by design | Sep 26, 2022 | Columnist, Major
Go ‘VOLS’ By Ralphine Major The four letters became important years ago. They are still important today. VOLS, which is short for Volunteers, has long been identified with The University of Tennessee (UT). I do not remember the vantage point where I was standing...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Major
School Portraits By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They are often found in wallets and scrapbooks and serve as reminders of our school days. There was a time when cameras were rare and formal photos were seldom made, so school portraits taken at school were a big...
by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, Major
Fair Time in Knoxville, Tennessee! By Ralphine Major The onset of fall brings to mind the Tennessee Valley Fair. For several days in early September, the fairgrounds are host to numerous rides and concerts, concession stands and crafts, and livestock and home-grown...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Major
Summer’s Last Holiday By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I never thought of it as a patriotic holiday until someone called it to my attention. Though it is somewhat different than Memorial Day and Fourth of July, what could be more American than a holiday...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Major
UT’s Student Center By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com The picture showed up in a batch of slides I recently converted to digital format. Many readers may recall the student center at The University of Tennessee Knoxville which was officially called the Carolyn P....
by design | Aug 22, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was a new, green highway sign along a beautiful stretch of rural road. I had seen the one posted on Tazewell Pike a few weeks ago shortly after the highway was dedicated, but I had not seen the road marker along East Emory...
