn Tallant, secretary of the Civil Service Commission, said yesterday. Any persons who feel themselves application at the job civil may service make office. Applicants must have had as a general requirement at least five years of progressive and accounting or auditing experience, including or supplemented by the special requirement of at least two years of experience involving either supervision of a staff of accountants or full personal responsibility for successful completion of special accounting or auditing assignments. WAC GIVEN MANY TASKS.
AT AAF TRAINING FIELDS Important operational tasks at army air force training fields have been assigned to women since the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps became the Women's Army Corps, attaining full. status as a component of the army of the United. States, according to an announcement of the War Department vealed yesterday at Third WAC Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe. Fliers are taught to maneuver planes and to fly by instruments on the ground with link trainers. Link trainer instruction at three fields is now being handled by WAC.
Assignment of WAC to Turner N. Field, Albany, Grenier Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, is the beginning of a program to place WAC in similar instruction posts throughout the country. Other positions filled by WAC at army air force fields include radio control tower operators and radio mechanics. Chattanooga Times. stated that until 8.
county court adopted a school budget Bradley County would not receive its share of state school funds. On those grounds the county board of education failed to announce an opening date for school. Ordinarily county schools open early in August. Following the refusal last week of Associate Justice A. B.
Neil of the supreme court to grant a writ of supersedeas to enable the old county court to transact county business pending action on the appeal, interested persons today secured an agreement between the warring factions which resulted in the request signed by Justices of the Peace George Weaver, city elected member of the court; J. D. Morelock, John Bowman and Afton Mackey of Charleston, for the county judge to call a special session of the court. Morelock, who had previously failed to qualify for office, qualifield today in order to constitute a quorum. Two other members appointed by the act, John Million and Lon Brock, had previously resigned and will take no part in the meeting.
Other business designated in the call to be transacted is to authorize the usual appropriations for the county agricultural office, the county health unit, the child's welfare association, and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and to elect notaries public as needed. DR. PACK WILL ADDRESS CHATTANOOGA TEACHERS From Page Three morrow morning at 10 o'clock at Dickinson Junior High School and the colored teachers tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Howard High School. Dr. will address both groups.
Commissioner R. M. Cooke, who last April was assigned to the education department, will be presented to the teachers at both meetings. In addition to the speeches, Supt. Derthick said there will be programs of special music and general announcements concerning the program for the 1943-44 school term.
Col. Ira Summers also issued a call yesterday through Supt. Derthick to the members of the Chattanooga High School band to be present at the Dickinson Junior High School at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. The band will play a concert for the teachers' meeting. The city schools will open Friday.
morning for organization. Class room work will start next Tuesday. Labor Day, which is Monday, will be- observed by the schools. 7.
