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.
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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.
