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S6 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Sunday January 11 1987 Tennessee TREASURES A birthday calondarby David Darkness Dave CarterNews-SentineJ staff Here are some Tennessee Treasures which were not included in the series which began one year ago in Neighbors Some of our most important birthdays are not known Gen James White the founder of Knoxville was born in Iredell County NC in 1747 but there seems to be no record of the month or day Another omission is that of Sequoyah (George Guess or Gist) who invented the Cherokee alphabet and was born in 1760 or 1770 in the Indian town of Taskigi near Fort Loudoun in what is now Monroe County We also do not know the birthdays of two first ladies Mary Grainger Blount wife of the governor of the Southwest Terri- tory was born in 1761 in Wilmington NC and Catherine Sherrill Sevier wife of the first governor of Tennessee was born in North Carolina in 1754 Clive Bare born in 1914 in Smith County Va recently retired as US Bankruptcy Court judge in Knoxville In 1985 he became the third man in 40 years to receive the Herbert Bierce Award from the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Rock slide scene Debris is still covering part of a lane of Interstate 40 between the Westel and Crab Orchard exits Bids were opened Wednesday for work on the area to repair damage done by the rock slide last month One driver was killed as a result of the slide The work will include building another lane toward the median to allow free movement of traffic and scaling off the bluff to reduce the danger of another rock slide Brown Brothers of Antioch is the apparent low bidder for the project according to Richard Omohundro director of construction for the state Department of Transportation The bid was $75524847 March Roberta Kella Dorr born in Minneapolis Minr lives in Maryville She is the author of the novel and Bathsheba" March Ruby Dayton born in 1934 in Blytheville Ark is a Knoxville artist noted for her wildflower prints and Homecoming poster titled 3 Are For March John Bowers born in Lenoir City in 1928 lived in Johnson City and attended the University of Tennessee He lives in New York City where he teaches at Columbia University He is the author of and "No More Phyllis Alexander Tickle born in Johnson City in 1934 is a poet and essayist who lives in Memphis She is editor and publisher of St Press and is author of the Heart Already March CZ Richard Kelly born in 1937 in New York City teaches English at UT and is the author of the book Andy Griffith He also has written books on Lewis Carroll and Graham Greene March Richard Herring born in 1938 in Charleston Miss attended Memphis State University and UT He teaches English at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and is the author of the novels and The latter has a setting in the Smokies and soon will be a motion picture featuring Johnny Cash William Orville Frizzell born in 1928 in Corsicana Texas has been a Grand Ole Opry star in Nashville He was one of the all- time great honky-tonk singers in America 5 1500000 INVENTORY MUST BE SACRIFICED April David Halberstam born in 1934 in New York City worked on a Nashville newspaper A journalist in New York he is the author of Best and the Brightest" and Powers That He is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting His latest jj work is titled Bill Landry born in 1950 in White Plains NY has lived in Harri-man and Knoxville where he is director of the Heartland Series on television and is recipient of the History in Media Award of the East Tennessee Historical Society i mf FAMOUS NAME SAVINGS: LANE BASSETT SINGER DIXIE ROWE SERTA CRAWFORD SEALY 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH UP TO 60 MONTHS TO PAY! a David Abshire born in Chattanooga in 1926 was United States ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization He recently was appointed to a new cabinet-level position: coordinator of White House responses to the congressional investigations and other probes into the United States sale of weapons to Iran and the I "diversion of profits to the Contras in Nicaragua VM HIRE'S OUR STORY: April EVERY OCCASIONAL TABLE RECLINER SWIVEL ROCKER DINETTE ACCESSORY LAMP PICTURE REDUCED! 86 INCH TRANSITIONAL SOFA $397 MATCHING LOVESEAT ONLY MATTRESS AND MATCHING FOUNDATION 97 137 Twin Size Full Size 1 Alvin Martin Weinberg born in 1915 in Chicago III is an awardwinning physicist and director of the Institute of Energy Analysis in Oak Ridge VISA We have no choice we are over stocked and must reduce our inventory immediately! To insure our continuing in business a massive furniture sell-off has been ordered held Everything in our stock has been reduced for immediate sale Nothing has been held back every piece of furniture is being sacrificed! Don't be disappointed Hurry in today for the best selection fTHE MANAGEMENT) Reg $1080 4-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE s588 DRESSER MIRROR HEADBOARD NIGHT STAND Reg $1597 QUEEN SLEEPER AND MATCHING LOVESEAT 797 For Both Pieces Herculon Cover Reg $1088 5-PIECE DINING SET s597 40x60 OAK TABLE AND 4 CASTER CHAIRS I he Smithlielcl Collection by OPEN DAILY 10-9 PM SATURDAY 10-6 SUNDAY 1-6 KINGSTON PIKE An exceptional collection of solid mahogany pieces crafted the old-fashioned way With solid brasses and traditional finish See the rice carved bed from this collection displayed in the linen department of JC Penney S0MITKINC DIFFERENT (IN FARSA(IIT) ffitfxrrdihop M-F 10 DOWNTOWN OAK RIDGE 483-0961 11157 KINGSTON PIKE KNOXVILLE 966-2322 10-5-30 SAT 10-4 7 ARGONNE PtAZA.