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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1950
Page
9
A resident praises the Austin health and police departments after a dangerous tree near a curve on Riverside Drive was trimmed. Officer Fred Masch responded swiftly to direct traffic during work, prompting a public thank you letter.
Walter Seaholm, 22 years in city administration and UT graduate, appears set to replace Guston Morgan as city manager. Morgan resigns effective June 1 to lead Austin Concrete Works. A council vote on Seaholm’s appointment is expected next week with strong mayoral support and unanimous-leaning indications.
Members of the American Legion from across Texas arrive by plane for the Fourth Annual Aerial Round-Up marking the official start of the membership drive and a prelude to the semi annual executive committee meeting. The committee meets at 9 a m Sunday in the Commodore Perry Hotel after a Saturday registration and social. State Commander Joe Spurlock said 22 districts are expected.
The Wichita Falls Times ran a survey on flying saucers showing four of five residents believe they are here to stay and will need to see one to believe. Ninety nine of 100 have not seen anything resembling a saucer. The only unanimous point is that people want to talk about it.
A 1949 Mercury driven by Don Franklin Lucky veered wild striking curbs and throwing both Miss Beatrice Matthisett and Lucky from the vehicle in a running bucking-desert scene. The car careered along the curb for 652 feet before stopping near a creek. Miss Matthisett was hospitalized with facial and limb cuts. Lucky was uninjured but shaken.
Magnesse L. Foster former Austin postman and Texas 10th District candidate proposes eliminating free franking for federal officials and forcing use of three cent stamps to close the Post Office deficit He criticizes reduced residential mail delivery and postal cuts urging a nationwide shift to paid mail by officials.
Horses trained to hunt and jump arrive for the second annual hunter and jumper show at Cocke Farm show grounds. About 80 entries begin Saturday at 2 p.m. with Sunday starting at 11 a.m. A barbecue for exhibitors riders and officials runs at noon and awards follow at 4 p.m. The Cocke Farm sits on Lake Travis 17 miles from Hobby Horse Stables via Bull Creek or 31 miles via Oak Hill.
Eight Austin students at the University of Texas have been elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma national honorary society. Members include Luther Lee Bailey, Larry O. Cox Jr, Harry Kabler, Elizabeth Lanham, James Alfred McKinney, Mrs. Helen Louise Cobb Spivey, Eugene Joseph Sutherland, and Herbert Arthur Underwood, all named from the College of Administrative graduates top ten percent.
The annual mineralogical show sponsored by the State Mineral Society opened Friday at the City Coliseum with emphasis on attracting school age children. President J. J. Brown announced the event is free and runs through Sunday from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm.
The purchase of a 35 acre site northeast of St. Edwards University for a South Austin high school has been completed. Mineral rights issues held up the deal but were released Friday. The property at $1 250 per acre fronts East Live Oak and will be shared with local owners for streets. Contracts may be let in summer with use expected by early 1952.
The 1950 Miss Austin contest will be held May 11 at Disch Field with Al Campbell as sponsor committee chair. E P Knebel of the Austin Baseball Club will host for a second year, entry blanks are at the Jaycee office in the Driskill and at the University Union Building. The local winner advances to the state contest in New Braunfels on August 4 and 5.
Due to the San Jacinto holiday, 25 felony criminal trials scheduled for Friday were postponed to Monday in the 53rd and 98th District Courts. District Attorney Bob Long commented you can't put a Texan in jail on San Jacinto Day as he moved to delay the hearings.
Nine zone chairmen were named for the Travis County Boy Scout sustained membership campaign. A kickoff breakfast May 3 at the Driskill Hotel launches the effort led by George Schutze with John C Aycock chairing the Capitol Council Area finance committee. The aim is 3000 sustaining members to support a 5000 Scout goal. Zone leaders include Wesley Pearson Harry Nelson Roy Thomas William D Campbell Abel Leslie Proctor George Atkins Dell Sheftall and Don Weedon. Each zone fields ten teams of six workers focusing on monthly sustaining gifts of one dollar.
Municipal employees petition the City Council for a five day work week with Saturdays off during the summer. The request echoes prior summers when a Saturday half day was granted with workers making up 30 minutes early and 30 minutes late. This year the petition asks only for Saturday mornings off starting June 1.
Miss Irene Healy of 2009 North Guadalupe has been named Austin chairman of the University of Chicago Alumni Foundation drive. The campaign aims to raise more than $300,000 nationwide including Honolulu and Puerto Rico, exclusive of bequests.
University of Chicago Dean John Bergstresser urged at a Texas conference that educators must remove barriers to student achievement. He cited environment factors like housing and social adjustment as more decisive than money, while Dr. Ben Bloom traced evolution of assessment from outdated physics to modern measurement methods.
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