Pitch Pine

Submitted by Steve Roark on Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:15
Pitch Pine is uncommon in our area and very useful back in early settlement days.

Pitch Pine is uncommon in our area and very useful back
in early settlement days.

We have several pine species in our area, and one of the more uncommon ones is Pitch pine (Pinus rigida). It is mostly found on dry slopes and ridges in association with other pines and oaks. It has little commercial use today but was very useful in pioneering days.

Pitch pine has dark green needles that are around 3 to 8 inches long and form in bundles of 3. Tufts of its needles stand out upon the twigs nearly at right angles, and sometimes are found growing directly on the trunk. The tree has ...

Union County Board of Education

Submitted by Ronnie Mincey on Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:09

The Union County Board of Education will meet in regular session on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at Union County High School. The workshop will begin at 6:00 p.m. with the meeting immediately to follow.

The special called meeting of the Union County Board of Education that was scheduled for Wednesday, May 15 has been cancelled.

One Soldier's Story

Submitted by James Sallings on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 10:45
Joseph Edward Sallings

During World War II there were 12,000 heavy bombers shot down. Two-thirds of Allied bomber crews were lost for each plane destroyed. Over 100,000 Allied bomber crewmen were killed over Europe. Six bomber crewmen were killed for each one wounded.

More U.S. servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being killed was 71 percent. From June 6, 1944 to May 8, 1945 in Europe the Allies had 200,000 dead and 550,000 wounded.

Stiner theaters brought Hollywood to our hills

Submitted by Sherrie Wilson on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 10:42
Clifford Stiner's Movie Theather in Maynardville Tennessee.

Clifford Stiner's Movie Theather in Maynardville Tennessee.

There’s a little old white building located on Main Street across from Maynardville Elementary School which is the remnant of a time gone by. It was once a theater in the 1940s and early 1950s. The theater on Main Street was built and run by Clifford Stiner.

Mr. Stiner also operated theaters in Luttrell on Delmar Dyer’s property, in New Loyston (Big Ridge Area) on Cana Stooksbury’s property, and a theater in Caryville. His brother E.J. Stiner owned a theater in Sneedville. The Stiner brothers jointly owned the drive-in theater in New Tazewell.