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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.

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January 1961 - "North By Northwest" - Now Showing - Wed. Jan. 4th, 1961 at the Tri-City Drive-In Movies on the Kingsport Hwy. Source: The Johnson City Press dated January 4, 1961.

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January 1947 - A new Penny Store . . . back on Main Street in Marshall Brothers Building across from Sears. The Penney's on Main Street on the opposite side from the Majestic Theatre burned December 1944 and they moved to 113-115 East Market and two years later to this location until a new Penney's was built from the ground up at 307 East Main Street in 1948 which they remained until they moved to the Mall. Source: Retrieved and formatted from the Johnson City Press dated January 4th, 1947.

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January 1968 - A former Johnson City soldier Specialist 4 Cecil B. Jones Jr., 21, has been reported killed in action in Vietnam on December 21st. I am going to attach the continuation of this article to the comments of this post. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated January 4th, 1968 by Ted Bowers.

January 1960 - Nance Lanes - Was located on the corner of East Main and Division Streets, Medical Care presently occupie...
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January 1960 - Nance Lanes - Was located on the corner of East Main and Division Streets, Medical Care presently occupies the building. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated January 4th, 1960.

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January 1966 - Dennis the Menace - Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated January 3rd, 1966.

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January 1959 - Just a small fraction of the crime in Johnson City during the 50's, armed robberies of two service stations, Officers left to right are: Patrolman John Senn and Lt. Ben Treadway. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated January 2nd 1959 by Ted Bowers.

November 1970 - Five paper carriers of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle were awarded tickets from Jess Curtis, circulati...
02/01/2026

November 1970 - Five paper carriers of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle were awarded tickets from Jess Curtis, circulation director, to the University of Tennessee-Kentucky game in Knoxville. Accompanied by Curtis, they attended the game, dining twice during the trip. Source: Retrieved and formatted from the Johnson City Press dated November 22nd, 1970.

"Auld Lang Syne" A good translation of the words "auld lang syne" is "times gone by." So (incorporating a couple of othe...
01/01/2026

"Auld Lang Syne" A good translation of the words "auld lang syne" is "times gone by." So (incorporating a couple of other translations) when we sing this song, we are saying, "We'll drink a cup of kindness yet for times gone by." Pictured: Guy Lombardo who brought in the New Years on Times Square for 20 years starting December 31st 1956.

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December 1962 - TV programing for the Johnson City area on New Year's Eve 1962 and the morning of New Years 1963. Source: Retrieved from a Carolina/Tennessee edition of TV Guide dated December 31st, 1962.

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December 1965 - WETB - Channel 790 - The 40 Most Requested Tunes for Week Beginning Jan. 2nd, 1966. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated December 31st, 1965.

December 1957 - "Cat Girl" and "The Amazing Colossal Man" - Now Showing at the Tennessee Theatre at 146 W. Main at Boone...
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December 1957 - "Cat Girl" and "The Amazing Colossal Man" - Now Showing at the Tennessee Theatre at 146 W. Main at Boone in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated December 31st, 1957

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December 1951 - "The Day The Earth Stood Still" - Showing Mon. and Tues. Dec. 31st, 1951 and Jan. 1st, 1952 at the Tennessee Theatre on the corner of Main and Boone Streets in downtown Johnson City. Source: Retrieved and formatted from microfilm of the Johnson City Press dated December 30th, 1951.

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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.