Fourth of July Festivities Draw Thousands Across Austin Parks
Thousands of residents flocked to Zilker Zaragosa and Rosewood Parks for a day long Fourth of July celebration ending with a grand fireworks show. The event at Zilker included a parade bicycle races a motorcycle exhibition an old fiddler contest and children’s contests followed by a Municipal Band concert and a fireworks finale. Rosewood featured a veterans honor program a concert and a large fireworks display with a 10 PM dance in Dorie Miller auditorium. Sponsorship came from the city recreation department and local American Legion posts three parks hosted activities amid a holiday marked by fatal automobile crashes and stabbings.
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Zilker Park
Zaragosa
Rosewood Parks
Zilker
Kapital Kats Motorcycle Club
Texas
Henry Cain
Grady Stapp
Austin Municipal Band
Weldon Covington
Dan Grieder
City Rec Creation Department
American Legion Post 76
Zaragosa Park
Lulac Club
Allan Shivers
Matt Velasquez
Ed Cazares
Roy Guerrero
Pat Mendez
Arthur Castrulla
Nash Moreno
Roy Velasquez
John Ledesma
Rosewood Park
James Post
American Legion Special Service
Anderson High School
Rosewood Athletic Field
Dorie Miller
Fernando Jackson
M. J. Anderson
Oliver B. Street
Rosewood Recreation Center
Pencil Collector Builds Stockade Pencil Inn from Pencils
George A Greis of Austin shows a frontier style stockade built entirely from pencils for his Pen cil Inn project He houses 2170 pencils 13 typewriters and 55 fountain pens from many countries The stockade will be completed with 870 mechanical pencils and features a gun over the fireplace and other cabin elements Descriptive note on his vast collection and his comment that a hobby eases worries.
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George A. Greis
East 40Th
Austin
Greis
United States
Australia
Czechoslovakia
England
Germany
Greece
Italy
Japan
Mexico
St. Louis
Densmore
Oliver
Fox
Remington
Pittsburg
Smith
Royal
Corona
National
L. C. Smith
Emerson
Accurate
Clipper
Conklin
DeWitt-LaFrance
Diamond
Eagle
Eggens-Hamblerd
Eversharp
Faber
Hewrite
Ideal
Keystone
Kreko
Majestic
Moncomen
Waterman
Wearever
UT Professor and Wife Die Within Hours of Each Other
University of Texas assistant professor Ashington Irving Ball, about 73, and his wife Dr. Ball, about 70, died of heart attacks within two hours of each other on Tuesday. He collapsed at home about 11 a.m., she at 12:45 p.m. Both had been in ill health. funeral arrangements are pending.
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University of Texas
Ashington Irving Ball
Ball
Hyltin Manor
Civil Air Patrol Seeks Chaplain and Talented Cadre
The Civil Air Patrol in Austin seeks an ordained minister to serve as non denominational chaplain after ecclesiastical approval. Captain Charles Ingersoll says they also need a doctor for first aid crash victim care, plane owners for search techniques, and ham radio operators. Contact 4503 Rowood Road, phone 80990.
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Civil Air Patrol
Charles Ingersoll
Austin Cap Squadron
Ingersoll
Rowood Road
Texas Highways Stand Up Under Heavy Traffic
Texas highways remain usable despite record traffic volumes. State highway engineer Greer notes roads take a beating but are designed for use and cites war-time repairs, new farm-to-market roads, and weather erosion as factors. He adds most trucking firms operate legally, with violators being pursued.
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Texas
Dewitt Co. Greer
Greer
Mavericks
Dean of Texas magicians Herman Yerger a wheelchair mystic
Herman Yerger of Austin claimed as dean of Texas magicians has traveled seven seas and performs from a wheelchair. Born in Rangoon Burma, he moved to the United States at 15 and settled in Austin after a touring career that included a drug store and various properties. He specializes in mental magic with psychometry and telepathy and holds an honorary degree from the American Society of Magicians while gaining national notice from Ripley and Universal Pictures.
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Herman Yerger
Austin
Yerger
Rangoon
Burma
Hernandah Yerger
Herman
Hernandah
Red River
Texas Magicians
American Society of Magicians
Yergeit
Robert Ripley
Ripley
Universal Pictures
United States
Kent
England
Camp Mabry
Crockett
Seven Seas
Four Corners
Globe
Texas
Austin Tower Lights Evolution Through the Years
The article explains Austin’s automatic day night tower lighting system. It traces changes from carbon arc lamps to incandescent to mercury vapor and notes the eye controlled switch, tower heights, number of lights, and the few historic damages to towers over 56 years. It quotes D C Kinney on city uniqueness and the cost of moving modern replacements.
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D. C. Kinney
City Light and Power Department
Kinney
Austin
Seventh and
Red River
Guadalupe
Absentee Voting To Begin In County Primary
Voters may cast absentee ballots starting Wednesday July 22 in the Democratic primary. County Clerk Emily Limberg said printing delays tied to the J F McDonald case postponed the start from Monday. Only about a dozen applications so far. ballots can be mailed or cast at the clerk's office, with ballots due by July 18.
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Emilie Limberg
Miss Limberg
J. F. McDonald Court
Supreme Court
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Agriculture
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Marble Falls Dam
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Marble Falls
LCRA
Dean of
Carl Moore
J. P. Carrouzel
Neai Douglass
Tower Lighting
Roy Edward Kastner
Cecil Kastner
San Antonio
Roy
David
Kastners
Charles Taylor
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