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Ted's Johnson City Time Warp Take a tour in time through the decades in Johnson City, Tennessee on Ted's Johnson City Time Warp.

23/07/2025

July 1961 - Special Return Engagement by Popular Request, "Rio Bravo" - Showing Sun., Mon., and Tues., July 23rd, 24th, 25th, 1961 at the Skyline Drive-In Theatre on the New Jonesboro Hwy. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 23rd, 1961. I am posting a picture taken on the set of "Rio Bravo" in the comments.

July 1970 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 23rd...
23/07/2025

July 1970 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 23rd, 1970.

23/07/2025

July 1962 - Roy Acuff's Open House - Tonight 8:30 P.M. Channel 11. This was just two months and eleven days after the evening of May 10th, 1962 that he was preforming in Roy Faircloth's warehouse on Lamont St. when he was a witness to Roy Faircloth being shot and killed and had to be on the witness stand during the trial. Roy Faircloth had Roy Acuff and his band and other noted country performers like Johnny Cash and June Carter to perform often in his warehouse free to the public, giving away prizes and making it a fun event. Source of ad: Retrieved from a Carolina/Tennessee edition of TV Guide dated July 21st, 1962.

23/07/2025

Remembering Kevin Coughlin, Jan. 18, 1948 - July 23, 2013. "Kevin Coughlin was Science Hill's 195-pound senior fullback and was the new scoring leader in the big 7 conference." Photo credit and source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated October 23rd, 1965.

July 1951 - Margaret Ann Snapp (18) of Johnson City dies in a motorcycle accident riding with Bill Muse (23) of Johnson ...
23/07/2025

July 1951 - Margaret Ann Snapp (18) of Johnson City dies in a motorcycle accident riding with Bill Muse (23) of Johnson City, who was seriously injured, they were soon to be married. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 23rd, 1951.

July 1970 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 21st...
22/07/2025

July 1970 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 21st, 1970.

22/07/2025

July 1956 - Tri-Cities Speedway Located on Airport Road. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 21st, 1956.

22/07/2025

July 1957 - "Press-Chronicle Babe Ruth League Team" - Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 22nd, 1957 by Ted Bowers, Courtesy of the Sherrod Library at ETSU for the use of their film and equipment.

July 1962 - An ad for the Late Show on WBIR-TV Channel 10 out of Knoxville, Tn. WBIR-TV used the instrumental song "The ...
22/07/2025

July 1962 - An ad for the Late Show on WBIR-TV Channel 10 out of Knoxville, Tn. WBIR-TV used the instrumental song "The Syncopated Clock" while giving the introduction to their feature movie. I will put the link to the music in the comments. WBIR-TV was one of the stations carried on the cable in Johnson City from the 50's until satellite tv came about in the 80's. Source: Retrieved from a Carolina/Tennessee edition of TV Guide dated July 21st, 1962.

July 1962 - Television programming for the Johnson City area during the late evening of Saturday, July 21st, 1962. Sourc...
22/07/2025

July 1962 - Television programming for the Johnson City area during the late evening of Saturday, July 21st, 1962. Source: Retrieved from a Carolina/Tennessee edition of TV Guide dated July 21st, 1962.

21/07/2025

July 1951 - I enlarged and formatted this photo from a page of 12 photos titled "Park And Recreation Board Gives Johnson Citians Pleasure". Caption to the photo: "P*e Wee softball at Stratton playground. Back row, Bradley Phillips, Earl Hammer, Johnnie Wilkerson, Joe McCormick, Bunny Pushing, John A. Broyles; Park and Recreation leader. Front row, Don Walters, Tommy Wilkerson, Richard Ensor, Johnnie Ensor, Johnnie Tipton, and Larry Wagner. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated July 29, 1951 by Ted Bowers, Courtesy of the Sherrod Library at ETSU for the use of their film and equipment.

21/07/2025

July 1969 - "Men Walk On Moon" - The Headlines on the front page of Johnson City Press-Chronicle on July 21st, 1969.

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Introduction to Ted’s Johnson City Time Warp

Welcome to Ted's Johnson City Time Warp, a page consisting of a wide variety of past events, happenings and history in Johnson City, Tennessee. These post are attributed to many hours of extensive research and work getting the most of them formatted from microfilm from the Johnson City Press-Chronicle. Much appreciation to the employees of the East Tennessee State University Sherrod Library in the microfilm department and the Archives of Appalachia for all their help in making this happen. All of these post are shared with the Johnson City Memories Group on Facebook, including many more of my post that are not included on this page. I want to thank all the people who have liked and follow this page. If there is an older post you are looking for, go to the left column and click on posts, a space will appear to the right under the cover photo that will say, 'Search for post on this page', just type in a word that relates to what you are looking for and hit enter. If you can't find it there, I suggest you search on the Johnson City Memories site.