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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1950
Page
7
Author thanks Travis County voters for a clear majority in the first primary for Supreme Court of Texas Place No. 1. She notes home in Travis County and Bexar County support, cites illness keeping campaigning, and aims to win the runoff.
Fort Worth hosts the Texas Shrine Association annual meeting as City Manager Walter Seaholm, a past potentate of the Ben Hur Shrine, invites the group to hold its convention in Austin next year or in 1952. City officials and the Austin Ben Hur Shrine Temple will bid. Seaholm will return to Austin on Monday.
Four city and public school officials were named to a joint recreation and school site planning committee. The panel will develop municipal parks and playgrounds adjacent to current schools and future sites, with members Beverly Sheffield, Arthur Cunningham, Temple Maryhall, and William O. Parker. Negotiations for property abutting two existing school sites are under way, with locations to be disclosed after completion.
City building inspectors say permits will keep being issued despite new restrictions. Assistant Inspector Dick Jordan notes five daily inquiries and confirms no halt unless Washington orders one. Permits were issued through World War II with construction still subject to federal rules.
Four University of Texas students were charged with aggravated assault on a police officer in County Court-at-Law after an incident in the 3000 block of Guadalupe. The group Raymond F.E. Josey 20 William Fagan 18 Thomas J. Keating 18 and Paul Petrutsas 19 paid fines for disturbing the peace with Fagan also fined 15 for malicious mischief for bending a red light on a police patrol car.
Walter Huston stars as a domineering cattle baron in The Furies with Barbara Stanwyck as his daughter reclaiming the empire. Gilbert Roland, Wendell Corey, and Signe Hasso support, the picture showcases epic storytelling, strong direction, and a lengthy, absorbing narrative.
A concise listing reflects varied titles including Conspirator Paid in Full Side Street and The Gun fighter Rating guide. It notes categories Fair Good Very Good Excellent and Superb with emphasis on rating clarity.
Austin Watchmakers Guild met August 1 at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel to form a Central Texas Area Guild covering Travis Williamson Burnet Llano Hays Blanco Caldwell Bastrop counties. Officers include Franklin S. Ward president pro tem and Ethel Wagner secretary treasurer. New directors are L. W. Van Pelt Harry Jones F A Colburn Howard L. Caffey Martin Ayers Edgar R. Low and Jack Nobles. New members include F. S. Ward Ralph Courtney C. E. Wofford and J. C. Lynch.
The Texas Shrine Ceremonial Association session in Fort Worth opened for two days as the Ben Hur Shrine delegation of 300 Austin Shriners left by special train. Past Potentate Ed J. St. John announced they would invite the Shriners to meet in Austin in 1951, or consider 1952 if 1951 isn’t possible.
Howard D. Dodgen, executive secretary of the Game Fish and Oyster Commission, reported that in July two thirds of 174 cases involved fishing laws while deer dove and other hunts drew strong penalties. Fines totaled 3365.45 with multiple violators named for out of season or illegal taking.
Dr. Herman Smith of Chicago has accepted an invitation to confer with the city hospital advisory board on August 22 about expansion plans for Brackenridge Hospital. The proposed $1 500 000 addition would increase nursing stations and may save $20 000 yearly in operating costs. Hospital staff favored hiring Smith as consultant and expect a final decision after the conference.
The Korea war appears to barely affect marriages in Travis County Texas Austin and Travis County show only a slight rise in licenses July 1950total 166 versus 149 in July 1949. June 223 licenses issued July pace lags June with similar first and second halves of July.
City managers reveal proposed bond package totaling $52,998,370 for municipal improvements through 1960 plus $16,000,000 for school expansion. Total municipal and school needs rise to $68,598,370, with a hoped bond issue of $25–30 million. Major asks include $24.7 million electric, $16 million schools, $10.72 million water, and $8.14 million streets and bridges.
Robin Gribble son of the Rev R F Gribble of Austin has attended a Presbyterian youth conference in Montreal NC this week. The conference gathers delegates from 17 Southern states to prepare leaders for churches presbyteries and synods.
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