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March 1959 - In Operation at Tri-Cities Airport - Two Convair 240's bought recently by Southeast Airlines. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 17th, 1959.
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03/17/2023
March 1962 - The Brothers Four . . . At ETSC Thursday, March 22nd, 1962. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 17th, 1962.
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March 1976 - Elvis at Freedom Hall on Wednesday Evening March 17th 1976. These are the dates and times that Elvis appeared at Freedom Hall in Johnson City: 3/17/76 on Wed. at 8:30 pm, 3/18/76 on Thur. at 2:30 pm, 3/18/76 on Thur. at 8:30 pm, 3/19/76 on Fri. at 8:30 pm and on 2/19/77 on Sat. at 8:30 pm. Credit of photo unknown.
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March 1954 - "A Family Store" - Today, March 17th, 1954, Dosser's, at 228 E. Main Street in downtown Johnson City, is one of the few typically family stores remaining in the country. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 17th, 1954.
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March 1945 - Lt. John T. Ross, USN Pilot, Awarded Air Medal. He is now in Johnson City on leave. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1945.
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April 1967 - Looking east up Main Street in downtown Johnson City during April 1967. You can see the Marquee of the Majestic Theatre. Source: Formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 27th, 1967.
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The Colonial Hotel that was located on East Market Street less than a block from Roan to the right of Munsey Memorial Methodist Church that is now the location of a parking lot. The picture is looking west down East Market toward Roan. The Colonial Hotel was razed during June of 1966. Postcard courtesy of Ridley Wills East Tennessee Postcard Collection - Archives of Appalachia - East Tennessee State University.
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March 1968 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1968.
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March 1971 - An article about Britts Department Store, one of the stores that was on the list of stores to open sometime after the Grand Opening on March 17th, 1971. Britts later became Parks Belk and is presently Belk located on the far right of the front of the Mall. When the Mall first opened, it was in later years that Belk and Penney's moved to the Mall and when the downtown became a ghost town also with the closing of Woolworth's, Kings' Department Store, the Majestic Theatre on September 1st, 1981 and more. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1971.
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March 1971 - The fountain in the Mall when it initially opened on March 17th, 1971. When the Mall first opened, there was no upper lever, escalators, elevators or food court, all that came years later. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1971.
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March 1971 - The Orange Bowl when the Mall first opened on March 17th, 1971. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1971.
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March 1969 - Wrestling at the Johnson City Recreation Center Mon., Mar. 17th, 1969 - 8:00 P.M. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1969.
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March 1947 - The Salvation Army -operated Red Shield Boy's Club is giving a group of boys training in radio. Left to right are: Bob McKee, Jimmy LaFollette and Bob Barlow. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1947.
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March 1947 - Enjoying the warm weather at East Tennessee State College during March of 1947. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 16th, 1947.
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March 1967 - Sammy Stewart - 'Top Topper' - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1967.
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March 1970 - "You've Got A Lot To Live! . . . And Pepsi's Got a Lot to Give!" . . . And the people at Pepsi appreciate the assistance of Beverly Miller and Claudia Robinson, members of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, ETSU, in making this picture. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1970.
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March 1953 - Gray Lady Service at Mountain Home. Pictured are Mrs. Paul Perry, Gray Lady, and Herman W. Greenlee of Murray Kentucky, patient at Mountain Home. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1953.
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March 1969 - "Dracula Has Risen From The Grave" - Showing at the Tennessee Theatre at 146 W. Main Street on the corner of Main and Boone in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1969.
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March 1953 - "Mississippi Gambler" - 5 Big Days Starting Today, Sun., Mar. 15th 1953 at the Sevier Theatre at 117 Spring Street in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1953.
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March 1953 - The cast of Junior High School students which will present the three-act comedy "It's A Date" at 8 p.m. Friday at the school auditorium. This was the junior high that was located on North Roan Street between Fairview and Myrtle Avenues on the left going north, razed in 1979. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1953.
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March 1953 - First in Public Demand! Philco "Golden Grid Television" at Free Service Tire Company in downtown Johnson City. This was 7 months before Johnson City had a tv station and the only station available at this time was WBTV-TV Channel 3 out of Charlotte N.C. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1953.
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March 1953 - "King Kong" - Today and Monday, March 15th and 16th, 1953 at the Tennessee Theatre at 146 W. Main Street on the corner of Main and Boone Streets in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1953.
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March 1970 - U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant James Greene Jr. Earns Bronze Star. Sergeant Greene is a 1960 graduate of Tennessee Military Institute, Sweetwater, and attended East Tennessee State University. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1970.
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March 1969 - Top 40 Most Requested Tunes From WETB Living Legend Survey For Week Beginning March 16th, 1969. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 15th, 1969.
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March 1935 - Artists who have made the 'Grand Ole Opry' will appear at the Majestic Theatre at 237 E. Main Street in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 14th, 1935.
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March 1953 - "Scale Model Railroad" - Hugh McIlhaney, 14, (left) and his brother Calvert, 11, watch the workings of the electric scale model railroad which Hugh has built. The boys are the sons of Dr. and Mrs. L. W. McIlhaney, Mountain Home. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 14th, 1953.
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March 1967 - "Steve Spurrier . . . California Bound". Steve is a 1963 graduate of Science Hill High School and the winner of Florida's first Heisman Trophy in 1966. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 14th, 1967.
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March 1947 - "The Gentleman from Texas" - Friday and Saturday, Mar. 14th and 15th, 1947 at the Tennessee Theatre at 146 West Main Street on the corner of Main and Boone Streets in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 14th, 1947.
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March 1943 - The War Department has announced Pvt. William T. Cannon Jr., 21 and a graduate of Washington College, has been reported missing in sea action in the North Atlantic. It appears there was an error in the year he graduated from Washington College. Note: During WW II, the Johnson City Press was overwhelmed with this type of news coming in locally, I randomly pick one occasionally to post as it would be overwhelming for several people to research and get them all on the internet. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 14th, 1943.
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March 1972 - Wrestling Tonight, Tuesday, March 14th, 1972 - 8:00 P.M. Johnson City Recreation Center. Ring enclosed with chicken wire! Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 14th, 1972.
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March 1961 - Dennis the Menace. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 13th, 1961.
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March 1967 - "Big Haul" - Federal ATU and state ABC agents nabbed this truckload of Moonshine in Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 13th, 1967.
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March 1972 - Britts "top of the mall restaurant" (presently Belks upper level) - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 13th, 1972.
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March 1972 - Lieutenant John Robinson of the Johnson City Police Department dies. Lt John Robinson had been with the police department since 1962 and had previously had 20 years of service with the Johnson City Fire Department. The article continues and I can't find it or may have failed to retrieve it. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 13th, 1972.
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March 1964 - "Love with the Proper Stranger" - Starts today, March 13th, 1964, at the Majestic Theatre at 237 E. Main Street in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 13th, 1964.
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March 1947 - Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 13th, 1947.
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March 1953 - If you ever wondered how many pounds of to***co went into all those huge to***co warehouses in Johnson City and the money it brought in, here is an answer from 1953 of ten million, seven hundred fifty eight thousand and one hundred and thirty four pounds bringing in a total of five million, three hundred, thirty three thousand, one hundred dollars and fifty cents. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 12th, 1953.
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March 1968 - Balsom Van Perry . . . VFW Official, died unexpectedly Saturday night in Washington D.C. of an apparent heart attack, while attending a meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 12th, 1968.
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March 1950 - New Chevrolet Popularity Leaders Advance Design Trucks at Hill-Summers Chevrolet at 71 Wilson Ave. (present location of Wild Wing Cafe). Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 12th, 1950.
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March 1953 - Leon Ferenbach's City League champions are shown after winning the trophy in the East Tennessee Championship Gold Medal Basketball Tournament by defeating W. B. Greene of Kingsport 64-54 Tuesday night in the Recreation Gym. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated March 12th, 1953.
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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.
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April 1944 - "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" - Showing Mon. and Tues., April 3rd and 4th, 1944. Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 2nd, 1944.
April 1963 - "Tales of Terror" - Starts Thursday, April 4th, 1963 at the Sevier Theatre on Spring Street in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 3rd, 1963.
April 1955 - "Whisky Raid" - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 3rd, 1955.
April 1943 - Lieutenant Jack Rolley Brown, formally of Johnson City, was one of 597 soldiers receiving awards for aerial actions during WW II. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 3rd, 1943.
1951-52 - Science Hill High School students headed to Nashville. Photo taken from the front lawn of the old Science Hill High School on Roan Street. The Sevier Hotel to the left across Roan and the old Southern Railroad Station in the background, Source: Retrieved and formatted from the 1952 Wataugan.
April 1952 - "Flight To Mars" - Thursday Fri. & Sat., April 3-5, 1952 at the Sevier Theatre on Spring Street in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 2nd, 1952.
April 1962 - "Sprite was first developed in West Germany in 1959 as Fanta Klare Zitrone (“Clear Lemon Fanta”) and was introduced in the United States under the current brand name Sprite in 1961 as a competitor to 7 Up." This was about the time Sprite started being bottled at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Johnson City. I am going to post a drive-in theatre intermission commercial for Sprite in the comments when it first came out. Source of ad: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 2nd, 1962.
April 1960 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 1st, 1960.
April 1967 - "The Divots" - From left to right, front row, Perry Cutshall, Steve Widener, John McKinnon, second row, Pat Cowell, Gary Maine, Gary Brown, Jimmy Lawson (on drums). Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 1st, 1967.
Circa 1952 - The R.O.T.C. Battalion at the old Science Hill High School on Roan Street in downtown Johnson City. The old Science Hill High School became South Junior High in the fall of 1961 when Science Hill was relocated on John Exum Parkway and was razed in 1979. Source: Retrieved and formatted from the 1952 Wataugan.
April 1943 - Captain Harmon L. Monroe (left) of Erwin, Tenn., a medical officer, assisted by Sergeant G.C. Caddy of Wilder, Idaho, treats the wounded leg of an American soldier on the Tunisian front. The "hospital" is a portable operating room mounted on a truck, near the front. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 1st, 1943.
April 1968 - Photo looking east down West Market St. from the intersection of West Market and West Watauga Ave. The entrance to the building on the left with the awning was Bill Garland's Barber Shop (present location of a vacant lot), and on the corner to the right across W. Market was the original Wilson's Pharmacy (houses on the right beyond the apartment building have all been removed). The next building down West Market on the left was Leon Ferenbach Inc. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated April 1st, 1968.